Example sentences of "[coord] [v-ing] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Section 34 of the EPA requires a broker in waste or any person producing , importing , carrying , keeping , treating or disposing of waste ( other than a householder ) to ‘ take all such measures applicable to him in that capacity as are reasonable in the circumstances ’ to : |
| 2 | The breeding , rearing , or fattening of beef cattle can be viable in the right conditions , although it is hard to make a profit on a very small scale . |
| 3 | ‘ Horology is the study or measuring of time or making of clocks ’ — that 's what our dictionary says and the latter is what we do ; we make clocks for a large company called the London Clock Company , but we had very humble beginnings … . |
| 4 | Such activity goes beyond the granting or withdrawing of legitimacy . |
| 5 | Most people have not been indoctrinated into religious faith but into a questioning or ignoring of religion as basically superseded if not actually false . |
| 6 | In an orderly procession , or an orderly leaving of the ground , the initial sequence of people is preserved , there is no passing and repassing , or quickening or slowing of pace . |
| 7 | loss or damage caused by bursting , leaking or overflowing of water from tanks , pipes or apparatus unless you have turned off all water supplies and drained all the systems |
| 8 | 2.8 BURSTING , LEAKING OR OVERFLOWING OF WATER TANKS , PIPES OR APPARATUS |
| 9 | This contingency covers damage to the Building and Contents following bursting , leaking or overflowing of water tanks , pipes or apparatus . |
| 10 | Damage caused by bursting , leaking or overflowing of water tanks , pipes or apparatus . |
| 11 | In general , it is expected that the future will see more companies enlarging their R & D activity abroad , using the sharing or transferring of technology as an effective way to enter these markets ( Jain 1984 ) . |
| 12 | First , it is to assist people to resolve their disputes as easily as possible and , secondly , it should enable the making or declaring of law that applies in those disputes . |
| 13 | This means trying to identify which kind of being might be responsible , based on evidence from the patient 's recent behaviour ( this includes improper experiencing and/or expressing of emotionality ; see Howell 1981 , 1984 for a more detailed discussion ) . |
| 14 | ‘ Would you rather I turned up in my paint-stained jeans and smelling of turpentine ? ’ |
| 15 | They sat on staircases to talk about poetry or politics , and many of them smoked long thin cigarettes rolled in dark brown paper and smelling of perfume . |
| 16 | She had found one months later under the vegetable rack , shrunk to the size of a nut , dark wizened brown , and smelling of cider . |
| 17 | A few steps past the skips brings you to the lift , an aluminium cell sticky with spit and sweets and smelling of disinfectant . |
| 18 | She has also a teething baby , pinched and veined and smelling of milk . |
| 19 | She comes up gasping , the air warm about her face , hair dank and smelling of mud as her feet touch the bottom , sinking into its softness . |
| 20 | A child who came to school at the age of five dirty and smelling of urine would never be able to benefit from the experience of school if , as a consequence , she were shunned and rejected by her classmates . |
| 21 | While under capitalism the owning and accumulating of property is seen as the aim of life , in tribal conditions property is simple seen as a necessary pre-condition of life and social relations . |
| 22 | Fluent and sparing of gesture , compact and spruce of build , Burton smiles where other Hals have guffawed , relaxes where they have strained , and Falstaff ( played with affectionate obesity by Anthony Quayle ) must work hard to divert him . |
| 23 | If attitudes towards deaf people influence the learning and using of BSL , then they almost certainly affect BSL interpreting . |
| 24 | A thrombus contains both fibrin-rich and platelet-rich material , and targeting of plasminogen activators could be achieved by either antifibrin or antiplatelet monoclonal antibodies . |
| 25 | Tigers are more specialised and demanding of habitat and prey requirements than leopards . |
| 26 | Braille and large print materials are bulky ; braillers , typewriters , tape recorders and closed circuit television sets are both heavy and demanding of space . |
| 27 | You can not manage like that when staff are mobile , aware of skill-shortages and demanding of reward , participation and acknowledgement , ’ she adds.So are there no voices of dissension ? |
| 28 | Cold may also go down onto the chest with lots of secretions , coughing and rattling of mucus . |
| 29 | Hon. Members will have an opportunity to debate the Bill , but , whatever happens , it is far better to have a system that is more accountable to local people and that will , we hope , put an end to some of the ridiculous mismanagement , inefficiency and wasting of money that has gone on for far too long . |
| 30 | Contrast the English praise of a widow at a funeral , ‘ she held up well ’ , with the ritualised outpouring of Iranian grief , complete with howling , wailing and tearing of hair — ‘ What am I going to answer the children when you ask me where is their father ? |