Example sentences of "[coord] [v-ing] of the " in BNC.

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1 There are also transaction costs involved in acquiring and/or disposing of the requisite foreign exchange .
2 Just as the ‘ Verbivore ’ phenomenon is caused through a flattening or levelling of the modulations of air waves , so the hierarchy of narrative levels is ‘ flattened ’ such that it becomes impossible in any given instance to determine whose account we are reading or whose mind we are supposedly ‘ inside ’ .
3 all consequences suffered by the Carrier ( including but not limited to claims , demands , proceedings , fines , penalties , damages , costs , expenses , and loss of or damage to the carrying vehicle and to other goods carried ) of any error , omission , mis-statement or misrepresentation by the Trader or other owner of the goods or by any servant or agent of either of them , insufficient or improper packing , labelling or addressing of the goods or fraud as in Condition 10 :
4 The new remedy rapidly encroached upon the spheres of trespass and replevin so that at one time it looked as if any ‘ asportation ’ or moving of the property might be regarded not only as a trespass to it but also conversion of it , but this very wide doctrine was restricted to a principle that the dealing with the goods must amount to a denial of the owner 's title .
5 or pattering of the skin with eye lashes ?
6 If the supply of vitamins and mineral in the diet is inadequate , this will result in changes in body chemistry , and a slowing down or altering of the body 's metabolism , usually with some deterioration in body fitness or health .
7 There is a defence that the distributor , displayer or player who had no intention to stir up racial hatred was ignorant of , and had no reason to suspect that the contents of the item in question were threatening , abusive or insulting , and the section does not apply where the showing or playing of the recording is solely for the purpose of inclusion in a cable programme service .
8 When I obey or defy ‘ Face facts ’ , my welcoming or resisting of the facts is itself a psychological process in causal interaction with spontaneous inclination ; on the one hand emotional bias distorts judgement , on the other desire or aversion veers with additional information .
9 That night he took a midnight train to London , searched for her all day , and had his first demanding quarrel with her in a Chinese restaurant at five o'clock in the afternoon , blue-jowled with fear and tiredness , and smelling of the stale smells of travellers .
10 Because we boys used to like the windbound lying and talking and in the galley and smelling of the coming from the galley , all the saucepans and things like that .
11 The helpful thread of Ariadne ; the artistic weavings of Arachne ; the spinning and snipping of the three Fates .
12 He could n't go back now , not after all the planning and scheming of the last few months .
13 It was found that although a four-week tutorial programme had been prepared , the children in the mainstream school were far more receptive and accepting of the situation and could not see any reason for delaying the child 's integration .
14 Long I have lingered by the banks of the Ness , looking on the town clinging to and rising above its banks ; often have I gone to the castle hill to trace the windings of the stream , which was ever smiling back or reflecting the sadder tones of the sky , and to gaze on the distant land of mountain and plain ; and I have also spent many hours in rapt admiration of the sylvan pictures that render the walk through the islands on the Ness a walk of walks : it yielded a joy as deep as that I received from the walks on Goat Island , within hearing and seeing of the rapid-flowing waters of Niagara .
15 Visualise the scene , feel yourself in the chair , sense the cat 's soft fur , hear the hissing and crackling of the fire , smell the woodsmoke , taste the wine … .
16 The room had fallen deathly silent except for Cranston 's abrupt questions , the equally abrupt answers and the snapping and crackling of the logs in the fire .
17 In this , we find sections on call to worship ; confession ; praise ; reading of scripture and preaching of the word ; response to the word ; communion ; blessing .
18 Dogmatics thus has a critical function in relation to the present witness and preaching of the church , recalling it to its basis and assisting it to uncover and hear what it is called to say today .
19 Closely associated with the proclamation and preaching of the Word was scriptural hymnody , in the form of metrical psalms .
20 Chaired by the head of English , and consisting of the librarian and heads of all departments or their representatives , its terms of reference were to make recommendations to the head on the best ways to spend the money , to formulate a project proposal , and to oversee all subsequent matters of library policy .
21 When the day for her departure arrived nobody could be heard for the weeping and wailing of the girls .
22 more or less with what 's a good will and who you have to have in mind and disposing of the estate and being tax effective so that that .
23 Peter set up Nottinghamshire 's library in the winter of 1978–79 with the assistance of then chairman Dick Milnes : ‘ I spent the winter filling in gaps in the collection and disposing of the duplicates .
24 decommissioning our facilities and disposing of the radioactive waste cost-effectively , consistent with meeting stringent safety and environmental requirements .
25 decommissioning our radioactive facilities and disposing of the waste cost-effectively , while meeting stringent safety and environmental requirements , as well as managing a small number of other government nuclear programmes which remain ;
26 In 1988 the average cost of collecting and disposing of the rubbish from an American household was about $90 — against its spending of $120 on newspapers or $450 on telephone service .
27 He 's charged with dismembering and disposing of the body of Stephen Davison , from Swindon ,
28 Barth and Brunner moved on from that position and came to focus their attention on the re-working and re-stating of the main classical Christian doctrines , especially of christology , in which they believed the meaning and content of the revelation was explicated .
29 Nevertheless , local government does have a powerful democratic role as well as an important executive one , and much thought and effort need to be given to the improvement and up-dating of the system to improve its performance .
30 Gelsemium , in its provings , has aching of the muscles and stiffness in the neck region , weakness and trembling of the limbs , shivers and chills , occipital headache , double vision , dullness and apathy .
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