Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the deficiencies of our arrangements is that no provision is made for young barristers obtaining a salaried position in chambers , allowing them to do minor work under supervision . |
| 2 | I tried smaller hooks and baits ; lighter leads ; finer lines ; a lighter , or no bite indicator ; and opening the bale-arm of the reel and allowing them to take several yards of line before striking . |
| 3 | It aims to protect women by allowing them to SEE potential partners from the safety of their own telephone . |
| 4 | Small producers have provided larger companies with an important cushion against fluctuations in demand by allowing them to use outside suppliers as shock absorbers . |
| 5 | For the tabloids though , ffeatherstonehaugh 's was a gift , allowing them to devote dozens of column inches to the sexual misdeeds of aristocrats . |
| 6 | These measures would re-connect the living standards of older people with those of society as a whole , rather than allowing them to become more and more detached . |
| 7 | The shanny and marine stickleback have five pigments in their eyes , allowing them to discern more hues than we can . |
| 8 | Allowing them to make such a decision does not sanction it — far from it . |
| 9 | Southern African countries , particularly Zimbabwe , whose elephant herd numbers are rising , allowing them to make valuable foreign exchange from culling the animals , have already announced that they will not accept a Cites ban . |
| 10 | This chamber should be a nice treat for the adventurers , allowing them to gain some resources they will need for the harder and more dangerous encounters to come . |
| 11 | As a result , this can be a very successful strategy for some swallows , allowing them to produce extra off-spring at very little cost to themselves . |
| 12 | ‘ Do n't remove the accountability of Camden to their public , allowing them to blame all their ills on the Government . ’ |
| 13 | Both of the general SVQs in science are designed to provide students and trainees with a broad grounding in science , while allowing them to develop higher levels of competence in their chosen areas . |
| 14 | Twice before it had stopped , allowing them to get close , only to move away again as their senses had reached a fever pitch of readiness . |
| 15 | Thirdly , official labour market intermediaries in the job centres are an important source of information about employment prospects and a crucial part of the process of discouraging older workers from searching for work and , indirectly , of encouraging them to take early retirement . |
| 16 | The University seeks to include in its courses activities which promote enterprising qualities in its students by encouraging them to take more responsibility for their own learning , setting their own goals and targets through personal assessment and career planning . |
| 17 | There is all the difference in the world between encouraging people to feel good , and encouraging them to feel good about the situation . |
| 18 | Again , the behaviour of predators may affect the pollinating activities of animals such as bats , encouraging them to make short visits repeatedly , rather than long ones . |
| 19 | Bernard Whim , technical marketing manager in the solvents marketing department at ICI Chlor-Chemicals , said that ‘ we are encouraging them to understand that carbon tet is being withdrawn and that their customers should find alternatives . |
| 20 | At a stroke the gold reserves in Fort Knox would be worth more dollars , thus improving backing for the dollar ; gold reserves for other central banks would be worth more , encouraging them to accumulate further interest-earning dollar reserves ; gold production would be stimulated and private demand reduced ( as industry tried to economize and speculators took their profits ) , allowing countries to absorb additional gold into their reserves . |
| 21 | Again , this is not radically different from the attitudes of many parents towards children of higher intelligence , who believe that their children should experience pre-school education , perhaps attending a play school or nursery from the age of three onwards , and then encouraging them to pursue further education at school leaving age . |
| 22 | I am most grateful to her for allowing me to use this remarkable case study of John . |
| 23 | Those , like Lashley , who were developing specialized test procedures for use with animals were either using them to explore general psychological capacities like ‘ intelligence ’ or were testing predictions from learning theories . |
| 24 | Many insects communicate through wingbeats , some even using them to create special courtship songs . |
| 25 | Many processors are examining new packing materials and using them to produce complete meals , which contain potatoes and only need heating up before being ready to eat . |
| 26 | However , it may well be worth considering taking one of the existing operators and using them to provide all the formatting . |
| 27 | The Instruction Set has paired with the Computer Channel in the US to produce a series of TV programs and videos on open systems topics : Instruction Set already sells some Computer Channel videos , using them to supplement instructor-led curricula . |
| 28 | For those pupils who possess some vision , there will need to be an emphasis on helping them to use this effectively for learning , with special training as well as some adapted materials . |
| 29 | It means that we are not only working to enable children to have access to information , knowledge , and literature ( with or without a capital letter ) but that we are also helping them to develop critical and independent thinking . |
| 30 | There is a real need here both for a more flexible employment situation , which could absorb older people in less arduous or part-time work if they required it , and for more efforts to prepare people for retirement , helping them to develop time-consuming , absorbing and possibly profitable hobbies in advance of finishing work . |