Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The USA on Nov. 13 suspended a US$19,000,000 aid programme , demanding progress on democratization . |
| 2 | They had come all the way from Chatham in Kent , bringing Beryl in bridesmaid 's dress . |
| 3 | Many girls worked in minor clerical jobs and were encouraged to learn shorthand and typing skills at evening classes . |
| 4 | Melanie could not have supported a laughing , singing Victoria for breakfast and Uncle Philip might have struck the baby , which would have been dreadful . |
| 5 | ‘ By ‘ exercising de facto administrative control ’ or ‘ exercising effective administrative control , ’ I understand exercising all the functions of a sovereign government , in maintaining law and order , instituting and maintaining courts of justice , adopting or imposing laws regulating the relations of the inhabitants of the territory to one another and to the government . |
| 6 | In recent weeks Bakatin had come under criticism from senior military and KGB officers for his perceived failure to tackle the current crime wave , and for suggesting decentralization of control of limited contingents of Interior Ministry troops to republican governments . |
| 7 | Using objects in problem solving exercises |
| 8 | This new liability principle contained res ipsa loquitur provisions in accordance with which the carrier now had the burden of proving freedom from fault . |
| 9 | Whether this is too optimistic or not , the phenomenon he describes and he could have added other examples , from Afro-American ‘ street-corner ’ vocal groups or Jamaican reggae , for instance — is clearly not amenable to an Adornian analysis , based on a dichotomy between a radically fragmenting division of labour , on the one hand , and an integrating individual consciousness , on the other . |
| 10 | Like the style of coverage or not , we undoubtedly saw far more cricket than we ever would have done had BBC had the contract , and for that I for one am profoundly grateful and not ashamed to admit that I purchased my Sky system purely because it was producing coverage of cricket that otherwise would not be available on TV . |
| 11 | The game could be a bit quicker with more chances for catching opponents by surprise and I have no doubt that David Johnson ( Watsonians , Glasgow and Scotland ‘ A ’ coach ) will be studying the possibilities so that hopefully Watsonians will be at the fore in adapting their style . |
| 12 | Each neighbourhood was assigned a planner who was responsible for notifying neighbourhood residents of planning decisions which were likely to affect them and for channelling requests for action through the appropriate city departments . |
| 13 | UK pension funds are exempt from both capital gains tax and income tax on their investments , and hence there is no preference ( according to the taxation regime ) for preferring income over capital gains or vice versa , nor any constraint on the volume of trading ( apart from transactions costs ) . |
| 14 | In our chapter on literature and appendix 6 we describe ways of bringing literature to life for pupils of all abilities . |
| 15 | When you are on to more advanced machine knitting and attempt some intarsia knitting , that is , knitting blocks and strips of colour adjacent without floats at the back , by means of an intarsia carriage , you will be able to make coloured cable strips without knitting the contrast separately simply by knitting strips of colour side by side and cable crossing them . |
| 16 | Used envelopes were recycled using stick on economy labels . |
| 17 | ‘ They were producing plans for expansion , Ed said . |
| 18 | They did n't stick their cards through your letter box or advertise in the Yellow Pages , And very often they were unreliable people , demanding payment in advance or trying to blackmail you . |
| 19 | A FOOT of snow fell in the Scottish Highlands yesterday , bringing chaos to road , rail and air services . |
| 20 | When he was accused , quite erroneously , of siphoning money from school funds he honestly believed that everyone would realise that there 'd been a mistake . ’ |
| 21 | Especially important , we agree , is the likelihood that governments pursuing policies of austerity will be forced by recession and rising unemployment to throw in the towel . |
| 22 | USING TERMINOLOGY ABOUT LANGUAGE |
| 23 | Those preparing or using illustrations for publication should be trained in computer graphics , to spread the expertise as widely as possible . |
| 24 | Case Management Application , has been developed using ImageFlow in combination with Plexus ' flagship XDP image processing software and is claimed to offer 70% of the core functionality needed to develop most vertical market imaging applications . |
| 25 | 70% of beef farms producing 50% of beef cattle . |
| 26 | True , the local history researcher is more likely to be pursuing investigations through source materials provided by Anglo-Saxon charters , medieval rolls , maps , land grants , muster documents and the like , but the uses of heraldry are not to be despised in the processes of rounding out historical themes . |
| 27 | Ought we not rather to think in terms of partially intersecting views of context ? |
| 28 | People 's view of building is often somewhat different , and many feel savings can be made by not expending money on architect 's fees . |
| 29 | Five minutes later , using strips of cut bedlinen , D'Arcy had virtually stopped the bleeding . |
| 30 | Repeated cases have convinced SAVE that allowing permission for development in the grounds of country houses must be strongly resisted . |