Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er we have n't used very much of it this year I mean I think er I mentioned a few weeks ago the , the question of trips out perhaps in the spring to do fish and that , we could consider er we do n't want to just go er accumulating money for the sake of it erm , we want to get some benefit out of the money we 've got . |
| 2 | Spinal trabecular bone mineral density was measured in the anterior part of the first three lumbar vertebrae by quantitative computed tomography ( Philips Tomoscan 350 CT scanner ) using amodification of the method of Cann and Genant . |
| 3 | Males continue to court in the way they do because if a male were to stop producing part of the species ' typical display , females would not mate with him . |
| 4 | It was a practice requiring the submission of the lower classes on the street , yet at the same time reflecting subordination of the constables to the whims of senior officers and to a manipulative body of law . |
| 5 | The first-generation immigrant , however zealously he or she tried to learn the techniques of the new life , lived in a self-imposed ghetto , drawing support from the old ways , the men of his kind , the memories of the old country which he had so readily abandoned . |
| 6 | Already my body was beginning to feel restless : demanding reunification with the object of its yearning . |
| 7 | Nirex anticipates completing plans for the site sometime early next year , when a planning application will be lodged . |
| 8 | Coldness , blueness , or numbness of the injury , or the part beyond the injury , suggesting damage to the blood or nervous supply of that area . |
| 9 | The problem is overcome , at least partially , by using money as the unit of measurement — this greatly simplifies the adding up , but it gives rise to the problem of distinguishing between real and nominal values . |
| 10 | Now their pension money has been frozen while trustees investigate certain deals made using money from the fund . |
| 11 | It was paid for by the county using money from the national Transport Road Research Laboratory . |
| 12 | The US exporter has now been paid , using money from the UK bank 's NOSTRO account . |
| 13 | But as the week wore on and Damian made no attempt to see her at night , spend time with her or try to kiss her , she realised he was seeing Domino in the dark , humid hours when Rachel sat alone at home , tortured by jealousy , consumed with it , imagining them together and burning with impotent rage . |
| 14 | The family and the media , it can be argued , both work at an ideological level in perpetuating inequality of the sexes , while firms which pay lower wages to female workers operate at a material level . |
| 15 | Literature is an innovative resource book which offers the teacher a wide variety of interesting and practical ideas for using literature in the language class . |
| 16 | FIG. 1 a , Stereo drawing using MOLSCRIPT of the crystallographic asymmetric unit which consists of a planar pentamer complex of five CypA molecules bound to five CsA molecules . |
| 17 | None of the banter Lou heard , however , compared with the stories he told about mutual acquaintances — sometimes in the embarrassed and blushing presence of the people about whom he talked . |
| 18 | Friday evening was spent mastering rhythm-changes on the piano and weaving cheerfully around the furniture in an Edinburgh tenement , and on Saturday and Sunday we all camped out in a School Dance Studio for movement sessions . |
| 19 | Ruggiero does n't accept that , perhaps because it would mean accepting responsibility for the way his son 's turned out . ’ |
| 20 | The following samples are all knitted by using O on the back bed and V on the front bed . |
| 21 | Our ‘ Aspects of Landscape ’ series , for example , continues on pages 15–17 with Martin Taylor describing how acrylic colours can be used with watercolours to achieve a convincing representation of landscape details such as grasses and tree branches , while on pages 18–21 Peter Partlington demonstrates how to simplify drawing birds in the start of a fascinating new series . |
| 22 | All the time , the silence in the car was broken by the harsh , rattling breathing of the occupant in the back seat . |
| 23 | I am accordingly asking all planning authorities concerned to give this matter further consideration , with a view to submitting proposals for the creation of clearly defined green belts , wherever this is appropriate . |
| 24 | The Open University was also the subject of debate between Alix Bowen and Teddy Lazenby of the Department of Education and Science : Alix 's face was expressing a most delicate mixture of disbelief , disapprobation and polite attention as Teddy , somewhat indiscreetly presuming on their long , if long-interrupted , acquaintance , revealed what were clearly his own opinions on the inadvisability of wasting money on the education of housewives and taxi drivers . |
| 25 | Victoria continued to wear handed-down Liberty dresses from Aunt Rose 's daughters , and wasting money by the excessive use of electric light , hot water or heating appliances was a vice which Pamela rigorously discouraged in children and servants . |
| 26 | Adding some hormone rooting powder to the wound can help the plant establish new roots . |
| 27 | Each half was to operate for half of each day , allowing 50% of the pilots to be off duty at any one time . |
| 28 | Although continuous time econometric modelling is primary a British development the methods that were first used in modelling ( in continuous time ) the United Kingdom economy are now being used by leading research and forecasting groups throughout the world . |
| 29 | A very rudimentary knowledge of detective fiction tells you that any photographic blackmailer worth his salt keeps producing copies of the incriminating material until he 's blue in the face . |
| 30 | However , following the success of The Addams Family , you might have to get used to seeing repeats on the big screen as well . |