Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | But he said er , and I said that I gather you 're seeing Lynda the weekend if you do find anything perhaps you could pass it on to her . |
2 | In catering operations the procedure includes removal of waste scraps , litter and liquids . |
3 | developed the local authority role from direct provider to effective enabler , encouraging many tenants to buy their own homes , allowing schools the freedom to manage their own affairs and improving the quality of local services by allowing private business to compete for contracts . |
4 | However , in the distribution , hotels and catering industry the picture is rather different . |
5 | Oh : car of menace , car of blight Cars the atmosphere ignite Greenhouse warming , Havoc forming Parkinson must see us right We 're au fait with entropy Gaia , Ecosphere , synergy Words for greening But their meaning 's A linguistic mystery Oh : politicians must invent Worship of environment Genuflecting by reflecting Words of verdant bafflement Now our water 's unfit to drink Too much aluminium and zinc No solution To pollution No-one can stand the stink Oh : public filth and pestilence Highlights private opulence Does the glitter , clear the litter All it needs is pounds and pence GOD REST YE MERRY God rest ye merry , gentle Greens Let nothing you dismay The much foretold apocalypse Is now well under way Not even Mr Gorbachev Can stop the world 's decay Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh , tidings of comfort and joy We ca n't eat meat or hens or fish The farming is too cruel The only food we now permit Is foul organic gruel Irradiated food and veg Now double up as fuel Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now everybody wants a car Though noise and fumes are vile The Iron Curtain fractures and The jams stretch back for miles Mobility and liberty Can not be reconciled Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy We think that greenhouse warming will Bring on the world 's demise If forests burn it 's not just trees but mankind too that fries But all this may be garbage Because scientists tell lies Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Consumers must buy less to reach Sustainability For galloping consumption is More lethal than TB So much for Third World dreams of fleeing Grinding poverty Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Unless we stop producing kids The planet will not cope No hope for birth controllers short of Kidnapping the Pope But since the Greens recycle people they May turn us into soap Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy In searching for clean energy The choice is pretty stark The floods that come when coal is burnt will keep us in the Ark But had Lord Marshall got his way We 'd all glow in the dark Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Dumb animals are much preferrred To flawed humanity Ill-treatment of old people may Provoke insanity But culling seals and whales is judged The worst profanity Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now Mrs Thatcher goes bright green A highly suspect hue Her policies have after all Kept filth and squalor blue It 's just another way she 's found To tell us what to do Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy With greenhouse gases , PCBs Sulphuric acid rain This fragile globe 's environment Is going down the drain It is a cosmic punishment That we ca n't start again Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Melanie Phillips OVERNIGHT FILE |
6 | Because he is constantly handling , tasting and eating fungi the spores tend to work their way into the shaman 's skin , penetrating his bloodstream and saturating his body . |
7 | Quite apart from any question of how polishing and scuffing influences the behaviour of the ball , is there any reason why any interference with its state should be allowed ? |
8 | It is hardly an exaggeration to say that by delaying tactics the Home Office held up the legislation by more than twenty years . |
9 | Returning Edward the proofs of his book , Helen commented : ‘ This has indeed been a fair spring for us , though they had made it a winter . |
10 | In our example , this allowance relates to improvements performed by Y. Thus in a claim by Z against Y , Y is entitled to deduct the improvement allowance when returning Z the price paid by Z. |
11 | My father had his allotment at Bugmore and felt himself fortunate , for prior to becoming gardens the area had been filter beds for the City 's Sewage Works . |
12 | When handling or checking cash the cashier should exercise particular care . |
13 | Worthless words from mumbling shamateurs The Keating Column . |
14 | Worthless words from mumbling shamateurs The Keating Column . |
15 | These perceptions are more than a sad reflection of how little sex roles have changed : women seem to have much invested in keeping things the way they are , in seeing their partners as stronger and saner . |
16 | Women seem to have much invested in keeping things the way they are , in seeing men as stronger and saner |
17 | All through the long , twisting lanes the route was marked by twigs — twigs from the witch 's broom — which led to Threlkeld and only ceased when they came to the church with a steeple crowned by a gilded weathercock . |
18 | These are problems which it is a major responsibility of government to face up to and adopt sensitive policies to foster social cohesion without denying people the right to their own culture and way of life . |
19 | Is Peter the piffle artist becoming Peter the pimpernel , who is never around when there is bad news about ? |
20 | ( Indeed , the anti-vivisectionists were allowed a small but notable coup on this score : Sue Crowshaw , badly disabled by rheumatoid arthritis , made a moving speech denying scientists the right to claim they were experimenting on her behalf . ) |
21 | However , with changing attitudes in society , questions are being raised about the morality of denying girls the opportunity to sing in a cathedral choir . |
22 | In redrawing boundaries the commissions are guided by rules laid down by act of Parliament . |
23 | Denying Gina the opportunity of making the quick contradiction which sprang to her lips , she addressed herself to Rune in her excellent , slightly accented English . |
24 | When accrediting courses the CIOB looks at curriculum content and delivery , but focuses on the educational outcomes . |
25 | ‘ We did n't know about Godolphin 's little friend , ’ Charlotte pointed out , denying Oscar the pleasure of that irony dropping from his own lips . |
26 | Stratagem enabling Flaubert the writer to sidestep a conventional career , and Flaubert the man to sidestep life . |
27 | The Health and Safety at Work Act and the singular dedication of engineers and politicians are denying children the right to grow up as children . |
28 | Movements in time tend to become ragged coalitions in disguise , denying voters the chance to make clear choices . |
29 | Over the years , four more films and a television series were to follow : the heroes found some difficulty in impersonating Raffles the cricketer , the arts of slow bowling being in short supply among leading actors . |
30 | Sexual abuse in any circumstances is not to be tolerated , but denying men the opportunity to care is a particularly Draconian solution . |