Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However I am pursuing that with the Property Services Department , who act for both the Council and the Board , and they have given authority for us to enter the land for the purpose of drilling bore-holes etc . |
| 2 | In 1983 , in an effort to get the ball rolling on realistic cuts , the Scandinavian countries proposed a 30 per cent reduction in sulphur emissions by 1993 , using 1980 as the baseline year . |
| 3 | Using 1980 as the base year , sulphur dioxide reduction aims are as follows : 20 per cent by 1993 , 40 per cent by 1998 and 60 per cent by 2003 . |
| 4 | I his was followed by another salvo crashing nearer to the German positions . |
| 5 | By superimposing on these techniques an ideology and a practice of self-expression , Cream 's music seems to establish a dialectical relationship between the two , articulating each via the other into a new position — a position , perhaps , of ‘ fraternal individualism ’ |
| 6 | Martin leaned forward , his face touching that of the angel 's , as he raised his arm to strike . |
| 7 | It was a dull , snowy night , with heavy grey clouds hanging low in the sky , the kind of night when hopes are destroyed and love is lost . |
| 8 | Using SMED with the policies of ‘ Working Smarter not Harder ’ and ‘ Eliminating Waste , ’ the MIT launched itself into grade change-over time reduction with tremendous success . |
| 9 | Offsetting that with the Smith Mark , losses and the one-time provision for the Penguin U S Leases , that was all taken care of in nineteen ninety one and the benefit from our fully benefit from our ninety one acquisitions and little bit in ninety two . |
| 10 | I 'm sure I could find him now , but I have made a vow that I am not going to tell anyone where he is , for the man is innocent and has no hope of proving that at the moment . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , he will not be proving that in the Derby . |
| 12 | I could also see the colour of paint I was using due to the pearly-white bristles . |
| 13 | Yet as we noted in our tenth report : ‘ The price that some children may pay for demanding little of the teacher may be that they are given work which demands little of them ’ ( Alexander et al . |
| 14 | In bringing Labour to the edge of victory , Mr Kinnock has performed a near-miracle . |
| 15 | This is simply because the second , or front , bed makes knit and purl knitting possible within the same row . |
| 16 | The date is drawing nearer for the raffle draw , first prize is a Vauxhall Nova car but there are many other exciting prizes . |
| 17 | Howard sits tensely at his drawing-board , his mouth tight shut , his eyes gazing unseeing at the paper , rigid with anxiety to produce a good big handle . |
| 18 | Continue every 25 cm around the edge of the ring using each of the different fabrics in turn ( illustration 4 ) . |
| 19 | The performance of each dictionary was tested using each of the three documents , and measured in terms of percentage correct and z-score ( the t-score could now be replaced by the z-score since sample sizes were sufficiently large ) . |
| 20 | Supporting literature includes specially commissioned guides to accessing and using each of the services |
| 21 | You then scan your image using each of the filters in turn saving out the images . |
| 22 | The clouds were scudding low over the rooftops ; it was pouring with rain and the streets were flooded . |
| 23 | Inadvertently reflecting some of the new-found ‘ posse ’ mentality , EV 's three writers sing their own songs , diffusing still further the four-square thrust of conventional rock with chiming , circular guitar runs ( a million miles away from indie 's dull scrubbing ) and rueful bass hums . |
| 24 | The simplest method is to switch off the lights and to lighten the shadow areas by reflecting some of the daylight back onto the subject . |
| 25 | The group reviewed evidence that the warming effect might be delayed by the high levels of sulphur dioxide present in the atmosphere as a result of industrial pollution , on account of the gas 's property of reflecting some of the sun 's incoming heat . |
| 26 | The decline of community and the rise of a society in which association was becoming in some sense secondary can also be seen as reflecting some of the profound social and spatial changes that were actually taking place in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries . |
| 27 | Leland 's firm made the engines , transmissions and steering gear and Cadillac went from building two cars in 1902 to producing 1895 in the year between March 1903 and March 1904 . |
| 28 | The time and expense involved in manufacturing some of the more individualistic pieces of metalwork may ultimately reflect the greater social standing of their users , and this must be appreciated when considering the controls over their distribution pattern . |
| 29 | Similarly the Shell enterprisal spawns glossy scriptures about community environmental projects that it will fund , while manufacturing some of the Planet 's most treacherous chemicals . |
| 30 | Stepping high in the light gravity and brandishing the bag before her , she ploughed her way out into the open air . |