Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , Messrs. Gwynne 's proposal for equalising the strain on each individual rope by means of connected hydraulic rams is most satisfactory , as also is their suggesting for actuating the lift-up gates by means of hydraulic pressure utilising the engine for pumping up the accumulator . ’ |
| 2 | Since Cisco first appeared in shops last year , local hospitals have reported an unusual number of teenagers ( who tend to like the relatively weak ‘ wine coolers ’ ) checking in with alcohol poisoning after drinking the stuff . |
| 3 | Mr Christopher said yesterday the United States would not act alone in the Bosnian crisis but would keep pressing for lifting the arms embargo . |
| 4 | You see the thing is , you do learn after a bit , when it 's decent , you sort of dig it and you put your wrist , it 's wrist , and you soon get to know what to do to spread it , otherwise you 'd end up , you know , walking about spreading the stuff , you see . |
| 5 | The observations invariably show that the risk of dying before reaching the end of the first year of life is higher for infants born to mothers who were closer to the lower and upper limits of the reproductive period than to those who were in the prime of their childbearing ages . |
| 6 | After his baptism , however , he moves suddenly towards the centre of the stage , not shrinking from the limelight , not shrinking from addressing large crowds , not shrinking from becoming the focus of public interest . |
| 7 | Here I am talking to you about myself — a thing I assure you I very very rarely do — while you are shrinking from making the slightest personal communication to me . |
| 8 | In 1886 , in order to save time climbing before starting the day 's work , a tent was pitched in a high corrie on Ben More Assynt . |
| 9 | It was unthinkable to begin walking before knowing the repair was complete , so I sat glumly on the wheelbarrow which we had lifted off the trailer . |
| 10 | She was , it may be inferred , tricked into signing without reading the document . |
| 11 | BAe is already investing £70 million at Prestwick — including a grant of £22 million from the Scottish Office — on new facilities relating to moving the ATP business . |
| 12 | Population-based planning relating to identifying the needs of a population and ensuring these needs are met — generally to promote the health of a defined population — will be the province of Regional and District Health Authorities . |
| 13 | As the mum of a 12-year-old son , we are both learning as we go along how to use the Amstrad 5086 , my son concentrating more or less on games and school related programs , myself for the odd game , but mainly word-processing ( I have just written my first book ) , genealogy and cheating on addressing the Christmas cards . |
| 14 | Decor should never distact from the food and guests should be able to enter and leave banquette seating without shifting the tables on either side . |
| 15 | Crucial factors are the efficiency of reactor shut-down , emergency cooling by flooding the reactor with water and containment of any release from the reactor . |
| 16 | At Universal , she found herself painfully opposite the eponymous talking mule in Francis Joins The Wacs ( 1954 ) and as the female lead in Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Cops , ( 1955 ) but had delightful moments in Has Anybody Seen My Gal ? ( 1952 ) singing ‘ The Red Red Robin ’ while bobbing around doing the housework . |
| 17 | Temporarily secure the centre of the length to the core with a piece of tape and begin winding by passing the shuttle through the core centre repeatedly . |
| 18 | Consequently , there is little need to prevent cheating by making the government 's announced monetary policy constitutionally binding . |
| 19 | ‘ Two people walking by heard the shouts from a field and went to his assistance . |
| 20 | For example , in a normal conversation between a child and an adult , if the child said ‘ er … um ’ or looked puzzled in response to a question , the adult would attempt to resolve what appeared to be some problem of understanding by rephrasing the question or asking what the problem was . |
| 21 | A guide to the use of the literature in any given subject should be based on a logical concept and thereby facilitate understanding by providing the opportunity to relate new information to previous knowledge . |
| 22 | To contribute to knowledge and understanding by evaluating the usefulness of the concepts of learned helplessness and self-worth motivation in understanding learning and behavioural difficulties . |
| 23 | From Norman times the local keeper of the peace was termed Constable , his duties consisting of ensuring the upkeep of prisons , stocks etc. , and assisting the church warden in seeing the villagers attended church regularly . |
| 24 | The majority of authorities relied on ad hoc arrangements when providing personal assistance , mainly consisting of utilising the home care service . |
| 25 | But the Czech crisis of September 1938 , which took Europe to the brink of war , did produce the kind of public response which popular frontists were looking for to transform the political situation . |
| 26 | It is rapidly becoming one of those elite research institutions some academics are looking for to improve the quality of research . |
| 27 | Second , failing to take off would give L Detachment 's detractors at headquarters just the ammunition they were looking for to disband the unit . |
| 28 | The matter was then taken to the heads of department meeting , following which department heads made wide-ranging suggestions in writing for using the grant allocation . |
| 29 | I 'M WRITING after reading the Echo story about train doors opening on their own . |
| 30 | There being , normally , little substance to the third-reading debate , the practice is now developing of merging the report and third-reading stages and treating them , in effect , as one . |