Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from qualifying for Pseuds Corner in Private Eye and avoiding the use of plain English , what Rumbold was trying to say was that British youth had just discovered trainers in the late Eighties . |
| 2 | They have achieved notable publicity in some areas , such as the issues of deaths occurring in police custody and government economic strategy , but there is no possibility that they could achieve a significance equal to that of the United States congressional committees . |
| 3 | That black youth dying in police custody has not helped . |
| 4 | This second feature of the rules relating to mens rea is more readily defensible in terms of social policy than is the rule just considered . |
| 5 | Since the admirable legislation relating to guardians ad litem was enacted , and since the passing of the Children Act 1989 , social services work has involved much extra legal work . |
| 6 | An inquiry such as mine into a particular case is not a sufficient foundation for fundamental changes in the law relating to police investigation and prosecution ( such , for instance , as the introduction of a system like that prevailing in Scotland ) . |
| 7 | During Jin 's visit the two sides signed a memorandum of understanding on resources development and economic co-operation . |
| 8 | A finance leasing agreement said that the auditors for the owners acting as experts 'shall … conclusively certify … [ the rental ] . " |
| 9 | Passing through Millers Dale station you will see limekilns — commercial kilns built in the 19th and 20th centuries . |
| 10 | In 1724 a popular insurrection was organized among farmers , crofters , gypsies , and labourers against the Galloway lairds , who were enclosing with dykes land considered by the people to be held in common . |
| 11 | He insists that in the last analysis there is a fundamental difference between believing in ahi sā , even though it is not possible to behave non-violently in all life 's circumstances , and believing in hi sā . |
| 12 | Meanwhile Mrs thomas 's other grandson James Bellamy is now on the run after escaping from police custody . |
| 13 | Listening to children reading has dominated the early stages of reading instruction for several decades , and still does to a great extent . |
| 14 | According to Campaigns Director Andrew Lees , : " Given the potentially broad scope of such " areas " , the obstructive official has ample opportunity to rebuff requests by anyone whose request is not specific enough to penetrate the bureaucratic defences of a body which does not want to release the information . " |
| 15 | According to Parks official , Dr Mike Kock , the 24 kg of horn cut during the operation could raise $500,000 , sufficient to pay for 650 game scouts for a year . |
| 16 | Some critics have labelled such shows a huge con but , according to Arts Centre spokeswoman Alison Lister , the display has received a warm welcome in Darlington . |
| 17 | In the UK , according to Piers Merchant , Director of Public Affairs for the Advertising Association , ‘ The total advertising spend for last year in all media was £7.5bn. so as a percentage of that tobacco advertising is very small … |
| 18 | Having lived in the flats but also erm from your experience erm both as a nun and a social worker , erm looking at Flats Complex . |
| 19 | If , for a moment , you could imagine next year 's Reading line-up then you would be looking at bands building momentum now as 1993 's potential headliners . |
| 20 | Partnerships , a quarterly newspaper highlighting issues in the fields of arts and disabilities in the West Midlands , has produced a special issue looking at arts provision for older people . |
| 21 | A team at the Westport labs is looking at solids invasion in conditions of high permeability and large pore throat geometry . |
| 22 | Here the A.87 goes forward into Glen Shiel , heading for places south , but before following it a detour to Glenelg and Loch Hourn is strongly recommended . |
| 23 | Humans , robots , cyborgs , androids and aliens : If they were serfs they all had to strip off before going through Arrivals Registration . |
| 24 | Tycoon Ivan Leech carried on selling for cleaning-aids company Kleeneze despite his secret fortune . |
| 25 | If this kind of thing strikes you as mildly loopy , do a little further mail order browsing with Pets Pleasure . |
| 26 | For the most part , they are filter-feeders , lying with valves agape , sucking water in through one end of the mantle cavity and squirting it out through a tubular siphon at the other . |
| 27 | Brain of Britain — I 'm struggling with todays Sun crossword — I know it 's embarrassing but I 've only got a degree in Chemistry and we all know that chemistry students are amongst other things the partners of defenders with no brains , i.e Weatherall and Newsome . |
| 28 | FASB drops accounting for investments project |
| 29 | has been stalking through millennia intent |
| 30 | The junior squad , with convincing wins against Peterborough , Ipswich and Manchester behind them , face Maidstone in the semi-finals of the Dex-o-Tex Cup Coaching for kids FOOTBALL : A Teesside-based coaching organisation Total Futball is holding coaching weeks at various locations in the North of England during school holidays from July to August Boys and girls from six to 16 will be invited to take part and the course will be directed by Football Association coach Mark Donnelly The course is designed to improve individual skills and techniques and detailed brochures can be obtained from Donnelly ( 0642–343430 ) |