Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The USA on Nov. 13 suspended a US$19,000,000 aid programme , demanding progress on democratization . |
| 2 | In recent weeks Bakatin had come under criticism from senior military and KGB officers for his perceived failure to tackle the current crime wave , and for suggesting decentralization of control of limited contingents of Interior Ministry troops to republican governments . |
| 3 | This new liability principle contained res ipsa loquitur provisions in accordance with which the carrier now had the burden of proving freedom from fault . |
| 4 | Whether this is too optimistic or not , the phenomenon he describes and he could have added other examples , from Afro-American ‘ street-corner ’ vocal groups or Jamaican reggae , for instance — is clearly not amenable to an Adornian analysis , based on a dichotomy between a radically fragmenting division of labour , on the one hand , and an integrating individual consciousness , on the other . |
| 5 | Like the style of coverage or not , we undoubtedly saw far more cricket than we ever would have done had BBC had the contract , and for that I for one am profoundly grateful and not ashamed to admit that I purchased my Sky system purely because it was producing coverage of cricket that otherwise would not be available on TV . |
| 6 | UK pension funds are exempt from both capital gains tax and income tax on their investments , and hence there is no preference ( according to the taxation regime ) for preferring income over capital gains or vice versa , nor any constraint on the volume of trading ( apart from transactions costs ) . |
| 7 | In our chapter on literature and appendix 6 we describe ways of bringing literature to life for pupils of all abilities . |
| 8 | Non Pareil trailed 3-0 after 20 minutes at Heathbank in another thrilling , but despite drawing level through Brack , Bramhall and man of the match Johnny Barton it was Heathbank who carried the greater power to win 5-3 . |
| 9 | Used envelopes were recycled using stick on economy labels . |
| 10 | The Ferranti family 's demands came to light as a result of an approach by representatives of Hill Samuel and Murray Johnstone , who are canvassing support among shareholders for a plan to make Ferranti hive off its core UK defence interests and merge them with the defence activities of Thorn EMI . |
| 11 | They did n't stick their cards through your letter box or advertise in the Yellow Pages , And very often they were unreliable people , demanding payment in advance or trying to blackmail you . |
| 12 | A FOOT of snow fell in the Scottish Highlands yesterday , bringing chaos to road , rail and air services . |
| 13 | When he was accused , quite erroneously , of siphoning money from school funds he honestly believed that everyone would realise that there 'd been a mistake . ’ |
| 14 | All 5 Christian traditions will use the new church and the Queen 's presence is being seen as cementing unity after centuries of conflict . |
| 15 | USING TERMINOLOGY ABOUT LANGUAGE |
| 16 | Case Management Application , has been developed using ImageFlow in combination with Plexus ' flagship XDP image processing software and is claimed to offer 70% of the core functionality needed to develop most vertical market imaging applications . |
| 17 | Q17 Identify the major environmental factors which are responsible for producing change in markets . |
| 18 | Yet they are using blackmail on miners to vote to close pits earlier than they year that had been decided on so that they can close the pit down and they have cut the redundancy payments for miners . |
| 19 | The device chosen was a carefully designed , small , speed table surfaced with distinctive flat cobbles , with gaps on each side that would allow buses and large trucks to pass without generating noise for residents , discomfort for passengers , or damage to the road surface as a result of impact by heavy vehicles . |
| 20 | People 's view of building is often somewhat different , and many feel savings can be made by not expending money on architect 's fees . |
| 21 | Repeated cases have convinced SAVE that allowing permission for development in the grounds of country houses must be strongly resisted . |
| 22 | He first became director of education , Tonga ( 1916–19 ) , and thereafter held professorships in Cape Town ( 1921–5 ) , Sydney ( 1926–31 ) , Chicago ( 1931–7 ) with Yenching University in China ( 1935 ) , and Oxford ( 1937–46 ) with a fellowship of All Souls College and a wartime secondment to Sao Paulo . |
| 23 | The easiest method of producing hydrogen from water is by means of electrolysis . |
| 24 | As a result of seeing part of knowledge as the whole , ‘ rationalists ’ , Oakeshott contends , over-estimate their abilities to define and solve problems , whereas reason proper indicates the need for caution in assessing the scope of human capability . |
| 25 | What they did not seem to perceive was that non-intervention in the Spanish conflict was part of the policy of appeasement then being followed by the western powers , or that , even if a European war began before the Spanish conflict were settled , the European democracies would be reluctant to take on extended commitments , especially if this meant running the risk — as they saw it — of assisting communism on Europe 's southern flank . |
| 26 | Well as example of the kind of thing that we 've just finished doing is we 've run a course for local school teachers from East and West Sussex on using electronics in schools . |
| 27 | In the coconut groves by the beach scores of men were building prahus from scratch , some over 150 feet long . |
| 28 | An army spokesman quoted by Agence France-Presse news agency said that soldiers had been attacked while pitching camp at Kaguitt . |
| 29 | Now , consistent with her previous practice of using Creole for comments in Creole on the other players , she begins to describe the players ' code words in turn — " ( you ) slap down , he says " pin " , he slaps down , he says " needle " , he slaps down he — " . |
| 30 | In one article Whitty declared that , ‘ There is … a fair amount of prima facie evidence that the success of the political education movement in mobilising support from politicians is associated with their belief that it could assist in preserving the status quo and in bolstering respect for it . ’ |