Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [noun] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following his commission as flight lieutenant RAFVR he specialized in upper-air analysis and forecasting for bomber groups . |
| 2 | There could have been a serious road accident with a dozen or so frightened animals careering about country lanes . |
| 3 | They are competing for plum roles and staking their claim to be the No 1 box office attraction . |
| 4 | Dogs competing for championship points are entered in one or more of the regular classes for their breed . |
| 5 | Other projects competing for company resources should be analysed in the same way and ranked according to the levels of pay-off for each . |
| 6 | Other projects competing for company resources should be analysed in the same way and ranked according to the levels of pay-off for each . |
| 7 | We were eating off silver plates and suddenly there was this toad . |
| 8 | According to the reports , the Khmer Rouge has begun fencing off animal sanctuaries in areas where wildlife is most threatened . |
| 9 | And , ’ she added , ‘ if any of you start singing about mango trees and honey , I 'll break your kneecaps … . ’ |
| 10 | Using daily data for the period from June 1987 to June 1988 ( 272 observations ) , after allowing for transactions costs of 0.5–1% , they found a substantial degree of underpricing for Nikkei Stock Average futures : 42% of the time there was an underpricing in excess of the estimated transaction costs . |
| 11 | After allowing for transactions costs of 0.5% , they concluded that until early in 1989 there was clear evidence that all three futures were overpriced . |
| 12 | They found that , after allowing for transactions costs of about 1% , the no-arbitrage condition for intracommodity spreads was met . |
| 13 | Kipnis and Tsang ( 1984b ) analysed the S&P500 index for the period from April 1982 to January 1983 and , after allowing for transaction costs , found a considerable number of departures from the no-arbitrage condition , with both over- and underpricing being present . |
| 14 | Allowing for 1% transactions costs led to a big reduction in the number of mispricings , with few overpricings . |
| 15 | ‘ The difference between the fixed rate and their standard variable rate is often quite small after allowing for exit penalties from their existing loan and the start up costs of the new . ’ |
| 16 | In the present case 400mW is too low but 1.3W is well within ratings , even allowing for Zener tolerances and a possible mains surge of 10 per cent . |
| 17 | Figure 4.3 shows the difference between actual and target funding for the hospital and community health services throughout the 1980s , taking these three demand pressures into account and allowing for efficiency gains ( using cost improvement savings as a proxy for efficiency ) . |
| 18 | This must equal the government deficit after allowing for interest payments ; i.e. , per worker ( where tax is paid on debt interest ) . |
| 19 | At the close the broadly-based FT-SE share index was down 10.2 points , an effective 7.4 points fall after allowing for dividend payments . |
| 20 | If it is assumed that the alternative to investing in equity is to invest in bonds , then , in the long run , it would be expected that the returns to these two investments would be equal after allowing for risk differentials . |
| 21 | The honey-tongue ( if not the fidelity ) of the Polish officers was a legend , but the approach of some among their other ranks ( even allowing for language difficulties ) was even cruder than that of the U.S. servicemen . |
| 22 | On Feb. 27 an " open skies " agreement , signed in May 1991 between Hungary and Romania and allowing for surveillance flights in each country 's airspace , came into force . |
| 23 | In June 1989 a co-operation agreement between EFTA and Hungary was signed allowing for customs concessions to Hungary . |
| 24 | The net deficit , after allowing for tax concessions and loan repayments , would be F$28,000,000 . |
| 25 | At the same time , the CCA 1974 exempts certain categories from liability here : first , lawyers involved in contentious business ( s146(1)– ( 4 ) ) ; second , where introductions are not effected by someone acting in the capacity of an employee canvassing off trade premises ( s146(3) ) . |
| 26 | I 'm originally from 80 Km north of there — a wee place called Castlebar and before you start slagging off Mayo footballers , I 'd better let you know I know this year 's hurling result ! ! ! |
| 27 | I 've learnt a lot , my job depends on me driving and it 's made me realise how much I can drink , how much I ca n't drink , what I can drink and realising about road accidents . |
| 28 | ‘ I ‘ ear there 's a lot of barrows up for sale nowadays and some still goin' for bargain prices . ’ |
| 29 | All outlined how fab System 10 was , and how it would help them , with PeopleSoft rooting for database cursors and the new Open Client because it wants to offer customers better performance , distributed data management , system administration tools and very large database support , and Bachman promising to support System 10 — well , because it just liked Sybase so much . |
| 30 | All outlined how fab System 10 was , and how it would help them , with PeopleSoft rooting for database cursors and the new Open Client because it wants to offer customers better performance , distributed data management , system administration tools and very large database support , and Bachman promising to support System 10 — well , because it just liked Sybase so much . |