Example sentences of "[v-ing] [det] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He laid much of the blame on the growth of incomes outstripping that of consumer goods production , and attributed this primarily to mistakes in granting autonomy to state enterprises and in regulating the co-operative sector . |
| 2 | And I 'm using that in order to select . |
| 3 | I 'd lastly like to say a thank you to Kevin , because I think , as a man , it is obviously more difficult for him to broach this subject , and he 's been pursuing this through APEX through for a very long time , and has worked extremely hard , so I 'd like to say thank you to him , and thank you to you now for taking the message back home . |
| 4 | I suggest that we should delay submitting this to Number Ten until you have had a chance to draft the actual terms of reference , as you propose . |
| 5 | As it turned out , he had been offered double my fee and I soothed my offended vanity by attributing this to inflation . |
| 6 | Keeping that in mind it gives you somewhere else to go musically , and those themes tend to be a little more prominent from an adult point of view . |
| 7 | These processes , excepting that of population growth , are largely unexplored . |
| 8 | I 'm painting that with white . |
| 9 | Glare can also be caused by very light coloured ceramic floor tiles and it is worth keeping this in mind when choosing from the wide range of floor coverings available . |
| 10 | Keeping this in view , and yet ensuring the freedom of the press , the Government considered it appropriate to achieve the necessary balance by establishing its own newspaper that is national in character and content . |
| 11 | Keeping this in view , and yet ensuring the freedom of the press , the Government considered it appropriate to achieve the necessary balance by establishing its own newspaper that is national in character and content . |
| 12 | Accelerated rates of change demand improved organization and procedures to increase the ability to adapt to new conditions and to conserve money by well-designed , economical manufacturing ; keeping this in focus often requires a single vision . |
| 13 | ‘ We just flies in a room , ’ he liked to say , moving quickly across the ruins of daily life , plane crashes , train wrecks , matricide , infanticide ; then , after swatting half of humanity , he 'd lower his voice and whisper , as if imparting a secret , ‘ We just flies , that 's all . |
| 14 | A man accused of stabbing another to death outside his own house has pleaded not guilty to murder . |
| 15 | On the other hand , since the early periods of history involve greater use of material evidence ( artefacts , archaeology , and so on ) , rather than written evidence , there is a lot to be said for tackling this in year 3 , when the child 's reading abilities are limited . |
| 16 | Aspects of driving such as clutch control and gear changing are initially extremely difficult and require considerable concentration , being easily disrupted by other tasks . |
| 17 | Secondly , the more grey scales the scanner can resolve the better as we are going to be trading these against resolution for the best compromise . |
| 18 | The promises and statements made in election programmes are the basis of all those made in the campaign , so by relating these to government statements of their legislative programme , and even more so to actual behaviour in office , we can see if party-based democracies actually do work in this way . |
| 19 | Only two infants could not be held as low as intended , and omitting these from analysis does not substantially alter the results . |
| 20 | Victorian culture , with its concentration on individual responsibility and the primacy of the family , had played the dominant role in shaping much of Nonconformity ; it was inevitable that in its turn Nonconformity should absorb much of that culture into its way of thinking . |
| 21 | There is but one objective — to find the cause of the accident — and all parties are equally interested in establishing that without distortion or national bias . |
| 22 | There was nothing equivocal about that ; nor was there about the oath of allegiance the emirs were required to take , which recognized the undisputed sovereignty in all matters , saving that of religion , of the British government . |
| 23 | My my colleague promoting this on safety grounds er is absolutely right er I I really do feel the southern relief road issue where indeed works causeway will be closed in the proposals er is one thing . |
| 24 | have opportunities to participate in all activities related to reading , eg preparing and reading a selection of poems , or reciting some from memory , or taking part in storytelling sessions or dramatic activities ; |
| 25 | The modem included in US models is n't approved by the British telecoms authorities — apparently its components are too close together and do n't meet the required specification — so Tadpole is recommending another for use in its place . |
| 26 | Correcting this at home takes a minute or two with needle and thread — but I did n't have a sewing kit with me on my first outing . |
| 27 | Rapid acceleration gave pilots a false nose-up sense and they were correcting this with nose-down on the flying controls and flying into the ground . |
| 28 | Now I 'm writing this in bed . |
| 29 | Are you saving this on disk or is this going onto hard disk ? |
| 30 | We had family prayers before breakfast with extempore prayers from Father , who had the faculty of producing these on demand . |