Example sentences of "[v-ing] [num] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1983 , in an effort to get the ball rolling on realistic cuts , the Scandinavian countries proposed a 30 per cent reduction in sulphur emissions by 1993 , using 1980 as the baseline year . |
| 2 | Using 1980 as the base year , sulphur dioxide reduction aims are as follows : 20 per cent by 1993 , 40 per cent by 1998 and 60 per cent by 2003 . |
| 3 | Leland 's firm made the engines , transmissions and steering gear and Cadillac went from building two cars in 1902 to producing 1895 in the year between March 1903 and March 1904 . |
| 4 | Apart from the SADF 's electioneering , South Africa and its puppets have at their disposal most of the media in Namibia , vast resources to mount their election campaign and a standing army in the form of SWATF and Koevoet at the ready if things do n't go their way — which is to stop SWAPO gaining two-thirds of the vote for the Constituent Assembly . |
| 5 | WELL , I see Man Utd and Arsenal put on a thrilling match ending 4–4 for the David O'Leary Testimonial earlier this week . |
| 6 | The union , representing 50,000 of the country 's 300,000 agricultural workers , called on the government to give priority to such workers in its reallocation programmes . |
| 7 | The colliery owners undertook to support the new Union by giving it sole negotiating rights ; by agreeing to deduct the Union contribution from wages ; by contributing 12,500 to the Union 's pension fund and by harrying known members of the NMA . |
| 8 | Piling on the confusion , Ramish Vassen , a Cape Town lawyer representing three of the prisoners , said he went yesterday to Pollsmoor prison , where they have been kept in recent years , to deliver a suit for one of his clients , Elias Motosaledi . |
| 9 | Presidential and legislative elections were held in February 1990 , when Caldéron was elected President with 51 per cent of the vote , and the PUSC won an absolute majority , gaining 29 of the 57 seats in the Legislative Assembly [ see p. 37243 ] . |
| 10 | Explaining one of the sections of their manifesto in the preface to the exhibition at Bernheim 's , the Futurists , now aware of Cubist painting , talked for the first time of ‘ battles of planes ’ ; and Boccioni summarizes most concisely the debt of Futurism to Cubism when in Pittura Scultura Futuriste , published in 1914 , he wrote under the heading ‘ Compenetrazione dei Piani ’ : ‘ It is the pictorial method of rendering movement in a painting , making the surrounding objects fuse with the structure of the object placed in their midst ’ . |
| 11 | The company 's attempts to mislead the public simply highlight how it profits by wrecking one of the Earth 's greatest natural treasures . " |
| 12 | It said it one of the guitar magazines I use my all the time before , before winding up for a gig , and all this sees for wrecking one of the guitars ! |
| 13 | The six-member jury ( composed of four women and two men ) deliberated for 77 minutes before concluding in Smith 's favour and thereby ending one of the most widely reported trials in US history . |
| 14 | The Woodland Trust is dedicated to protecting one of the most important features of Britain 's heritage — our native broadleaved woodland . |
| 15 | The Woodland Trust is dedicated to protecting one of the most important features of Britain 's heritage — our native broadleaved woodland . |
| 16 | We at Outdoor Action will be climbing one of the summits on the day . |
| 17 | For example , having gone straight ahead without referring to the chart gallery I created the default Pie Chart and was dissatisfied because I could find no way of exploding one of the slices . |
| 18 | By half emptying one of the sacks onto the floor of the van he found he could drag it with his right hand and hold onto the box with his left . |
| 19 | Galliano-style : a striking pose incorporating one of the many contemporary Designer ranges available from Earth Clothing in Wellington St. , Belfast . |
| 20 | This will help towards satisfying one of the main goals of the new strategy : to maintain American troops and interest in Europe . |
| 21 | The result looks unstable and inelegant but it greatly increases the chance of the arrangement satisfying one of the two top priorities : that the tip of the peg should make contact with the socket . |
| 22 | As a result , he was taken completely by surprise when twelve stone of lean muscle powered into him at snake-like speed and wrenched the gun aside , the shot slamming into a very surprised Froebe , who staggered back , the impact of his body cracking one of the windows . |
| 23 | possibly representing one of the peoples conquered by Augustus . |
| 24 | More probably it was to do with each member representing one of the lunar months of the year . |
| 25 | Practical Desk Sets or Systems Stations are available to house the pens and , in addition , the KC-1100 range is offered in sets of 12 twin pointed markers , each representing one of the nine colour groups into which the full range is divided . |
| 26 | The journey through the Taste Sensation lasts 10 minutes , with each room representing one of the five senses — smell , sight , sound , touch and taste . |
| 27 | Although it is true , as Charles Muscatine has recently pointed out , that it is inappropriate and impossible to seek to classify fabliaux in toto as representing one of the styles of Latin rhetoric recognized in the medieval schools — humilis , medius or gravis : low , middle or high — fabliau authors can call up such a range of styles for good local effect . |
| 28 | Ian Frank , representing one of the pressure groups against the plan , wanted to know if the National Grid barrister was actually a barrister . |
| 29 | Under cross-examination from Alan Gore , a barrister representing one of the dead drivers , he said that as a result one of the options had been amended . |
| 30 | Asked by a barrister , Alan Gore , representing one of the drivers killed at Newton , whether similar justification had been sought at Newton , Mr Cooksey replied : ‘ Apparently not . ’ |