Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The satisfaction of belonging to a worthwhile organisation and helping to promote the development of Medau work |
| 2 | I 'm phoning to arrange a time … |
| 3 | However , it may be noted that overtly ‘ theatrical ’ pieces tend to have key schemes to match from the earliest French cantata collections onwards , copying now stage action scenes in helping to dramatize the text , now divertissements in functioning independently from it . |
| 4 | In this way information is gradually built up , helping to paint a picture of the lives and lifestyles of the birds which appear so dramatically in the islands . |
| 5 | Daniel Carey returned to Frizingley as its Chartist Candidate entirely by chance , the gentleman who had originally been selected to fight the by-election having taken up a longish residence in jail on charges of plug-drawing and helping to demolish a workhouse near Rochdale . |
| 6 | When the Secretary of State was helping to draft the declaration on the middle east peace process , did he have in mind the curfew that has been placed on the Nablus and Hebron areas and on the Al-Bireh area and did he have in mind the illegal occupation of the houses in the Silwan area of Jerusalem ? |
| 7 | ‘ Woman with a heavy period , demanding to see a gynaecologist before she bleeds to death . |
| 8 | The butler was arguing with a tall fair man , threatening to send for the footmen to turn him away physically if he persisted in demanding to see the person who was refusing access to everyone , and particularly to anyone answering to the name of Cochrane . |
| 9 | They have already complained to the waiter without satisfaction , so they have descended on the reception desk demanding to see the manager . |
| 10 | He performed well in the Gulf War , helping to glue the coalition . |
| 11 | It was littered with ladders , pails and other decorators ' paraphernalia and the air was permeated with the odour of the chemical the workmen were using to strip the woodwork . |
| 12 | So , Coward is elevated to join the likes of Greed ( 1923 ) and Paisa ( 1946 ) and Le jour se lève ( 1939 ) , but Manvell cautiously refuses to bestow individual plaudits , preferring to see the film as ‘ one of those rare films for which one can never be sure to whom the real credit is due … an example of the unity achieved by the cooperation of many creative minds ’ . |
| 13 | The excavator suggests that the positioning of the doors and the size of the buildings ‘ does not seem to indicate an agricultural function ’ ( Millett 1983 , p. 247 ) , preferring to see the stability of the layout as a reflection of social units , whether divided by ‘ kinship , sex or status ’ ( ibid . ) . |
| 14 | During Queen Victoria 's reign , many that had been formerly open to the public closed their gates , preferring to cultivate the sanctity of ‘ home ’ . |
| 15 | The latter role has received growing attention in recent years , with a trend towards extending the scope of public sector auditing to include an assessment as to whether departments and agencies manage their operations efficiently and whether their programmes are effective in terms of the objectives by which they were initiated . |
| 16 | The Government are helping to support the idea that coal is a pollutant but that nuclear power is green friendly and that gas is green friendly . |
| 17 | Having caught the left rough off the tee , she was shaping to hit the kind of second shot over trees and lakes which would have had Laura Davies drooling . |
| 18 | Preferring to pound the rugby pitch rather than passively wait for Valentine 's cards dropping through the letter box , the efforts of the 15 women on the Scotland side were rewarded with a 10-0 win . |
| 19 | By scattering the fertiliser pellets over his vineyard the vigneron is helping to restore the vine 's balance of resources . |
| 20 | ‘ The artist Cadogan 's was sponsoring to attend a symposium or something . |
| 21 | We should be helping to conserve the environment and discouraging the unnecessary destruction of trees . ’ |
| 22 | They sat in the cold front room , not daring to light a fire in the strange house . |
| 23 | Protected by the noise , which surely signified the most hideously active stoking the world had ever seen , I began to search about , even daring to light a flambeau , which was all this ground floor seemed to warrant in the way of illumination . |
| 24 | Her head swam ; she shut her eyes and pressed herself against the wall , fighting to steady herself for the return trip , struggling to contain an urge to vomit . |
| 25 | This existing history of ‘ miraculous ’ cures is just a hint of what may be available to the human mind struggling to find a way to greater self-help in coping with ill health and adversity , if only the vitally necessary ‘ faith ’ were more easily grasped and held on to . |
| 26 | With some innovative thinking on the way new energy taxes are applied , Mr Lamont might even give a helping hand to Michael Heseltine , the President of the Board of Trade , who is struggling to find a way out of the controversy over plans for pit closures . |
| 27 | Johnny Miller is one of a handful of cricket fanzines struggling to find a readership on the fringe of the mainstream of cricket consciousness . |
| 28 | She could see his brain struggling to find an escape route and that he should want one hurt and shocked her . |
| 29 | He 's struggling to find the money for the trip , but he 'll be there . |
| 30 | But if some Olympic competitors are struggling to find the cash , their problems pale in comparison with the difficulties facing disabled athletes hoping to go to Spain for THEIR games . |