Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This would put applicants in a very false position , perhaps drive away very talented applicants who might think that there were fewer places available for them , but also to encourage people who might in fact be struggling to go to any university in the country , it might encourage them to apply and to have a reasonable expectation of success because their sporting abilities were outstanding , they would then be disappointed because they would not be admitted and if they were admitted at that level , they would probably have a very unfortunate time at Oxford . |
| 2 | She was still struggling to adjust to this love , this , the biggest happening of her life . |
| 3 | For daring to come at all , she was cut from the Kirov team . |
| 4 | When Professor Fogelman undertook a survey of school work for the Speaker 's Commission , he collected a most eclectic list of topics which teachers proffered as contributing to work in this field . |
| 5 | I find myself being another son — a good son , courteous and thoughtful , holding doors open , appearing to defer to all her wishes . |
| 6 | ( 2 ) To require the person whose affairs are to be investigated ( a ) to produce documents appearing to relate to any matter relevant to the investigation , or account for their absence , and ( b ) to provide an explanation for any such document . |
| 7 | ( 4 ) To require any other person ( a ) to produce documents appearing to relate to any matter relevant to the investigation , or account for their absence , and ( b ) to provide an explanation for any such document . |
| 8 | It will have been noted that , not content with imposing upon themselves the task of ruling through the tendering of advice , which might have been thought difficult enough , the British took upon themselves in Northern Nigeria the even more difficult task of ruling without actually appearing to rule at all — an undertaking whose very absurdity only emphasizes its interest . |
| 9 | But after she had finished the first part of her lecture ; after slightly nodding her head to the generous applause ; after the lights had gone up again ; after Ashenden had said ( as every chairman since Creation had said ) how much everyone had enjoyed the talk and how grateful everyone was that not only had the distinguished speaker fascinated each and every one of them but also had agreed to answer any questions which he was absolutely sure everyone in the room was aching to put to such a distinguished expert in the field … it was only then that Dr Moule was able to survey the two intruders . |
| 10 | The unfortunate Met Officers all over Bomber Command had plenty of explaining to do during that summer , as the weather was unusually bad . |
| 11 | As I recalled , storms sprang up rapidly about the Swiss lakes , appearing to arrive from all corners of the sky at once . |
| 12 | Whatever his views on the subject , Labour 's Scottish leader is not in the market for appearing to waltz to any tune called by his Nationalist counterpart . |
| 13 | This reflects the expansion of the use of computers from mass storage and number crunching to take in all forms of human communication . |
| 14 | And nobody seems to be itching to speak on this report . |
| 15 | Because the taille does not reflect the same quality appeal as the cuvée , it is common practice for many houses to declare they never use vins de taille in their Champagnes , preferring to sell on any they may have . |
| 16 | Most of the possible legal moves in a chess position have simple refutations ; refusing to go beyond those refutations should allow a machine to screen out enormous numbers of possibilities , and focus its evaluating time on just those moves about which there are serious questions . |
| 17 | You 're not going to hurt Mother Francis by refusing to go to this place she 's sending you . |
| 18 | The snag is that many local managers are refusing to agree to this concession . |
| 19 | The remaining issue is how this power should be exercised in the context of a case in which a minor is refusing treatment or , whilst consenting to one form of treatment , is refusing to consent to another . |
| 20 | So you 're wanting to go to that swimming class on Monday ? |
| 21 | Thus was I punished for wanting to go to these places , which I knew to be prisons for God . |
| 22 | He had sold Chapeltoun House in Ayrshire , which he had built up over 10 years , and was looking to invest in another business . |
| 23 | It is precisely this that she is seeking to obtain in this case . |
| 24 | With respect , it is submitted , that to the extent that the observation may be characterized as seeking to compensate for any lack of clarity in the formulation of the rule in Pepper v. Hart , by the threat of judicial orders for costs , this approach is wrong in principle . |
| 25 | We began the year with the Department of the Environment withdrawing the Comber-Dundonald portion of the track-bed from the market and refusing to come to any form of agreement with the Trust regarding the future of this portion of the line . |
| 26 | What I shall want to argue is that their position is caught up in a circular argument : the only reason one could have for wanting to stand in this kind of relationship to biblical women is that one is Christian , but these writers never tackle the prior question as to whether feminism is in fact compatible with Christianity , such that one should want to stand in relationship to biblical women . |
| 27 | Any licence holder wanting to open beyond those guideline hours will have to appear personally before the board to argue special circumstances . |
| 28 | I could however moan on about the likelihood of anyone ever wanting to listen to this collection straight through at one sitting , or that Miss Battle could have done rather more in the way of characterising each aria ( and her diction is also hardly crystal clear ) . |
| 29 | Pausing to listen for any sounds of activity before making her dash across to the cover of the fosse , she found herself automatically reciting part of the Litany to the Blessed Virgin : " Mother most pure , Mother undefiled , Mother most admirable , Mother of good counsel , Mother of our creator , Mother of our Saviour , Virgin most prudent , Virgin most venerable … mystical rose , Tower of David , House of Gold , Ark of the Covenant … " |
| 30 | He had had enough experience of strangers probing his own hurts without wanting to pry into those of others . |