Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sun and water power in Toledo : BP Solar Espana is helping to connect a 1MW photovoltaic plant to the Spanish grid near Toledo in central Spain . |
| 2 | I 'm phoning to arrange a time … |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ Woman with a heavy period , demanding to see a gynaecologist before she bleeds to death . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ The artist Cadogan 's was sponsoring to attend a symposium or something . |
| 8 | They sat in the cold front room , not daring to light a fire in the strange house . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Johnny Miller is one of a handful of cricket fanzines struggling to find a readership on the fringe of the mainstream of cricket consciousness . |
| 14 | She could see his brain struggling to find an escape route and that he should want one hurt and shocked her . |
| 15 | Needless to say voluntary bodies are very nervous about that , because they have difficulty contracting to provide a service when they are totally dependent on unpaid volunteers , and therefore there is reluctance on their part to , to enter into contracts that bind them to provide something where they are uncertain about their ability to do it . |
| 16 | The two senior churches pour millions into the education system of this country , helping to provide a quarter of the nation 's schools . |
| 17 | Unfortunately it turned out to be somewhat of an anti-climax when a rubber dinghy with two occupants was found to be from a Fishery Protection vessel , the two officers concerned were landing to attend a wedding . |
| 18 | And the midfielder is also bidding to continue a scoring streak that has seen him hit the target in his last four League matches . |
| 19 | I 'm endeavouring to acquire a passion for plastic . |
| 20 | Like my hon. Friend , I pay tribute to the efforts of Lord Carrington and others within the Community who have been endeavouring to obtain a ceasefire , and to the efforts made by Mr. Cyrus Vance . |
| 21 | In April 1987 discussions took place between Mr. Tucker and Mr. O'Brien in which Mr. O'Brien was endeavouring to obtain an increase in the overdraft facilities available to the company . |
| 22 | While endeavouring to find a title for my first book , Colin Harvey , the publisher , suggested ‘ Poems for Daffodil Teas ’ . |
| 23 | Very often a simple committee decision resolving to serve a Repairs Notice , or even resolving to consider serving a Repairs Notice , is enough to prompt the owner to sell . |
| 24 | PATSY Kensit , above , flew into Heathrow yesterday after signing to play a bank robber in a Hollywood movie . |
| 25 | ARFU officials and Wallabies can not fathom the Home Unions ' inflexibility on the issue , particularly since the ARFU allowed England to interrupt their tour of Australia last year to play two matches in Fiji before returning to play a Test in Sydney . |
| 26 | Little research has studied adults who got to the stage of applying to do a course but who then did not enrol for it . |
| 27 | In endeavouring to give an account of his life one can not really be satisfied that the truth is emerging : not the whole truth . |
| 28 | It would be like returning to resit an examination in which we have not done well enough to proceed to another level of our education . |
| 29 | Torrijos seized power four years later , vowing to put an end to what was perceived as a long era of national humiliation . |
| 30 | Then Stren was in front of them , his sword appearing to materialise an inch from their throats without having to pass through the intervening air . |