Example sentences of "[v-ing] one [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ’ . |
| 2 | The company 's attempts to mislead the public simply highlight how it profits by wrecking one of the Earth 's greatest natural treasures . " |
| 3 | 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 ! |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The Woodland Trust is dedicated to protecting one of the most important features of Britain 's heritage — our native broadleaved woodland . |
| 6 | The Woodland Trust is dedicated to protecting one of the most important features of Britain 's heritage — our native broadleaved woodland . |
| 7 | We at Outdoor Action will be climbing one of the summits on the day . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Galliano-style : a striking pose incorporating one of the many contemporary Designer ranges available from Earth Clothing in Wellington St. , Belfast . |
| 11 | This will help towards satisfying one of the main goals of the new strategy : to maintain American troops and interest in Europe . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | possibly representing one of the peoples conquered by Augustus . |
| 15 | More probably it was to do with each member representing one of the lunar months of the year . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The journey through the Taste Sensation lasts 10 minutes , with each room representing one of the five senses — smell , sight , sound , touch and taste . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Ian Frank , representing one of the pressure groups against the plan , wanted to know if the National Grid barrister was actually a barrister . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . ’ |
| 22 | The most common practice in educational research is to take occupation as the basis for identifying class , often adopting one of the official classifications of occupations used by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys ( OPCS ) socio-economic classes , socioeconomic groups or , most usually , the one actually called social classes , which is currently : |
| 23 | It would be better to have the whole thing established as part of our Standing Orders , adopting one of the suggestions of the Select Committee on Procedure . |
| 24 | The building materials industry geared itself to meet the steady predictable demand of the house-building industry , thus eliminating one of the chief impediments to the output of houses . |
| 25 | They concluded that , especially in relation to fluvial processes , explanations that ignore the role of human activities run the risk of eliminating one of the most significant variables and perhaps an appropriate note on which to end this chapter is their affirmation that ( Graf , Trimble , Toy and Costa , 1980 , p. 281 ) : |
| 26 | A little after 3 o'clock this morning he rapped at several doors in Marlborough Street ( adjoining one of the piers ) and informed them that fire had been set to one of the ships in the harbour [ and ] matches were laid in several others ; the whole world would soon be in a blaze , and the town also destroyed … |
| 27 | Even more recently , a young woman jogger was raped in an alleyway adjoining one of the biggest main roads in central London . |
| 28 | Gaining one of the highest ratings in the area . |
| 29 | Once the cursor has been positioned at the required place on the screen its position can be locked by pressing one of the ‘ ears ’ . |
| 30 | Inside the blue and gilt auditorium , the loveliest in the world , western presence was felt only in the shape of a film crew and their bright lights , with the Philips recording team behind the scenes , documenting one of the company 's most remarkable achievements under Gergiev before it makes way for new plans . |