Example sentences of "[v-ing] any [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is better , though , for you to restrain your natural impatience to make a start , and take time instead to read the book of instructions before you begin pressing any of the buttons . |
| 2 | She was horrified ; not only because she could see how Beth had thoroughly exhausted herself , but because she had been taken on two weeks ago by Mr Miller , who had told her categorically , ‘ I do n't want Mrs Miller tackling any of the heavier domestic tasks , you understand ? |
| 3 | The collective " she " is presented in this list as if a natural immutable category , ruling out the possibility either of individual traits or of conditions explaining any of the points on the list which might be subject to change . |
| 4 | Once stretched the linen was sized to stop the canvas absorbing any of the ground . |
| 5 | First , if we have a simple pencil C — B , we may premultiply it by C-1 to obtain I — A , A = C-1B ; we may then obtain the eigenvalues and vectors of the pencil by applying any of the methods of 2.6–2.8 to A , and often this is the simplest procedure . |
| 6 | It has reiterated Israel 's long-maintained refusal to consider returning any of the Golan Heights to Syria , adding , for good measure , that the Syrian regime is as bad as the Iraqi one . |
| 7 | Its 1966 report , while confirming the claim that the ‘ uniquely rigid ’ two-release system ‘ discouraged the production of certain types of films ’ , concluded that there were ‘ formidable and probably expensive practical problems in the way of adopting any of the proposals ’ put forward for ameliorating the situation . |
| 8 | Moreover the Keynesian analysis of the labour market as set out in Chapter 5 should have made it fairly clear that Keynes was not denying any of the neoclassical assumptions motivating self-interested households and firms to engage in trade in attempts to achieve Pareto-efficiency . |
| 9 | So not only do you get a full commercial system , but you also reap the benefits of a set-up which has been tailor-made for the hotel trade , without sacrificing any of the functions . |
| 10 | The money is going to the British Refugee Council and the Save the Children Fund , but Hackett rules out giving passing any of the money to projects in Vietnam , where the refugee problem originates . |
| 11 | In any particular case or cases the Council shall have a power to waive in writing any of the provisions of these Rules for a particular purpose or purposes expressed in such waiver and to revoke such waiver . |
| 12 | And so you 've got to be like a bloody monkey and you 've got to climb up the side of the van and climb along the side of the van without damaging any of the furniture right to the front to find the box to bring it back again . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's all shit and blood , so do n't go believing any of the rubbish on That Thing . |
| 14 | The quality audit will be the measure of the calibre of centres ' internal quality systems and will provide the means by which SCOTVEC can decide whether a centre is ready to accept devolved responsibility for operating any of the quality elements . |
| 15 | Do n't forget that we are not necessarily recommending any of the therapies mentioned but we would like to hear how you get on if you try any of them . |
| 16 | Claudia drank her tea , refusing any of the cakes she was offered , watching him as he devoured several with enjoyment . |
| 17 | The principles for overcoming any of the six problem areas listed previously can be adapted to the following general format . |
| 18 | In fact we turned up some gas shares on the way , but er and a bit of cash , but that was n't enough to pay the funeral accounts and she made no provision for paying any of the bills so I sold the gas shares towards paying the funeral account and then got shouted at by the er beneficiary children because I had n't consulted them about selling the gas shares and I said Well , they have to be sold because there 's bills to pay and there is no way of dealing with that . |
| 19 | On the top right-hand of the page write the heading ‘ Expenses ’ and list underneath that heading any of the items below that are applicable : |
| 20 | A party wishing to obtain an expert opinion on the evidence to be adduced by another party must obtain the leave of the court before disclosing any of the documents filed in the proceedings ( FPCR , r23(1) ; FPR , r4.23(1) ) . |
| 21 | OR IF YOU LIKE , YOU CAN CREATE YOUR OWN BY ADDING ANY OF THE FIFTEEN TOPPINGS THAT TAKE YOUR FANCY . |
| 22 | Shares possessing any of the following characteristics : |
| 23 | In the first 2 months there would normally be little benefit in invoking any of the actions shown above . |
| 24 | Always do the warm-up sequence before attempting any of the stretches . |
| 25 | So it refrained from inputting any of the orders it received since UnixWare 's debut until Monday November 2 . |
| 26 | It was not weak , cowardly or treacherous , it told its assailants and for proof pointed to the arrests and the fact that it was not releasing any of the men . |
| 27 | Thus Geoffrey Cowdrill , after spending 22 years with the TSB , decided to invest his future in an Athena franchise without investigating any of the other packages on offer . |
| 28 | The company was forbidden from selling any of the properties free from the mortgage or from granting leases for more than 3 years without the consent of the mortgagee . |
| 29 | Information about other train services can be obtained by telephoning any of the following TransPennine stations : |
| 30 | Had he been facing any of the big cat family , with their formidable armoury of fang , claw , power and speed , he would , for all his martial arts training , have been in with very little chance of survival , let alone victory . |