Example sentences of "[v-ing] them [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " The American South where I come from is mighty proud of its good manners , messieurs , " said the senator , flashing them a smile of exaggerated charm . |
| 2 | Mr Major 's appeal to the rest of the EC came as he launched a late plan to bring Denmark back on board by allowing them a range of opt-outs from the Treaty — without altering the terms of the agreement itself . |
| 3 | To deal with this , a group of merchants who wanted to trade in a particular part of the world would ask the monarch for a charter allowing them a monopoly of bringing goods from their chosen region into England , giving them rights to defend themselves against pirates and bandits with their own armed force , and letting them settle legal problems that would otherwise have to wait years until they got back to England . |
| 4 | Of course , had the guilds and fraternities included a handling charge in their reckoning they might have attracted an income allowing them the freedom to purchase for themselves those ‘ extras ’ now being clamoured for . |
| 5 | The EPA had ruled that any plant operator wishing to do so must first notify the public , allowing them an opportunity to challenge the change . |
| 6 | They should n't be like that , we should , like , be able to pull cords and curtains as well gathering them a bit . |
| 7 | ‘ You would n't mind organizing them a bit , would you ? |
| 8 | If he saw those for himself , I am sure that he would agree that they are of low quality , given the volume of traffic using them every day . |
| 9 | With regard to intrauterine devices we suggest that in some women developing endometriosis while using them the disease goes unrecognised and they are treated by removal of the device . |
| 10 | As special deposits are compulsory , by using them the Bank can be sure of reducing the banks ' liquid assets , and they are equivalent to an open-market sale , in that they reduce the banks ' ability to increase credit ( and hence the money supply ) . |
| 11 | I 'm not eating them every day though . |
| 12 | They would be more than willing to move as long as Leeds council offered them a suitable alternative with security of tenure ( this in effect means building them a brand new stadium from scratch ) . |
| 13 | This way she could simply wash it each morning and let it dry naturally — start trying for styles and valuable minutes had to be wasted keeping them the way they were meant to be . |
| 14 | In the late 1880s , he was able to make major improvements to this pen , and was to be found assembling them every evening in his hotel room . |
| 15 | Proponents of voluntary aided status for certain independent denominational schools could argue that the obstruction of their proposals is compounding the difficulties as well as denying them the choice which is available to other groups . |
| 16 | The real problem is that if solicitors prepare the written brief , there is much less of a case for denying them the right of audience to argue that brief before the court . |
| 17 | The USSR Supreme Soviet , in a resolution of Feb. 25 , declared that the decision by republican authorities not to hold the referendum violated citizens ' civil rights by denying them the right to vote . |
| 18 | Bruce Dern said Corman did him and Nicholson a favour by getting them a part because they both needed the money at the time ; Corman arranged it so that their shooting schedules would require them to be available for the first and last weeks of the four-week stint , thus , under union rules guaranteeing them a salary cheque for the full four weeks . |
| 19 | and Macpherson of Cluny J. ) given on 18 January 1991 refusing them the relief claimed in their applications for judicial review of decisions made in relation to each of them by the Secretary of State for the Home Department . |
| 20 | it must be costing them a fortune , when every time they move , they alter 'ouse , they decorate and put new carpets down and furniture |
| 21 | It was just costing them a lot of money in phone calls and train tickets to London . |
| 22 | Although I would also say that I do n't suppose there are very many Councillors that do n't actually , at the end of the day , being a Councillor is costing them a lot of money and those members ' allowances are very , very small and they certainly in my case nowhere near cover the cost of being a County Councillor . |
| 23 | Their editorial resources are , however , limited , so the church will be welcomed if it can provide good story ‘ copy ’ and clear photographs , thus saving them the expense of sending their own paid staff along to the various functions . |
| 24 | Yes , they 're all trained in first aid , erm erm and in the use er we also carry the analgesic gas , now the ones that er nitric oxide which is used in er pregnant mothers for childbirth , they carry some of that now , er which they administer to people in pain and that takes away the pain erm for the time being anyway , until such time as you can extricate them or , or ease the pain or take away the problem away from them that 's causing them the pain . |
| 25 | The sewing factory in Buckinghamshire where twenty five workers arrived to find the door locked and the company in receivership , owing them a total of a hundred thousand pounds . |
| 26 | In the first decade of his reign Selim had attempted to appease the Serbs by granting them a degree of self-government . |
| 27 | More recently in Cinnamond v. British Airports Authority his Lordship has invoked the same type of reasoning , stating that operators of cabs at an airport had no legitimate expectation which would warrant granting them a hearing . |
| 28 | Part of the refugee problem will be solved by granting them the right of return to Palestine ( i.e. the West Bank and Gaza Strip ) or to the Jordanian-Palestinian federation . ’ |
| 29 | If we were paying them a salary then of course it 's up to us whether we have them at sitting at home doing nothing , they would n't they 'd soon get bored with it . |
| 30 | If ; when your parents begin to draw a National Insurance retirement pension , they go on working , or their former employer is paying them a pension , their code will need to be changed so as to take into account the National Insurance pension . |