Example sentences of "[v-ing] the [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is why we are pursuing the matter in detail , particularly the transitional arrangements . |
| 2 | It would make the association feel that it had had a better hearing if it saw the Minister face to face rather than pursuing the matter in correspondence . |
| 3 | Mr Geddes added that his group was of the view that the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , had failed to consult the Scottish people about water privatisation and was pursuing the matter in spite of it not being included in the Conservative election manifesto . |
| 4 | Issues of academic freedom attract heated public discussion when academic staff see themselves as being prevented from pursuing the research in which they are personally interested . |
| 5 | The taxing officer hears the parties and decides any issues in dispute , either allowing the item in the bill to stand or disallowing or reducing it . |
| 6 | The protest action in the Silesian coal mines changed over the following days into a continuous strike supported by most unions , aimed at changing the government 's restructuring policy , securing the creation of a fund to rescue the coal industry and halting the fall in real wages . |
| 7 | Hundreds of birds might be circling the lighthouse in the misty darkness , illuminated briefly as the beam swung round in a circle . |
| 8 | Hawkins was silent for quite some time , then said : ‘ How are you going to pin on a couple of posthumous VCs or whatever when you 're circling the earth in a vaporized orbit ? ’ |
| 9 | The ‘ she-male ’ character of the Bessy is not merely a woman impersonated by a man , but denotes a combination of both male and female , a total unity encompassing the whole in primitive man 's attempt to understand the universe . |
| 10 | Bill Morrison was posted here during the war and amazed everyone by contacting the hotel in 1991 to return one of their beer glasses which he had had since waiting at the bar one night during the way only to have them run out of beer . |
| 11 | The government claims that economic growth is outstripping the increase in pollution . |
| 12 | But when we 're dealing as we are in this case , with fraud , then clearly there has to be regulations , there has to be er primary legislation er so that was the point I 'm making but as I say , it 's not just me , it 's the stock exchange , the S I B , all of them believe that we need a single enforcement body to look at these matters and I do wish perhaps the minister does but the government must acc eople and a number of ople obviously with a number of traumas and a number of di exploit the different rules and regulations and to get through them because they know they are never going to be caught and the little chance of being prosecuted and even if they are prosecuted er then the chances of being convicted are remote and even if they are convicted I 'm afraid that the judicial shi system shows er that the worst they can expect is a few hours mowing the grass in front of an old folks home or perhaps a few months er in the country residence , albeit owned by Her Majesty . |
| 13 | The lawyer should , in accordance with Law Society Rule 15(2) , write naming the partner in charge and the members of the team . |
| 14 | He refuses to commit himself at all on the dating of Abdulkerim 's Muftilik , not even naming the sultan in whose reign it occurred . |
| 15 | In the other the neat little brass weights , geometrically round and gleaming , maintaining the scale in perfect equilibrium . |
| 16 | now my Lord , your Lordship would of seen from the case and now from the continental television case , both in the divisional court and in the court of appeal , that where a reference is to be made the court that is marking the reference , if , what is sort to be done is either to challenge a British statute or in the case of er , er the red hot Dutch case , of course with the statute , er something which er it involves a ministerial decision , but in either of those instances the court has got to decide in the interim whether or not the statute or measure should remain in force and there is the priority of public policy as indicated in er Lord er speech referred to both in the divisional court and in the court of appeal in continental television in er maintaining the law in force and a , a bonus has to be faced by the person seeking discipline from the law to show us a sufficiently strong case to justify the er , er , the suspension of the law in the interim . |
| 17 | Now my Lord , your Lordship would of seen from , in fact the same case , and now from the continental television case , both in the divisional court and in the court of appeal , that where a reference is to be made the court that is making the reference , it what is sort to be done is either to challenge a British statute or in the case of er , er the red hot Dutch case , in fact the terms were caused in the statute er something which in involves a ministerial decision , but in either of those instances the court has got to decide in the interim whether or not the statute or measure should remain in force and there is the priority of public policy as indicated in er Lord er speech referred to both in the divisional court and in the court of appeal in continental television in maintaining the law in force and a , a bonus has to be faced by the person seeking discipline the law to show us the simply strong case to justify the er , er the suspension of the law in the interim . |
| 18 | To secure his rear Scapula used the device of founding a colonia of retired veterans at Camulodunon and giving two British rulers the responsibility of maintaining the peace in their areas . |
| 19 | Too little has been spent on maintaining the system in the past and the industry , faced with signs of accelerating failure rates , does not yet appear to be doing enough to contain the rate of decay . |
| 20 | Maintaining the policy in face of previously unthinkable levels of unemployment became a test of ‘ resolute leadership ’ . |
| 21 | This continuous flow of information may be seen as maintaining the equilibrium in a situation which entails considerable risks , particularly for the teacher . |
| 22 | Maintaining the countryside in a pristine ‘ rural ’ state merely means consigning a substantial section of its population to a level of material existence which those who propound such policies would not themselves tolerate . |
| 23 | Likewise the debate over the relative merits of landfill gas and incineration as options for recovering the energy in waste is brief . |
| 24 | RSVP was formed soon after the NRA announced it was considering building the reservoir in spring 1991 . |
| 25 | Building the road in a cutting would cost up to £10–5 million per kilometre . |
| 26 | To the casual observer the layout of the plant and the flexibility introduced by the carriers are striking improvements over the traditional assembly plant with the track making its inexorable progress past every fixed work station , and Volvo claim that the increased cost of building the plant in this way is covered by improvements in quality and productivity . |
| 27 | Where do you personally feel it touching the society in which we live ? |
| 28 | Even more alarming is that over a third of the victims are not directly touching the dog in any way at the time of the attack , according to US studies . |
| 29 | The odds are that you will be delighted with the results of this simple little shoot , particularly if you have managed to avoid the besetting sin of most first-time camcorder users , that is of panning the camera in an aimless fashion over everything in sight . |
| 30 | I shall not embarrass Labour Members by reminding the House in detail that there is no community charge in Wandsworth because the authority is such a good manager of its moneys , while a huge charge is levied in Lambeth , which unfortunately I have to pay . |