Example sentences of "[subord] [v-ing] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This can affect almost every employee in virtually every type of business — not simply in factories and warehouses but in offices , shops and any working environment where handling a load presents a risk . |
| 2 | Radial circuits are sometimes used for socket outlets , where installing a ring circuit would waste cable . |
| 3 | In a Soviet Union where getting a film developed is not a simple matter Aleksandras Macijauskas has still managed to document the people , and lifestyle , of his native Lithuania . |
| 4 | In a Soviet Union where getting a film developed is not a simple matter , photography can not be the action of a consumer — of holiday , sports event or sight-seeing tour — but has to be , at the very least , a technical hobby ; at the best , an art form |
| 5 | I can see this in my own case , where losing a job or a home has in certain instances reopened old wounds . |
| 6 | There is no subject where attending a polytechnic increases the statistical likelihood of being unemployed by more than three or four times . |
| 7 | Although using a road map , she managed to lose herself and so stopped to ask a young man the way . |
| 8 | It 's better this than wasting a load of money that carpets we 're gon na bin anyway |
| 9 | Is Labour still reflecting the ideals of the past rather than organizing a response to the problems of the future ? |
| 10 | Naïve , that 's what he was always calling me — that or juvenile , and you ca n't get more juvenile or naïve than allowing a man like Luke Denner to seduce you and then half hoping , almost believing in the fantasy that somehow you might actually mean something to him ! ’ |
| 11 | But the minister 's little joke reflects a suspicion among many in social services that going ‘ over there ’ is less about learning than enjoying a jaunt . |
| 12 | There are few sights more thrilling than seeing a Harrier jump jet being put through its paces . |
| 13 | There was nothing he enjoyed more than seeing a couple of his subordinates at each other 's throats . |
| 14 | It had been much more exciting than seeing a weka for the first time . |
| 15 | There 's no better entertainment than seeing a bunch of over-paid , pampered prima donnas getting their comeuppance . |
| 16 | Keeping him in quarantine is much wiser than producing a situation in which you might put Iran back in control of the Gulf , after eight years in which the whole of the outside world , including the Soviet Union and the US , built up this great military monster in Iraq , in order to prevent Iran from running the Gulf . |
| 17 | Both must be considered useful for nothing more than maintaining a battery 's charge . |
| 18 | A mikva is central to the setting up of a Jewish community , and building a mikva is even more of a priority than building a synagogue . |
| 19 | I 've in fact printed out a short extract from my new book erm which illustrates this , albeit using a computer program , and you can take a copy of that away with you . |
| 20 | This seems a useful technique for any situation where a straight piece of wood ends in a curve , since it maintains the visual integrity of the piece and is considerably easier than laminating a number of separate strips ( which I always find slide out of line while being clamped ) . |
| 21 | The cost of this service would be substantially less than repairing a unit . |
| 22 | Weaving does take longer than knitting a piece of the same size , but it takes very little longer to weave a long row than a short one , so this can save a considerable amount of time . |
| 23 | To avoid mistakes , please would you use the new form attached to make your order , signed by your Head of Group/Sector rather than using a memo as was the case before . |
| 24 | When searching for the right adjective , bear in mind that your effect on the reader will be stronger if you can create physical sensation , if you can make the reader conjure up a colour , a texture , a smell or a sound , rather than using a word like ‘ soothing ’ , or ‘ lovely ’ or ( worst of all ) ‘ evocative ’ . |
| 25 | One of the advantages of using an instantaneous gas water heater is that it is much more efficient than using a gas central heating boiler to heat the water in a storage cistern particularly in the summer . |
| 26 | In other words , rather than using a notepad and pen , you have the privilege of paying £100 for a piece of complicated electronics that does the same thing . |
| 27 | Do not attempt to give massage at floor level when standing and bending at the waist ; this is even more harmful to your back than using a bed . |
| 28 | You will also need a plumbline to ensure that a frame or end panel is vertical ; this is more accurate and easier to see than using a spirit level . |
| 29 | Navigating with a pen is surprisingly natural and certainly easier than using a mouse on a train , but the handwriting recognition is still weak . |
| 30 | The program now becomes : This is a much neater way of unconditionally looping than using a GOTO statement . |