Example sentences of "[pos pn] [v-ing] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't that I was doubting my faith or denying the reality of my becoming a Christian , but rather that , though I had genuinely believed ten years earlier , my commitment had been intertwined with the emotional comfort of sharing the beliefs and way of life of my family and certain friends . |
| 2 | My involvement with mountain rescue has led to my becoming the medical officer for the Mountain Rescue Committee dealing with England and Wales . |
| 3 | Their concern relates to my dismissing the former club captain , Colin Webley . |
| 4 | Nothing will be imposed by the Department of the Environment without my having the closest opportunity to discuss all this with the islanders and their representatives myself . |
| 5 | There was something rather reckless in my attending the present lectures at all , because it was in the depths of winter , and from where I now lived it was rather a long walk to the town — over a mile , at any rate . |
| 6 | First my father 's plans for my marrying a French princess , precluded my offering you anything more than a clandestine attachment — and now , with the future so uncertain , I fear that clandestine attachment and French princess are each as remote as the other . |
| 7 | If you will have it , yes , there were debts that did not permit of my marrying a penniless girl . |
| 8 | I should not like my playing the Good Samaritan to end in a flaming holocaust . ’ |
| 9 | ( For example , if a comparison of a new intervention is made with current practice , minimum practice , or doing nothing do I agree that in my setting the same comparison programme would apply ? ) |
| 10 | I waited , hoping for an opportune moment to discuss the possibility of my earning a little money . |
| 11 | It is a native of Europe , western Asia and North Africa , and its wide distribution throughout the hedgerows of Europe and general usefulness have resulted in its gathering a vast quantity of legends , magical beliefs and superstitions . |
| 12 | Many various-sized painted plaster images are on sale and quite a number with large pieces broken off are being brought back in torn imitation plastic leather bags , only to have it explained that the purchasers probably have not been confessing enough and absolution is only granted by their completing a 13-page questionnaire through which they get a special adhesive that breaks all mends . |
| 13 | Meanwhile , much smaller North West neighbour Liverpool is looking to continue building up domestic and regional aviation-related business following its becoming the first local authority-owned airport to transfer from the public to private sector when it was bought by British Aerospace in 1990 . |
| 14 | His position was itself controversial since he argued that former Stasi members should be integrated into the police force and the Interior Ministry to avoid their becoming a potential terrorist threat . |
| 15 | The three biggest US airlines — American , United and Delta — had hoped that approval of the BA-USAir deal would have been linked to their gaining a bigger foothold in the UK market . |
| 16 | The three biggest US carriers , American Airlines , United Airlines and Delta Airlines , had hoped that approval of the BA-USAir deal would have been linked to their gaining a bigger foothold in the UK market and argued that the original $750 million proposal would have given BA wide entry into the US market while restricting US airlines from further expansion into the UK . |
| 17 | The difficulties associated with the contractual model of the company led academics in the early decades of this century to adopt instead in their writing the natural-entity conception of the company . |
| 18 | The Politburo , at its meeting a few days later , described the summit as a ‘ major event in international life ’ whose main result had been the ‘ deepening of the political dialogue between the Soviet Union and the USA ’ ; and the dialogue did , indeed , continue under Reagan 's successor George Bush , first at a storm-tossed ‘ get to know you ’ summit off Malta and then more formally in the course of an official presidential visit to the United States in 1990 . |
| 19 | Much emphasis was put on the importance of identifying the key decision-takers and making sure that they had the right information — much was made of the necessity of their getting a balanced picture on which to take their decisions . |
| 20 | Despite their displaying a generalised and largely self-sufficient subsistence economy , precious metals and other valuable goods are known to have moved between such communities . |
| 21 | So , he had been winding her up about their sharing the same bed , amusing himself at her expense ! |
| 22 | To celebrate its joining the electric network , Cambridge was visited on 23 March by the Minister of Transport ( David Mitchell ) on a recordbreaking ( 48 minute ) trip from Liverpool Street . |
| 23 | Yes , well there is another man and she 's told Paul frankly she 's lapping up the attention , he 's taking her out for meals and their having a good time together you know , why its great , but as soon as he 's paid for , for the goods and got , got the goods , the chaps going to go off looking for another . |
| 24 | When two closely related species have similar behavioural patterns or capacities , and this similarity is due to their having a common origin , then the behaviours are said to be homologous . |
| 25 | How far such practitioners attempt to facilitate a process in which these less consciously available feelings are related to present attitudes and behaviour must depend , firstly , on their confidence about the validity of such linkages , secondly on their conviction that this is useful , and thirdly on their having the necessary skills . |
| 26 | Other than their having the same employer , what does it mean to say that they are each members of the same community ? |
| 27 | The Turkish government was to uphold religious liberty and equality ; the recognition of the governments of Serbia and Bulgaria was made conditional upon their doing the same . |
| 28 | A MOTHER is suing over an alleged medical slip which led to her having a handicapped daughter . |
| 29 | Beneath it were a photograph of a beaming Ruby Dobby and a few hundred words about her having a psychic revelation that Sniffy Wilson was near London and trying to make contact with a friend . |
| 30 | but we had to do that with her having a sore throat . |