Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think er the original plan would have envisaged er a very high proportion of that work having been converted to a fixed price at this point in the programme because according to the original programme not only would the aircraft have flown but we would be entering production investment at this stage and we would there be be fairly confident about the er maturity of the design , however the programme has proceeded much more slowly than originally planned and the amount of er the price that has been converted to a fixed price is indeed quite modest er we have in fact I think only converted eight of the price packages to a fixed price er basis so far . |
| 2 | He then ordered a car to call for him the next morning for a similar occasion and was felled by a stroke while waiting for the lift . |
| 3 | This is because both syntactic and semantic constraints affect the speed of word recognition even fairly early on in a clause , and , for this to happen , a listener must be building up an analysis of both aspects while proceeding through the clause . |
| 4 | The possession of a car enables them to maintain social contacts with their friends elsewhere , and if necessary , to make use of urban amenities while living in the countryside . |
| 5 | Why not visit Castle Caldwell Forest , and enjoy the delights of a National Nature Reserve ( see no 9 ) or enjoy a picnic while taking in the beautiful views of Glenelly Valley and Sperrin Mountains ( see no 17 ) . |
| 6 | How do you turn a clapped-out Lada into a Mercedes while driving down the motorway ? |
| 7 | Cameron and Parkes ( 1983 ) cite , by way of example , the death of a woman who had spent her last weekend at home with her husband discussing plans for the future while sitting in the sun to regain her strength . |
| 8 | A typical story is of a youngster who has a syncopal episode while running across the school playground and is then sent for a neurological evaluation to exclude a seizure disorder . |
| 9 | Andrew Saxton and his colleague Andrew Davies faced a life ban after being found to have taken Clenbuterol while training for the games . |
| 10 | Early in the battle Azhag was struck from the back of his wyvern while fighting against the Knights Panther , leaving the Orc army leaderless and demoralised in the face of a fierce Empire attack . |
| 11 | We threw parties while travelling on the tube on the good old Central Line . |
| 12 | They 'll frequently jump cigar out of the water while swimming fast , enabling them to maintain their speed while coming to the surface to breathe . |
| 13 | Like most true Cornishmen , the Arundells were staunchly Royalist during the troubles , and the sixth Sir John was killed at Plymouth while charging at the head of his troop in 1643 . |
| 14 | Consequently I 've had the pleasure of reading the Echo whilst working in the south of England , Scotland and Belfast . |
| 15 | But nothing as high speed as racing through the streets of Kalgoorlie . |
| 16 | Its stretchability should be low to assist hook penetration when striking over the great distance , but a certain amount of stretch is needed as a safety margin to assist the cushioning effect of the rod . |
| 17 | Prior to that , he served a very useful apprenticeship when touring with the Wallabies in 1988 and 1989 and , for most part , was the deputy to Andy McIntyre , who is Australia 's most capped tighthead prop . |
| 18 | And the fear there is the same fear as walking down the road in , at night wondering if you 're going to be raped ! |
| 19 | The construction task will not end with this book , which does little more than lay the foundation for an approach that will celebrate geography as focusing on the ‘ question of place ’ within contemporary society . |
| 20 | In her effort to record the delight she derives from such details , evidently travelling as far afield as the US and Turkey , her outdoor work recalls both the practice of Marjorie Content 's work of 1928 in picking out the pattern of urban activity and its settings , and Lee Friedlander when focusing on the witty suggestibility of statues and lamp-posts , while her interiors remind me of the work of Margaret Watkins of 1919 . |
| 21 | The appointment of senior teachers and the setting up of health education committees were mentioned by several schools as helping in the management of health education . |
| 22 | Fortunately , tribunals do not altogether ignore the interests of the affected employee when adjudicating upon the fairness or otherwise of a company 's actions . |
| 23 | Aspiring rock artists should remember one golden rule when dealing with the press : there are no rules . |
| 24 | These might now be labelled ‘ fundamental principles ’ and it is important to bear them in mind when looking at the limitations of the legal aid scheme ( Pollock , 1975 ) : |
| 25 | Some of them have spent more terms in schools than others — which must be borne in mind when looking at the position of an individual pupil — but all those factors even out in the local authorities . |
| 26 | Glare can also be caused by very light coloured ceramic floor tiles and it is worth keeping this in mind when choosing from the wide range of floor coverings available . |
| 27 | What do think is the most important thing for an actor to keep uppermost in mind when working in the profession ? |
| 28 | Assuming there is no change in the relevant law , the data on which the aggregated tables is based will not be available for nearly a hundred years , and we have to keep this timescale in mind when planning for the future . |
| 29 | These treaties may well be perceived by Soviet strategists as fitting into the structure of collective security originally proposed by Brezhnev in 1969 . |
| 30 | I see its loss as lying at the root of many current social problems . ’ |