Example sentences of "[noun] and [v-ing] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of this : the exposure of the Social Democrats , the exposure of the Second International , the liberation of the working masses from the influence of Social Democracy , the isolation and overcoming of Social Democracy , is the immediate task for the Communist Parties . |
| 2 | It 's the very essence of human beings to call in question every form of life , every form of thought , and to raise the possibility of thinking and living in some other way , and perhaps just for this very reason , some final and definitive formulation of the , of human nature , of human knowledge , of human conduct , is in principle unobtainable , and that the best that the philosopher can ever hope to do , is to show that this formulation , that formulation or the other wo n't work . |
| 3 | For one thing it is for the Holy Spirit to tell us in that hour what we are to say , and for another thing the people we prove to be in that hour will be determined , not by our thinking about that hour , but by our thinking and living in this hour . |
| 4 | Its running expenses are provided by Marburg University , and Volkswagen and IBM are paying handsomely for its computerisation and networking to other institutions . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , difficulty is often experienced in getting fertilizer down to the roots without lifting and replanting in fresh compost or otherwise considerably fouling the water . |
| 6 | Instead of meandering up a path to the top , chatting amicably to a pal about how George Michael used to be good in Wham and passing round the butterscotch , they choose a cliff and try to reach the summit by slowly inching their way up vertical rock , pushing their fingers into tiny fissures and standing with one toe on a ledge the size of a pebble . |
| 7 | He 's real excited when I 'm shoving the food into his dish — rubbing against my legs and miaowing like crazy . |
| 8 | In the course of receiving treatment for a heart condition , Hinrich Medau became deeply interested in the work of Dr Ludwig Schmitt , who believed that a healthy state is more likely to be maintained where there is lively blood circulation and breathing to full capacity . |
| 9 | Many years ago the workforce was predominately male but with the greater use of automation and assembling of sub-assembly-type work , female workers form a greater proportion of the total than , say , 50 years ago . |
| 10 | Curated by Meg O'Rourke and continuing until 28 April the show includes work by , among others , Dennis Ashbaugh , Jacqueline Humphries , Sean Scully , Suzan Etkin , Stephen Westfall , Ricardo d'Oliveira , Wolfgang Staehle and Karin Sander . |
| 11 | Since 1981 she has been feature-writing for the bi-monthly alumni magazine of the University of Massachusetts , which gives her scope for science reporting and reporting on contemporary issues . |
| 12 | The exciting outfit were constantly recording John Peel sessions and playing to ecstatic audiences , which often included Gedge . |
| 13 | During the decade 1970–80 , serious crimes recorded by the police increased for nearly every category : violence against the person rose by 136 per cent , burglary by 44 per cent , robbery by 138 per cent , theft and handling by 54 per cent and fraud and forgery by 18 per cent . |
| 14 | It may well be that the canny consumer , after benefiting from retailers ' losing their nerve and going into early reductions in 1991 , was waiting for the same to happen again . |
| 15 | Underfed farmers emerged from their homes , rubbing their eyes and searching for suitable throwing stones . |
| 16 | His last thought before closing his eyes and succumbing to overwhelming tiredness was , ‘ I hope Elizabeth 's got that stewpot on . ’ |
| 17 | Another release , for husband and wife together , was going to watch Chelsea Football Club and socializing with some of the team . |
| 18 | The comedian Spike Milligan held forth about God , Diana gave a priceless diamond and pearl necklace to a friend to look after while she danced ; while the Queen was observed looking through the programme and saying in bemused tones : ‘ It says here they have live music ’ , as though it had just been invented . |
| 19 | So including current and lagged total money growth in the output equation and testing the null hypothesis that the coefficients on these variables are all zero is exactly equivalent to including current and lagged predictable components of money growth in the output equation and testing for zero coefficients on these variables . |
| 20 | From Neolithic Stanydale through the Iron Age with the brochs of Clickhimin and Mousa , and Ness of Burgi fort , to the Viking village at Jarlshof , into the Medieval period through Scalloway and Muness castles and closing with 18th-century Fort Charlotte , these monuments act as signposts through Shetland 's long and colourful past . |
| 21 | Lot number sixty seven Lot sixty seven is another one there we are , that one showing for you a hundred pounds for this , and ten , twenty , at one hundred and thirty , forty one hundred and forty is bid and selling for one hundred and forty pounds , anybody else at one for one fifty , one sixty going on sir ? |
| 22 | Lot number seventy one Lot number seventy one seventy one there 's the stele showing there 's the carving showing there for a hundred and fifty pounds , at one fifty , one sixty , one seventy , at one hundred and seventy pounds , at one eighty offered , one ninety , two hundred now two hundred is bid and selling for two hundred , you all done ? |
| 23 | Lot number thirty four Lot number thirty four the okimono there 's the okimono showing eighty pounds for this one is offered , at eighty pounds I 've got in two places , at eighty pounds , eighty five in the centre , at eighty five is bid and selling for eighty five it 's yours sir at eighty five , ninety to my right , ninety five going on sir ? |
| 24 | A key element in these processes of subjugation and domination has been the classifying and defining of racial and sexual difference , through the use of the photographic anthropological gaze ( referenced most recently in the Benetton advertising campaigns ) , the photograph within these discourses is posited as a document of empirical truth . |
| 25 | The second one is erm a bottom up study which is based on today 's commitments but projecting them forward into the timescale in which we will have the aircraft and looking in that way to see how many and and in what way we would need them . |
| 26 | While living together , cats may help each other in terms of mutual defence against intruders and caring for each other 's offspring . |
| 27 | A double extrapolation is then carried out , as shown in figure 9.9 , by joining all points of equal concentration and extrapolating to zero angle , and then all points measured at equal angles and extrapolating these to zero concentration . |
| 28 | Taking the figures for smokers and non-smokers and allowing for all competing causes of death , the conclusion is that around one in 20 of the lung cancers in the UK may be due to radon exposure at home . |
| 29 | ‘ Yeah , ’ he drawls , rolling chewing gum around his mouth and pausing for dramatic effect . |
| 30 | Nightlife is generally quiet in Scheffau , though as you 'd expect from such a friendly Tyrolean resort , fondues or barbecue parties and dancing to local music in the hotels and disco are all on offer . |