Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] [v-ing] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As well as the normal forms of engagement letter the following should also be considered if acting as a lead adviser : |
| 2 | Specific offline requests from LIFESPAN users are included while checking for the limit having been reached . ) |
| 3 | Under this guise it probes the ‘ labyrinths and inward turns of the mind ’ in abuse of power in human relationships , especially that of mistress to servants or ‘ humble companion ’ , with acute psychological insight , no doubt won while living as a dependant . |
| 4 | Anthony Waugh sawed his way through his neighbour 's stair bannister in Londonderry Road , Stockton , to release Sarah Walters , three , who had got herself trapped while playing on the steps . |
| 5 | The Registrar has put forward the issues that he may consider when dealing with a potential breach of this principle . |
| 6 | He 's the one who gets the wages for it while I have n't a lira to myself not even to buy a pair of stockings , stuck here in this gloomy hole day after day — and he goes out working , he goes out to work when according to the contract he 's not allowed , I should be allowed but not him . |
| 7 | Emma-Hoo is depicted as riding on a water-buffalo and parading past lines of men to pass judgement upon them , reflecting their sentence back to them by means of a giant bronze mirror on his breast . |
| 8 | IMI is depicted as lying below the efficient frontier EMF as the investor is engaged in the construction of a series of sub-optimal portfolios by the definition of the efficient frontier itself . |
| 9 | The orang-utan , gorilla , and chimpanzee are usually depicted as arising from a stock separate from that leading to man . |
| 10 | I always use Langton watercolour paper , which I wash first so that no spots appear when laying on the colour . |
| 11 | I always use Langton watercolour paper , which I wash first so that no spots appear when laying on the colour . |
| 12 | Thus Marco Polo confidently assures us that the Andaman Islands were inhabited by dog-headed cannibals , while the Amazon women , whom he reported as living on an island near Socotra , turn up again , in identical form , in Columbus ' report on his second voyage to the West Indies , only this time they are inhabitants of Martinique . |
| 13 | So Grice 's point is not that we always adhere to these maxims on a superficial level but rather that , wherever possible , people will interpret what we say as conforming to the maxims on at least some level . |
| 14 | The homoeopathic remedies with their powerful patterning effect , perhaps along the lines of cellular automata concepts , are visualized as spreading through the body and counteracting the imbalance , so restoring the tissues to harmony and balance . |
| 15 | A teacher is reported as speaking in the following way : ‘ Two huge girls were fighting . |
| 16 | The first are the rich and well-born , the other the mass of the people " , Hamilton was reported as saying at the Federal Convention in 1787 . |
| 17 | But ‘ there was no cover up , ’ the Director of Water and Sewage was reported as saying in the Sunday Times . |
| 18 | In the Financial Times of March 28 Bush 's spokesman , Marlin Fitzwater , was reported as saying in the week following the talks that the President was concerned about " the possible collapse " of the Uruguay Round . |
| 19 | This type of debate can only be resolved when looking at the functions in some detail . |
| 20 | If he moves into an enemy then he is engaged in hand-to-hand combat and must fight in the following hand-to-hand combat round ( he counts as charging in the first round as is also the case with magically induced movement ) . |
| 21 | He refused to consider what he regarded as interfering in the judicial process and what they saw as moderating his policy of harassing the Free Church . |
| 22 | The latter were incensed at what they regarded as hitting below the belt and retaliated with vicious shootings at policemen regardless of whether they were the men responsible . |
| 23 | The possible implications of this development are best considered when looking at the more general direction which the control on discretion is , and should be , taking . |
| 24 | The meaning of ‘ insolvent ’ has already been considered when dealing with the seller 's lien . |
| 25 | The relative merits of both approaches have to be considered when opting for a solution to a particular diagnostic problem . |
| 26 | This group of fish was also fully fledged in the Devonian , and this is of particular significance because the origin of all land vertebrates has been considered as lying within a species of this group . |
| 27 | This does not mean however that the ‘ clean slate ’ doctrine was unreservedly upheld : boundary treaties and treaties creating rights or obligations relating to the use of territory and considered as appertaining to the territory of the successor State are express exceptions . |
| 28 | But Deana 's persecution , continued more subtly and covertly as the days went by , had left its sting , and she began to wonder if living in the nurses ' home was really the right thing . |
| 29 | Only four of the 77 passengers were slightly injured while escaping from the emergency exits but the aircraft was badly damaged . |
| 30 | He does not want his team disrupted and is even more concerned that one might be injured while playing for the county . |