Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [pron] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But whether or not the contract has anything to say on this subject , an employer should at least explore the possible alternatives to dismissal , such as allowing you to make other transport arrangements or seeing if you can be fitted in elsewhere within the organisation . |
| 2 | I am most grateful to her for allowing me to use this remarkable case study of John . |
| 3 | Thank you Betty for helping me to win this award . |
| 4 | Thanks to all you readers out there for helping us to reach this target during a recession which has hammered the magazine trade as hard as any . |
| 5 | What you have learned is a sophisticated procedure for helping you solve difficult problems . |
| 6 | Chocolate bars are available in many flavours , but for cooking I prefer plain dessert chocolate , which is mildly bitter , or the French bitter patisserie bars . |
| 7 | " The Meeting Considering that the Island is in a backward state of Cultivation , have Resolved as an Improvement that each occupier of a 4d. land in Tillage over the whole Island shall sow in the ensuing Spring 2 pecks of Peas & Beans , and for enabling them to have proper Seed they now request that Shawfield will take the trouble of sending a Cargo of Peas & Beans to the Island in proper time … " |
| 8 | Ordinary flettons or stocks can be used for garden walls , where water will run off them , but for paving you need special quality frost-proof or engineering bricks , otherwise they will quickly disintegrate . |
| 9 | Rachel was taken to her home in Mossley Hill by friends after saying she felt ill at a 21st birthday party in Wavertree . |
| 10 | Brunel University chiefs invited the talented four-year-old , who can already speak French and knows the Highway Code by heart , to their West London Institute after hearing he found primary school dull . |
| 11 | Tory Darlington councillor Peter Jones hit out at the show after hearing it contained erotic love scenes , a roller skating comic , and a simulated sex act . |
| 12 | In 1685 , in time of peace , a Spanish fleet was forced to salute a French one after fighting which involved considerable casualties ; and in 1688 French and Dutch squadrons fought off the Spanish coast , again in time of peace , over the same issue . |
| 13 | But after graduating he joined rival firm Scott Oswald to complete his formal accountancy training , although the understanding was that he would return to the family fold once he had qualified with the opposition , which he did in 1985 . |
| 14 | Cairns had taken 6 for 70 in the Lancashire first innings , and after watching him add 5 for 75 against Kent Robinson commented : ‘ He is still a youngster but he is setting in well and showing what an excellent prospect he is . ’ |
| 15 | Nat West is to spend £1.5M on training branch managers and Small business Advisers with the aim of helping them understand small firms ' needs more clearly . |
| 16 | With , with regards to Camco 's Eastern European sales drive , does this have any er , implications in terms of er , working capital movements , in terms of helping them fund those acquisitions and what sort of er , provisions perhaps , are you taking on those sales ? |
| 17 | We will always look at ways of helping you to do this . |
| 18 | By fund-raising she is doing something positive towards helping me get better . |
| 19 | Thirdly , official labour market intermediaries in the job centres are an important source of information about employment prospects and a crucial part of the process of discouraging older workers from searching for work and , indirectly , of encouraging them to take early retirement . |
| 20 | ‘ Betrothed ? ’ she managed , and immediately fell into a helpless fit of coughing which sent another stab of pain through her stomach . |
| 21 | True , his editor had taken the surprising step of allowing him to pursue this story all the way to London . |
| 22 | I admit to yielding to the temptation of allowing you to think this house was your father 's , but my thoughts have not all been selfish . |
| 23 | We may complain about it many times , but think of its wonderful facility of allowing us to phone that relative in the United States , or a friend a few miles away , or the butcher , or our business , and so on . |
| 24 | a method of binding which secures pre-trimmed leaves by the insertion of wire or plastic spirals through holes drilled in the binding edge . |
| 25 | The role of the social services here is the vital but subordinate one of enabling them to meet this need effectively . |
| 26 | Indeed , at the time of writing it has seven out of the 15 titles on The Bookseller 's bestsellers list . |
| 27 | Such clear-cut options rarely exist in practical politics , but the intractability of many rural problems and the growing cost of meeting them make clear-cut decisions necessary . |
| 28 | There is however a growing body of work which challenges the models of ageing which underpin current policies . |
| 29 | When I asked him once whether his FI career had really mattered to him that much , he answered characteristically that of course it had , but that he enjoyed racing in any form , and of all the forms of racing he enjoyed winning best : ‘ I win more over here , ’ he said , adding with a characteristic grin , ‘ and it 's easier . ’ |
| 30 | Creating the form , content and tone of the messages to relevant publics , and the method of selling them to ensure maximum impact . |