Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [pron] of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Greek court sentenced Muhammad Rashid , a Palestinian , to 18 years in prison on Jan. 8 after convicting him of premeditated manslaughter for his role in the 1982 mid-air bombing of a US Pan-Am airliner over Hawaii in which one person died [ see pp. 36563 ; 36667 ] . |
| 2 | Even if you ca n't afford organic produce the benefits of eating plenty of ordinary fresh fruit , vegetables and cereals far outweigh any risks from the chemical residues . |
| 3 | The cud is thoroughly masticated — the jaw can move from side to side as well as up and down — before it is finally passed into the digestive system where the job of extracting everything of nutritive value will be carried out . |
| 4 | His letters evince the excitement he felt at undertaking this journey , one which few Europeans had as yet made , and his anticipation of getting plenty of big game hunting on the way . |
| 5 | Having formed the habit of buying lots of fresh fruit and vegetables , fish , white meat and low fat alternatives to dairy products , we need to cook interesting and attractively presented dishes . |
| 6 | That is why , wrote Harsnet , I have been preparing myself for that moment for a long time , that is why I have cleared the decks and prepared the ground , because unless the decks are cleared and the g round prepared there is little hope of succeeding in what one has planned to do , little hope of achieving anything of lasting value , though lasting is a relative term and so is value and whatever it is one has planned to do is certain to be altered in the process , which does not of course mean , he wrote , that one can start anywhere at any time . |
| 7 | The results are pleasing to both hand and eye and seem to be a satisfying way of leaving something of lasting beauty and worth to posterity . |
| 8 | You might take this with you on shopping trips to see whether it 's worth buying lots of cut-price special offers . |
| 9 | ‘ Apart from anything else , these are the nervous nineties , in case you have n't realised , not the sixties or seventies when no one thought twice about having lots of different partners . ’ |
| 10 | Providing the valuer had been honest and diligent , the court should be cautious before convicting him of professional negligence merely because he had failed to be the first to spot a ‘ sleeper ’ . |
| 11 | A legal problem has arisen here in respect of defendants who ‘ could not care less ’ whether the woman was not consenting : we have seen that such men can be convicted of rape in cases where they achieve penetration , but there is a problem in convicting them of attempted rape where they fail to achieve penetration but clearly intended to do so . |
| 12 | The Lake District was fortunate in having plenty of fast-running water , not always available in the towns , and cloth to be fulled came to the area from many places . |
| 13 | For example , those with characteristically straight hair which has a tendency to greasiness and lankiness would choose the mild Body Building Shampoo to gently purify the hair without stripping it of essential moisture , and the Body Building Conditioner to replenish thirsty hair strands without weighing them down . |
| 14 | I look forward to meeting lots of ex-HuStu members in April . |
| 15 | On the other hand the counsellor may be assisted by many physical signs which suggest that alcohol is a problem , such as finding lots of empty bottles around , or when an older person is found to be drinking at all times of the day , often alone and not as part of a social occasion . |
| 16 | The patient 's self-esteem can be enhanced by reminding him of positive aspects of his personality or previous accomplishments . |
| 17 | Yeltsin could help by ridding it of bureaucratic incubuses . |
| 18 | Egg him on by providing plenty of soft , carpeted space . |
| 19 | In general cystitis will be helped by drinking plenty of clear fluids . |
| 20 | Now in a sense erm the question I 'm asking is by introducing lots of modern machinery , you could perhaps kill a particular trade or craftsmanship in a whole group of people which may , in fact , be their key for erm future survival |
| 21 | We need you to continue to help us by telling us of potential hazards you see in the community . |
| 22 | The only way to prevent the poor from plundering resources was to make them ‘ free ’ by depriving them of financial support . |
| 23 | This seems to suggest a negative feedback loop , driving the quality of research down by depriving it of central funds . |
| 24 | By being physically and emotionally available to her , and by relieving her of economic worries , he supports her labour of love . |