Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [prep] [pos pn] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can also apply for financing for your first home , a mortgage for a holiday home and re-mortgaging facilities . |
| 2 | To stay with yellow for a moment : we noted a paring-down to the bare bones of yellow water in a yellow glass when Raskolnikov comes to after fainting on his first visit to the police station . |
| 3 | And his bottom-of-the-table Forest side looked similarly browbeaten after slipping to their ninth defeat of the season . |
| 4 | After presiding over his first Cabinet meeting Moore promised on Sept. 10 that his government would take immediate steps to avert the $NZ2,500 million budget deficit forecast for 1991-92 . |
| 5 | If , however , you are considering applying during your last year at school for deferred entry , you are strongly advised to consult the faculty in which you intend to study . |
| 6 | An opening round of 76 had destroyed his hopes of improving on his second place behind Ian Woosnam the previous year . |
| 7 | They must cross the gender divide to join their fathers , both to help them cope with the pain of parting from their first love and also to match social expectations of the male sex . |
| 8 | Because of the way that erm the school changed over from having a system of streaming in its first three years , to a system where mixed ability was introduced year by year from the first to the third year , I was able to follow two groups of pupils through the school — one lot of pupils in their streamed classes , and then another lot following them on in their mixed ability classes — and try and discover something about the differences in their experience of school in the two different modes , in the streamed and in the mixed ability classes . |
| 9 | Because of the way that the school changed over from having a system of streaming in its first three years to a system where mixed ability is introduced year by year from the first to third year , I was able to follow two groups of pupils through the school , one lot of pupils in their streamed classes and then another lot following them on in their mixed ability classes , and try and discover something about the differences in their experience of school in the two different modes , in the streamed and the mixed ability classes . |
| 10 | The Irish management said nothing worth reporting after their ninth consecutive defeat and 13th without beating an International Board nation . |
| 11 | Not for long , however , because in the 53rd minute Muir was able to swivel in reaching a cross by Tony Thomas before driving in his 10th goal of the season . |
| 12 | Leavis , a radical socialist before 1950 , turned briefly liberal before adopting in his last years a bitterly conservative stance that favoured no party of state , hating economic growth and the European Community , so that long before his death in 1978 his idealism had been soured by the varied spectacle of human folly ; but though always outside religion , he was in no way hostile to it , and admired its moral seriousness . |
| 13 | In turning to my second strand of educational research I am encouraged by Reid , Hopkins and Holly ( 1988 ) : |
| 14 | No longer active sexually , he now invests his time and energy in caring for his last offspring . |
| 15 | Phil Gelderd praised the list in glowing terms before going to his first Leeds game for years — sadly for him he picked the recent one against Norwich . |
| 16 | Not even Jack Walker 's chequebook at Blackburn or Ron Atkinson 's golden touch at Aston Villa look like preventing Arsenal from romping to their third title in five seasons . |
| 17 | With a brief wave Lindsey hurried along the corridor towards the consulting-room , where she sat at the desk , taking several deep breaths to compose herself before calling for her first patient . |
| 18 | At all events Boon struck 11 resonant fours in reaching his half-century and Briers 15 boundaries before surrendering to his 186th ball , at 120 . |
| 19 | The book wastes no time in stressing in its first paragraph the medical hazards of climbing these mountains , on which one can rapidly gain height up the accessible tourist routes to altitudes high enough to cause acute mountain sickness . |
| 20 | Early interviews saw Russell ranting lovingly about Tim Buckley , third single ‘ This River Never Will Run Dry ’ dabbled alluringly with woozy C&W miserabilism and — heaviest hint of all — a five-minute break for retuning at their last London headlining gig back in January was accompanied by ‘ Wichita Lineman ’ drifting through the PA and a slide of Glen Campbell projected on to the stage . |
| 21 | Graf , the French and Wimbledon champion , will be a firm favourite to collect her third U.S. Open crown as she has not lost to Sukova in 19 matches since losing in their first meeting as a 14-year-old in 1983 . |
| 22 | Prior to sailing on its second delivery , Commander McGuinness toured the carrier and noted Wasp 's entire complement of F4F Wildcats parked on the open flight deck to accommodate the majority of the Spitfires in the enclosed hangar decks below . |
| 23 | Labour is committed to introducing during its first year in power a Bill to set up a Scottish parliament to be elected by proportional representation . |
| 24 | Michael Jackson reportedly paid a backing musician £1 million for playing on his last tour . |
| 25 | Fears that Hamilton 's prospecting was just the thin end of the wedge were confirmed when the Government announced that many other sensitive blocks of sea bed around the Welsh coastline were being considered for licensing under its 14th Oil/Gas Round . |
| 26 | This is in part due to practice ; but there is also an influence of maturation , for if a chick is prevented from pecking at food during its second day , it will still be better at pecking on its third than on its first day ( Figure 3.5 ) but it will not be as accurate as it would have been if it had been allowed to practise . |
| 27 | Learning by looking at your first results |
| 28 | Boro rubbed salt into the wound by scoring with their first genuine scoring attempt . |
| 29 | Thereafter she welcomed Paul 's embraces , thrusting herself at him in the way she had ended by doing on their first night . |
| 30 | By time-stamping a call-slip on its submission , and by recording on its second copy the time of its arrival , accompanied by the relevant book , in the Reading Room , it was possible to determine the time taken for a reader 's request to be satisfied . |