Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [to-vb] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are also responsible for endeavouring to eliminate or safely manage the risks inherent in our business . |
| 2 | The defendants face a single charge of conspiring to defraud after allegedly misleading the market over the result of the flopped Blue Arrow £837m issue in September 1987 . |
| 3 | On the present occasion he was convicted of attempting to rape and then murdering an 81-year-old widow . |
| 4 | This meant that a large part of the lesson time was wasted getting on buses and to and from the slopes instead of learning to ski and also a lot of walking around in boots and carrying skis . |
| 5 | There will always be the problem of trying to infer whether apparently tacit collusion really was well-concealed explicit collusion . |
| 6 | There was an enormous amount of planning to do as well as writing the various protocols and policies which would enable me to function as an ENP . |
| 7 | Assuming a lead-time of approximately six years , i.e. the time taken between starting to train and ultimately being elected a full member of the Division , this figure shows that over half of those building surveyors now practising started their education during the period 1967–75 . |
| 8 | The position is , the Court says , that Article 3(1) ‘ does not prevent ’ a worker from refusing to transfer and thus deciding ‘ not to take advantage of the protection conferred by the Directive ’ ( point 33 ) . |
| 9 | Again , apart from alerting you to the likely development of a problem here , such inspections will help to ensure that even with a painful condition , the dog will have sufficient confidence to allow you to treat it without attempting to snap or simply pulling its head away repeatedly . |
| 10 | Is it too much to ask that in 2023 , the historian confronting a machine-readable run of the Financial Times ( FT ) , 1993–2003 should be able to perform serial calculations with the stock prices quoted therein without having to re-enter or extensively edit the data ? |
| 11 | Consequently , agencies of control always operate by threatening to withdraw or actually withdrawing the satisfaction of these needs , in an attempt to redress the balance . |
| 12 | His only chance of escape from that prospect is by opting to give and then in fact giving a replacement specimen of whichever kind the constable requires of him , subject only to his right to object to giving blood on medical grounds , and , if they are accepted by the doctor , then to give urine instead . |
| 13 | If you were close to the patient before his stroke , and were used to showing him affection by touching and kissing him , and if you still feel the same warmth for him despite his illness , you can help his morale greatly by continuing to behave as before , even if he seems not to respond . |