Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [v-ing] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | for proceeding to or returning from a place where it is to be or has been tested , or for proceeding to a place where it is to be broken up or otherwise dismantled . |
| 2 | If there are distinct separate explosions taking place during the eruption , then a fresh ash cloud will develop after each explosion , just like the ones produced by the explosion of a bomb , or after blasting in a quarry . |
| 3 | The notion of giving up one 's rights to a ‘ whole community ’ or of submitting to a decision forthcoming from the community or a portion of it would be a strange and abhorrent idea to them ( Overing , in press ) . |
| 4 | Thinking — cognisance — is , however , not a matter of being in one mental state or another , or of flashing through a sequence of mental states : it is having conception of oneself as an experiencer of an external world , an experiencer who has the freedom to perform cognisant acts . |
| 5 | A solicitor who personally receives financial benefits as the director ( appointed as a result of his connection with the firm ) of a company for whom the firm has acted , or from buying property from or through the agency of a client of the firm or from investing in a business run by a client of the firm will , unless he has cleared matters ( after full disclosure ) with his co-partners , be accountable under this head . |
| 6 | The forfeiture of the literary proceeds can be seen as an application of the maxim that an offender should not benefit from his crime , the application of which has , for example , prevented murderers from collecting the proceeds of insurance for the victim 's death or from inheriting under a will . |
| 7 | The major loss was through transfer out as fifteen people were relocated or moved abroad on promotion or on changing to a new firm . |
| 8 | But in certain circumstances , the defendant may exculpate himself from liability either by raising doubts as to whether he had such an intention or awareness , or by establishing on a balance of probabilities the defence that he lacked mens rea . |
| 9 | This amendment should ensure that there is a majority of elected members serving on the police authority , either by retaining the present two-thirds requirements , or by providing for a simple majority and they give two main reasons . |
| 10 | Oxygen as indicated by blood gas results or by monitoring with a pulse oximeter . |
| 11 | It may suit one of the parties at the time of the reference to exploit the uncertainty created by poor drafting , either by delaying matters by a construction summons ( see 8.17.7 ) or by insisting on a particular definition of the issue which is to that party 's advantage . |
| 12 | The land speculator operates in two different ways , either using entrepreneurial initiative , negotiating time and ability but relatively little capital ; or by investing on a long-term basis with the ultimate possibility of substantial capital growth . |
| 13 | Other fabrics should be closely woven , firm and colourfast , and must be stiffened either with an aerosol spray applied to both sides of the fabric , or by dipping into a liquid stiffening solution . |
| 14 | These needs are met by obtaining a particular resource or by responding to a particular environmental or bodily stimulus . |
| 15 | ‘ Not at all , Meg , you 're the sanest person I know , except for living in a caravan on the edge of a cliff . |
| 16 | With a Newtonian reflector , therefore , the observer looks into the tube rather than up it , so that for pointing to a planet or a star it is usually helpful to have a small refracting telescope mounted on to the side of the tube to act as a finder . |
| 17 | Attitudes may well be negative if employees have cause to believe that after moving to a strange area , they may face redundancy . |
| 18 | The nature of the experiment will , however , be directed more towards self-discovery and self-reassurance than towards relating to a real other person . |
| 19 | It needs to be granted , certainly , that in speaking of a thing 's properties one is not always speaking of individual properties , and that the proponents of more traditional solutions to the problem of universals , unsuccessful though they have been in their own proposals , have made trouble for the solution in terms of individual properties . |
| 20 | Indeed , it is plausible that in looking for a way to relate a proper-named individual to one introduced by a noun , the processor would be dominated by stereotypical associations . |
| 21 | It could be argued that in agreeing to a single date the project leader is taking decisions more properly the province of higher management . |
| 22 | It could be argued that in agreeing to a single date the project leader is taking decisions more properly the province of higher management . |
| 23 | It is agreed that in arriving at a figure appropriate to be rewarded for the care given by the plaintiffs to the date of trial . |
| 24 | This principle requires that on transforming to a freely falling frame all local experimental measurements give results in accord with SR . |
| 25 | I think that without going into a lengthy treatise , I would have to argue that middle range theory springing out of empirical data is in general the best approach but you will see all the qualifications and nuances involved in such a view . |
| 26 | Clearly , you can not inherit a taste for it by coming from a separatist family , nor by living in a separatist neighbourhood . |
| 27 | Spokesmen for the insurance companies seeking to justify this practice have wheeled out a few explanations which include ‘ the client understood that by settling for a poor return on death his ultimate retirement fund would be higher . ’ |
| 28 | It is one thing to claim that by sharing in a dramatic exploration of a theme I can learn something about myself in the process , and quite another to suggest the drama is for me and about me . |
| 29 | He continued : " This means that by moving towards a market we are not swerving from the road to socialism , but are advancing towards a fuller realisation of society 's potential . " |
| 30 | This case study suggests that by moving to a more open formula system rather than the previous ‘ bidding ’ system , the school is adopting a more rational approach . |