Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes these informal meetings led parents to form a task force to help meet a particular school need — covering library books , repairing and repainting of toys , making simple equipment or assisting teachers with classroom chores . |
| 2 | Turntable is recessed into oven floor and it can be switched off when grilling or microwaving food in square or rectangular dishes . |
| 3 | Escaping capture , he led the 1,500-strong " Prestes Column " on a two-year 25,000-km march through Brazil 's interior , fighting off or eluding attacks by government forces and the private armies of landlords , while seeking in vain to enlist peasant support . |
| 4 | The children must have found the silence or edifying talk at table somewhat tedious , as also the prohibitions on all dancing , dicing and wrestling . |
| 5 | For most other jobs that we take on in life , there will be an element of training , but , in the case of achieving or maintaining health through diet , this is not always so . |
| 6 | You can then pull the headboard out and rest it at any angle on the mattress for reading , watching TV or enjoying breakfast in comfort . |
| 7 | Those preparing or using illustrations for publication should be trained in computer graphics , to spread the expertise as widely as possible . |
| 8 | The organisational side of the investigation described here will in the great majority of cases reveal what went wrong , either physically and mechanically or from a procedural or handling point of view . |
| 9 | acting as official or sponsoring broker for admission to listing on LSE or USM |
| 10 | There was controversy in the second-century churches whether a Christian could be a magistrate or bear public authority , activities which might require apparently compromising with idolatry or condemning criminals to execution . |
| 11 | The WTA offered hiking , rambling or climbing holidays at home and abroad , centre-based holidays by the sea , mountains or in the tourist centres of Europe . |
| 12 | The traditional occupation of Duravas was toddy tapping , or climbing trees in order to extract sap with which to make toddy , a mild alcoholic drink . |
| 13 | He adapted from the earthen vessel used by Yorkshire housewives for washing linen , a ‘ pneumatic trough ’ for collecting or keeping gases over water . |
| 14 | This was the case in their technique of writing or drawing on photos , or photographing bits of reality , like J.A . |
| 15 | This was the case in their technique of writing or drawing on photos , or photographing bits of reality — like J. A. Boiffard 's telescopically enlarged shot of a big toe ( Le Gros Orteil ) — which seem primarily to be ( in this case phallic ) signifiers . |
| 16 | There would be no point to developing or applying principles of group responsibility if we did not assume that these were connected to judgments about how real people must now act . |
| 17 | However , his complex arguments and bitter feuds with the Holy See were in the realm of politics ; kings , emperors and popes were well practised in setting aside or utilising matters of faith and devotion when it came to controlling the apparatus of temporal power . |
| 18 | Mazmanian finds participation effective in such process goals as leading to public appreciation of the Engineers ' work , but not in what he calls ‘ product ’ goals , such as increasing public support for the projects or recommending courses of action . |
| 19 | Environmentalists are groups , such as Friends of the Earth , who run single issue campaigns , recycling bottles or saving whales for example . |
| 20 | When I 'm not making programmes or writing articles about food , I run a very busy pub from early in the morning to the wee small hours — and the last thing I want to do then is cook a meal . ’ |
| 21 | The language points covered range from the specific , finer grammar questions — such as the use of as versus like , complex time clauses , modal auxiliary verbs , and tense usage for hypothesizing — to larger , less clearly defined problems , such as understanding and using phrasal verbs and idioms , important collocations ( i.e. words frequently used in combination ) , or adding emphasis in speech or writing . |
| 22 | It is a good idea to wash such fruit in hot soapy water , and rinse them thoroughly , before grating the peel , or adding slices of lemon to drinks . |
| 23 | The questions were about ( i ) calendar dates ( some with and some without the presence of a calendar ) , ( ii ) the cost of goods of various kinds : shopping for food and other articles ; renting or buying television sets ; reading a table of car ferry prices and so on , and ( iii ) multiplying or adding numbers in calculator tests . |
| 24 | ( 2 ) In relation to each transaction effected during that month to close out a customer 's position , the resulting profit or loss to the customer after deducting or adding commission in respect of that transaction . |
| 25 | A property which has enabled claims to be made for extending disinfection intervals or conferring protection against re-contamination . |
| 26 | But a number of older women did find ways of earning , especially after they were widowed : as a midwife , nursing , or doing ‘ a little bit of needlework to keep herself going ’ , or baking cakes for sale . |
| 27 | Of the 93 patients with colorectal cancer and ulcerative colitis in our total series , 17 ( 18% ) presented with a malignant stricture ; the remaining 76 had polypoid , infiltrating , or ulcerating cancers without stricture formation . |
| 28 | Administrative techniques like splitting up contact with patients into ritual tasks , or moving staff from ward to ward , are now questioned . |
| 29 | This policy is limited , however , in two crucial ways : first , that such ‘ choice ’ in effect reduces to the ability to pay , and ability to pay has been profoundly affected by other policies which have increased the differences among groups with regard to income and wealth ; and secondly , that many public services must be provided in the local area if they are to be of real value and if other costs , not only financial , are not to be incurred , for instance , in travelling or moving residence in order to receive them . |
| 30 | and that the term ‘ discrimination ’ includes any distinction , exclusion or preference made on the basis of race , colour , sex , religion , political opinion , national extraction or social origin , which has the effect of nullifying or impairing equality of opportunity or treatment in employment or occupation . |