Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [noun pl] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may include written work , answering questions or completing worksheets on a source , and whole class or group discussion . |
| 2 | The latter often are pushed off the most suitable land for cultivation and are forced to make a living cultivating steep slopes or pasturing animals on a reduced amount of land . |
| 3 | Even as late as the Elizabethan theatre , where we find an owner or lessee in contractual or hiring relations with a company or with individuals , the processes of internal control of the production are obscure . |
| 4 | As well as the programs for increasing the patterning facility , the Design Controller has programs for saving or erasing patterns on a memory card and of course loading patterns from the memory card into the Design Controller . |
| 5 | But simply supplying the latest efficient machines , or sending experts to a country for a few months are not long-term answers , and do not address the most intractable barriers to action . |
| 6 | There are profound differences , obviously , between blasting birds out of the sky with a shotgun , sitting quietly on a riverbank waiting for the fish to bit , chasing foxes or stags over open country on horseback or sending dogs down a hole to dismember badgers . |
| 7 | Originally it was a term of respect denoting a godparent — as Queen Elizabeth I was the gossip at the baptism of her godson James VI , or indicating friends with a common spiritual bond . |
| 8 | In the absence of any express directions the parties are expected to adduce their evidence in the following order ( FPCR , r21(3) ; FPR , r4.21(2) ) : ( i ) the applicant ; ( ii ) any party with parental responsibility ; ( iii ) other respondents ; ( iv ) the guardian ad litem ; ( v ) the child if there is no guardian ad litem ( or he is conducting his own case or giving instructions to a solicitor on his own behalf ) . |
| 9 | Havelock suggests three categories : the research and development and diffusion model , where an idea or practice conceived at the centre is fed out into the system ; the social interaction model , where change proceeds through formal and informal contact between groups ; and the problem solving model , where individuals are themselves involved in initiating , developing or modifying aspects of a programme at local level . |
| 10 | Curing or modifying habits in a horse can be very hard . |
| 11 | where breathing stabs like a knife , |
| 12 | Cut down on feeding ( once a month is plenty ) and watering , but keep the atmosphere round the plants slightly humid by misting over leaves , or standing pots on a layer of damp pebbles . |
| 13 | In the mid-1980s , architects and interior designers became accustomed to building models or preparing illustrations on a scale of 1:1 . |
| 14 | Ways of explaining to a child or showing things for a child , or showing a child how to do things . |
| 15 | SI 1992 No 813 contains a similar exemption dealing with ‘ advertisements directed at informing or influencing persons of a particular kind ’ . |
| 16 | Each session in the garden should be planned , so that the patient has a specific aim , such as weeding or planting flowers in a certain patch . |
| 17 | The altering of the landscape in order to achieve better energies at a site may be a simple matter , like tending a spring to make sure it continues to Mow freely , or planting trees at a sacred spot . |
| 18 | If that means throwing hundreds out of work , or depriving families of a few extra pounds by delaying interest rate cuts , then so be it . |
| 19 | Measurements of body damage ; for example , if you find that keeping chickens in a particular way results in a large number having broken bones before they die , that is important in assessing the effect of that condition on the welfare of the animal . |
| 20 | They have developed an ability to provide a chemical service to customers , rather than selling products in a bag . |
| 21 | Pesticides : Missing the Target says that rather than regulating pesticides on a chemical-by-chemical basis , the government should adopt a comprehensive policy that compares the costs , risks and benefits of chemical and non-chemical control and looks at appropriate pest control for sustainable agriculture . |
| 22 | Officially , the ban was requested on the grounds that holding demonstrations on a working day would imperil public order and might disrupt the normal work of enterprises and public transport . |
| 23 | Instead he moved slowly towards a system which allocated by ranking children by school record , then ranking schools rather than subjecting pupils to a once-and-for-all examination , eventually towards non-selective education altogether . |
| 24 | Curt Rohland , the president of the National Family Farm Coalition , said that the GAO report confirmed many farmers ' views that treating cows with a synthetic hormone puts the animals under greater stress , making them more vulnerable to infection , and hence leading to an increased use of antibiotics . |
| 25 | Dismantling a number was more demanding : The main difficulty factor here appears to be the need to see a number as made up of place value components rather than viewing numbers as a complete entity . |
| 26 | Recent research in other areas of cognitive development indicates that putting tasks in a familiar setting improves young children 's performance . |
| 27 | Introductory notes give tips on tension swatches , measurements and knitting methods with a list of suggestions on how to use the designs to create individual and personalised garments . |
| 28 | The capacity to use young leaves with a high protein content may have permitted the emergence of large primates in the first place , but primates capable of remembering the sites and fruiting and leafing patterns of a wide variety of plants , could move more directly to such food , when and where available , more efficiently than those searching randomly . |
| 29 | WILD rocker Jim Martin was held at gunpoint by police after waving a pistol and firing shots in a hotel car park . |
| 30 | At the regional level , by relating material to demographic and socio-economic statistics and deriving projections as a guide to strategic forward planning . |