Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , the recent articles on minor surgery in general practice could be circulated to those on or applying to go on the minor surgery list . |
| 2 | Our eyes seek out the inhabitants fleeing distracted , or returning to look for the dead . |
| 3 | Other areas of concern for women working or wanting to work outside the home were identified . |
| 4 | He often stopped reading or writing to stare into the distance , dreaming perhaps of some ambitious plan . |
| 5 | Ms Brown recognises the potential dilemma which the shift to community services would create for nurses already working in or waiting to go into the acute sector . |
| 6 | It means helping counsellees to make connections between what has occurred in the past , and how this affects what they are achieving or failing to achieve in the present . |
| 7 | Even so , one of Britain 's foremost authorities on trees , Dr Oliver Rackham , warned in the Guardian in February 1990 : ‘ This time there will be no excuse or failing to learn from the former storm . |
| 8 | It is a common finding when we are jet-lagged or trying to sleep in the day after night-work . |
| 9 | The reason why people sometimes think they ca n't shed weight on a strict calorie ration of 1,000 daily is that they are guessing at the weight — and thus the calorie content — of their portions of food , or forgetting to add in the calories provided by little items like the butter spread on that bread , or the milk in all those cups of tea ; or they fail to realize that innocent-looking things like that canned soft drink or glass of orange juice , or the mayonnaise coleslaw served in the office canteen ( 'Ca n't contain many calories — it 's salad , is n't it ! ' ) can add a sizeable number of calories to the daily total . |
| 10 | Can not the sort of difficulty which the theist experiences in terms of describing God , for instance , as personal and impersonal , be justified by pointing out that attempting to think beyond the limits of thought is bound to entail stretching ordinary language beyond what it would normally bear ? |
| 11 | This will occur if the viscosity of the magma is low enough for crystals to escape from the boundary layer on the convective timescale rather than remaining to contribute to the density evolution of the boundary layer . |
| 12 | rather than having to move out the way |
| 13 | 3 It hopes to allow , and induce , students to work at the pace best suited to them as individuals , rather than having to proceed at the standard class rate . |
| 14 | Rather than having to type in the name of a program or press certain letters or numbers to select a function the user simply ‘ points ’ to what is required and presses a button . |
| 15 | Wh when you put people on the patches for the first time because the hormone goes straight into the system , rather than having to go through the gut , |
| 16 | In the case of nitrates , it is increasingly evident that stopping the pollution at source is going to be far cheaper than trying to deal with the consequences afterwards . |
| 17 | Rather than trying to start in the depths of prehistory , when local material may be scarce , or difficult to interpret , a better approach may well be to begin in the present and work backwards . |
| 18 | Thus from the point of view of journeymen compositors in London and Edinburgh alike , there was an immediate sense in which the whole venture must have appeared socially alien launched in an atmosphere of middle-class philanthropy , pursued by young and perhaps slightly naive women of that class , and seeking to introduce to the trade young girls of perhaps middle-class , perhaps marginal , but not necessarily working-class origin . |
| 19 | Our company is exchanging greetings with the young soldiers when suddenly a white car refuses to stop at the next checkpoint up the street — braking only slightly and seeking to swerve past the two soldiers . |
| 20 | Next on the curriculum come talking , acting , building , blowing party squeakers and pretending to choke in the back of the car . |
| 21 | However , the bargain must be made well in advance ; it will only undermine your disciplinary strategy if you wait until he is lying on the floor , kicking and screaming and refusing to go to the shops , and then begin promising ice-cream . |
| 22 | The Act buttressed the law on trespass with two new criminal offences : using or threatening violence in order to obtain entry to any premises , and occupying a house or flat and refusing to leave at the request of the rightful occupier . |
| 23 | You start the weekend feeling bolshie and wanting to kick over the traces of convention and conformity . |
| 24 | ‘ Oh , you must wait for coffee , ’ said Bob , sobering and turning to signal to the young waiter . |
| 25 | ‘ There are always exceptions to the rule , ’ he said flatly , taking the laden tray from her hands and turning to go along the terrace to the dining-room . |
| 26 | Divergers were the opposite : liberal , imaginative , slightly rebellious , with low IQ scores , good on open-ended questions and inclining to specialize in the arts . |
| 27 | The last point of habitation before the pass and every dwelling a-gleam with water as though the whole place was deluge-cursed and waiting to fall into the river . |
| 28 | Turkey , ham , a large joint of beef , all carefully prepared and waiting to go into the oven . |
| 29 | If Lewis gets past Ruddock on October 31 he 'll meet the winner of Holyfield-Bowe — and after that Bruno is ready and waiting to step into the world title frame . |
| 30 | Crafty debtors might escape their obligations by crossing the Channel and going to live on the continent where their creditors could not reach them , like the Duke and Duchess of Teck . |