Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [v-ing] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In seeking to influence the size and timing of interest changes we can operate with a higher profile — through publicised 2.30 p.m. lending to the market , for example , which is the equivalent to the earlier MLR announcement ; or we can operate more discreetly through varying the scale of assistance in relation to the market 's needs or the terms on which we lend privately to the discount houses . |
| 2 | Worse still , Midgley then booked Hodge , presumably for questioning the leniency of the decision . |
| 3 | It serves them right for playing a game in which even the winners become losers if they try to repeat their success . |
| 4 | ‘ Tony 's all right about drivin' the lorry as long as we load the stuff ourselves . |
| 5 | She and Jim talked together secretly about leaving the house and going off to somewhere ‘ more committed ’ , but Phoebe could not bring herself to give up the only home she knew of , could not bring herself to choose absolutely Jim 's commitments over the women 's commitments . |
| 6 | Impressionistically , however , the courts seem more reluctant now to use customs and usages to imply contract terms , although this is possibly because they do not draw the distinction clearly enough between mod-ifying a contract and understanding its terms . |
| 7 | It is perhaps worth mentioning the importance of the sale agreement stating that the independent accountant will act as an expert rather than as an arbitrator . |
| 8 | Having stressed the problems , it is perhaps worth taking a look at the advantages . |
| 9 | It is perhaps worth taking a minute or two to invite the Secretary of State to answer those arguments in his reply and to explain how they have been overcome in the new council tax system . |
| 10 | While it may be very pleasant to eat strawberries in December , it is perhaps worth remembering the energy used to transport these luxuries from abroad , the extra fungicides and pesticides used to ensure that during the journey they do not deteriorate , and the fact that though the strawberries may appear fresh , they have probably been shipped thousands of miles and kept in cold storage for months . |
| 11 | It is perhaps worth making the point ( for readers who are just beginning their enquiries into the history of this period ) that a lord did not usually own all the land on his manor but had certain defined rights , which differed from place to place and even between neighbouring settlements . |
| 12 | Yes I think it 's perhaps worth making the point erm to Rosemary that although , as you say , i it 's six feet high , that it does n't spread all that wide and it 's , it 's a mistake in a small garden to think that you ca n't have things that are on the tall side . |
| 13 | Since it is the charge still most frequently levelled against him , it is perhaps worth examining the evidence for it . |
| 14 | It is perhaps worth recording the remark of an eight-year-old boy on first seeing Ashton 's Symphonic Variations ( 1947 ) : ‘ That was lovely , I know all about the music now . |
| 15 | Once it 's properly launched , where everyone can see it , you wo n't have to worry too much about rocking the boat , ’ he said . |
| 16 | ‘ Senior officials in the Executive have spoken a great deal and written much about delivering a quality service . |
| 17 | ‘ Well — yes — I remember getting out of the car , but not much about climbing the hill or making the camp . ’ |
| 18 | Just such a device was available in the shape of AM Varityper 's VT600 , a PostScript 600dpi plain paper page printer , although it was only through reading a year 's worth of back copies of the Desktop Publisher newsletter that Tony Gamble ever found out about it . |
| 19 | The consumers of public expenditure have contributed towards the growth of public expenditure not only through expecting the government to spend more on them but also by increasing in number . |
| 20 | The second step is that really frankly the history of all great civil rights and human rights movements has sadly been that it 's often only through challenging the law , indeed even breaking the law , that injustices are put right . |
| 21 | Can I close by thanking Rod our Chief Racing Coach for what I thought was a very excellent presentation of the R Y A Ye Year of Youth Sailing and I have great pleasure in launching that initiative for ts er this year 's Earls Court Boat Show again it seems horribly self evident that it 's only through increasing the involvement of the young that we assure thriving clubs and associations and classes for the future but nobody up here is going to say that it 's easy and I believe though that the work that the official , the officers and the R Y A put together will make it easier than it once was and I hope that the literature that they have put together and the programme that they have put together will be a help to all of you so please make use of it . |
| 22 | Suppose that , when I saw Lloyd George , I made no mistake only through making no judgement whatever … . |
| 23 | So much for telling the truth . |
| 24 | So much for clarifying the doctrine of neutrality . |
| 25 | Ed , — Thank you very much for sending the LINK magazine to my husband for the past few years . |
| 26 | Thank you very much for supporting the evening , nice to see so many faces , as I said especially on a summer evening like today . |
| 27 | Sue : thank you very much for taking the time to talk to me . |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't think I care very much for having a foreigner telling the White House , the Pentagon and the FBI how to run their business . ’ |
| 29 | Cost analysis is the starting point not only for deciding the subject of the exercise but also of the exercise itself . |
| 30 | Cost analysis is the starting point not only for deciding the subject of the exercise but also of the exercise itself . |