Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following month he publicly waived the death sentence hanging over the organizers of the second coup attempt of 1983 . |
| 2 | ‘ She 's had a blood leakage into the vitreous humour , ’ Belinda explained unnecessarily , her heart thudding at the sight of him . |
| 3 | For an instant , in her imagination , the ballroom was peopled with guests , and Benedict was partnering her , his gold hair gleaming in the light , his eyes on hers … dancing with the bride . |
| 4 | The coexistence of these two problems means that a choice must be made between an expansionary or contractionary budget depending on the government 's preference : higher employment or stable prices . |
| 5 | The younger was nineteen or so , just a few inches taller than Melanie , with longish , bright red hair hanging over the collar of a dark blue , rather military looking jacket with shoulder flaps and brass buttons . |
| 6 | It is a question of fact in each case depending upon the circumstances , section 31(2) . |
| 7 | Any such movement usually occurs in the early part of a buildings 's life but this may not always be the case depending upon the nature of the subsoil upon which the building is founded . |
| 8 | For some time there had been allegations in the foreign media of a power struggle centring on the issue of introducing political reforms between Alia and Hoxha 's widow Nexhmije Hoxha , who was chair of the Democratic Front ( an umbrella organization dominated by the ruling Party of Labour — APL ) and who reputedly wielded great influence in the APL central committee . |
| 9 | The payments on a lease will normally be lower than on a contract allowing for the purchase of the asset , although sometimes the difference is small and then a rebate is made when the term of the contract finishes and the plane is sold . |
| 10 | Thurmaston , just to the north of Leicester , was another village that had become dependent upon framework knitting by the beginning of the nineteenth century . |
| 11 | He remembered him as ‘ a brown bagger ’ , that is a man who to save money brought a sandwich lunch in a brown bag rather than waste time and money eating in the mess . |
| 12 | A narrow lane branching off the village street led to it . |
| 13 | As it floats away , the spider continues to spin until there may be as much as a yard of thread hanging in the air . |
| 14 | He could have been plummeting down to the centre of the earth , in a submarine nudging over the seabed or flying soundlessly through outer space . |
| 15 | It is clear that these organizations have different points of unity depending on the concerns of their members . |
| 16 | It is convenient to have a winch with a big hook hanging above the operating table for these operations . |
| 17 | The situation had become embarrassing , so I laid my rod in the rest , with the hook hanging from the butt-ring , and tied on my mate 's hook for him . |
| 18 | I think there 's another jacket that he 's got and there 's no room to keep them all downstairs on the hook hanging in the passage |
| 19 | For those with a young family the inevitable taxi duties and watching our children take part in their school and club activities become more important than lying on the settee recovering from the morning session . |
| 20 | If , instead , the proceeds of sale are distributed without a liquidation then , although the shareholders will receive a tax credit for the ACT payable by the company , and assuming this ACT is absorbed by its mainstream corporation tax liability deriving from the sale of the business , the shareholders will nevertheless have an additional income tax liability at an effective rate of 25% . |
| 21 | The reason the vendor shareholders may be willing to accept this is that they can defer their capital gains tax liability deriving from the disposal of their Target shares if s135 TCGA 1992 is satisfied and clearance under s138 is obtained . |
| 22 | The moon was almost full , casting long shadows on the ground and they saw Tock 's cottage glimmering in the distance . |
| 23 | The type of ventilation necessary in any given situation varies from simple dilution techniques through local exhaust systems to personalised protection depending on the toxicity and concentration of the particular odorant . |
| 24 | There was a mistletoe branch hanging above the bed . |
| 25 | Level with a long board resting on the strips |
| 26 | Also during this year Captain H.M. Williams was selected to command the 1 st Bucks team of sixty men , to compete for a prize offered by Lord Wantage for field firing at the Home Counties Brigade Camp at Churn , and of this team ( which won the competition ) thirty-two were Wolverton men . |
| 27 | In effect , this measures the additional UK national income deriving from the purchases of inputs . |
| 28 | Another marked contrast between Welsh and English practice is in regard to provision stemming from the recommendations of the 1975 and 1978 Haycocks Reports on the training of full-time and part-time teachers of further education respectively . |
| 29 | Dan Technology reckons it will be forced to put up to £120 extra on the price of a PC depending on the configuration . |
| 30 | Mildred did her best to arrange the bucket hanging from the back , but it was obviously going to spill the minute they took off , she put the bucket back onto the window-sill , climbed onto the broom first , and then settled the bucket in her lap . |