Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [v-ing] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It also criticised St Charles for not having a clear system of sanctions , making punishment appear ‘ arbitrary and unfair ’ to the residents . |
| 32 | It did n't read like some pick-up place where everyone went off together for topless holidays ; nor did it make it seem as if it was your fault for not having a social life . |
| 33 | Jerk gave Frank a dressing-down for not having a proper shower . |
| 34 | ( Chapter 1 has already mentioned the classic case of California State being held accountable for not ensuring a minimum achievement for an individual student . ) |
| 35 | The hon. Member for Dundee , East ( Mr. McAllion ) criticised me for not giving a clear commitment to setting up a funding council . |
| 36 | He received a dressing down for not keeping a proper guard . |
| 37 | When , during the 1930s and 1940s , the concern was with the quantity as much as with the quality of population this particular objection carried little weight , although being drawn upon as a reason for not restricting a national scheme of family allowances to the working classes alone . |
| 38 | As a large consumer of Middle Eastern oil , Japan had been criticized for not making a fuller contribution to the international effort against Iraq . |
| 39 | But it was criticised for not making a formal reference to the link between the review and accounts and to the availability of the audited accounts . |
| 40 | This would deny the national curriculum one of its greatest strengths and would expose schools to blame for not playing a co-operative role in the mix of better education and training which is needed . |
| 41 | Creffield , a film cameraman , was convicted of indecently assaulting a thirteen-year-old girl ( it was a technical assault only ; it took the form of taking indecent photographs of the girl who , being under age , was unable , in law , to consent ) . |
| 42 | A CHURCH of England rector appeared in court yesterday accused of indecently assaulting a young girl nearly 20 years ago . |
| 43 | Ennis , 33 , of Roehampton , south London , was convicted by Kingston Crown Court yesterday of indecently assaulting a 25-year-old student last November . |
| 44 | He 'd served a year of an indefinite sentence after being found guilty of indecently assaulting a three year old girl in the city . |
| 45 | Courtney was also found guilty of indecently assaulting a German student and a 17-year-old factory worker when they went to his surgery for part-time jobs . |
| 46 | As the oldest solder manufacturer in the United Kingdom , and almost certainly in Europe , Geo W Neale Limited has had over 100 years experience of successfully supplying a wide range of industrial users with most of their solder and bearing metal requirements . |
| 47 | However heartless and unfair this may seem to human eyes , the end result is more likely to achieve the parent owl 's purpose of successfully launching a new generation . |
| 48 | Various effects can be attributed to other instances of recurrent imagery besides that of merely providing a satisfactory feeling of unity in the narrative performance . |
| 49 | While the seeming inexorable logic of events points to Mr Havel being named president , opposition figures stressed that the presidency issue was secondary to the priority of swiftly forming a new , stable and strong government . |
| 50 | In a continuous form instead of just setting a binary link here we actually count the number of times this particular line is set to one . |
| 51 | Which shows that it is worth complaining instead of just accepting a raw deal . |
| 52 | It was a sad but inevitable outcome of not maintaining a proper balance between productivity and personality . |
| 53 | INFERTILITY — A status of not producing a live-born child either for voluntary or physiological reasons ( voluntary infertility and physiological infertility respectively ) . |
| 54 | The press began to be accused of being one-sided , unfair , of not giving a balanced picture . |
| 55 | The inevitable outcome of not stipulating a standard size was the jumble of different sized drawings shown on a sketch in The Illustrated London News of 9th May , 1857 . |
| 56 | In the next section we will examine the consequences of not having a rational sentencing policy before asking to what extent the courts are responsible for the ensuing crisis , and what options exist for tackling it . |
| 57 | But leading Forum figures emphasised that the issue of the presidency was secondary to the priority of quickly forming a new , strong and stable government . |
| 58 | The Admiralty stood its ground on the principle of always maintaining a balanced fleet , based on a limited number of capital ships , which , in 1957 , were generally agreed to be the aircraft-carriers . |
| 59 | This is the practice of always supplying a 13 amp fuse with a plug . |
| 60 | In disgust Steel-Maitland resigned as Party Chairman and in 1919 he despaired of ever getting a senior post and resigned from the government too . |