Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [det] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet as we noted in our tenth report : ‘ The price that some children may pay for demanding little of the teacher may be that they are given work which demands little of them ’ ( Alexander et al . |
| 2 | There is also a strong argument for using several of the machines as word processors or graphics generators and passing the data on to a larger central system for final assembly . |
| 3 | That Fimbra has reached this impasse comes as no surprise to anyone with a knowledge of the chequered history of this organisation responsible for policing many of the black sheep of the financial world . |
| 4 | In a radio interview on Sept. 18 Lamont appeared to blame Germany for producing many of the tensions within the ERM . |
| 5 | Nautor is famous for producing some of the highest quality fibreglass yachts in the world . |
| 6 | It is apparent that there is considerable , if still tentative , interest in initiating and pursuing co-operative training ventures ; and that their potential for satisfying many of the objectives currently being met ( adequately or inadequately ) by external courses has barely been harnessed . |
| 7 | We have shown that TCR -β rearrangement or , more likely , expression of a functionally rearranged TCR -β gene , is not only necessary but also sufficient for driving most of the immature IL-2R-positive DN thymocytes to the DP stage and for expanding the pool of thymocytes . |
| 8 | Its skull — two metres long — was well developed , with three strong pointed horns useful for defence and for stripping some of the remaining shorter fronds , resembling the cycads used in Florida as indoor pot-plants . |
| 9 | The two sides agreed to hold a further meeting soon which is expected to produce firm proposals for resolving some of the Irish concerns on security . |
| 10 | After devoting much of the first ten years of his presidency to slow development of the institutions of democracy , Mr Mubarak has spent the past two in regression . |
| 11 | ABC tracked me down after seeing some of the papers in my case and wanted to know if I could confirm what they 'd been told . |
| 12 | After eating most of the load the method is wonderful and wholeheartedly recommended . |
| 13 | After trimming most of the meat away , the bones will make marvellous stock or soup . |
| 14 | After surveying some of the available evidence on the United Kingdom , France , Germany and the United States regarding parliamentary defence against the dominance of officials , Page concluded that in the approval of legislation , the approval of the budget and scrutiny of administration , European parliaments are largely dominated by the executive . |
| 15 | But he gave the all clear after testing most of the track in the post lunch stroll . |
| 16 | Shields , of Carnac Crescent , Inverness , was said to have felt so guilty that he gave himself up to police after selling some of the haul to pay for drink . |
| 17 | In the past several months , after interviewing many of the same candidates , the Los Angeles County Museum of Art , the Cleveland Museum of Art , and the Phillips Collection each hired a new director , and the Corcoran Gallery of Art appointed a deputy director . |
| 18 | They returned early and , after sending most of the major labels running for their blessed chequebooks , signed to EMI . |
| 19 | After harvesting most of the crop is stored in large storage buildings and gradually , over the winter and spring months , the potatoes are graded and released for sale . |
| 20 | So at last I was to savour the delights of staging at Rutbah Wells fort and , after travelling most of the daylight hours from Baghdad , it was bliss to get into the fort with all its comforts . |
| 21 | Mary-Claude was sad to leave because , after spending much of the summer visiting her family with Sarah , she was not looking forward to an indefinite stay in Alabama , where she knew hardly anyone and where , after Beirut and Larnaca , the sheer difference in the scale of everything made her feel uneasy and exposed . |
| 22 | After spending more of the taxpayers ' funds to make the King Edmondo seaworthy , and to rig her out with state-of-the-art marine communications equipment , Coleman handed the boat over in late March to Hurley , who renamed her Skunk Kilo . |
| 23 | The news was welcomed by members of Darlington Health Authority which has now reversed a trend , after having some of the fastest growing waiting lists in the region this time last year . |
| 24 | An hour later , after admiring some of the rare and beautiful pieces in the shop , Müller left , having learned nothing . |
| 25 | All three of these involve some technique by which after hearing each of the adjectives the subject decides whether the target person appears positive or negative in his/her favour and by what degree . |
| 26 | After reading some of the criticisms from readers in the past few months I felt that it was about time I wrote in . |
| 27 | After reading some of the comments from people who saw the game or who listened on the radio , the above seems to be about as true reporting as you 'd expect from the NOTW . |
| 28 | Jim Thomas , chief Ford negotiator for the MSF , said he was ‘ bemused ’ that Ford was taking a tough line after achieving most of the 2,200 job losses wanted . |
| 29 | After studying much of the available literature and alternative methods of cancer treatment , Madeleine began the Bristol Cancer Diet and , with the co-operation and put together her own ‘ alternative ’ treatment plan using diet , homeopathy and psychotherapy . |
| 30 | UNI ran into trouble after borrowing much of the NKr4.7 billion ( $125m ) it paid in 1991 for a 28% stake in Skandia . |