Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [pron] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result , we are generally rather poor listeners , tending to build blocks to good listening , such as allowing our own ideas and opinions to obscure the message . ’ |
| 2 | It is argued , by many people , that this is an unacceptable price to pay for allowing our domestic cats to roam freely . |
| 3 | girls are presented with a dilemma between maintaining their feminine identities or becoming closely identified with the study of physics . |
| 4 | Soon after Naxos , Athens undertook a big aggressive campaign in the south-eastern Aegean , under Kimon 's leadership ; this was perhaps in response to allied discontent at the way the league was turning into a machine for policing its own members . |
| 5 | All the components of this dialogue box can be freely positioned to produce a custom box for building your own applications within Quatro Pro . |
| 6 | When they behave illegally , they could be required to pay for publicizing their own failures , negligence , indifference , apathy , and greed , and also the names , photographs , and misdeeds of each corporate offender . |
| 7 | This means that , if you do pursue an appeal , you should not overlook any relevant time limits for pursuing your statutory rights . |
| 8 | Drenching even a few rooms , with foam and then a chemical spray seems to me a high penalty for catching what American police forces call a perpetrator . |
| 9 | Undoubtedly that takes much time , and the GKN Group is to be congratulated for encouraging its senior executives to play such an important part in an organisation that achieves such excellent work in Shropshire . |
| 10 | What about bringing your own lights |
| 11 | With the help of sugarcraft specialists Woodnutts , we have put together kits containing all the accessories and food colourings required for completing our three cakes . |
| 12 | Mr Trump , who has a penchant for naming his many buildings , hotels and casinos after himself , purchased what is now the Trump Shuttle from Eastern 's parent company , Texas Air Corp , in April for $365m . |
| 13 | If his taxes did deter hard work , the economy would wilt , jobs would be lost and he and his colleagues would run short of the tax revenue for financing their favourite causes . |
| 14 | President Elizabeth Diggory told the GSA 's annual conference in Bristol : ‘ Some schools are seriously thinking about using their own tests instead . ’ |
| 15 | It will also provide you with a helpful forum for explaining your particular needs , and your views on the process and content of education . |
| 16 | When his illness was at the active stage , he was very particular about keeping his own utensils separate from everyone else 's , and would joke about it , saying as he sat down at the table , ‘ Make way for the leper . ’ |
| 17 | When the commission unveiled its tough plans for shaking up the beer industry in March , many industry watchers predicted that Whitbread , forced into a choice between keeping its six breweries or freeing two-thirds of its 6,250 pubs from the obligation to sell its beers , would decide to keep full control of its pubs and pull out of production . |
| 18 | In this section it will be argued that , since industrial relations form part of the overall texture of state enterprise activity , the logic of public enterprises provides a starting point for understanding their industrial relations . |
| 19 | I was surprised when Newsround came and we had to sing Ding dong merrily on high again after singing it three times before . |
| 20 | The Russian , who has confirmed herself this year as one of the world 's greatest athletes by setting four world records , is said to have tested positive at a meeting in Lievin , France , last month after equalling her 60 metres hurdles world record . |
| 21 | After eluding their English pursuers for some days they encamped in Stanhope Park in Weardale on 20 July . |
| 22 | One deaf electrician from Gillingham , Kent , a Thomas Pearce , was shot dead by a sentry in Southport , Lancashire , to which place he had been sent to do a job : he had failed to see the sentry in the dark and the sentry shot him after challenging him three times . |
| 23 | Earlier this season , a last- minute goal from Duncan Ferguson did the damage and the return of the tall striker to the first team after resolving his personal problems is another reason for Aberdeen 's manager , Willie Miller , to view the game with caution . |
| 24 | For once it was Veronique in front , on Henderson Flarepath , a horse Michael lent her two years ago , after selling her top horses , Cogshall Spot On and Jingo , to Ian Fox . |
| 25 | After confiscating their musical instruments , the police allowed them to proceed and they went on to parade — much more quietly than they would have liked . |
| 26 | I was very pleased with the finished result , but I must confess , after wearing it several times , a few of the cut floats have worked through to the front . |
| 27 | After sketching her many times over the past two days in all sorts of positions , and studying the sketches for an hour earlier this morning , Faye was now ready to paint . |
| 28 | Elizabeth Hoby died at a great age in 1609 , after spending her final days painstakingly and efficiently planning her own funeral , down to the minutest detail . |
| 29 | After spending his formative years in junior and middle management with the Leisure Services Department of Wirral Borough Council , his first senior management position was as Operations Manager for a leisure park on the site of Liverpool 's International Garden Festival . |
| 30 | Did you ever feel after having your own children that er you would have made a better midwife erm this experience than when you were single ? |