Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [v-ing] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the average fine for employers breaking the Health and Safety at Work Act last year was just £297 — much lower than fines imposed on large manufacturing companies . |
| 2 | She stood there for hours watching the stonemason so that when he returned the next day , he gave her a piece of stone and two chisels . |
| 3 | They stay up for hours watching the Wizard of Oz and Grease 2 again and again on their video upstairs . |
| 4 | Again , the counts of Flanders were in the vanguard , with Robert the Frisian and Robert II offering protection for merchants crossing the county and their peace for the duration of fairs . |
| 5 | In Nicaragua , the sandinistas are increasingly divided between groups urging the party towards some kind of parliamentary social democratic path , and others who question an exclusively electoral emphasis , demanding adherence to the more radical policies of the past . |
| 6 | They drew attention to the distances involved and the communication problem for islanders visiting the mainland . |
| 7 | A model attempts to clarify the relationship between variables influencing the buying situation , and may assist the marketer to predict the outcome from some planned change , such as the introduction of a new brand , or a change in advertising policy . |
| 8 | This is the secret behind many of the stories about animals sensing the presence of man and other creatures , or of rushing to the help of an injured person discovered by means outside the scope of their more obvious perceptive processes . |
| 9 | But TODAY can reveal the contract for signals controlling the track to London 's Docklands has been given to a firm called Alcatel , which has manufacturing bases in Germany and Canada . |
| 10 | The practical examinations are arranged individually and the fee is , at present , £70 per candidate ( the fees for candidates taking the examination overseas are available on request ) . |
| 11 | Mr Milne claimed : ‘ The action taken by the Harbour Board is to increase the cost for importers using the harbour by 600 per cent . |
| 12 | Hong Kong 's decision to free him is understood to have been made after talks involving the governor , Sir David Wilson , and the territory 's political adviser , William Ehrman . |
| 13 | In Kiev the parade went ahead after students blockading the route had been ejected in a dawn police raid . |
| 14 | ‘ We want a boat that gives a good grounding in trapeze and spinnaker techniques , in all weather conditions , but that is n't too demanding for youngsters joining the class . |
| 15 | In the preliminary statement of annual results issued two months before the A.G.M. , the longer term prospects for Sekers following the merger were considered excellent , and subject to the effects of the pound dollar rate , the outlook was optimistic for the current year . |
| 16 | The United States sought the extradition of Soering from the United Kingdom for offences carrying the death penalty in accordance with the bilateral Extradition Treaty between the two States . |
| 17 | Moving on to the question of defenders stopping the try by not standing on the goal-line , Law 27(e) is clear about what the offending team must do : ‘ The opposing team must run without delay ( and continue to do so while the kick is being taken and while the ball is being played by the kicker 's team ) to or behind the line parallel to the goal-lines and 10 metres from the mark , or to their own goal-line if nearer to the mark . |
| 18 | The hydrogen atom loses its electron , becomes positively charged and is attracted to the negatively charged electrode , called the cathode ; the oxygen gains an electron and migrates to the positive electrode , the anode , this migration of ions forming the current . |
| 19 | Over the cream pebble-dash and olive grey windows of the great house , some turrets may yet be seen beneath what I take to be the original small roof-slates ; and a plaque high on the wall — ; ‘ 1635 RE ’ with what looks like ‘ ID ’ ; and a couple of lions guarding the door . |
| 20 | In the past , raising productivity often went hand in hand with increased production ; now the emphasis will be on encouraging practices which will reduce costs , save energy , improve living and working conditions , protect and improve the environment and raise the quality and value of products leaving the farm . |
| 21 | In the early 1980s , Dale Spender edited a collection of essays assessing the impact of feminism on the academic disciplines . |
| 22 | Elsewhere , in Aquitaine , the hoards show a very low level of mixing of coins from various mints , suggesting only local circulation around a single centre , and there is virtually no sign of coins entering the region from the north or north-east . |
| 23 | It was already nightfall when Whitlock crossed the Heuss Bridge over the Rhine and turned the Golf Corbio into Rampenstrasse , his eyes screwed up behind his tinted glasses as he tried to distinguish the numbers , many of them faded and indistinct , on the rows of warehouses lining the river bank . |
| 24 | Mr Davies did not contest an application by the aggrieved client , Mr Parsons , that he should be struck off the roll of solicitors following the reduction on taxation of a grossly inflated and inaccurate litigation bill from £197,000 to £67,000 . |
| 25 | There have been a number of tragedies involving the travelling public . |
| 26 | The Personnel Department is involved in the formulation and implementation of policies governing the organisation 's dealings with its existing and potential employees Here , too , microcomputers can make a valuable contribution They place in the hands of managers a powerful analytical tool which is available to them at any time . |
| 27 | There were an unprecedented number of vacancies following the Revolution , and many of the new appointments went to Low Churchmen who tended to be Whig in sympathy . |
| 28 | Watching the Secretary of State today was like watching Jesse James leading a bunch of desperadoes governing the country like a bunch of robbers . |
| 29 | New Mill consists of a straggle of houses following the course of the lane and a stream . |
| 30 | Plus a backdrop of houses covering the valley walls on either side , a reminder that wherever industrialised societies decide to deal with their most intractable problems , they are unlikely to find a place to do so which is not in somebody 's back yard . |