Example sentences of "[vb base] [v-ing] [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shell filling stations in England , Scotland and Wales all run the promotion , which offers free travel with every 12 litres of petrol . |
| 2 | Isopod stealing food from jellyfish ( sarsia ) , Arctic |
| 3 | I suggest having trout for dinner , no . |
| 4 | ( 4 ) Ensure the activities provide learning experiences for pupils through which you can assess their attainment of each attainment target or one in particular . |
| 5 | Economies of scope involve comparing costs at point C with those at A and B , whereas multiproduct economies of scale examine behaviour along OC , and product-specific economies of scale are concerned with costs as we move along AC or BC . |
| 6 | It 's a silver lining the Chancellor desperately needs amidst the current spate of doom and gloom , most recently this weekend C B I report showing industry in recession . |
| 7 | He has no hesitation in saying that the most difficult aspects of management for him are those that involve making decisions about people , whether it be a question of promotion , demotion or making somebody redundant . |
| 8 | replace referring expressions by repetitions |
| 9 | The amount of leave is likely to be considerably greater when the employees ' postings involve leaving spouses/families at home . |
| 10 | Harps echo McLaughlin 's scalding guitar figures , synthesisers unleash cascading peals of sound like church bells , sustained low trombone sounds throb beneath the horn and guitar like sensations from a distant engine-room . |
| 11 | REMEMBER : STOP ACCEPTING DRINKS FROM STRANGERS . |
| 12 | Stop using butter on vegetables ; experiment with different herbs instead . |
| 13 | Forgo adding salt to vegetables as they cook , or to fish , meat or poultry . |
| 14 | A reforming government first needs to ‘ stabilise ’ its economy — ie , cut its budget deficit and stop printing money in order to finance whatever deficit remains . |
| 15 | As for reaching a telephone , given the meticulous organisation behind the coup , Trent was sure that the telephone exchange would be in Louis ' hands and out of order , particularly for foreign calls , which put calling Steve in Washington out of the question . |
| 16 | Issue joining instructions to delegate(s) when received . |
| 17 | I then cut retaining strips of plastic with a keyhole shape cut out — again made to fit tightly on the plant stem . |
| 18 | To avoid such a catastrophe they offer IBM a 12 point set of minimum recommendations , which include replacing the present leadership with ‘ technically current ’ managers and board members raided from younger companies , be tougher on salaries and golden handshakes , slow investment on traditional systems , give its semiconductor business complete perestroika , stop losing money on PCs or stop making them , and commercialise more of its research . |
| 19 | My dream is achievable because all we have to do is stop doing some of the things we are already doing : stop using the productive forces we have developed to create disabilities through warfare , environmental pollution and industrial accidents ; stop creating disabilities through poverty by using our vast wealth not in pursuit of capital accumulation and profit , but in ensuring that we all have the necessities to sustain material life ; and stop judging and treating people on the basis of the contribution they can or can not make to the development and operation of these productive forces . |
| 20 | wrong anyway in that er I 'll say it 's the er early on it in the report Good defines what he determines a prus trustees duty and as I said to a sort of effectively orb enter into a tr transaction which immediately cost effecting kind of money rather than making money for the pension fund er is against that duty in the first place , but it to it should however be ma made explicit that it is against that duty which I will say stock lending may be okay for a pension fund , but not stock lending where the er pension fund is acting as the borrower rather than the lender . |
| 21 | Oh , I 'd say it is w wrong anyway in that er I say it 's the it 's early er on it in the report Good defines what he determines a trustees duty and as I said to a sort of effectively ought enter into a tr transaction which immediately cost effecting kind of money rather than making money for the pension fund then it is against that duty in the first place , but it 's to it should however be ma made explicit that it is against that duty saying stock lending may be okay for a pension fund , but not stock lending where the er pension fund is acting as the borrower rather than the lender . |
| 22 | 1817 " The Meeting impressd , with the distress of the Tenantry of the Island from the reduced state of the Price of Black Cattle &c. ; conceive it proper and necessary to make application to Shawfield and his Trustees for a reduction of Rent while the times continue so oppressing , but with proper delicacy to this subject they decline making application at Present and till it is ascertained how cattle markets may go in June next … " |
| 23 | To avoid a streaky fake tan , mix tanning cream with body lotion . |
| 24 | July 4 , 1990 : resignation of Olivier Stirn as Tourism Minister-Delegate and replacement by Jean-Michel Baylet ( MRG ) ; Oct. 2 : reshuffle following resignation of Cresson as Minister-Delegate for European Affairs [ see p. 37784 ] ; Dec. 19 : appointment of Delebarre as Minister of State for Towns and related changes [ see p. 37925 ] ; Jan. 29 , 1991 : resignation of Pierre Chevènement as Defence Minister and related changes [ see p. 37941 ] ; May 16 : appointment of Cresson in place of Michel Rocard ( Prime Minister since 1988 ) and of modified Council of Ministers [ see pp. 38197-98 ] . |
| 25 | Machine Knitting classes in Northumberland take place at the following times and venues . |
| 26 | US companies transfer polluting factories to Mexico |
| 27 | The suspensions of Bond and Taylor , which the companies regarded as harsh because photocopies of the audited results were lodged with the Australian Stock Exchange last week , may be lifted today after the companies begin mailing reports to shareholders . |
| 28 | a Computer Typesetting , Graphic Reproduction & Machine Printing suite of work shops ; |
| 29 | ‘ I always enjoy having guests at lunch . |
| 30 | Monitor the use made of it and assess recording proposals in terms of the time they will take , and the usefulness of the end result . |