Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In recent weeks Bakatin had come under criticism from senior military and KGB officers for his perceived failure to tackle the current crime wave , and for suggesting decentralization of control of limited contingents of Interior Ministry troops to republican governments . |
| 2 | Each neighbourhood was assigned a planner who was responsible for notifying neighbourhood residents of planning decisions which were likely to affect them and for channelling requests for action through the appropriate city departments . |
| 3 | In our chapter on literature and appendix 6 we describe ways of bringing literature to life for pupils of all abilities . |
| 4 | Case Management Application , has been developed using ImageFlow in combination with Plexus ' flagship XDP image processing software and is claimed to offer 70% of the core functionality needed to develop most vertical market imaging applications . |
| 5 | Repeated cases have convinced SAVE that allowing permission for development in the grounds of country houses must be strongly resisted . |
| 6 | The government has at last acknowledged that ‘ disappearances ’ do take place and that it is a problem which needs addressing , and Amnesty International expects to be submitting cases for investigation by the Commission . |
| 7 | As a result of seeing part of knowledge as the whole , ‘ rationalists ’ , Oakeshott contends , over-estimate their abilities to define and solve problems , whereas reason proper indicates the need for caution in assessing the scope of human capability . |
| 8 | The fair is being sponsored by Catering Update in association with Caterer & Hotelkeeper . |
| 9 | They 're sure to have the time of their lives at the Pirates Club or Club 16 , enjoying hours of fun with newfound friends and leaving you with new-found freedom . |
| 10 | The SFO has earned its reputation for bringing cases to trial with glacial slowness . |
| 11 | The graphics are mean and moody , allowing freedom of exploration with the minimum of mapping , the setting is realistic and gives a real feeling of being there , and the puzzles — you 'll be scratching you head for weeks . |
| 12 | On Oct. 9 , 1989 , the then Economy Minister , Néstor Rapanelli , signed a decree allowing freedom of action for foreign companies to buy into Argentina without prior government approval ; however , areas such as the media were to remain closed to foreign investment . |
| 13 | A report from Israel on June 23 said that the remaining Ethiopian Jews were to emigrate on commercial flights , following the interim government 's decree ( on June 21 ) allowing freedom of movement for all citizens . |
| 14 | It goes every day and I can assure you that your cousin who is helping Germany to victory with her work will receive them very quickly . ’ |
| 15 | In addition , using patterns of variation from the derived standard maturity-depth relationship ( Fig. 2 ) , it is possible to determine the amount of uplift of the Carboniferous section in particular areas . |
| 16 | The UN Security Council met repeatedly during August in response to the Gulf crisis and passed five resolutions [ see box ] , moving on from its first and immediate condemnation of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait ( Resolution 660 on Aug. 2 ) , to impose mandatory sanctions ( Resolution 661 on Aug. 6 ) , and later to allow states to use their naval forces for " measures " to ensure implementation of such sanctions ( Resolution 665 on Aug. 25 ) , while also rejecting the Iraqi annexation of Kuwait ( Resolution 662 on Aug. 9 ) and demanding freedom of departure from , and consular access to , foreign nationals in Kuwait and Iraq ( Resolution 664 of Aug. 18 ) . |
| 17 | Nield , J , was unable so to hold for two reasons — ( 1 ) since the Counter-Inflationary Order made under the powers of the Act preserved the lease as lawful and valid though prohibiting payment of rent above the standard rate , and ( 2 ) since even if it had been otherwise the plaintiffs ' contract for payment for professional services was not an agreement collateral to the lease so as to be tainted by any illegality in the lease if such illegality had existed . |
| 18 | Coun Brian Wilson is calling for improved security to youngsters using houses under renovation as playgrounds in St Aidan 's Cresent at Thornley , near Peterlee . |
| 19 | A different approach would be to introduce Caldwell recklessness into the non-fatal offences of causing injury , with a view to labelling cases of endangerment in the same way as ‘ traditional ’ crimes . |
| 20 | Two thirds of Oxfordshire teachers consider that the scheme is useful in producing proposals for change in schools . |
| 21 | Although two thirds of Oxfordshire teachers consider that the scheme has been useful in producing proposals for change in schools , the actual changes claimed are rather nebulous and a quarter of all teachers are unsure as to whether their review has led to any changes at all . |
| 22 | The technique can be illustrated using data for polyisobutylene at several temperatures . |
| 23 | We have described the problems of using data on utilisation of services which we see as offering no reliable way of weighting different indicators . |
| 24 | As part of the Guild of St George it was intended to be a means of bringing craftsmen into contact with works of art , especially of the Middle Ages , early Italian Renaissance and Gothic revival , and with objects of natural beauty . |
| 25 | Nuisance — Public — Planning permission , grant of — Local authority granting permission for development of commercial port — Movement of heavy goods vehicles on roads leading to port — Vehicles causing serious disturbance to residents — Local authority bringing action in nuisance against port authorities — Whether disturbance public nuisance |
| 26 | Just 20 years ago , half of us were eating bacon for breakfast before starting work in the morning . |
| 27 | For it was certain , Leith considered , that with the evidence Naylor Massingham had of seeing Travis in bed at her flat , and again seeing her with Travis in that hotel dining-room , he was going to want more from Travis than any declaration of , ‘ Leith is n't my girlfriend , so do n't sack her ’ . |
| 28 | There will be rotating images on screen of some of the exhibits and a time-lapse sequence of the Vesuvian eruption . |
| 29 | English Nature , the government 's official watchdog on nature conservation , was criticized at the time by environmental groups for entering into the deal with Fisons , and for allowing extraction of peat on a site of special scientific interest [ see ED 57 ] . |
| 30 | A pair of Jacobean Dersinghams , husband and wife in about half life-size , kneeling side by side on a plinth , looked stolidly into eternity . |