Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Subject to that undertaking , I am pleased to announce today that I have increased the funding planned by the corporation by £22 million , bringing provision for the next three years to £130 million . |
| 2 | However , Potten et al have recently reported that in vivo bromodeoxyuridine labelling indices for the rectal mucosa were lower than those for the rest of the colon , which were fairly homogeneous . |
| 3 | Are building programmes for the next financial year drawn up in time to be available to managers before holidays are allocated ? |
| 4 | However , despite a varied programme there has been great difficulty in gathering support for the other functions and indeed the last one had to be cancelled . |
| 5 | The government was also pursuing plans for the increased privatization of state-owned enterprises . |
| 6 | When they had finished unloading , Therese said , ‘ My coco , I shall be helping Loulou for the next week or two , I do n't like leaving him much when he 's working on those big things . |
| 7 | Using data for the near and next-near futures contracts for the period from July 1984 to September 1986 , they found clear support that futures prices lead spot prices by one minute . |
| 8 | Using data for the Palaeozoic and Tertiary coals , it is found that the maximum rate of hydrocarbon generation for both coals occurs at a vitrinite reflectance of about 1% ( Figs. 10 and 11 ) . |
| 9 | ‘ But clearly , although they are not producing computers for the same sector of the market place , they are both manufacturing plants . ’ |
| 10 | We 're building shops for the new town . |
| 11 | Unacknowledged , it 's been that way for several years , as we have regularly tried to point out here as others wrongly gave the crown to Digital Equipment Corp , but both the Wall Street Journal and Datamation magazine have at last come round to agreeing that Fujitsu Ltd is the world 's second-largest computer company — with NEC Corp and Hewlett-Packard Co both now challenging DEC for the third place . |
| 12 | During the afternoon meeting , several breaks were called to allow discussions between the various groupings to examine the three motions on the table : a strong attack on the MPs , calling on the executive not to endorse their actions ; a motion regretting their action , and the successful statement welcoming the concession wrung out of the Westminster system and pledging support for the parliamentary group . |
| 13 | Twenty-three years after becoming premier for the first time , he shows every indication of wanting to lead the Liberals against the Parti Québécois in another election . |
| 14 | Hannah Arendt has linked the rise of both pan-Germanism and pan-Slavism with the ‘ triumphant imperialist expansion of the Western nations ’ in the 1880s , but it is clear that while pan-Slav ideas were confined in the main to the idea of restoring or gaining independence for the Slav subjects of Prussia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire , pan-German ideas ran in a quite different direction . |
| 15 | Also representing Scotland for the first time today will be the Ferguslie all-rounder , Stuart Kennedy , who follows in the footsteps of brother , Iain , who was capped six times . |
| 16 | The Ayrshire MPs were in Prestwick before returning south for the new parliamentary session which began this afternoon . |
| 17 | Some of the singers knew their place in that production — almost miraculously , Gergiev had coaxed Sergei Leiferkus away from a couple of London Fiery Angels to sing Tomsky for old times ' sake — but one of Gergiev 's protégés , Gegam Gregorian , was tackling Hermann for the first time , and Maria Guleghina had flown in for Lisa . |
| 18 | In August 1899 , Joseph revisited his Valley of Winding Waters for the first time in twenty-two years . |
| 19 | ‘ Trading conditions for the coming year remain uncertain as clients ’ spending plans still have to be made known , ’ said Ball . |
| 20 | Trading profits for the six months increased from £6.9million to £8.36million , but profit from property sell-offs fell and interest charges jumped from £32,000 to £461,000 , leaving pre-tax profits just £274,000 ahead at £9.4million . |
| 21 | He says , ‘ My mind was much to the place as soon as it was described to me , because it was a full congregation … an ignorant , rude and revelling people for the greater part , who had need of preaching , and yet had among them a small company of converts , who were humble , godly and of good conversations , and not much hated by the rest , and therefore fitter to assist their teacher ; but above all , because they hardly ever had any lively , serious preaching among them . |
| 22 | I amused myself watching all three and rather cruelly thanking God for the poor old General 's disability . |
| 23 | As one commentator noted wryly , there are more companies announcing Pentium-based machines then there are actual processors : a couple of dozen manufacturers spread their wares and Intel topped the whole thing off by announcing prices for the first time , and they are not cheap — 60MHz Pentiums cost $878 , while the 66MHz chip is $965 in quantities of 1,000 . |
| 24 | We 'll even give you free glazing insurance for the first 12 months . |
| 25 | Kit had learned how to grow certain lucrative crops on the mainland , when he served with Roger Pole and the local Indians had been drafted to instruct them ; but he was cultivating indigo for the first time , in Sycorax 's former enclave , and he found the plant tricky and demanding and considered its production women 's work . |
| 26 | The Prime Minister would be most welcome to visit the Wallsend part of North Tyneside where he would have an opportunity to visit Swan Hunter and see a dedicated work force , a dedicated management and , above all , the pride of the people in Wallsend in building and refitting ships for the Royal Navy . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's the best day of my life , ’ said Capriati after defeating Graf for the first time . |
| 28 | The possibility of commercial suicide aside , the single was to become the perfect deflecting plate for the new album . |
| 29 | These provide nesting cover for the larger birds such as the painted storks , spotted-billed pelicans , spoonbills , white ibises , open-bill storks , four species of heron , three egret species , the chestnut bittern , the Indian darter , little cormorants and Indian shags . |
| 30 | Devising a replacement timetabling system for the original scheme invented by Mobbs for a full-time course in science took at least ten months of negotiation and debate . |