Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] for [art] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He over-valued the pound when we went into the ERM and , coupled with his insistence of achieving zero inflation , that is destroying industry , jobs , homes , families and any chance of rebuilding Britain for a better future . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He then dried the hair off slightly before applying mousse for a stiffer effect . |
| 5 | For individuals the centre offers the opportunity to develop personal skills and the possibility of submitting work for a higher degree or DBA of Brunel University , based on either full-time or part-time study and PhD or MPhil by full-time study . |
| 6 | For individuals the centre offers the opportunity to develop personal skills and the possibility of submitting work for a higher degree , DBA , PhD or MPhil of Brunel University . |
| 7 | I do not expect any difficulty in getting approval for the larger sum , and can do that at the same time as tenders are to hand for acceptance , but it will remain important to contain the total project cost as far as possible . |
| 8 | Retrieval of documents on a search topic , by using terms for a broader or narrower concept , relies heavily both on the searcher 's ingenuity and on any additional relationships that the database indexer might have added to link the natural language index terms . |
| 9 | Doing research for a further qualification . |
| 10 | Doing research for a further qualification . |
| 11 | Ramsay will be recruiting staff for the bigger company . |
| 12 | ‘ I was at Harrods , you know , modelling hats for the older woman . |
| 13 | Secondly , it has been successful both in terms of increasing its obvious and immediate performance locally and nationally , and also in terms of preparing people for a wider involvement in partnership development in new and less obvious directions . |
| 14 | The original timetable had envisaged unification on Nov. 30 , 1990 , and the leadership in South Yemen was hitherto believed to be resisting pressures for an earlier formal announcement . |
| 15 | I have vacated that nice little office in back there , making way for an older man , and am now more often to be found in the consulting rooms . |
| 16 | I rarely use sherry , preferring vermouth for a cleaner taste , or brandy to deglaze any juices . |
| 17 | On our side of the road , where the water is within a metre of the gravel edge , the phalaropes have come within spitting distance for a better look . |
| 18 | The setting of goals and targets for health has advanced considerably in Australia , through focusing attention on specific social groups in the population with very poor health and through formulating targets for the wider social and environmental determinants of health . |
| 19 | Planning history for the lower school curriculum |
| 20 | With more words to decide between there is an increase in processing time for the higher level recognition stages . |