Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [art] [noun] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This methodological study investigates the relative strengths and weaknesses of panel and cross-sectional approaches to the measurement of attitude data , using as a vehicle the British Social Attitudes Survey . |
| 2 | Having dealt with the general principles of the UCTA it is now possible to analyse its effect in detail on various contractual relationships using as a framework the definitions and different combinations of the factors set out above in the section devoted to the basic rationale of the UCTA . |
| 3 | Work out how you would do the entry procession using as a guide the accompanying paper . |
| 4 | Indeed , in using as an example the books of Joyce Porter featuring the gross , lazy and self-indulgent Inspector Dover we have already touched on this difficult combination of crime ( which is , after all , a serious matter almost all of the time ) and farce , and these two types of book are , of course , closely linked . |
| 5 | Lavandera illustrates this point , using as an example the tendency for cocoliche speakers to avoid indirect speech , which in certain types of Spanish clause is an obligatory environment for the subjunctive . |
| 6 | Producers were so busy fighting their own corner , and so mesmerized by the success of Hollywood , that they did n't have the strength to argue that keeping the industry fragmented and flexible , learning from Hollywood 's example without simply imitating its outward forms , might be a better way of catering for a market the size of Britain than heading up the road of monopoly . |
| 7 | Disputes arose as to what should be done with the cargo and the shipowners issued an originating summons on 12 March 1991 in this court naming as the defendants the charterers of the vessel . |
| 8 | Now that 's a bit of a surprise to you in the sense that you believed that ten percent of the population owned eighty percent of the land and therefore this , this kind of erm a a attack on , on the rich was happening through the May the fourth directive , that would 've produced enough to bring everybody up to a reasonable middle peasant status . |
| 9 | Adopting as a precedent the order made by this Board in Baksh v. The Queen [ 1958 ] A.C. 167 , 172 , their Lordships consider that this is a case in which the right course is to rely for that purpose on the judicial discretion and experience of the court in Jamaica . |
| 10 | Before applying for the order the LEA would normally have to consult the local authority social services committee . |
| 11 | Walking towards the fire the ghost raised his hand and struck the watchman a smart blow on the body which produced a strange sensation . |
| 12 | Obviously when you 're driving along the road the observation y wants to be up the road as far as it possibly can be . |
| 13 | The latter he can do only by depositing with the collector the whole amount of the duty . |
| 14 | The fortnight of concerts , workshops , exhibitions , master-classes , films and lectures spread between several Wirral venues old and new offers one great concession to the Liverpool side of the Mersey , by incorporating into the schedule the legendary Chuck Berry 's appearance at the Empire Theatre on November 16 . |
| 15 | I almost envy the unemployed when they 're sort of walking along the side the canal and |
| 16 | In particular , it is the producer 's task to have ‘ the ear of the public ’ , thereby representing in the music the feelings and values of ‘ a kind of imaginary democracy ’ ( ibid : 160–1 , 188–92 ) . |
| 17 | When pressed by the defence on how he could see what was happening in the dark the man replied : ‘ I was reared without lights . |
| 18 | As earlier articles in Management Today have pointed out ( e.g. Grid on the Grill , September 1970 ) there 's an element of brainwashing in the way the course is structured . |
| 19 | Douglas had spent much of the time explaining to the table the intricacies of the plot of his next novel ; Leon Brittan had been rather short with him . |
| 20 | While the executive staff are usually prompt in dealing with questions relating to the Code the following should be borne in mind : |
| 21 | Again , few long-standing customers will surely want to compromise their future bargaining position by revealing to the court the true weight which they gave to the various considerations before them prior to the placing of interim contracts with the employer . |
| 22 | April 1945 , the concentration camps at Belsen and Buchenwald , revealing to the world the appalling truth of the Nazi 's endeavour to exterminate the Jewish race . |
| 23 | There are still libraries where books and materials themselves are kept on " closed access " , in other words available only on request to the library staff ; the catalogue carries the whole burden of revealing to the clientele the contents of the stock , by subject or author or whatever " retrieval handle " is thought to be worth displaying . |
| 24 | Using the procedures in this way has the dual effect of preparing the case as precisely as possible for the trial judge and of encouraging a settlement by revealing to the parties the exact nature of their dispute . |
| 25 | Sometimes it is the Had I But Known what grim secret lurked beneath the smiling exterior I would never have set foot within the door ; Sometimes the Had I But Known then what I know now , I could have saved at least three lives by revealing to the Inspector the conversation I heard through that fortuitous hole in the floor . |
| 26 | That he was not abstracting water but merely utilizing it and returning to the river the same amount in improved condition , because contact with the turbine had aerated it , and it was better for the fish . |
| 27 | Thus his first action on returning to the Questura the day before had been to send his inspectors out to question the people living in the houses along the road to Cannara and talk to the local farmers , just in case anyone had seen anything . |
| 28 | It has the effect too of keeping to the forefront the meanings recognized by participants . |
| 29 | The declaration by the Supreme Soviet in Byelorussia closely resembled the Ukrainian declaration , but alluded to secession by ascribing to the republic the right to " voluntary unions with other states , and free withdrawal from such unions " . |
| 30 | The Chancellor will need little reminding of the importance the industry attaches to negotiating satisfactory arrangements for excise duty ‘ harmonisation ’ . |