Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [noun pl] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Using daily data for the period from June 1987 to June 1988 ( 272 observations ) , after allowing for transactions costs of 0.5–1% , they found a substantial degree of underpricing for Nikkei Stock Average futures : 42% of the time there was an underpricing in excess of the estimated transaction costs . |
| 2 | After allowing for transactions costs of 0.5% , they concluded that until early in 1989 there was clear evidence that all three futures were overpriced . |
| 3 | They found that , after allowing for transactions costs of about 1% , the no-arbitrage condition for intracommodity spreads was met . |
| 4 | Orlane 's winter beauty collection , Fête , includes two new Rouge Extraordinaire lipsticks : amber brown-red ( No 5 ) and a deeper , mauvey-red ( No 22 ) ; while Clinique 's brilliant new Gold Dusting for Eyes series of Soft-Pressed Eyeshadows presents a choice of four skin-flattering , earthy tones , including fresh , peachy Sun Ripe and a sparkling Gold Dust for dressing evening eyes . |
| 5 | Much RE writing in the past 20 years or so has centred on the raising of ultimate questions , and there has also been an insistence on developing in pupils skills of understanding and of handling these questions . |
| 6 | Used originally to discover demographic facts about a population , this was later widened into seeking from respondents facts of other sorts , such as marital status , housing conditions , levels of education , leisure use , and even attitudinal materials . |
| 7 | By mid-April German soldiers were complaining in letters home of the high casualties suffered by their ration parties ; ‘ many would rather endure hunger than make these dangerous expeditions for food ’ General von Zwehl whose corps was to stay at Verdun , without relief , during the whole ten months the battle lasted , speaks of a special ‘ kind of psychosis ’ that infected his men there . |
| 8 | ‘ Looking back now to the time when the site for these premises was chosen , and realising the state of affairs existing in this type of works , it is surprising to me that this process was ever permitted on this site at all ( being figuratively speaking within arms length of the dwellings ) . |
| 9 | These claims were never universally accepted ; the destruction of the unity of Christendom by the Reformation helped to undermine the authority of the Pope to allocate territory , but it was Catholic France that first challenged Spain 's position in the West Indies and that conflict had been going on for some years when in 1559 , at the end of one round of European wars , France and Spain included in the peace treaty a clause which stated that fighting in regions west of the Azores or south of the Tropic of Cancer was not to be taken as a reason for resuming hostilities in Europe . |
| 10 | For several weeks , Apple Computer Inc has been showing to developers prototypes of those two new high-end computers that according to US PC Week could create a breakthrough in performance and multimedia capabilities . |
| 11 | Betting giant Ladbroke responded to a £10m upgrading to Pounds 170m of UBS Phillips & Drew 's profit forecast . |
| 12 | Courtney had set himself up as a pioneer working with women victims of sex abuse , drug addiction and Aids problems . |