Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] some of [art] " in BNC.

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1 And that included the experience of caddying for some of the greats when they came to St Andrews , such as Henry Cotton and Flory Van Donck .
2 It is thus possible that , just as we are suggesting for some of the other finds at Mycenae , it was taken from Knossos : if so , the implication is that other pieces of statuary and relief carving from Minoan Knossos were also removed — by some Mycenean equivalent of Lord Elgin , perhaps .
3 He had done a reasonable amount of pilot work , firing for some of the older shunt link drivers and had also fired on the local ‘ pick-up ’ , but this at last was the real thing .
4 Although the now frequently-used concept of ‘ the right to resistance ’ was referred to in the older religion-based natural law theories , it is mainly the more recent , secularised version of natural law with its emphasis on human rights that seems to provide a theoretical underpinning for some of the assertions about the illegality of nuclear war and the justifiability of nuclear protest .
5 Jones had tried to cover his tracks by disposing of some of the apparatus on a rubbish tip .
6 In the middle years of the 1790s Wordsworth observed what was happening to some of the cottagers and cared about it ; like a good journalist , he called attention to outstanding cases in The Female Vagrant and The Ruined Cottage .
7 But look at individuals , rather than averages , and you see interesting things happening to some of the peasants ' lives .
8 The plain fact is that some elements of the social charter would run the risk — indeed , would make it a real possibility — of this country returning to some of the trade union practices that did so much damage during the 1970s .
9 Furthermore , the company also seemed to be reneging on some of the assurances given to placate Scottish interests during the takeover battle .
10 In the 1970s , Sir Alec set us laughing at some of the items in the Educational Assessment Program in the state of Michigan :
11 They have little in common beyond having a membership consisting of some of the states of Europe ( different in each case ) and will be considered separately .
12 Erm I was looking through some of the books for some of the startling figures and things that happen in world trade .
13 I 've pulled out a few press cuttings as well whilst I was looking through some of the for this talk .
14 Well you know , if you spent an afternoon looking through some of the files and what the opportunities were .
15 Instead she decided to wander round the house , looking into some of the hundred rooms that Mrs Medlock had told her about .
16 He writes : ‘ The faithful transcription of the sound patterns of speech by a fully developed alphabet has freed writing from some of the ambiguities of oral language .
17 There seemed no stopping her and he felt as if he were listening to some of the most important information he had ever heard .
18 For example , the first issue of the first edition of Dickens 's A Christmas Carol , according to some of the pundits , has green endpapers , while the second issue has yellow .
19 We should perhaps remember that , before the advent of television , the five-day week and DIY superstores , crowds , even for the smallest clubs , often exceeded 3,000 and for an important derby match during the 1930s Whaddon could easily pull in 120,000 fans according to some of the club 's more senior supporters .
20 And yet , in real terms , the percentage share of the market that desktop publishing software occupies is very small , less than 10% according to some of the market research , compared with such stalwarts as word processing , databases and spreadsheets .
21 D' ya think it might be worth writing to some of the and asking them to donate any paper plates ?
22 However , within the village , there were signs of commercial agriculture developing among some of the larger peasant families changing contracts with tenants and labourers as a result .
23 THERE is much to do in the garden at present and I have been looking at some of the useful tools and equipment on the market .
24 We do , however , need to spend time looking at some of the shortcomings of the ‘ props ’ .
25 This second statement would seem obvious , but many trip over the obvious , so we will be looking at some of the differences .
26 Indeed , looking at some of the groups , one might almost think oneself viewing the painted vaults of an ancient Egyptian temple .
27 This is very impressive , until we start looking at some of the factors in the equation :
28 Unigram 's Tokyo bureau has been looking at some of the research work being developed by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co at its Tokyo Information and Communications Research Laboratory .
29 We begin by looking at some of the fundamental assumptions on which housing policy is based , present government housing policy , the various forms of housing tenure in Britain , and the particular problems for women that these forms of tenure raise .
30 Before looking at some of the major issues raised in the study of social stratification , it is necessary to examine certain aspects of stratification systems .
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