Example sentences of "[v-ing] [subord] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The actual casualties suffered by both the SAS and the LRDG were mainly caused by bombing or strafing when caught in the open desert . |
| 2 | The danger is that this disparity will be enshrined in the formulas for distributing funds that local authorities are adopting as required by the 1988 Act . |
| 3 | This appointment may be terminated prior to by you or by the Board and in any such case you will be entitled to receive and required to give notice in writing as described in the schedule . |
| 4 | A good luncheon or supper dish — and very decorative looking when cut at the table , into the cross-slices of which Elizabeth Raffald notes that " the skin makes them look ribbed " . |
| 5 | Rubber-based and liquid plastic paints also prevent free lime from escaping when painted over the entire surface of the concrete . |
| 6 | ‘ Er — it 's not my secret , ’ Maggie said evasively , getting up and wondering whether to dive into the water and refuse to surface . |
| 7 | He dithered , wondering whether to go to the restaurant for a cup of coffee while hoping Hunter-Blair would return or else to find a telephone and call his office . |
| 8 | There can be the desperate feeling that life has passed them by , and they stand on a precipice , wondering whether to jump into the arms of the first person who offers , or risk endless loneliness. , |
| 9 | The point is that , with the increased powers of the authorities , there is a greater chance that the requisite evidence needed for a successful prosecution will be more readily available , requiring the insider dealer to further refine his cost benefit calculus in deciding whether to engage in the insider dealing . |
| 10 | According to Electronic News , Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG is in final discussions with Apple Computer Inc and the AT&T Co-Eo Inc-Matsushita Electric Industrial Co before deciding whether to go for the architecture of the Advanced RISC Machines Ltd ARM-based Newton , or the AT&T Co Hobbit-based device . |
| 11 | ‘ We 're not at a checkpoint at the moment , ’ says Spill , ‘ but the P5 will be there before we reach the next one … and many people are waiting for the P5 before deciding whether to go to the R4000 . |
| 12 | The appearance of agreement under a standard form agreement masks the reality of the weaker party having little freedom in practice in deciding whether to agree to the standard terms or not . |
| 13 | Drew turned to Perdita , who was deciding whether to race to the loo and be sick again . |
| 14 | Deciding where a stitch pattern will be placed on a garment is just as important for successful knitwear designing as deciding on the shape and colours to be used . |
| 15 | For such macro-systems , the principle that the designer produces what he thinks the users need is being replaced by the principle that the users themselves decide what they want and the professionals assist them in designing as specified by the users . |
| 16 | He pointed to commitments by the Commission and member states to avoid unnecessary testing through agreements on mutual recognition of test results , and the Commission 's support for ‘ fixed dose ’ testing as opposed to the LD50 approach . |
| 17 | A Dayglobe Leisure spokesman said the company was still considering whether to appeal against the council 's decision . |
| 18 | Grooms from the Spanish Riding School of Vienna unloading a Lipizzaner stallion at Wembley Arena , London , where the school will stage six performances , starting on Thursday , demonstrating the classical art of riding as practised at the Imperial Court of Vienna . |
| 19 | Most of the objective data on acupuncture analgesia have been obtained with electroacupuncture rather than dry needling as described in the reference that Lewis cites ; therefore we prefer electroacupuncture . |
| 20 | Having eaten two packets of bacon-flavoured potato crisps , he had purchased another tube of Rowntree 's Fruit Gums , which he was now enjoying while waiting for the lights to dim . |
| 21 | Former taxi driver Paul Burrows , of Chandos Street , Darlington , discovered his talent for singing while convalescing from the life saving surgery last April . |
| 22 | He is noted for possessing a ferocious intellectual curiosity — and when I asked him what he was reading while cruising across the Atlantic on Concorde , he said without flinching , Conversations with Isaiah Berlin . |
| 23 | I was still a bit sleepy and I hesitated a moment , not knowing whether to run to the bog or the bedroom . |
| 24 | The water guarding it does not look nearly so dangerous as the water behind it as a player comes down the hill debating whether to go for the green with his second shot . |
| 25 | We thus tend to think of ourselves as machines , and when things go wrong treatment is organized along similar lines as it is for our machines — servicing , repairing and patching as dictated by the appearance of aches , pains and loss of function . |
| 26 | However , I found that my arm rested quite comfortably along the 44mm-thick body , allowing relaxed fingerstyle playing while resting on the neck-side of the pickup . |
| 27 | A great dark arch appeared , and then they passed into shadow with the sounds of water glooping as echoes in the high tunnel and the light playing along the sides like silk in the wind . |
| 28 | The most common drill — and this is even practised by the better players who may be struggling with their groundstrokes — is to put targets within 60–90cm ( 2–3ft ) of the baseline and inside tramline and think in terms of rallying while aiming at the targeted areas . |
| 29 | You must do this very thoroughly , as the picture will not be as tightly secured against the glass if it only has a free-standing photograph frame backing as opposed to the hardboard backing one uses for normal pictures . |
| 30 | Broad political support will not , of course , be won merely by appealing to the inherent rationality of planning as opposed to the profit-oriented allocation of resources . |