Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By making the income and capital gains from investing in such trusts free of tax , up to a maximum amount of 6,000 a year ( 1992 ) , it is hoped that such savings will be encouraged , thereby helping to channel investment into UK industry . |
| 2 | These reservoirs behave as imperfectly elastic containers , expanding and contracting to accommodate fluxes of melt . |
| 3 | The EMS , founded in 1979 , had not collapsed as had been predicted in many quarters , rather it had achieved some success in stabilising exchange rate fluctuations , and in helping to promote convergence of inflation rates . |
| 4 | ‘ Then how do you explain the fact that the kidnappers phoned urgently , demanding to see Ubaldo in person , at a time when you were still in Rome and no one supposedly knew you were coming except the authorities ? ’ |
| 5 | The laws of war may have one other function in the contemporary era — helping to harmonise standards between allies . |
| 6 | Let me hasten to say that in many schools , particularly in the West Riding , fine education took place , but far from it helping to increase drama in schools , it had the reverse effect for two reasons : ( 1 ) it appeared once more to be something that could only be handled by a specialist — this time a P.E . |
| 7 | The hit movie has made dinosaurs big business — one company is struggling to meet demand for models selling at more than seventy pounds a time . |
| 8 | On Jan. 20 , responding to further deaths caused by separatist action , Chandra Shekhar reiterated during a visit to Chandigarh that central government was prepared to hold talks with any group pledging to restore peace in Punjab , but that his government would make no compromise on violence . |
| 9 | It does n't take a degree in surveying to spot daylight between tiles , damp marks or old wiring . |
| 10 | Now the 1989 market is opening to trumpet blasts of hype about the vintage of the century , expected price rises and heavy worldwide demand . |
| 11 | But I must say I 'm very encouraged to see the numbers of women who are applying to do subjects like chemistry and physics is going up and certainly we would applaud that sort of activity . |
| 12 | Mr Nelson , 49 and Miss Folan denied one charge relating to separate areas of land used for car parking . |
| 13 | Acheson added that the Soviet Union was already endeavouring to spread subversion in Japan and that the potential Soviet threat to Japan was such that the risks inherent in concluding a treaty could not be entertained in present circumstances . |
| 14 | Pedalling to break chain of poverty |
| 15 | The woman cyclist was another object of fearful contemplation , and there were snide allusions to the improper ‘ rational costumes ’ women were adopting to facilitate travel by bike , as well as their recklessness in traffic . |
| 16 | Another problem is that reactions such as halide exchange may occur during disk preparation , and it is sometimes necessary to evacuate the die during pressing to prevent oxidation of samples under the extreme pressure . |
| 17 | Between 1882 and 1885 he was British Chaplain in Switzerland , returning to become Vicar of Brompton Regis in Somerset . |
| 18 | If agent provocateurs had been endeavouring to make trouble between Official and Provisional IRA , it would have been the ideal weapon to use . |
| 19 | While the institutions most usually approached for funding here ( The Arts Council , RTE , Commercial business ) are n't clamouring to pour money into film , both Giannaris and Gibbons feel that with persistence and imagination ( albeit in voluminous quantities ! ) the now microscopic organism may eventually become multi-cellular . |
| 20 | ACTRESS Louise Lombard shows such compassion by helping to serve food to London 's down-and-outs . |
| 21 | All these factors — and many , many more which are now a fact of our fast-paced , deadline-packed daily lives — are still helping to create symptoms of stress to the point where a single encounter with an apparently dyslexic British Telecom directory enquiries operator can all but tip us over the brink . |
| 22 | It made no pretence of catering to faddish tastes like vegetarianism or high fibre diets . |
| 23 | For working class folk wanting to borrow sums between £2 10s and £100 to keep them out of debt or buy something special , the Government passed legislation in 1835 ( 5 & 6 William IV cap 23 ) creating Loan Societies . |
| 24 | Candidates seeking to sit examinations at centres overseas should make arrangements via the correspondence college . |
| 25 | The boycott had begun on Sept. 6 , with monks in Yangon , Monyma and elsewhere joining those in Mandalay in refusing to accept alms from soldiers , or to perform religious services for them or their families . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , in the last few months , our assessors have visited and valued a significant number of hotels whose owners are seeking to obtain finance for extensions and acquisitions . |
| 27 | It is the legacy of the worst drought since 1745 and increasing water extraction by the Three Valleys Water Company seeking to meet demand from industry and homes . |
| 28 | How do you feel about the EC wanting to impose tariffs on Chrysler 's MPVs made in Graz , Austria ? |
| 29 | Morden , Surrey-based Short Term Rental Systems Ltd can now offer UK customers what it reckons is a unique combined hardware and software personal computer rental service , thanks to a series of agreements with WordStar International Inc , Microsoft Corp , BitStream Inc and Lotus Development Corp : users are offered a combination of Compaq Computer Corp , Dell Computer Corp and Apple Computer Inc machines ready-loaded with the software of their choice — an 80486 machine with colour monitor , inkjet printer , WordStar word processor and Lotus spreadsheet will cost £135 ; 24 hour support is also available from Bushey , Hertfordshire-based Professional Support Centre ; the service is aimed at ‘ Small-Office-Home-Office ’ users , large corporates wanting to hire machines for project work , and hotels , exhibition and conference organisers wishing to hire out facilities to clients ; rental , naturally , has been viewed with suspicion by software companies anxious about piracy — Short Term Rental has got round this by removing the installation commands from the software it rents so preventing users from copying . |
| 30 | He had claimed his case would be prejudiced if it became known he was refusing to answer questions about Maxwell companies . |