Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pilots had little faith in the system and kept their heads and height down , preferring to risk prosecution by the CAA for low-flying rather than run the risk of killing themselves and another crew . |
| 2 | With 100 $500 grants already on their way to scientists working in Russia , the International Science Foundation ( ISF ) has taken the first step towards meeting its goal of helping to preserve research in the former Soviet Union . |
| 3 | Much was happening to disrupt life before the agency idea — the £2bn rolling programme to make social security operations fully computerised ; plans to move work out of London . |
| 4 | This section provides cover for Capital Benefits and also a weekly benefit relating to total disablement from the Policyholders usual profession or occupation . |
| 5 | Moreover , the performance at the Park Lane Hotel was Joyce in his more restrained style , endeavouring to insinuate Fascism among the uncommitted and the influential . |
| 6 | The following week tests were carried out and I went with Dad to watch the Brigade endeavouring to pump water to the roof of Blooms the Drapers on The Canal — possibly the City 's tallest building . |
| 7 | By the end of September stripping to bare metal of the lower nose area for inspection had sadly also removed half of the nose art and the aircraft was completely gutted as the VMMU got to grips with their final overhaul . |
| 8 | Both the Israeli and the Lebanese governments made public statements pledging to maintain control of the key town of Jezzine , situated on the northernmost tip of the " security zone " . |
| 9 | After they 'd finished their lunch Valerie Stevens took her husband off across the field to where a little knot of donkeys were assembling to take part in the donkey derby , an important annual event at the OBEX Family Day . |
| 10 | For by seeking to claim credit for the fact that Britain had not imposed a visa regime , Mr Wardle implicitly suggested that such measures obstruct refugees from gaining access to countries where they can seek asylum ( as indeed Amnesty believes they do ) . |
| 11 | Looking to go public in the next year , it is now out for a $1m second round to be used primarily for sales and marketing , efforts it 's yet to put its back into and needs a vice president of marketing and marketing and two sales people . |
| 12 | Also here is the earlier deed from the Holy Roman Emperor ( 1240 ) granting privileges and liberties to the people of Schwyz the document which was the constitutional basis of the stance taken by the people of Schwyz in refusing to accept subjection to the powerful Austrian Hapsburgs . |
| 13 | ‘ Quite often in the current climate you get a large group wanting to sell part of the non-core activities . |
| 14 | During Yokota 's visit the UN General Assembly 's committee on social , humanitarian and cultural issues unanimously approved a resolution condemning Myanma 's ruling military junta , the State Law and Order Restoration Council ( SLORC ) , for refusing to surrender power to the country 's democratically elected parliament [ for victory of opposition National League for Democracy in May 1990 general election see pp. 37457-58 ; 36612 ] . |
| 15 | At that moment the camera tracked to the left and zoomed in to reveal that Nicola had a tube of paper up her left nostril and was pretending to sniff cocaine from the table top . |
| 16 | The second session of Parliament , which began on 9 November , saw an attack on the standing army , the Commons refusing to vote supply for the additional forces that had been raised over the summer , and instead resolving to bring in a bill to reform the militia . |
| 17 | The General Workers ' Union ( UGT ) and the Workers ' Commissions ( CCOO ) were seeking to put pressure on the government to negotiate a plan for regional reindustrialization in order to compensate for 40,000 projected job losses . |
| 18 | One of the issues that faces teachers wanting to use drama in the teaching of history is the thorny problem of facts and authenticity . |
| 19 | It was also , we think , common ground and is certainly correct that , against this background , any ambiguity in the Act should be resolved in favour of consistency between the Act and the Convention , the presumption being that the legislature was seeking to give effect to the principles of the Convention and would not lightly legislate inconsistently with the United Kingdom 's treaty obligations thereunder : see Garland v. British Rail Engineering Ltd. [ 1983 ] 2 A.C. 751 , 771 . |
| 20 | Now Gwynedd County Council have announced their intention to commission a comprehensive feasibility study into re-opening the whole line in conjunction with the 1964 Comp[any who have steadfastly maintained their stance of wanting to start reconstruction from the southern end where they are operating a three-quarter of a mile line along former British Rail land beside Porthmadog station . |
| 21 | Analysts were agreed that the US government , at a time of economic crisis in Cuba , was determined to maintain the pressure on President Fidel Castro Ruz by refusing to allow travel to the USA to be become a safety valve for discontent on the island . |
| 22 | GREENPEACE is accusing Nuclear Electric of risking safety by refusing to delay commissioning of the Sizewell B power station — despite a risk of cracks developing in the head of the vessel which forms the ‘ heart ’ of the reactor . |
| 23 | He simulates the picaresque ingenuousness of the alien , pretending to learn English from the children in order to gain their confidence , and gradually modifying the historical account he gives of himself to meet peoples ' changing conception of him . |
| 24 | It might be suggested that the disempowerment of parents arises from a combination of LEAs seeking to maintain control over the distribution of resources and professionals seeking to secure the autonomy of their professional role . |
| 25 | It invariably ended with Uncle Titch pretending to get cross with the clown on stilts and chasing him along the street on his fat little legs and trying to kick him up the bum and falling over backwards . |
| 26 | The network would be national , seeking to assist collaboration between the regions , but would also bring academics to work closely alongside the clinicians ‘ at the coalface ’ — where , he believes , many of the best ideas originate . |
| 27 | That is the pledge of club chairman Charlie Clapham , who insists the Sandgrounders are only looking to add strength to the side that lifted the HFS League championship trophy last term . |
| 28 | The lifeboat was struck by a large sea as she was leaving the harbour and Coxswain Wight had difficulty in manoeuvring clear of the narrow channel , before pausing to take stock of the conditions at sea and pressing on to clear off-lying rocks . |
| 29 | The Merit Table clubs are refusing to take part in the WRU 's national league structure unless they are allowed to run the competition . |
| 30 | During the war he appeared before a court martial as a captain in the Royal Armoured Corps for refusing to take part in the bombardment of Le Havre in 1944 and his attempt last year to clear his name was rejected by the Ministry of Defence . |