Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These reservoirs behave as imperfectly elastic containers , expanding and contracting to accommodate fluxes of melt . |
| 2 | The laws of war may have one other function in the contemporary era — helping to harmonise standards between allies . |
| 3 | Now the 1989 market is opening to trumpet blasts of hype about the vintage of the century , expected price rises and heavy worldwide demand . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Mr Nelson , 49 and Miss Folan denied one charge relating to separate areas of land used for car parking . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It made no pretence of catering to faddish tastes like vegetarianism or high fibre diets . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Candidates seeking to sit examinations at centres overseas should make arrangements via the correspondence college . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | How do you feel about the EC wanting to impose tariffs on Chrysler 's MPVs made in Graz , Austria ? |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He had claimed his case would be prejudiced if it became known he was refusing to answer questions about Maxwell companies . |
| 14 | Rawsthorne had clear reasons for wanting to tackle Women In Love . |
| 15 | Not such good news from one of the original players in this arena though , Mac-on-RISC house Quorum Software Systems Inc , Menlo Park , California , has filed suit against Apple seeking to counter allegations of patent and copyright infringement made by Apple . |
| 16 | Mac-on-RISC house Quorum Software Systems Inc , Menlo Park , California , last week filed a suit against Apple Computer Inc seeking to counter allegations of patent and copyright infringement made by Apple . |
| 17 | But local authorities are generally empowered to make regulations and by-laws for the use of public places where meetings might be held ( such as parks and squares ) , and the assertion of quasi-private property rights are generally sufficient to exclude the claims of those seeking to exercise rights of freedom of speech in public . |
| 18 | The British Council , in conjunction with the Publishers Association , has set up a scheme to provide financial assistance enabling Russian publishers wanting to publish translations of UK books to purchase rights from the UK licence holders . |
| 19 | Furthermore , by refusing to generate obligations outside exchange relations , it favours uninhibited development of the forces of production without regard to the social costs imposed by injuries to third parties , pollution , health care and unemployment . |
| 20 | The Doc 's diagnosis of defender Gary Pallister 's frailties has so incensed Fergie and his players that they are refusing to do interviews for Piccadilly Radio , the station which employs Docherty . |
| 21 | The BRDC directors , urgently seeking to fund improvements at Silverstone , asked to look at the deal and went ahead without consulting their members . |
| 22 | At a press conference in Tehran on March 4 Nasrallah said that his organization was not seeking to kidnap Westerners in Lebanon as a response to the assassination of Musawi by Israeli forces . |
| 23 | ‘ She knew that it was connected with Matthew wanting to build houses on land adjoining Maurice 's pottery . |
| 24 | He argues that , in seeking to protect children from poverty , AFDC has eased the financial strain of raising children alone ; so more women do so . |
| 25 | The Democratic Unionist Leader , the Reverend Ian Paisley , has been suspended from Westminster for five days after refusing to withdraw accusations about Sir Patrick Mayhew . |
| 26 | Did you mention anything to your dad about wanting to watch Dances with Wolves ? |
| 27 | I represent a group of women wanting to have children by men prepared to be semen donors . |
| 28 | Opportunities to enter into contracts with providers outside Grampian exist and practices are looking to develop services in house . |
| 29 | They do n't all have the same erm facilities as Sussex , nor indeed the same tradition of town and gown relationships , but nevertheless within the university there are several groups of people wanting to develop ideas of literature festivals or performance arts events , which we try and encourage because erm we have very little money within the Arts Association and have to maximise whatever facilities and people that we can lay our hands on . |
| 30 | Drift-net vessels , like the tuna boats fishing on dolphins , have long been stubbornly refusing to take observers on board . |