Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] the [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Such numbers , and the controversial circumstances of several of the shootings , have sent Mr Burgreen scrambling to give the impression that his department is not completely out of control . |
| 32 | We 're all prone to do that , were all prone to take the line of least resistance and you find this not just in the truth but in any sort of community in life , in any area of life that wish to go , you , you may find this at work or at school , you youngsters , there 's always a little Johnny at the back is n't it , that , that will fit in the back row and think if I 'm back here teacher wo n't notice you see , were act were actually tuck himself up in the corner and er think well if I 'm , if I 'm up here nobody will notice me and see the day goes by and er we do n't have so much to do , those are the type of people that in , in , in a physical life er sort of going to sleep are n't they , they do n't want to accept responsibility and we , we find even in the truth , you 'll always find it in congregations like we have here in our congregation , we 're not different , we 're all the same are n't we , we 're all flesh and we 're all imperfect and we 're all prone to doing or wanting to do the things that are different or you know than , than what Jehovah wants us to do and we all want to tuck ourselves up a little corner sometimes and yet we should n't be like that and this is what the scriptures tell us and warn us about to put ourselves headlong into the truth , be whole sole , be awake , be alert , be vigilant to the things that are going on and there 's a lot going on in the truth at this particular time , things are changing , the scriptures tell us that the scene of the world is changing and that 's true is n't it ? |
| 33 | Not wanting to give the impression that Leo might confide in her , she left it at that . |
| 34 | Some students and others arrested within hours of the February incident had admitted on television seeking to overthrow the government and , in most cases , membership of Nahda . |
| 35 | What limits would be placed , and Kennedy was very acutely conscious of the big mistake that Truman had made in Korea in , in fact , seeking to extend the intervention and bringing China into the war under no circumstances must China be allowed to take that step in the case of Indo-China . |
| 36 | The judge was therefore at fault in considering that there was no need for him to pay explicit regard to the public interest in freedom of expression guaranteed by article 10 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms ( 1953 ) ( Cmd. 8969 ) in seeking to resolve the uncertainty or ambiguity in the common law ; ( 7 ) in failing , as did Browne J. in the Bognor Regis case , to have proper regard to the public interest in freedom of expression and to the question of whether in a democratic society there really was a pressing social need to extend the ambit of the law of defamation to enable a governmental body to sue in respect of presumed ( and not actual ) injury to its governmental reputation ; ( 8 ) in failing to take into account the acceptance by the English courts of the fact that where a governmental plaintiff sought to invoke a private law right to interfere with freedom of discussion about the workings of government , the court 's approach would ( because of the competing public interests involved ) differ from that in a private dispute between citizen and citizen . |
| 37 | In particular the project is seeking to understand the role and action of women in mining households and the collective support organised by them in coalfield communities during the dispute . |
| 38 | During the 1980s Acre state was the scene of violent disputes between ranchers seeking to clear the land and people whose livelihoods depended on the Amazon rain forest , such as the rubber tappers led by Mr Mendes . |
| 39 | Dollimore perceives that critical opinion has tried to resolve this issue by tending to read the play as either vindicating Faustus or the morality structure . |
| 40 | The all-powerful ICC even made a balls up of it by refusing to clear the tourists when asked to do so . |
| 41 | This is a snowflaked Victorian set full of carol singers , the dreadful poor , the idle rich and Mr Caine resolutely refusing to recognise the festivities until the Ghosts of Christmas Past , Present and Future prick his dormant conscience . |
| 42 | Having observed them give their evidence I am satisfied that they are not in any way seeking to deceive the court or to persuade the court that Mr. Winterbone was better or worse than they have said that he was . |
| 43 | The hon. Gentleman is seeking to disguise the fact that under the Government in which he served the quality of service under the headings that I have just listed was vastly inferior to the quality of service provided under this Government . |
| 44 | In his book Under Fire : An American Story , published on Oct. 22 , North avowed that former President Ronald Reagan not only " knew everything " about the Iran-contra project but also " enthusiastically " backed it , and that he had been made a scapegoat by senior Reagan administration officials seeking to protect the President and themselves . |
| 45 | ICI Paints ' site in Slough was the venue for a knock-out competition for the school team seeking to represent the Chilterns and Middlesex Section in the 1992 Top of the Bench Competition . |
| 46 | While it is true there is no consensus among linguists ( much less across disciplines ) of a comprehensive description of the English language , theories are currently being developed which place language in its social context and the disciplines of sociologic and psycholinguistics are seeking to describe the human and social aspects of language as communication and the concomitant relationship between language and learning . |
| 47 | I never have more than the permitted amount of duty-free goods ; I 've never imported plants , or dogs , or drugs , or uncooked meat , or firearms ; and yet I constantly find myself wanting to turn the wheel and head for the Red Channel . |
| 48 | The hon. Gentleman is treating me as though he were talking to someone from Louisiana and wanting to finish the sentence before it has been started . |
| 49 | Really I 'm just looking to raise the pace and the tempo of the England side . |
| 50 | In their favour it can be stated that the consultation process which followed the publication of Paying for Local Government showed twice as many people wanting to abolish the rates as wishing to keep them . |
| 51 | In seeking to influence the size and timing of interest changes we can operate with a higher profile — through publicised 2.30 p.m. lending to the market , for example , which is the equivalent to the earlier MLR announcement ; or we can operate more discreetly through varying the scale of assistance in relation to the market 's needs or the terms on which we lend privately to the discount houses . |
| 52 | The UK profession has therefore been tireless , both directly and through the Groupe Consultatif , in seeking to influence the Directives and to promote the advantages of the British system . |
| 53 | seeking to develop the theory and practice of education in relation to the critical study of futures , and |
| 54 | 4 Taste the onion filling to check the seasoning and then spoon it evenly over the dough . |
| 55 | Such support operations would involve the Bank of England buying gilt-edged and thus tending to expand the liquidity and lending potential of the banking system . |
| 56 | ‘ The myth of the political neutrality of technology is frequently invoked both by politicians , seeking to explain the effects that a particular technological development has on society , and by the technologist , seeking to disclaim responsibility for such effects . |
| 57 | The changes in procedure and political alignment which have affected the operation of and attitudes towards , ‘ the block vote ’ — seeking to explain the causes and consequences of new developments . |
| 58 | Khin Nyunt , director of the Defence Services Intelligence and secretary of the SLORC , accused the Burmese Communist Party ( BCP ) of conspiring to destabilize the country and to seize power . |
| 59 | So we should be looking to take the initiative and , in a controlled manner , working as a team with our suppliers and ensuring they know exactly what we want . |
| 60 | Would today 's pupils , hard pressed as they are by the G.C.S.E. syllabi , care to exchange with those of whom Mr. Triggs promised , ‘ … no care or attention will be wanting to facilitate the Learning and improve the Genius of Youth placed under his care ’ . |