Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [noun] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not obvious how this can be guaranteed by bureaus competing for business in quasi-market conditions . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , he has been caddying for Harley in Europe , and he did win one tournament and finished equal second in the other . |
| 3 | AMERICAN born Lisa Price , now living in Llanidloes , has been appointed sales manager for Radio Maldwyn , and is successfully canvassing for advertisers in time for the independent local radio station 's launch on July 1 on 756kHz medium wave . |
| 4 | The disadvantage ( occasionally overwhelming ) is the capital cost , even allowing for relief in respect of interest charges and capital allowances for new buildings and other improvements . |
| 5 | Taken together these two relationships will improve on the current single relationship by allowing for shifts in consumer spending between commodities with different amounts of value added . |
| 6 | Held , allowing the appeal , that the retraction by a witness in extradition proceedings of evidence previously given in the requesting state did not in itself discredit that evidence and , unless it was worthless , the magistrate was entitled to act upon it in deciding whether there was sufficient evidence to justify an order for committal ; that , equally , a witness 's evidence was not to be automatically discredited by virtue of that witness having been an alleged accomplice of the accused ; and that the magistrate had given proper consideration to the retraction of P. 's evidence and to his being an alleged accomplice when deciding if there was sufficient evidence to justify the applicant 's committal ; that , further , since the provision in article 1 of the Treaty allowing for extradition in respect of offences ‘ committed within the territory of the requesting party ’ having been extended by article 3(2) to cover participation in extradition offences punishable by the laws of both states , the lack of evidence of the applicant 's presence in Sweden at the relevant time did not take the offences outside the ambit of the Treaty ; that under Schedule 1 to the Act of 1989 the magistrate was concerned only with committal proceedings under English procedure in relation to the English crimes specified in the order to proceed and not with the jurisdiction of the Swedish court ; and that , accordingly , the magistrate had been entitled to commit the applicant ( post , pp. 846D–F , 850F — 851A , E — 852C , 853A ) . |
| 7 | Gunn still rooting for Ferguson in title race Myles Palmer reveals why the Norwich goalkeeper makes Manchester United his second choice |
| 8 | The New York-based human rights organization Asia Watch issued a report on Sept. 1 claiming that political prisoners were being used as forced labour in prison factories producing for export in Liaoning Province , and rejecting the Chinese government 's claim that prison-made products were not for export . |
| 9 | The Errol Flynn looks crumbled with age , and the man whose strike rate in first-class cricket was better than O'Reilly 's , Mailey 's or Grimmett 's entered the twilight world of trampdom under the bridges of the Yarra , drinking meths and fossicking for food in garbage-bins . |
| 10 | There is already a KSR1 at Manchester University and the company has established a UK subsidiary ; it is now opening for business in Germany and France . |
| 11 | He recognized each draught of icy air slicing through cracks in doors made invisible by crowding shadows . |
| 12 | But Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown , who has been pressing for CUTS in interest rates , said the rise was ‘ disastrous . ’ |
| 13 | They would be charged with specific tasks , such as monitoring discrimination , checking for ageism in job advertisements , creating a wider range of opportunities for older workers . |
| 14 | It is therefore necessary when conducting a survey of a flat to examine the lease to see what each owner is liable to pay for the upkeep of the building as a whole , to cross-question the managing agents on foreseeable charges , and to make some assessment of the state of the structure as a whole by looking in the roof space , checking for cracks in halls , staircases , basements and external walls . |
| 15 | In option two areas , attempts were made at eliminating through traffic in addition to reducing traffic speeds , particularly by using speed humps and parking rearrangements to create carriageway narrowings . |
| 16 | Numbers applying for entry in September 1992 have increased even more sharply than a year ago and we currently anticipate a further large increase in first year entrants . |
| 17 | Mr Hewitt , dying of cancer in hospital , said to Mrs Sen — his close friend for thirty years , with whom he had at one time cohabited — " The house is yours , Margaret . |
| 18 | Fears grew for the tens of thousands of pelicans which are in danger of dying of thirst in Australia , as the country began recovering from devastating floods . |
| 19 | Killing of " infiltrators " from Jordan — Stabbing of Israelis in West Jerusalem |
| 20 | Excellent progress was made in disposing of properties in Arizona when the market was considerably more bullish . |
| 21 | As far as police are able to understand they were walking near Tescos in Bletchley when three men burst out of some shrubbery and assaulted them . |
| 22 | From the viewplate in the open booth that face looked out at Jaq , eyes twinkling like ice in chartreuse , a playful and predatory smile puckering the lips . |
| 23 | Dennis Hopper , then a mere passing acquaintance of Nicholson 's had , in comparison , made it big at nineteen , appearing with Dean in Rebel Without a Cause and Giant . |
| 24 | He remembers a culinary repertoire consisting of kippers alternating with macaroni in tomato sauce . |
| 25 | Every year there was a big noisy carnival with its ghost trains and chairoplanes , and yet matrons with shallow baskets did sociable shopping excursions usually ending with coffee in Marine Road and tut-tutting over the state of the borough . |
| 26 | During the early summer of 1920 , a bakers ' strike led to Dad 's lifelong friend , Walter Shipsey , leaving the employ of Suttons , the High Street Bakers , leasing the bakery in Prospect Place and launching into business in partnership with a Mr. Sheppard . |
| 27 | And brimming with fun in bowler hats , the visitors raised more smiles than Downing Street 's double act . |
| 28 | Already we have seen microspeciation occurring in trees in Trinidad and Tobago ( section 6.2.6 ) , but it has also been suggested that in crossing major faunal boundaries , plant species may undergo so-called ‘ cryptic ’ speciation with major differences in fruit sizes and so on , associated with different dispersers ; i.e. obscured rather than obscure in that herbarium material is rarely preserved with fully ripe fruits and complete field notes . |
| 29 | There is , however , little evidence that integration as defined by Cunningham et al ( 24 ) is occurring in practice in Scotland or being implemented as a national policy . |
| 30 | And that means more than 20 Australians will be appearing in panto in Britain including twins Gillian and Gayle who played Christina and Caroline Alessi in the TV soap . |