Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The crew greeted my arrival on board with facetious comments : " Anyone going trawling for pleasure should go to Hell for a pastime , " was one of them . |
| 2 | Even a father who watches his son dying of cancer will go on believing that God is a loving father . |
| 3 | The actual retraining of walking in physiotherapy may require that one has imposed on one a new sequence of movements , a sequence quite different from that of the false folk theory , and one that the patient might not be able to construct without the expert help of the physiotherapist . |
| 4 | But anyone booking in advance can get their tickets half-price . |
| 5 | Psychiatrists agree that the so-called post traumatic stress disorder afflicting service personell returning from war can change their lives forever . |
| 6 | Details about the careers and life histories of the women compositors will figure in a later chapter , but a few remarks about the evidence relating to marriage will provide some perspective for the training question . |
| 7 | Additional standards relating to disinfection may apply to high risk areas . |
| 8 | The present unsatisfactory state of the law relating to VAT could mean that VAT paid by the tenant may not be recoverable , and therefore the tenant should consider amending such a provision to provide that it will only pay VAT on such sums where it is first presented with a valid VAT invoice in the tenant 's name . |
| 9 | Issues relating to adoption can arise early in placement or after the order and the social worker has stopped visiting , and often centre around how to tell the child he or she is adopted . |
| 10 | Women returning to work may find that they can not use the skills that they had acquired before having children . |
| 11 | The bond equivalent yield is the coupon of a bond which when trading at par would give the same yield as a discount security . |
| 12 | 17 year old , Richard Tuthill , the youngest driver and his dad , who 's been acting as navigator will make it too in their old beetle . |
| 13 | Now , a Canadian study suggests that smoking during pregnancy can have more long-term effects , causing hyperactivity in the child up to seven years later ! |
| 14 | Those of you looking for adventure can shoot the rapids , Indiana Jones style , on the thrilling Congo River Rapids . |
| 15 | Those looking for action will find tennis courts , and there is an excellent swimming complex with pool , waterfall , fountain , wave machine and showers ; also saunas , Roman-style steam baths , hot whirl pool , fitness room and massage facilities . |
| 16 | It is not essential to do this , but grouting with mortar will prevent unsightly weed growth forming alter . |
| 17 | Not that there was any more purpose in his life than there had been yesterday ; but the events of the previous twenty-four hours had shown him that Ra could and would produce the unexpected at the most surprising moment , and he could not suppress the hope that his chance meeting with Merymose might lead somewhere . |
| 18 | And even when it succeeds , there is still a chance that after pursuing it for some way another gazelle passing in front will impede it and its first , tiring target will be able to escape . |
| 19 | It has been assumed that the superpowers acting in unison can bring sufficient pressure to bear on their respective clients to enable peace negotiations . |
| 20 | A mechanical device could , of course , operate in water even if it was totally submerged , but operating in water would dampen out the sound almost completely . |
| 21 | Such a graded response according to exposure can strengthen inferences of causality . |
| 22 | Employment for life and pay according to age should produce an earnings curve that rises steadily from recruitment to retirement . |
| 23 | Whereas the pet Rottweiler living at home would require a low degree of sharpness , a Schutzhund dog or a dog who is required to guard a family home would need to have at least a medium degree of sharpness . |
| 24 | It was unclear where responsibility for child-minders , registration of playgroups , etc. would rest in the new organisation , but it was possible that the new provisions in the Children Bill going through parliament would allow for those services to be provided through education departments . |
| 25 | ( And the Children 's Bill currently going through Parliament will seek to give them more rights and protection . ) |
| 26 | As many as 70% of patients presenting with ulceration may have no symptoms . |
| 27 | One is led to the conclusion therefore that the husband should convey as beneficial owner ; he is very often conveying the former matrimonial home as part of an agreement whereby the wife releases her rights to further claims for capital , and as such he could be said to be receiving valuable consideration from her and it is established that a vendor selling under compulsion should stand in the same position as a contractual purchaser under an open contract ( see Re King [ 1962 ] 1 WLR 632 and Emmet on Title above ) . |
| 28 | Harsh weather and central heating make skin drier and cleaning with water can exacerbate the problem . |
| 29 | A warm drink before going to bed may help to keep you warm . |
| 30 | When toilet training , a systematic approach of putting the child on the potty or the lavatory after each meal and before going to bed can start to establish a routine and pattern ( Levine and Bakow 1976 ) . |