Example sentences of "[v-ing] [art] [noun pl] [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ragusa became an important entrepôt , which , in the words of Sir Paul Rycant , a shrewd English observer , writing in 1668 , was ‘ the port for transmitting the manufactures of Venice , and all Italy , into Turkey ’ , and in return received the necessities of life for distribution to the rest of Europe , often in its own ships . |
| 2 | But it had established three important points : first , that there was potential to cut across established Green-Orange divisions in pursuing the interests of Derry ; second , that some educated young Catholics who were uninspired by the Nationalist Party would work enthusiastically on a campaign which challenged traditional sectarian prejudices ; and third , many people came to believe that a section , at least , of Derry Unionists was prepared to sacrifice the interests of the city to those of its party . |
| 3 | In 1922 he published his first book , Le Dragon de bambou , ridiculing the reforms in Annam . |
| 4 | He had become Denmark 's most popular footballer , outstripping the likes of Michael Laudrup , and suddenly every boy in Copenhagen wants to play in goal . |
| 5 | The countdown to one of the country 's … one of the world 's oldest sporting challenges is underway … after a hundred sixty four years the score stands at 69 to 68 … the sport is rowing … the contest is the university boat race … they 'll be naming the crews on Monday … but we can meet the Oxford blue boat in our Friday Feature |
| 6 | You pay a small fee for board and lodging , and then find yourself doing things as varied as archeological digs in the West Country or maintaining the duckeries at Leeds Castle . |
| 7 | The distribution of portfolios amongst the LDP 's various factions remained almost unaltered , although the Abe faction ( the second-largest within the party ) gained one junior post — at the expense of Kaifu 's own small Komato faction — as the apparent price for maintaining the services of Nakayama , a leading member of the Abe faction . |
| 8 | Yardley was a golden boy pre-war who achieved almost every prize life and sport had to offer except , probably , the two he craved most : recovering the Ashes from Australia and taking Yorkshire to the County Championship . |
| 9 | TOMORROW , the day of the London Marathon , Christians will think also of another crowded journey into the capital city , the last time that Jesus went up to Jerusalem with pilgrims from Galilee to take part in the Passover festival , which commemorated the escape of their ancestors from slavery in building the pyramids of Egypt . |
| 10 | The team are building the properties on Hoskins Way , Homerton Road , Pallister Park . |
| 11 | It is not worthwhile imputing the addresses of KPMG clients unless they are clients of an MAS partner . |
| 12 | Joe Carr had given Jarrow the lead at half time , with Michael Taylor levelling the scores before Norman Platts shot home Silksworth 's winner in the 87th minute . |
| 13 | Some more crag rats were further proving the delights of Yorkshire limestone , holding on to ledges with their eyelashes and hanging on to spars of rock by their nostrils , swarming in a team of a dozen or so all over the face of the scar like a plague of dayglo flies . |
| 14 | It will now be using the services of Askews , formerly one of its main competitors . |
| 15 | In that task I am assisted by a team of six managers , all of whom are professional nurses and district nurses or health visitors and they of course are there to advise me on professional issues , and to share with me the management task of using the resources of Oxford City in the way that we feel is best appropriate , and in doing that , I think one of the important things for us to do , I do n't think we do it quite as well as we should , is to work more closely with the local council , and to look really at what the needs of our local communities are for health , and to try and make sure that the feelings that might well be expressed by individuals , either individually , or through caring associations , or through other statutory agencies , or through voluntary health organisations , are actually given a chance to be there , and to influence our , that official policy and constituents , and to , to influence the planning process . |
| 16 | I once spent many months as a student using the papers of Francis Place , the radical reformer of early nineteenth-century Westminster . |
| 17 | Using the criteria of Waterlow. eight children ( ages 11.5 , 12.7 , 14.5 , 11.6 , 12.7 , 12.8 , 14.8 , 16.2 years ) were defined as stunted ( less than 90% of expected height for age ) . |
| 18 | Last month The Northern Echo uncovered a shady underworld of drug addicts who were using the streets of Darlington as a haven for their habit . |
| 19 | As he pressed eagerly forward , his long beard streaming In the wind and rain , two Spanish friars snapped at his heels , still desperately trying to persuade him in Latin to die in the faith ; they continued to exhort him at the stake , where , according to Foxe , he lifted up his eyes to heaven , as he held his offending hand in the fire , and died using the words of Stephen : ‘ Lord Jesus receive my spirit . ’ |
| 20 | Using the formulae of Moskalik and Sikora and assuming that X-ray emission comes from 3 Schwarzschild radii , we find in this case that the black-hole mass can be no larger than and ; , again a worryingly small mass . |
| 21 | By using the remains at San Vincenzo as an index of this period , it is possible to interpret the other types of archaeological remains more fully . |
| 22 | From 1712 rather inefficient steam engines using the ideas of Thomas Newcomen were unchallenged for about 60 years , especially as a means of pumping water . |
| 23 | Pancreatic acinar cell kinetics can be estimated by using the methods of BrdUrd labelling index and metaphase arrest after vincristine administration . |
| 24 | Using the terms of Miles ( 1980 ) , we classify effectiveness by ‘ goal attainment ’ ( that is goal achievement , productivity , etc. ) and ‘ systems processes ’ ( adaptiveness , participant satisfaction , inner processes , systems resources , etc . ) . |
| 25 | There are arguments for suggesting the landings at Tarawa were unnecessary , much in the way the Dieppe raid on the French coast the previous summer is considered by some historians to have been a waste of many Canadian and other lives . |
| 26 | But Mr Melding says he is happiest standing on municipal benches with his megaphone , annoying the socialists of Abertillery . |
| 27 | It was all too clear Auguste had been out enjoying the pleasures of Broadstairs , one of which was just disappearing up the main staircase , folding up her parasol . |
| 28 | You and your family could be enjoying the delights of Bermuda , Florida and Disneyland , Australia and its Great Barrier Reef , or the exotic mysteries of Thailand with its capital Bangkok , the ancient worlds of Greece and Egypt , or you can travel even closer to home in the UK . |
| 29 | City Diary : Singing the blues at Canterbury |
| 30 | For Labour it might be Lady Antonia Pinter singing the poems of Roger McGough while accompanied by Larry Adler on the harmonica . |