Example sentences of "[v-ing] [vb -s] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hitherto departments had not been allowed to carry forward underspends into the next financial year though the Treasury was allowed to penalize departments by deducting overspends from the next year 's targets . |
| 2 | If pressing continues beyond the 2,666 litres limit the final dregs of the juice obtained , known as the rebêche , may not be used for the production of Champagne , Coteaux Champenois ( the still wines of Champagne ) or , indeed , any other officially classified wine . |
| 3 | The world tiger population is estimated at between 6,000-9,000 ; if poaching continues at the present rate the tiger will be extinct by early next century , according to expert predictions . |
| 4 | On arrival Rick and I walked around the lake and chose two likely looking swims towards the bottom end near the dam where we proceeded to set up the carp rods . |
| 5 | Held , allowing the appeal , that in determining the place in which the gross profit from a transaction arose or from which it derived the proper approach was to ascertain the operations that produced the relevant profits and where they took place ; that the relevant business of the taxpayer , the exploitation of film rights exercisable outside Hong Kong , did not amount to the provision of a service or the exploitation of property rights overseas , but was carried on in Hong Kong , and in the absence of any financial interest in the subsequent exercise of the rights , the fact that they were exercisable only overseas was irrelevant ; and that , therefore , the taxpayer 's profits from granting sub-licenses during the relevant years of assessment had arisen in or derived from Hong Kong , and under section 14 of the Inland Revenue Ordinance the taxpayer was liable to profits tax thereon ( post , pp. 444G–H , 445E , G–H , 446E–G ) . |
| 6 | Thus , shortening applies to the stressed syllables of fellow , intention , intentional , but not to fell , intend ( as in the last case the stressed syllable is not penultimate ) . |
| 7 | A lot falls onto the shoulders of bass-player Cliff , who has to provide the rhythmic muscle as well as carrying the melodies while Tim 's guitar playing wavers from the understated to the basic and only adds to the droning quality of the songs . |
| 8 | A lot falls onto the shoulders of bass-player Cliff , who has to provide the rhythmic muscle as well as carrying the melodies while Tim 's guitar playing wavers from the understated to the basic and only adds to the droning quality of the songs . |
| 9 | Extended tails as in the Dart series showed that by using indents in the outer trailing edge , the conical camber of the sail could be varied span wise . |
| 10 | The fact that monitoring and evaluation are built into this way of working adds to the efficient use of resources , particularly by breaking up activities and the focus of work in a long-term situation . |