Example sentences of "[v-ing] the [noun] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were eighty-eight photos or illustrations relating to this court case and the aftermath , virtually equalling the number found for all the other rape cases in the year . |
| 2 | He plunged towards the door , and before Cassie could stop him , had wrenched it open and stormed out into the hall , crashing the door shut behind him . |
| 3 | If business growth is to be achieved , in what is essentially a depressed market , it is vital that we build our market share while aggressively pursuing the opportunities offered by new product developments . |
| 4 | By allowing the Bill to pass through the House unamended in respect of premium rate services , they are condoning everything that is being done by those who for the past six years have been offering pornographic ’ services ’ . |
| 5 | Sharp and Dust ( 1987 ) found that teachers rarely perceived art teaching as little more than giving pupils a title , providing materials and allowing the assignment to progress without any more guidance or evaluation . |
| 6 | Alters the relationship between Crown land and the planning system , in particular by allowing the Crown to apply for planning before the disposal of assets . |
| 7 | There is a row of stout wooden rods supporting a handrail which runs along the edge of the gallery , allowing the adventurers to lean on it and look down into the Black Pit ( which they wo n't immediately be able to see , of course ) . |
| 8 | In early October a UNP working party proposed fresh elections as a way of restoring Parliament 's credibility and of allowing the JVP to participate in the political process . |
| 9 | Theatre staff usually wait until the patient 's vital signs are stabilizing before allowing the patient to return to the ward . |
| 10 | Tariffs and trade restrictions were to be reduced only gradually , so allowing the EEC to concur with the world organisation , GATT , to which the OEEC states belonged . |
| 11 | But since the entire British electorate is now sitting on his cushion , he has increased public spending and raised taxes simultaneously , allowing the PSBR to rise to £28 billion . |
| 12 | And in the process of course destroying the old Europe , allowing the very thing that , arguably , they were trying to stop from happening , to happen , that is to say , allowing the Russians to advance towards the Elbe , and allowing the Anglo-Saxons as they see it to erm come from the west and taken over the western half of Europe . |
| 13 | There , besides practising spiritism , and , indeed , allowing the planchette to draw for him , Hugo explored random artistic effects such as this . |
| 14 | Prior to breeding , separate the sexes , allowing the females to come into condition and show signs of carry eggs . |
| 15 | My decision not to eat had been made on the spur of the moment and was based not , as I well knew , on the terrible beating , but on the pointless cruelty of not allowing the others to go to the bathroom . |
| 16 | Since the rate of repayment is reviewed only once annually , quite often the effect of mortgage rate rises has been delayed for some months , allowing the borrower to prepare for the increased cost . |
| 17 | using natural language indexing and allowing the user to deal with the vagaries of that language , or |
| 18 | It might finally be observed that in its short life , Article 100A , which derogates from Article 100 by allowing the Council to act by qualified majority in co-operation with the European Parliament in order to complete the internal market , has already been used to anticipate new competences expressly recognized in the Maastricht amendments : two of these relate to the encouragement of ‘ trans-European networks ’ and measures in the sphere of energy , yet Article 100A had already been used to enact Council Directive 90/547 on the transit of electricity through transmission grids and Council Directive 91/287 on the transit of natural gas through grids . |
| 19 | Herreweghe ( Harmonia Mundi ) takes a broadly naturalistic view , allowing the text to unfold without resorting to the jet-propulsion treatment of so many Baroque choral recordings nowadays . |
| 20 | Following this , and usually beginning with ‘ How did you get into smack in the first place ? ’ , the interviewer then proceeded through a list of questions to be answered , not in any ordered fashion , but in a conversational manner allowing the respondent to move in whichever direction he or she wanted . |
| 21 | With VAT on fuel bills scheduled for 1994 and 1995 , the strategy is beginning to shape up as one aimed at allowing the Conservatives to go for a tax-cutting Budget in 1996 or 1997 in an attempt to win back ground in the run-up to the election . |
| 22 | We should not be helping our enemies ( in international terms , of course ! ) , but that 's what we are doing by allowing the Exiles to compete in our leagues . |
| 23 | Or at home , when there is an unresolved issue distorting a relationship , a good row can clear the air , releasing tension and allowing the couple to deal with their differences . |
| 24 | It was clearly bitterly divided and strongly polarised in its conflicting views , mostly revolving around the rights that would follow allowing the ladies to serve on the Main Committee . |
| 25 | In order that the method of fixing is secured to the pelmet buckram and not only to the lining , hand stitch , with a strong needle and thread , along the previous machine stitching on the tape , catching the buckram but not allowing the stitches to show on the right side . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's important you understand the background , ’ said Sorge , not allowing the American to get under his skin . |
| 27 | They provide expertise across a wide range of topics while allowing the students to contribute to the year-to-year developments in experimental techniques . |
| 28 | It was expected that her counsel would ask Sir Stephen Brown , President of the Family Division , for a ‘ residence order ’ , allowing the girl to remain with her boyfriend . |
| 29 | Therefore , a form of " reverse engineering " is positively encouraged allowing the knowledge gained from an inspection of an existing topography to be used as the basis of a new topography . |
| 30 | The electricity can then be regenerated by allowing the air to expand in a turbine . |