Example sentences of "[v-ing] the [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the rest of A View is formulated to transform readers ' approval to Irenius without loosing Spenser 's claims to be pursuing the Irish question in an impartial philosophic way . |
| 2 | This inhibits the normal feeding response and the great predator opens its mouth , allowing the little fish in ( Figure 6 ) . |
| 3 | These authors postulate that in as yet an unexplained way it is the accumulation of these lipid-laden foam cells in the sub-endothelium that damage the endothelium , thus allowing the subsequent developments in the formation of the atheromatous plaque to proceed . |
| 4 | On a Saturday in February 1698 , an attempt was made to kill the King by halting the Royal Coach in the muddy Turnham Green Lane on its way from hunting in Richmond Park . |
| 5 | Just before St Petersburg learned that the sultan had accepted the Treaty of Adrianople , a conference of senior Russian ministers agreed " That the advantages of maintaining the Ottoman Empire in Europe are greater than the difficulties which it presents " . |
| 6 | The government 's economic policy objectives for 1991-93 were defined as ( i ) increasing real GDP growth to 5 per cent per year ( mainly through expansion of the private sector ) ; ( ii ) reducing the level of inflation from 37 per cent in 1990 to 10 per cent in 1991 and 5 per cent by 1993 ; ( iii ) maintaining the overall surplus in the balance of payments ; and ( iv ) achieving further improvements in the social infrastructure . |
| 7 | Speaker K's contribution ‘ picks up ’ the past time element , moving closer to speaker J's time while maintaining the personal reference in my father , who also did work ( stonemason ) comparable to J's ( bricklayer ) and received money for this work . |
| 8 | And here was Conservatism , with a do-nothing prime minister in Mr Baldwin , with an out-of-date commitment to maintaining the British Empire in a world where it had ceased to be possible or right to maintain it , so that we spent millions in building a fortress at Singapore while we spent nothing more on housing or education . |
| 9 | That was an ill-advised planning decision by the city council , and questions could well be asked about the considerable waste of public money involved in building the new houses in Goodwood road . |
| 10 | Henry worked under his father at the abbey from 1495 , but from 1501 to 1506 was building the Observant friary in Richmond , Surrey , by contract along with a brickmaker , Robert Nevill , and Thomas Binks , carpenter . |
| 11 | ‘ After we had prayed together in tears and heartbreak a few moments … 1 then dipped my finger in water and , as the priest to my own babe at such a moment , touching the little forehead in the sign of our redemption , said : ' ‘ I baptise thee Mary Salome , in the name of the Lord Jesus , of the Father and of the Holy Ghost . ' ’ |
| 12 | The hon. Member for Angus , East ( Mr. Welsh ) is merely parading the great terror in front of the farmers for his own purposes . |
| 13 | This model , while not recognising the absolute right of regulatory rules to modify common law and equity , gives some recognition to their public law nature by taking into account of them in ascertaining the precise content in a given context of a common law or equitable obligation . |
| 14 | Should a company , after privatisation , fail to establish satisfactory pension arrangements , we would consider using the reserve powers in clause 12 to make pensions orders . |
| 15 | A committee of the Irish Medical Association put the numbers of women using the contraceptive pill in 1978 as 48,000 ; and the Family planning Association saw 30,000 people in 1976 and more than 53,000in 1978 ( Whyte 1980 : 403–4 ) . |
| 16 | it is also helpful to note down on the card idiomatic phrases using the lexical item in question , or illustrative sentences to show its range of meaning . |
| 17 | AT&T says that it is already using the two components in its New Generation Testing system that troubleshoots toll-free 800 number services and can pinpoint problems on up to 42 lines simultaneously . |
| 18 | Using the information in Fig. 7.2 for BP and assuming a risk-free rate of interest of 10 per cent we may estimate the call values for an in-the-money option expiring in October with an exercise price of 220p , and an out-of-the-money call with an exercise price of 260p expiring in April : Using Table A1.2 ( page 269 ) we may convert d 1 and d 2 into cumulative probabilities : ( the figure of 0.1819 is arrived at by using the two values in the table that bracket the real value and employing straight-line interpolation ) . |
| 19 | The first steps towards using the new language in communication , both written and oral . |
| 20 | SINCE THE 1960s acrylics have made their presence felt , with many , including David Hockney , using the new material in place of the more traditional oil paint it augments . |
| 21 | This is using the cancelling method in reverse . |
| 22 | The ability to retrieve information from a book or other source , using the various elements in the packaging such as the contents list , chapter headings , index and jacket blurb. 4 . |
| 23 | With the results available , by using the actual difference in observed means , the probability that a change of given size might have been overlooked in the study can then be calculated according to the following formula : |
| 24 | Using the cleanest virus in the world , least changed by virtue of its isolation in extreme conditions , against which the human cell would have had no natural experience , they had inserted the Mahon virus into the molecular structure of the human gamete . |
| 25 | Often people will move up to a better word processor or spreadsheet , but will want to carry on using the other applications in their integrated package . |
| 26 | The committee also approved the temporary enhancement of services to Kesgrave , Martlesham and The Trimleys by using the mobile library in these areas . |
| 27 | I 'm sure Patrick would not mind using the extra bed in Richie 's room , so Chris could sleep in his . |
| 28 | Now he , allied with Peter Thorburn and Earle Kirton , will have the chance to develop his playing methods using the best players in the land . |
| 29 | Instead of using the traditional patch in the machine code , the user can switch to an editor in another ‘ window ’ to allow the changes to be made at source . |
| 30 | [ Now using the second axiom in D on the left-hand side of this equation ] |