Example sentences of "[v-ing] or [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is necessary , therefore , to make as attractive as possible the opportunities and challenge of singing or playing in church . |
| 2 | Exploring it means either walking or travelling by mokoro , a shallow punt in which you are poled along reedy channels and across carpets of water-lilies by tireless guides . |
| 3 | And apart from certain specialised domains ( the lexicon of skateboarding or knitting for example ) you will also find few words whose source is a text written by somebody working class , or black , or for that matter female . |
| 4 | If your child did start vomiting or trembling or gasping for breath , would you suspect that they had eaten delphinium seeds unless they were still holding the packet ? |
| 5 | This leads to problems when I try to conceive of my own knowing , believing or thinking in behaviourist terms . |
| 6 | establishing , operating or acting as trustee of an authorised unit trust scheme or a recognised collective investment scheme . |
| 7 | So is not smoking or drinking at night . |
| 8 | initiate the required form ( see chapter 1102.3 ) when approving , exempting or advising on investment advertisements |
| 9 | An elderly person has very delicate skin ; and if he or she has been lying or sitting in bed all day , they may develop pressure sores on the bony parts of the body — the base of the spine , the heels , the elbows or on the shoulders . |
| 10 | While waiting for an ambulance it is possible that first aid carried out immediately would save a patient from choking or bleeding to death . |
| 11 | Girls wishing to avoid such a fate should shun wearing or passing near fairy flowers , such as clumps of harebells or love-in-idleness . |
| 12 | In this as in other respects particular groups within a class may be rising or falling in importance , according to the general development of the class and the society . |
| 13 | buying or selling as agent for a client , options , future or contracts for differences unless the transaction is effected with or through and Authorised third party |
| 14 | The US scientist Ronald Bracewell seems to have been the first to have suggested that sending or listening for radio signals is a haphazard business and almost certainly doomed to failure , because the task of covering the millions of ‘ likely ’ stars is well-nigh impossible . |
| 15 | The next challenge is for stuffing or dressing for game birds . |
| 16 | The invited speakers are either themselves practising in the clinical area or currently speaking or writing about childbirth matters . |
| 17 | In general they did not seek harsh retributory sentences once order had been restored and in a surprisingly large number of cases actually went some way towards meeting the wishes of the crowd by doing something to encourage a lowering of prices and initiating or participating in relief measures . |
| 18 | The coheirs will be able to claim the share of the estate , with Titius retaining or taking in advance the amount with which the testator wanted him to be content . |
| 19 | Section 34 of the EPA requires a broker in waste or any person producing , importing , carrying , keeping , treating or disposing of waste ( other than a householder ) to ‘ take all such measures applicable to him in that capacity as are reasonable in the circumstances ’ to : |
| 20 | It should also be remembered that s 19(l) ( a ) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1927 provides that where there is a covenant , condition or agreement against assigning , underletting , charging or parting with possession of the premises or any part thereof without licence or consent , this is deemed to be subject to a proviso to the effect that such licence or consent is not to be unreasonably withheld . |
| 21 | This group of people was recognised by the meeting in Tokyo over a year ago , and this is an issue that many people — both my friends and strangers that I come across in collecting or canvassing for Amnesty — ask me about . |
| 22 | pedestrians who are crossing the road in which you are turning when entering or emerging from property bordering on a road , give way to pedestrians as well as the traffic on the road , remember pavements are for people , not for motor cycles motor vehicles |
| 23 | Some choose the programmable route , succeeding or failing on user-friendliness ; others , like Carvin , have provided minimum programmability , but have kept the unit looking and responding like an ordinary amp , with multi-channel operation relied upon to provide the goods . |
| 24 | A. Each day , in the Mersey estuary , some twenty or thirty ships are arriving or going to sea . |
| 25 | Routines help a child to master daily tasks like feeding , washing or going to sleep , so that more can be achieved with less effort . |
| 26 | The wind rarely blows constantly and results can vary depending on whether the wind is increasing or decreasing in speed at the particular moment when an ammeter reading is taken . |
| 27 | Strathclyde 's spokesman says that they are acting in loco parentis , in place of the parent , but whereas many parents will happily take children hillwalking or boating without training , the council insists on trip leaders having proper qualifications . |
| 28 | The origin of the word ‘ jive ’ came from playing or dancing to jazz |
| 29 | These also involve processing within the brain but are slightly different from what is normally meant by thinking or drawing on memory and experience . |
| 30 | loss or damage caused by bursting , leaking or overflowing of water from tanks , pipes or apparatus unless you have turned off all water supplies and drained all the systems |