Example sentences of "[v-ing] that [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Athelstan blessed Meg , sprinkling the open coffin with hob water and praying that the sweet Christ would have mercy on her soul . |
| 2 | I beg to move , That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty , praying that the Social Security ( Adjudication ) Amendment ( No. 2 ) Regulations 1991 ( S.I. , 1991 , No. 1950 ) , dated 30th August 1991 , a copy of which was laid before this House on 30th August , in the last Session of Parliament , be annulled . |
| 3 | That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty , praying that the Social Security ( Attendance Allowance ) Regulations 1991 ( S.I. , 1991 , No. 2740 ) , dated 5th December 1991 , a copy of which was laid before this House on 5th December , be annulled . |
| 4 | That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty , praying that the Social Security ( Claims and Payments ) Amendment Regulations 1991 ( S.I. , 1991 , No. 2741 ) , dated 5th December 1991 , a copy of which was laid before this House on 5th December , be annulled . |
| 5 | There is no denying that a good aromatherapy massage is a truly divine experience ; and giving massage can be enjoyable too . |
| 6 | The most we can get is convincing parallelisms between the two and the fact that some parallelisms are much more difficult than others and have hitherto not been attempted is no reason for denying that a choreographic genius like Massine has the right to attempt this . |
| 7 | Two weeks ago , President Askar Akayev , a quantum physicist by profession and a liberal of impeccable credentials , was forced to issue a statement denying that a mass deportation of Russians was planned . |
| 8 | There was no denying that the new corset had an impressive effect on her waist , but the dress disconcerted her — the first true evening dress she had ever had — because it left her shoulders quite bare as well as a considerable amount of — of , well , upper bosom , and all her arms . |
| 9 | The second point that I want to make is I 'm not denying that the western relief road would bring some improvement and if the western relief road did not damage did not cause serious environmental damage , I would not be arguing against it . |
| 10 | There is no denying that the present government has done something to influence both sides of this equation . |
| 11 | By now denying that the arm's-length principle applies to national museums Lord Armstrong makes me wonder how he interpreted his new role when he moved from being Mrs Thatcher 's Cabinet Secretary to being her choice as Chairman of the V & A. If he saw himself as dutifully executing government policy over the V & A 's restructuring it is understandable that he did not subsequently feel constrained to resign , nor to dismiss his director , when it had become clear to the museum 's staff that the essence of the restructuring separation of research from ‘ object-management ’ had been abandoned as unworkable . |
| 12 | There was no denying that the Soviet Embassy was large , enormous , one might say , making lilliputian a convoy of Russian lorries parked outside from which , mysteriously , soldiers in olive green and red were taking canteens of food . |
| 13 | Bentham was willing , however , on the basis of his version of the command theory of law to take the heroic step of denying that the common law was law . |
| 14 | A spokesman of the Iranian Foreign Ministry was later quoted as reaffirming that the disputed islands belonged to Iran , and as referring to the GCC 's use of " inappropriate words " . |
| 15 | Noticing that the two women were now looking at her , Robyn smiled and said , ‘ It 's Robyn with a ‘ y ’ actually . ’ |
| 16 | I suspect that Pound is rueful at best when he looks down and sees us industriously annotating out of Sir Edward Coke Canto 107 , without noticing that the English language is in that canto handled with none of the sensitivity that would make those labours worthwhile . |
| 17 | Within a few weeks of his appointment the new Metropolitan was urging , in an interview with Romania Libera , that religion be taught in schools and announcing that a Synod-appointed commission would select the basic religious concepts to be taught in primary , junior and senior schools . |
| 18 | Opening the meeting of the Economic Planning Council , the Chairman , Lord Hampshire , surprised members by announcing that the Prime Minister intended to sit in on the transport debate , which was the subject of a White Paper about to be discussed on the floor of the House . |
| 19 | Without wishing to get too involved in technicalities , it is worth explaining that a fail-safe structure is one in which there are one or more pieces of redundant structure ( i.e. not subject to loading in normal flight ) which are capable of carrying the flight loads in the event of a failure of the primary load bearing structure . |
| 20 | Mr Saegusa calls the finished piece ‘ an ode to Mozart from the Orient , ’ explaining that the new music is his own , rather than a supplement to Mozart 's . |
| 21 | He listens to me explaining that the front door was unlocked . |
| 22 | He is explaining that the Christian message is no earthly wisdom , such as the travelling philosophers of the day peddled , and with which some of the Corinthians were confusing it . |
| 23 | Director Sandra Horley had written to Diana 's office explaining that the pioneering sanctuary was under threat through lack of funds . |
| 24 | The Colonel , trained in the proper management of war , diagnosed the General 's crude enthusiasm as excitement and gently tried to calm the old man by explaining that the sensible course was to wait until the artillery reached the town , and only then to mount an attack on the infantry who guarded the barricaded bridge . |
| 25 | The Principal responded initially by agreeing to redesignate courses as full-time , and explaining that the Academic Board had come into existence after departments had been constructed to match DipTech requirements , but had in fact gone a long way towards the Council 's view — further than the report on the June quinquennial visit had acknowledged . |
| 26 | Maura linked it with her own , vowing that the two girls would be best friends for always — through thick and thin . |
| 27 | It was essential to harness science and technology not just for the economy but for the environment , she added , pledging that the Liberal Democrats would inject £400 million into the science base . |
| 28 | After checking that the two mirror carp were well packed in newspaper , he curled his arm around Molly 's waist and they began to stroll back up the track . |
| 29 | At present he was with a party of police officers visiting the United States and Inspector Blakelock was totally in charge doing the two jobs , not only receiving the exhibits , making out the register of court attendances and preparing the statistics , but discussing the cases with the detective in charge , explaining what the Laboratory could hope to do , rejecting those cases where the scientists could n't help , and checking that the final statements for the court were complete . |
| 30 | Follow this ‘ teaser ’ with a second release giving full details of who , when and where , and follow it up again by a phone call checking that the right person has got the material . |