Example sentences of "[vb past] [v-ing] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These works lie in the area between computer-generated works and works made using the programmed computer as a tool . |
| 2 | In light of the many problems connected with the passage of title as a basis for the right to sue , the Law Commissions recommended allowing the lawful holder of a bill of lading to sue the carrier in contract for loss or damage to the goods covered by the bill , irrespective of whether title to the goods passed by reason of the consignment or endorsement . |
| 3 | He admitted drawing the dividing line will be hard . |
| 4 | Wrightson , of Oakdale Avenue , Harrogate , admitted handling the stolen cheque book , deception and shoplifting and was put on probation for six months . |
| 5 | Many women believed that these reforms involved transforming the whole tenor of English public life and creating an ethical and moral climate founded on the teachings of religion . |
| 6 | A recent advert for Pepe jeans tried using the closing line ‘ Buy Pepe jeans — because one day you 'll die ’ . |
| 7 | Nuclear extracts were either treated ( lane 3 ) or mock-treated ( lane 2 ) with phosphatase and then analysed using the blotting assay . |
| 8 | The Carstairs system ( after Joseph Carstairs , died 1820 ) involved using the whole forearm in the business of writing , instead of just the fingers . |
| 9 | This assertion that the modus should be enforced directly not only fits badly in the context , but also seems to contradict a text of Julian discussed earlier , in which he proposed using the traditional cautio method to secure performance . |
| 10 | A final stage involved tackling the native rock . |
| 11 | The first proposed rebuilding the Foreign Office on land only owned by the Crown at that date . |
| 12 | When he stopped laughing the boyish expression lingered compellingly on his face . |
| 13 | The competition involved matching the delightful baby photographs to the horrendous ( ! ) recent photographs . |
| 14 | There are records of rites which involved tending the sacred flame in a religious context , and of other customs which bestowed religious significance on the domestic fire . |
| 15 | This involved investigating the environmental impact of industrial activities in the Copsa Mica area of Romania , including the Carbosin carbon-black plant ( motor tyre industry ) and Sometra zinc smelter . |
| 16 | The proposed solution , announced in March 1984 , involved halving the 57,000 workforce over a five-year period ( with a 6,000 cut in 1984 ) , the maintaining by the government of the FFr 6.5 billion subsidy for five years and the agreement of E de F to increase coal purchases and employ 1,000 C de F employees per year . |
| 17 | While the politicians and administrators who framed the Act would not have wished to have espoused the notion of the ‘ undeserving poor ’ they felt unwilling to risk the public criticism that would have resulted from an approach to poverty that involved ignoring the potential waste on the ‘ work-shy ’ and the fraudulent application in order adequately to meet the needs of the majority of applicants . |
| 18 | Added to that , there was something about the Wartberg works that I found soothing the first time I went there for the interview . |
| 19 | Certainly the lack of skill we encountered synchronising the flashing light bulbs with the voice patterns was not terribly successful in that quite often they were way out of phase . |
| 20 | They stopped providing the subsidized food which had made it possible to survive . |
| 21 | Thames Water say they 'll come down hard on anyone caught breaking the new drought order which has come into force today . |
| 22 | Here he finds organizations like the Liberty and property Defence League ( LPDL ) and The British Constitutional Association ( BCA ) , and individuals like Lord Wemyss , Herbert Spencer , A. V. Dicey , and Ernest Benn , all committed to individualism and all found supporting the political right . |
| 23 | Such was my astonishment that I stopped kicking the offending mouse and at the first opportunity went to look at the hedgerow . |
| 24 | A call yesterday involved giving the chatty female at the other end one 's address . |
| 25 | This operation involved cutting the main fibre tract that joins the two halves of the brain , the corpus callosum . |
| 26 | This involved combining the current running costs of the plant with the cost of capital investment at the time it took place , many years before . |
| 27 | The presenter stopped fingering the amber necklace she wore round her neck and crossed her arms . |
| 28 | Whenever they stopped talking the muffled sound of the machinery in the workshop seemed to become louder . |
| 29 | He went on to obtain a commission in the Regular Army , which involved sitting the final examination at Sandhurst , although he had not been a cadet . |
| 30 | Remember those soldiers who stopped fighting the Great War to play football across the Flanders trenches and exchange sweeties ? |