Example sentences of "[subord] [v-ing] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was interesting seeing publishing from the top . ’ |
| 2 | France boasts a rich and varied tradition of film-making where going to the cinema is an accepted part of people 's cultural and intellectual lives . |
| 3 | With chest freezers a long handled bulk tank brush is invaluable where bending into the cabinet is uncomfortable . |
| 4 | If you are a well-known personality , attractive looking and charming , you will find your task much easier : people tend to respond to such individuals rather than reacting to the content of their message . |
| 5 | Some take the profoundly defeatist view that the kicking and screaming which would accompany a successful revolt would do even more damage than sticking with the lady . |
| 6 | Cut and sew is very much easier than shaping on the machine so do try it if you have not already done so . |
| 7 | And those who take part in groups have to show a parallel commitment to working within the spirit of the process ; putting as much energy into listening as in talking , staying on task , collaborating rather than competing in the pursuit of common objectives . |
| 8 | But seeing off Michael Meacher proved substantially easier than seeing off the Chancellor of the Exchequer . |
| 9 | From here it 's a doddle to sort out train times and connections — it 's probably cheaper than trying to ring up and get through to BR 's phone lines and definitely easier to use than wading through the paper version . |
| 10 | I decided it was a good idea to write things down rather than depending on the tape because erm I 'm not actually going to get round to transcribing the tape quickly enough to use it as minutes . |
| 11 | The leader was perhaps doing no more than drawing on the enthusiasm detectable in each of the two components of the party for the idea of citizenship . |
| 12 | Also the lack of organisation , although contributing to the involvement of members , makes it difficult to expand and develop these movements to any sort of state or national level . |
| 13 | Moving the special report , Section and Industrial Conferences and also President if I may , at the same time , moving motion one one one A on behalf of the C E C , rather than returning to the rostrum a second time . |
| 14 | Lorenzo with his Jessica await the return of Portia , remaining out in the still night rather than returning to the house . |
| 15 | Although trading throughout the Group is improving , we are paying a lot more bank interest this year as we borrowed £67 million to buy . |
| 16 | In Tchaikovsky 's Second Symphony , Svetlanov allowed some brash brass and unrefined woodwind , seemingly relying on a performance routine rather than applying to the score any insight into the instrumental detail , the folk intonations which can bring it to life in terms of rhythm and melodic inflection . |
| 17 | So often her only resource is tears , and those tears will more likely arouse panic rather than understanding from the man with whom she is trying to communicate . |
| 18 | But Paying Your Way was not respectable , any more than Keeping To The Left . |
| 19 | It 's safer than driving on the road . ’ |
| 20 | It 's worse than listening to the cricket match . |
| 21 | giving inaccurate advice based on previous experience rather than listening to the family |
| 22 | In comparison with other peoples of the world , Latin Americans read newspapers more than watching television , but less than listening to the radio . |
| 23 | This Review was subject to a number of appeals for re-assessment , but the final recommendations , as described in the Times Higher Education Supplement ( Anon 1988 ) were that : Aberdeen should not support research in the earth sciences , ( although lobbying from the petroleum industry and politicians ensured the continuation of its highly successful M Sc courses in petroleum geology ) ; the Geology Department at St Andrews should merge with Geography ; and that Glasgow should incorporate the departments at Dundee , Stirling and Strathclyde . |
| 24 | Her eyes were wide with sworls of silver and blue brighter than looking at the sun at its zenith in the longest day of summer . |
| 25 | Rather than looking at the proposal we decided that it was so that 's what we did really and that 's why , if you have a look down there right , so all we 're doing then we 're working through the resources and allocating them room numbers erm and then when that 's done so that 's what we did for each of the little rooms . |
| 26 | I do not know what the hon. Gentleman means , but I regret that , as ever — and typically of Labour Members — the hon. Gentleman seems to glory in gloom and despondency in identifying the more negative aspects of things , rather than looking at the positive . |
| 27 | It 's something very close to what I 'm saying erm and erm I 'm saying perhaps one thing in addition , which is that just as when we look into the future , which , as a historian , I 'm asked to do more often , I think , these days than looking at the past , but when we look into the future , we have different versions of what that future will be . |
| 28 | ‘ She wanted to be doing things like playing on her home computer rather than looking after the rest of the family . |
| 29 | All right then — ’ he edged closer so that he was whispering rather than shouting over the juke-box ‘ — here 's the nastiest rumour I 've ever heard about Steenie — really nasty rumour . |
| 30 | There are a number of ways to get a game abandoned , although streaking across the pitch in only your underpants , as I did at Lake Town last season , is perhaps not the best . |