Example sentences of "[subord] [v-ing] they [prep] a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone is agreed that looking after patients in the community is a more expensive option than keeping them inside a hospital , where all the facilities are available under one roof . |
| 2 | These criticisms were ignored ( although delivered by persons of world-wide reputation such as Carl Sauer ) , received a hostile and defensive reaction , or were absorbed by transforming them into a technical issue — rather than facing them as a social and political one . |
| 3 | So some were staring down at you and others were well below your eye level , which meant that you were scanning for each piece rather than reading them as a series . |
| 4 | Bowes Museum is an art museum not a theme park , exercising children 's eyes and minds — their curiosity , powers of observation and fledgling intelligence — rather than taking them on a rollercoaster ride . |
| 5 | Try simple tack repairs yourself rather than taking them to a saddler . |
| 6 | Better than finding them in a flap and fearing higher rates , as they were a week ago . |
| 7 | Pig horror : New Zealand farmer Kenneth Johnson bled to death after being gored in the groin by one of his pigs while feeding them in a paddock on his small farm at Halkett in the South Island province of Canterbury . |
| 8 | On the contrary , the use of such materials will consolidate and extend our students ’ familiarity with computational techniques while introducing them to a relatively new and important range of historical source material . |
| 9 | Not so much by getting them to understand as frightening them with a Breathalyser test and losing their licence . |
| 10 | The investors do not perceive the warranties as providing them with a course of action , but as a way for management to confirm the business plan and the facts of the accountants ' report ; and provide as much information as possible about the business to be purchased . |
| 11 | In England , Wales and Northern Ireland , the government , while unifying some of these ( see below : Business and Technician Education Council ; Joint Board for Pre-vocational Education ) , plans to preserve much of the existing range and variety of qualifications , though setting them in a more coherent and intelligible framework ( see below : National Council for Vocational Qualifications ) . |