Example sentences of "[to-vb] in [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My understanding from your letter of [ Date ] is that I am jointly instructed by the vendor , Mr D Smith , and the purchasers ( as set out in the Agreement between the parties dated [ Date ] ) and that I am requested to certify in writing to the parties , the value , in my opinion , of Mr D Smith 's shares at [ Date ] . |
| 2 | Such consent would not be an answer to a charge of assault , and the policy reasons that forbid consenting adults to engage in fighting for the purposes of assault should apply equally in the case of an affray . |
| 3 | On Oct. 22 , Gorbachev and the leaders of the seven republics and Azerbaijan appealed to Ukraine to participate in working on the draft union treaty . |
| 4 | There has to be a force which operates truly in the best interests of the child , and there has to be recognition and understanding of the very difficult and narrow lines many social workers have to tread in dealing with the most harrowing cases . |
| 5 | Work is currently going on to prepare a book so that parishes can be helped to develop the part they have to play in handing on the faith to our children . |
| 6 | However , the small number of implied covenants have a part to play in contributing towards the comfort of tenants and some have attracted the attention of Parliament . |
| 7 | Individuals are not accorded the protection given to third States to treaties of having to assent in writing to the imposition of burdens upon them . |
| 8 | I recognise that we have a great deal of work to do in planning for the next steps in taking our strategy forward . |
| 9 | A new firm would have to invest in learning about the business , and the audit fee would have to reflect that . ’ |
| 10 | The possibility of asking such questions shows how far the courts have to go in dealing with the issues raised by representative standing . |
| 11 | The loss of reformist energy on the domestic front was another potential problem ( as de Gaulle seemed to acknowledge in returning to the old theme of participation in 1966 – 67 ) . |
| 12 | Och , just round to my Mother 's , basically , just to get out the house — I 've never been one just to sit in listening to the Central Heating switching itself off and on . |
| 13 | Because babies are delicate and vulnerable and because the mother — for all kinds of reasons — is compelled to succeed in caring for the child , the situation has a potential for much distress on the mother 's part if anything goes wrong . |
| 14 | Following the introduction of new membership tiers and the resulting need to reign in spending following the loss of several board members ( UX No 418 , 405 ) — X/Open Co Ltd has restructured its organisation into several distinct business units in an attempt to cut costs . |
| 15 | It also seems to be the character of the trust in personam to which a later source , the fourth-century paraphrase of Gaius from Autun , means to refer in speaking of the beneficiary of a trust of a whole estate as having no right to take possession of the estate himself but having to claim it from the heir . |
| 16 | I refer to the 16 local drugs prevention teams which are being brought into action to assist in dealing with the problem of drug addiction among the young . |
| 17 | It can be costly and inefficient because of commission for brokers to assist in disposing of the goods , delays in finding a buyer and insurance to cover the risk of non-delivery . |
| 18 | People were doing all kinds of jobs to earn money ; even the married women who could get nothing before were able to take in washing for the posh folk whose maids were earning more in a week in the munitions factories than they could in a month skivvying . |
| 19 | In two respects , it is open to the courts to insist that the constable 's decision must be a reasonable one ; there must first be reasonable grounds on which the constable is entitled to rely in deciding in the first place whether or not a breach of the peace is likely to occur . |