Example sentences of "of [verb] [prep] [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In China , a cook regulates the speed of cooking by moving the wok on and off the heat . |
| 2 | The research committee agrees that there will be benefits from many of the recommendations made in these reports but believes that changes of a more fundamental nature are required to improve the effectiveness of auditing in meeting the public 's expectations . |
| 3 | The observations invariably show that the risk of dying before reaching the end of the first year of life is higher for infants born to mothers who were closer to the lower and upper limits of the reproductive period than to those who were in the prime of their childbearing ages . |
| 4 | For example , in a normal conversation between a child and an adult , if the child said ‘ er … um ’ or looked puzzled in response to a question , the adult would attempt to resolve what appeared to be some problem of understanding by rephrasing the question or asking what the problem was . |
| 5 | Other welcome aspects of the Woolf report include its recognition of the interdependency of the prison system with the rest of the criminal justice system and the role of sentencing in creating the ‘ numbers crisis ’ . |
| 6 | The residual swells coming over the reef were causing a moderate surf on the beach : I needed to reconnoitre , weighing up the possibility of swamping before taking the children in . |
| 7 | The hypothesis to be tested is that the method works by making explicit the connections between the strategy of reading by remembering what a word looks like and the strategy of reading by analysing the sounds in words . |
| 8 | Is there any erm is there sort of clash in using the er the Omni S Q L Gateway and O D B C ? |
| 9 | Judges often try to avoid the issue of standing by resolving the merits first . |
| 10 | Neutering reduces the incidence of straying in about 90 per cent of male dogs , and lowers the risk of soiling by decreasing the dog 's sex drive . |
| 11 | To see this , imagine estimating the DM equation in equation ( 6.25 ) by OLS to obtain an estimate of , and using the sum of squared residuals from this equation to construct an estimate Of The estimate of α i could then be substituted into the output equation in ( 6.25 ) and , from the regression of on , a unique estimate of obtained by using the estimate of . |
| 12 | Originally administrative and curatorial , this highly paid office had long before been transformed into a post for the chapel 's principal musician ; Ludford 's duties included those of participating in singing the services and playing the organ , and , doubtless , directing the performance of polyphonic music . |