Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [adv] [v-ing] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ruth sat on her bed and drew towards her the unfinished drawing of lions apparently devouring people — Christians probably , from the school 's Religious Knowledge . |
| 2 | The politicians ' disapproval would have been sharper still had they been aware of plans already taking shape in the army to launch an actual invasion of mainland France if the regime refused to recall de Gaulle to power . |
| 3 | The English House Condition survey , which the Department of the Environment published shortly before Christmas 1982 , showed a sharp increase in the number of homes now needing £7000 or more spent on them to bring them up to an acceptable standard . |
| 4 | Gazing from the window of the taxi , she watched the small groups of tourists , many of them from the ship , strolling in and out of shops eagerly purchasing souvenirs . |
| 5 | These procedures address the current problem of designers only having access to either none or all of the data for a CAD part , by introducing strict partitioning within each CAD part file . |
| 6 | The redundant steelworker and a friend were returning home from a social club when they tried to stop a group of youngsters allegedly attacking traffic bollards . |
| 7 | Combined with the number of companies already doing business in Japan , 71% of Scotland 's exporters either already trade with Japan or would actively like to do so . |
| 8 | ‘ Of the 65 per cent of companies not using credit insurance , half had no idea what it would cost as a percentage of total sales value , indicating that the industry has a real job to do explaining how little properly structured credit insurance can cost : often 0.5 per cent of turnover or less . ’ |
| 9 | A pair of trousers originally costing £10.50 are on special offer at ⅓ reduction . |
| 10 | Upon submission of the DC , the current owner of the DC , managers of modules referenced by the DC , and managers of packages directly referencing modules referenced by the DC are asked to assess the DC . |
| 11 | Outplacement services are increasing their role , with three-quarters of firms now incorporating outplacement services in severance packages . |
| 12 | The stretching frequencies of bonds not involving hydrogen are generally lower . |
| 13 | Then the absolute quiet of the early morning was broken by the sound of hounds suddenly giving tongue . |
| 14 | Most infants ( 92% ) excreting cotinine at three weeks were excreting it also at one year ; moreover , 61% of infants not excreting cotinine at three months were excreting it at one year . |
| 15 | Now that we have the practice of dustmen only collecting plastic bags that you have to place outside your residence , you have to be sure that you are capable of doing that . |
| 16 | The flood of referrals now reaching health and social services does not , of course , mean that a new evil is stalking the land . |
| 17 | ‘ hooligans on housing estates causing disturbances in the common parts of blocks of flats , blockading entrances , throwing things down stairs , banging on doors , peering in at windows , and knocking over dustbins ; groups of youths persistently shouting abuse and obscenities or pestering people waiting to catch public transport or to enter a hall or cinema ; someone turning out the light in a crowded dance hall , in a way likely to cause panic ; rowdy behaviour in the streets late at night which alarms local residents . ’ |
| 18 | The war came first , though anti-Chinese sentiment flared up periodically as the numbers of Chinese engaged in British ports continued to rise to 8,182 in 1914 and 14,224 in 1915 , increased by the diversion to the west of ships normally operating east of Suez . |
| 19 | 3.2.5 Transferring cases between lawyers If you have a team of lawyers then transferring cases is an immediate solution to an imbalance in numbers . |
| 20 | There have been a number of instances of members not receiving certificates promptly . |
| 21 | This show fits into a wider reassessment of Beuys currently taking place in the United States , which , ironically , follows , rather than precedes , the considerable interest already shown in the work of other German artists including Gerhard Richter , Anselm Kiefer and Georg Baselitz . |
| 22 | Also the room designs of pupils not using scissors generally had more unacceptable features . |
| 23 | Below , we report on a number of initiatives currently taking place in the regions . |
| 24 | I can see the expediency of that course ; I can see the expediency of ministers not making addresses which explore this kind of territory and arrive at this kind of conclusion — except , of course , to the CPC , which is a living protest against the politics of expediency . |
| 25 | Isolation is seen from the outside as a result of women not speaking English , or of their being forced to stay at home for cultural reasons . |
| 26 | Fighting my way through the milling crowds of private view enthusiasts which announce the opening of this years round of degree shows , my curiosity was aroused by the number of women consistently achieving standards of excellence . |
| 27 | Although she 's determined to get more women into engineering ‘ a wonderfully flexible career ’ , she 's wary of women merely imitating men . |
| 28 | A concatenation of events particularly damaging Mrs Thatcher was subsequently compounded by errors of tactics and organisation by those running her campaign . |
| 29 | That 's the message from the Derry County Board today to the hundreds of followers still seeking tickets for Sunday 's Ulster championship tie against Down . |
| 30 | The weakness of clauses expressly undertaking obligations is that they will not prevent other , more extensive obligations being imposed unless they are inconsistent with the implied obligation . |