Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I do n't know whether it 's a case of preaching to the converted , but it 's fun |
| 2 | It draws attention to the centrality of preaching in the New Testament . |
| 3 | They realized that the old technique of depending upon the trained observer 's overall impression to characterize the natural vegetation of an area was unreliable . |
| 4 | Thus , from a letter of 1867 : " most philologists lack that elevating total view of antiquity , because they stand too close to the picture and investigate a patch of paint , instead of gazing at the big , bold brushstrokes of the whole painting and — what 's more — enjoying them … " ; and " … our whole mode of working is quite horrible . |
| 5 | Mr Robert Mayor was n't too sure how he would vote in a council election , because of concern over reports of overspending by the hung Wirral authority and the effect on the poll tax . |
| 6 | Occasionally mainman Simon Breed will become so preoccupied with his crazed exhibition , he neglects the art of singing into the mic , grappling with his guitar as if it were a rabid pitbull while savagely screaming and throwing himself around the stage like an out-take from Nightmare On Elm Street . |
| 7 | In 1880 he decided to settle in London permanently , and , also in 1880 , Queen Victoria appointed him teacher of singing to the royal family . |
| 8 | In 1894 he became teacher of singing at the Royal Academy of Music , and many famous singers were his pupils . |
| 9 | Following her sister 's death in early infancy , her parents ' divorce when she was three years old , and her mother 's remarriage , Marguerite was brought up at the Earls Court residence of her mother and her mother 's third husband , Albert Visetti , a professor of singing at the Royal College of Music in London . |
| 10 | Nessie had the pig bucket in her hand when she heard the noise of singing in the early evening air . |
| 11 | Quiss felt his eyes start to smart in the fume-laden atmosphere , and as he peered through the grey , yellow and brown clouds of rising steam and smoke , thought of suggesting to the seneschal — if he ever found him — that he somehow persuade the scullions powering these airwheels that they should run rather than walk . |
| 12 | These drawings stand as works in their own right , and in fact I see painting as an extension of drawing with the added dimension of colour . |
| 13 | There are two reasons for this : first , it provides a complete and convincing display of the art of drawing in the second half of the fifteenth century , with outstanding exhibits lent by major collections worldwide . |
| 14 | If there is no wool available to them , cats with an urge to re-create the pleasures of sucking at the maternal nipple have been known to suck their own fur , sometimes their feet and sometimes the tips of their tails ; or they occasionally develop a fixation on their owner 's hair and make repeated attempts to suck on that , if they are given half a chance . |
| 15 | could be seen as contrasting opposite ways of reacting to the modern era . |
| 16 | There are two alternative ways of reacting to the stylized facts outlined above . |
| 17 | The European Council reaffirmed its willingness to help the Soviet Union but referred back to the Commission the task of submitting before the next Council meeting proposals for decisions to be taken , and also asked it to draw up a plan for a major commercial , scientific and technical co-operation agreement with the Soviet Union . |
| 18 | Then , instead of shaping at the extreme neck edge , or within a few stitches of a fully fashioned neck shaping , work the cable pattern , with two or so stitches between it and the neck edge and work the neck shaping within the cable pattern and the remaining stocking stitch of the shoulder edge . |
| 19 | Do n't try to follow both sets of shaping at the same time because it wo n't work and you will find yourself becoming totally confused . |
| 20 | This should represent a fair indemnity to the Claimant i.e. either the value of the property at the time of the loss , taking into account depreciation/wear and tear and the original purchase price or the cost of repairing to the immediate pre-accident condition . |
| 21 | She was feeling rather sick at the thought of drowning in the creeping , sucking mess . |
| 22 | Yet the confused young woman that was the real Diana was in grave danger of drowning in the tidal wave of change which had turned her world upside-down . |
| 23 | Isabel paused in the act of stepping into the worn garment and met her maid 's worried brown eyes . |
| 24 | Mr Husseini , the most senior supporter of the PLO in the occupied territories , has spent much of his time recently trying to prevent the killing of Palestinians suspected of collaborating with the Israeli authorities . |
| 25 | Four Palestinians accused of collaborating with the Israeli security forces were shot dead and their bodies dumped near the West Bank village of Kafr Rai on Jan. 26 . |
| 26 | Yassin had been sentenced to life imprisonment in October 1991 for ordering the killing of Palestinians suspected of collaborating with the Israeli authorities [ see p. 38550 ] . |
| 27 | Of the estimated 170,000 Palestinians remaining in Kuwait after the Iraqi defeat , a number were killed by Kuwaiti soldiers and civilian vigilantes after being accused of collaborating with the occupying forces . |
| 28 | UNIVERSITIES should gear their publicity machinery away from students and toward industry , In this way , companies that are largely ignorant about research in academe would realise the benefits of collaborating with the educational sector . |
| 29 | With a string of achievements already to his credit , including the development of such diverse destinations as Dallan in China and Rostov-on-Don in Russia , the former chief executive of the Greater Glasgow Tourist Board hopes to see Derry move forward as a ‘ unified community capable of competing with the best in Europe ’ . |
| 30 | In preparation for this , the first decade of the regime was devoted to the development of the infrastructure , in particular the railways and canals , so that by 1860 France had reached a point where it was felt she was capable of competing with the greatest economic power of the age . |