Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [adj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ The package was capable of handling different account groups . |
2 | Apple , however , are adamant that TrueType and TrueImage ( for which no typesetter or page printer currently exists ) will be capable of imaging both font formats . |
3 | It 's a threat which puts miners at greater risk of contracting crippling lung diseases . |
4 | I would go further Chairman , in terms of the version we reach now , I would be very surprised if they do reach those figures , and , er , why I would expect them to be substantially less , because the policy which is being proposed at this stage is one of using joint finance monies as a one hundred percent grant , one-off grants for one or two years in support of schemes , rather than in , as a tapering item . |
5 | In an attempt to do justice to the complexity of opinions , the research comprises three parts : a national attitude survey , to determine the structure of attitudes at one point in time ; follow-up interviews with a small number of respondents to the national survey , in which the experience of using various welfare services is being explored in detail ; and the re-analysis of information from previous surveys on similar topics , to see whether attitudes have changed much in recent years . |
6 | We mean to work out ways of using new course structures , perhaps with part-time study , new ways of teaching and an innovative approach to university admission which could enable more people from Birmingham and the West Midlands to benefit from their local university . |
7 | It may indeed be far more important to get the underlying analysis right than to spend time and effort on refining financial calculations , although the dangers of using incorrect discount rates need to be remembered . |
8 | The new 715 Dosimat offers high accuracy dispensing and the possibility of using modern exchange units with flat ceramic stopcocks , at about a quarter of the price of the 665 . |
9 | The value of using observational research procedures for the purpose of evaluation is indicated by Long in the following terms : |
10 | All companies were dismissive of the value of using professional translation agencies and sought to be self-sufficient ( either within own plant or through their international network ) . |
11 | He got involved in 1983 when the idea of using professional fund managers was in its infancy . |
12 | This article , the first of a two-part series , examines the available methods of using advance corporation tax ( ACT ) . |
13 | These essentially consisted of using multiple regression techniques to test the ‘ relationship ’ between local political outputs and a number of external input variables : a likely looking set of independent variables would be tested against expenditure levels to see if any of the relationships were statistically significant . |
14 | Effect of using safer blood products on prevalence of HIV infection in haemophilic Canadians |
15 | The police resisted the temptation to abandon by now traditional methods of using ordinary foot police without special equipment to maintain order in such places as Grosvenor Square where in 1968 tens of thousands of protesters sought to lay siege to the U.S. Embassy . |
16 | Sucker top growth is often called briar in the case of roses , after the name by which the wild rose was known , and following the old practice of using rooted briar stems dug out of hedgerows for budding and grafting — at one time this was one of the chief occupations of gypsies , who would ‘ hawk ’ them by the bundle around less reputable nurseries . |
17 | Devised by the University of Minnesota , it is a way of short cutting the routes through Internet which can also take advantage of using other host computers which are less busy ( e.g. one in a different time zone ) . |
18 | The induced employment gain is judged to be a conservative estimate as a result of using gross output/head figures for the whole economy . |
19 | I see that someone terrified of using any woodworking tool involving the slightest of danger may be attracted by the SuperCut , and it might have potential for novices , but then what tool offers complete security ? |
20 | At the very least the government forecasts should provide a sensitivity analysis of the effects of using different base years . |
21 | when we do use our staff , we have the advantage that they are not restricted to a fixed location , but are mobile within districts and organise themselves with minimum supervision and are already capable of using high productivity equipment . |
22 | Lipid loss occurs as a result of using harsh skin care products and damage from the elements . |
23 | Thus , all borrowers must carefully weigh up the benefits and potential costs of using foreign currency loans , as opposed to domestic currency loans , to finance trade , investment and public expenditure . |
24 | Baxter , who was stationed in Tanganyika Masailand in the early 1930s , was fond of using public school metaphors to describe the activities of the moran . |
25 | This , evidently , was how he viewed the ongoing crisis involving the NEA , which has been accused of using American tax dollars to subsidise morally offensive , even pornographic art ( see The Art Newspaper No. 17 , April 1992 , pp. 1 , 2 and 14 ) . |
26 | Strike a compromise by washing the bit every time it 's used and making sure that numnahs and girth are always clean ; be wary of using biological washing powder for horse equipment and clothing , as some animals are allergic to it . |
27 | There is also the possibility of using neural computing techniques as an aid to plant recognition and classification . |
28 | This is an example of using social work time as a resource rather than day care or a home help . |
29 | Historians of the region are fully aware of the importance of using social science techniques in their reconstruction of its past . |
30 | Linguists are not agreed on the desirability of using native speaker judgements in code-switching research ; cf. |