Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Presentees were , however , not infrequently the objects of popular hostility whether for doctrinal differences , style of preaching or the fact that the people were not sufficiently involved in the choice . |
| 2 | Rixi certainly had a voluminous ego , and thought nothing of confiding that a team mate was ‘ a selfish bitch ’ . |
| 3 | Others were men of ‘ petit état ’ who , out of daring or a wish to commit pillage , took to this way of life . |
| 4 | It is , in particulars the unnerving intellectuality of the life around him that Hölderlin attacks , the overvaluation of philosophizing and the promise of action that never comes , the substitution of books and words for deeds , the excessive introspection and lack of worldly competence ( the criticism has a special poignancy in that these are character traits he is intimately familiar with , which at times become part of his self-criticism ) When he speaks of Greece , it is not always clear whether he has in mind the fifth century or the timeless present in which Hyperion lives , but it is always Greece that provides the contrast . |
| 5 | But in the twelfth century , the house of Alsace could afford the high costs of their expeditions — Thierry went to Jerusalem four times , Philip twice — and the counts ' repeated absences in fact promoted administrative reform ; the baillis and the Grote Bref were as much the products of crusading as the English and Norman judicial system and exchequers were the product of the king-duke 's divided attentions . |
| 6 | There was the novelty of a Teacher of Singing and a Science Lecturer ( each at 10/6d a lesson ) . |
| 7 | Where the evidence seems incontrovertible , it may sometimes be desirable to confront the persons concerned , even to the point of suggesting that a referral to the police might be made . |
| 8 | To take one example , the unavailability of Zaidie 's statement helped to lead Mr. Small , relying on the deposition , into the trap of suggesting that the witness had not previously alleged that the defendant had threatened the lives of Zaidie and Paulette , thereby giving the Crown the chance of introducing , as exhibits 3 and 4 , deadly extracts from Zaidie 's statement : Fox v. General Medical Council [ 1960 ] 1 W.L.R. 1017 and Flanagan v. Fahy [ 1918 ] 2 I.R . |
| 9 | The task of seeing that the Act is complied with is given to local weights and measures authorities , i. e. local trading standards or consumer protection departments . |
| 10 | It can be important for the purposes of seeing whether the settlor is liable for tax which is not paid by the trustees ( IHTA 1984 , s201 ) . |
| 11 | Scientists then take these unfinished , inexact hypotheses and present them to other scientists for the express purpose of seeing if the hypothesis will not in fact be shot full of holes , hoping almost that it will be so shot , because Knowledge and Truth are thereby served , if only negatively , in having one more tenuous , groping hypothesis about the nature of the world shown to be false . |
| 12 | At that moment , there comes a new way of seeing and the sensation of tears is felt and with it the ecstasy of seeing the eternal or divine . |
| 13 | Norwegian freedom fighters had discovered the existence of the base ; but had no way of ascertaining whether the Dane was a collaborator or a forced worker . |
| 14 | Instead of retreating instead of going underground instead of accepting that the situation had become extremely difficult and it was necessary to try and rebuild their organization and their influence gradually over a period of time , they committed their shattered forces to further battles and more or less completed er their destruction . |
| 15 | Another fit of coughing and the street-car lurched to a halt suddenly . |
| 16 | Increasingly , the physical effort of carving in stone provoked fits of coughing and the mess and the rubble annoyed Beatrice . |
| 17 | The pain of coughing and the blood that frothed up in his sputum . |
| 18 | This approach , he maintains , is different from other aspects of nursing when the nurse uses knowledge and expertise to advise and educate . |
| 19 | It is then not so much the distinction between names and descriptions as the distinction between the function of naming and the function of describing that gives some indication as to what is involved in positing something as an ontological existent . |
| 20 | It is a period in the history of cooking when the addition of truffles would make a poached mouse or a fricassee of donkey 's ears acceptable to those rich and great ones who flock to eat the creations of this famous chef . |
| 21 | The burden of proving that a clause satisfies the reasonableness test is on the party who seeks to rely on the clause . |
| 22 | Notice that this condition says nothing about the possibility of proving that a topic referred to on a given occasion is the same as the topic referred to on a different occasion . |
| 23 | With regard to points three and four above , the prosecution has the choice of proving that the tippee either knew or had reasonable cause to believe the stipulated circumstances . |
| 24 | Formerly , intent had to be proved by the prosecution , but after 1870 , claimed Wetherfield , it would be implied and ‘ thus the onus is thrown upon the debtor of proving that the act done by him , though suspicious , was committed with an innocent intent . ’ |
| 25 | He will not suppose that there is any possibility of proving that the principle of utility is true in any strong sense , but will put it forward as a guide to life which he endorses and , as a philosopher , seeks to make precise and free of confusion . |
| 26 | This means that missile throwing , although technically perhaps falling within the ambit of this offence , would place on the prosecutor the burden of proving that the missile was directed at a human being rather than at property . |
| 27 | Dismissing the appeals , Mr Justice Mummery said that the onus of proving that the penalty was excessive was on the taxpayers . |
| 28 | The burden of proving that the authority had misused its powers rested with the applicant for judicial review . |
| 29 | An examination of franchising and the franchising decision |
| 30 | The principal aim of this exploratory research is to gain a better understanding of franchising and the franchising decision . |