Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [adv] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This increased revenue was needed to meet the dramatic costs of assisting the war effort [ see below ] and of financing vastly increased domestic defence spending , including arms purchases from the United States to the value of US$6,750 million , approved in November by the US Congress . |
| 2 | Leapor 's descriptions of cooking often indicate hidden struggles and dissatisfactions . |
| 3 | In fact , the notational shortcomings of writing only became apparent when authors tried to reproduce the talk of individuals . |
| 4 | Also , the process of writing often brings fresh insights to mind , and helps to ground them in your everyday life — as anyone who keeps a dream diary will know . |
| 5 | Some of their moves were a delight to watch as they swept up the field constantly , and the rate of scoring hardly slackened all afternoon . |
| 6 | Its directors had to sustain wars in Asia , try to devise means of governing newly conquered Indian provinces , and cope with the demands of the national government and of Parliament for an ever greater measure of control over the Company . |
| 7 | You have to try and improve trading skills and efficiency and it is vital to maintain organized groups of women and men who are committed to fighting locally and at all levels for ordinary decent decency and simple justice in the way people are treated of course , but we have got also to find ways of getting together to face those problems no one knows how to solve . |
| 8 | The increased demands both in time and energy are far outweighed by the long-term benefits as the job of teaching actually becomes easier and more enjoyable when everyone , including parents and children , share the same sense of purpose and direction . |
| 9 | This is very important because the act of cutting usually has immediate effects on tension and is also likely to evoke responses from other people which may serve to strengthen the urge to cut . |
| 10 | ‘ Do you suppose thinking of doing so requires true genius , huh ? |
| 11 | If the estimates are used to prune paths , the algorithm is no longer guaranteed to find the optimal path , though it may be possible to prove that the probability of doing so approaches 1 . |
| 12 | These included everything from wind turbines to exploiting the heat from rocks deep under the earth 's surface , The phrase ‘ renewable ’ referred to the fact that instead of having constantly to supply new fuel from the earth , as with coal or nuclear materials , the energy source , such as wind or water , is constantly renewed . |
| 13 | Many believed these were almost on the point of starting again following secret talks between the two leaders in recent weeks . |
| 14 | Stalin had no intention of honouring previously signed mutual assistance treaties . |
| 15 | Besides , it had come on to rain , and the prospect of arriving home soaking wet to find my housemates Trisha and Brian curled up in a post-coital stupor in front of the TV was more than I could bear , so I swallowed my pride and went back inside . |
| 16 | Ca n't you try to do something about it instead of standing there making sidesplitting remarks ? ’ |
| 17 | The bells of Halling originally numbered five , possible giving the public house opposite its name . |
| 18 | To be in with a chance of winning simply complete this Eric Clapton song Wonderful … … . |
| 19 | SCOTVEC is holding discussions with a number of authorities to identify ways of working together to support general SVQs . |