Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [v-ing] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reporting on the decade of change following the 1971 Census , the CES found : first , in those areas under consideration , there has been a population decline of 20 per cent , whereas the population at large has grown . |
| 2 | Often , you may find larvae of other kinds of insect sharing the same gall . |
| 3 | read it because you can do a lot of damage pressing the wrong things . |
| 4 | An important component of successful delegation is of course choosing the right people to carry out what you want . |
| 5 | And in the process of course destroying the old Europe , allowing the very thing that , arguably , they were trying to stop from happening , to happen , that is to say , allowing the Russians to advance towards the Elbe , and allowing the Anglo-Saxons as they see it to erm come from the west and taken over the western half of Europe . |
| 6 | One of the hallmarks of Conservative British governments in the 1980s was the readiness to spend large sums of money promoting the private market and a set of values which have come to be known as the ‘ enterprise culture ’ — witness the £1,200 million spent on the privatisation of Shorts and the shipyard . |
| 7 | Now , as they sat across from each other at the shady table with the heady scent of jasmine sweetening the hot air , Ruth know that it could n't go on like this much longer . |
| 8 | The bulk of the wood used in the six is still maple , although the ET range utilises a five-piece neck laminate , with two pieces of bubinga flanking the thin central section of maple . |
| 9 | Some drug and alcohol hostels around the country are losing clients and face financial difficulties because of confusion surrounding the new community care arrangements , writes Bob Cervi . |
| 10 | I brewed a mug of tea using the small block of tea , milk and sugar , crushed into a mess tin of water and brought to the boil . |
| 11 | The decision increased the degree of uncertainty surrounding the 1990 mayoral election , as none of the candidates for the Democratic primary , scheduled for the Sept. 11 , had managed to establish a clear lead . |
| 12 | There is also the possibility of practice expressing the free will of the individual even though it has no other form of expression than the appearances available to consciousness . |
| 13 | Indeed there was a code of practice governing the dangerous procedure — largely to avoid suffocation accidents . |
| 14 | He opened the front door and stood for a moment on the step looking at the glimmer of light touching the pale dome of the church and the glow of the city thrown up against the sky . |
| 15 | Behind a low wall , a ragged hedge squatted like a moulting hen over a clutch of empty drink cans and discarded crisp bags ; a couple of unkempt evergreen trees , grown to roof height , screened the house from the road and severely restricted the amount of light reaching the dingy windows . |
| 16 | Out of the darkness beyond the white wall , streaks of fireflies : sudden lines of light matching the projected gashes on the film , which would suddenly stop and the lights come up to make an interval . |
| 17 | Furthermore , at a time of heart-searching following the commercial difficulties of the Anglo-French Concorde project , and with de Gaulle no longer in power , the French space science community had difficulty in persuading the politicians of the need for France to go it alone in space . |
| 18 | A thin wedge of what looked like mud caked between the heel and the sole of the left shoe ; the pattern of blood stiffening the fine fawn cashmere of the sweater ; the half-open mouth fixed in a rictus between a smile and a sneer ; the dead eyes seeming as he watched to shrink into their sockets ; the left hand with its long pale fingers , curved and delicate as a girl 's ; the palm of the right hand thick with blood . |
| 19 | Far below , but impossibly detailed , was his crumpled body ; his limbs in ghastly akimbo , head tipped back on itself , a stealth of blood staining the white marble of an empty pool . |
| 20 | He had not noticed any skin rash and was surprised to be told that his symptom was a direct result of syphilis affecting the auditory nerve . |
| 21 | The Soviet High Command thus possesses considerable knowledge of local conditions and personnel , as well as a further channel of influence by-passing the national command structure . |
| 22 | He actually dreamed of himself in a suit of armour opening the big , oak front door with a mace in his hand and Adam riding up on a black , colourfully caparisoned horse . |
| 23 | Typical failures exhibit a thin layer of wood covering the glued surface . |
| 24 | From the point of view of highway planning the post-war period began with the Ministry of War Transport 's Report Design and layout of roads in built-up areas ( 1946 ) . |
| 25 | If it is not changed , the set of Issue following the current set will be displayed . |
| 26 | As befits such a highly desirable collection , each plate is individually hand numbered and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity bearing the same number , thus establishing each plate 's place in the edition . |
| 27 | This is commonly blamed on a prolonged drought during the amelioration of climate following the last glaciation . |
| 28 | For example , there is a large body of opinion making the obvious point that the scrum-wheeling law is a nonsense . |
| 29 | whose influence on penal reform in the postwar period was outstanding , and he stood firm in the face of some ministerial pressure in the difficult period of unrest following the recent Dartmoor mutiny . |
| 30 | The lithe vessel left a white wake that stretched all the way back to the long iron and glass walkway of the railway terminal , a thin cord of foam linking the crowded paddle-steamer to a solid world of steam trains , corner shops , and utility furniture . |