Example sentences of "of [noun pl] and [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is arrived at by calculating the mean of a set of values and measuring the deviation between this and each value . |
| 2 | It is arrived at by calculating the mean of a set of values and measuring the deviation between this and each value . |
| 3 | By this time the company was large , with many employees , and we were manufacturing a wide range of products and supplying a world market . |
| 4 | There was a place — he recalled it now — Burkett had pointed it out to him when they were fishing on Derwent Water — a sheer cliff coming suddenly out of woods and fronting the valley . |
| 5 | Jon Thompson has n't done any investigative homework in accepting Celant 's list of artists and repeating the familiar texts . |
| 6 | It suggests that huge amounts of extra money could be made available for the homeless , improving the condition of houses and tackling the growing shortage of affordable homes for rent if local housing companies were created . |
| 7 | Henry admitted the joint charges of conspiracy to murder people in the New Mossley estate on August 18 , 1991 , and September 16 , 1991 ; possession of firearms and hijacking a car on each of those dates , and UVF membership . |
| 8 | Snow had fallen , frosting the rooftops , lying along the tops of hedges and muffling the faraway sound of the icy sea . |
| 9 | Classification schemes specialize in showing networks of subjects and displaying the relationships between subjects , and thus are particularly suited to achieving the second objective . |
| 10 | Although the NKP had been short of funds and lacking a credible presidential candidate , there were reports that some of the party 's legislators were unwilling to accept the merger . |
| 11 | The internal contents-density of high-bay warehouses is increasing , restricting the use of ladders and making the problem of manipulation of all portable equipment proportionally difficult . |
| 12 | Furthermore , the protection of warranties and imposing a limit is only the second best option . |
| 13 | Many of the chairmen were also anxious to strengthen their presence in the retailing of electrical goods by extending the number of shops and releasing the commercial drive of managers . |
| 14 | With such guidelines , the courts could be given their traditional role of investigating the merits of disputes and helping the party who is right … |
| 15 | Bob Morgan , spokesman for education on the Liberal Democrat side , do you see that there is a case for abolishing local control of schools and having the schools under the Department of Education ? |
| 16 | THE MARKET leader in this field , offering the largest number of trips and covering the widest geographical spread , is Swan Hellenic . |
| 17 | Reciprocating coalitions are an important feature of these multi-male groups and particular friends at the top of the hierarchy can effectively ‘ police ’ the unit , reducing the frequency of quarrels and maintaining a low level of disturbance of pregnant and lactating females . |
| 18 | It would , for example , be perfectly feasible , as a matter of constitutional engineering , to bring all the nationalised industries under the umbrella of a single authority whilst at the same time so restricting the range of matters and extending the area of an agency of horizontal devolution that the two became almost indistinguishable . |
| 19 | Since it first met 15 months ago , the council has spent £732 000 setting itself up but seems no nearer completing its task of replacing the ineffectual Council of Engineering Institutions in such areas as improving engineering education , taking over registration of engineers and improving the status of the profession . |
| 20 | The plans would seem to have the merit both of broadening the spectrum of judges and giving the consumer greater choice . |
| 21 | When he did talk of an independent Scotland , he talked of bankers and making a new Switzerland . |
| 22 | He was in turn replaced by Sydney Box who , while reinstating Black 's policy of maintaining a broad range of films and enlarging the script department , run by his wife Muriel , to develop original stories and train new writers , gave a twist to the company 's film production that looks more like deference to Rank 's demand for moral uplift than a full-hearted pursuit of the popular audience . |
| 23 | Joe , limping along amid the flow of workers and enjoying the exercise and the clear air , saw barges cleaving the sunlit surface of the river , a crowded passenger boat in their wake . |
| 24 | By September 1982 the school could witness what was in effect the opening of a new library , staffed from a number of sources and constituting a pleasant and accessible learning environment . |
| 25 | The UN Security Council , convened at the request of France on Sept. 25 , adopted Resolution 713 sponsored by Belgium , France and the UK calling for a complete arms embargo on Yugoslavia and the immediate cessation of hostilities and requesting the Secretary-General , Javier Pérez de Cuéllar , to assist with mediation . |
| 26 | Broadening the base of investors and increasing the tradability of property-related assets will in the end mean higher prices for these assets . |
| 27 | Crucial to this development was that the war , by increasing the number of taxpayers and creating a fear of inflation among the equally increased number of small savers , offered important opportunities for a party that could pose as the defender of low taxes , low public expenditure , and monetary rectitude . |
| 28 | M&S spokesman Brian Hudspith said : ‘ We will be reducing prices on a whole range of goods and freezing the prices on the rest . |
| 29 | The PhD degree includes teaching through ‘ kamikaze ’ seminars , covering the basics of astrophysics and providing a broad understanding of astronomy . |
| 30 | He 's wearing a garland of marigolds and carrying a bowl of yellow rice grains . |