Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following consultation with Assistant Managers and Officer members in Bank of Ireland throughout the country in respect of the rumoured implementation of Performance Related Pay , it was agreed that the Bank be contacted for the purpose of elaborating on the views as expressed by the members at those meetings . |
| 2 | A lifetime 's habit of apologising to the person who treads on one 's toe is hard to break ; and ( in common with most middle- aged and middle-class women ) I have hardly ever encountered overt hostility from strangers , and never been ‘ chucked out ’ before . |
| 3 | Instead of apologising for the article , the Mirror , in an act of ‘ pure undiluted hypocrisy ’ , published a second article ‘ Maggie 's Clay Test ’ and a leader on the subject the following day . |
| 4 | He made the mistake of attributing to the press the importance that they themselves give to newspapers and journalists . |
| 5 | And interestingly , one review by Mawer contains the only mention of the Newbolt Report to be included in the Review during the whole of the inter-war period , and this solely in the context of attributing to the Report responsibility for generating a good deal of subsequent discussion of grammar . |
| 6 | In the garden of the Adam and Eve , Theodora drank sherry and gave herself the pleasure of gazing at the spire of the cathedral . |
| 7 | Ernest 's words were drowned in the call which went up from the ship , and the outburst of cheering from the Flamingo 's passengers . |
| 8 | At the end of the first public showing of her new collections Lisa was obliged by the uproar of cheering from the crowd to step out on stage and take a bow . |
| 9 | On the second day , she wrote Louise a letter that she knew was inadequate but told all that she felt capable of confiding for the moment . |
| 10 | Sharing and co-operation between siblings can be observed , and if fights break out the method of handling by the parents provides on-the-spot evidence of management skills . |
| 11 | Chairman , instead of primarily addressing the issues of overspending on the education budget and the future of the elderly persons ' homes and also the securing of a secure unit these are pushed into second place when the Labour group can see the opportunity of headline grabbing and satisfying their overriding need to tell everyone how to live . |
| 12 | You would n't offer them art if you did n't see the chance of slapping on the cost of paint as an extra . |
| 13 | In 1952 he became a professor of singing at the Guildhall School of Music before retiring to Fife in 1964 , where he continued to teach for many years . |
| 14 | Lee realized that there was no longer a sound of singing in the bar and when she looked up saw ‘ Patricia ’ staring down at her . |
| 15 | The latter occurs as a trick used to fool the natives in Stevenson 's ‘ The Beach of Falesá ’ , where ‘ the sound of singing in the wind ’ caused by an Aeolian harp is mistaken for spirit voices near a mock-temple of imitation gods , ‘ idols or scarecrows , or what not ’ . |
| 16 | Pillai was sent as assistant commissioner of the Raipur District of the Central Provinces , where he learned ‘ on the job ’ the art of administering to the needs of half a million people . |
| 17 | Its shares slumped from around $170 before the October 1987 crash and instead of recovering with the Index have just touched a seven-year low at $96 . |
| 18 | There was sadness at the absence of Steffi Graf , who had to return home without playing because , within days of recovering from the flu that had disrupted her appearance at the Hopman Cup , she went down with German measles . |
| 19 | I think what really happened then [ the third time ] there was a sort of crackling in the noises as if someone was falling down . |
| 20 | Over the years he has played league cricket and county cricket for Sussex and Glamorgan with resounding success , and on his last trip to England thrilled the crowd with a magnificent display of strokemaking at the Oval , scoring 260 as Pakistan ran up the imposing total of 708 . |
| 21 | A 27-year-old man was led from the dock protesting his innocence yesterday after being refused bail on a charge of looting during the Llandudno floods . |
| 22 | While the area had been designated a National Archaeological Reserve , he expressed fear of looting from the site . |
| 23 | In addition to this purely functional role of planning and buying , a good media person has a more creative role , too , of suggesting to the rest of the account group new ways of using a medium , and of bringing to their attention any special opportunities that may exist . |
| 24 | It is with Zerlina that Giovanni sings the enchanting duet ‘ La cì darem la mano ’ , which later composers , including Chopin , paid the compliment of using as the basis for variations . |
| 25 | Therefore , to prove the offence of using against the employer as well as against the driver , the employer must be interviewed and questioned as follows : ‘ Are you ( or your firm ) the owner of motor vehicle … ? ’ 'Then ‘ was the vehicle being used on your ( or your firm 's ) business at … ( time ) … on … ( date ) … in … ( road ) … ? ’ |
| 26 | One of these , the Colt Patent Repeating Pistol , he had been in the habit of using throughout the siege and it was now stuck uncomfortably in the cummerbund he wore round his waist ; he was anxious that the others should not fall into the hands of the sepoys if the Residency were lost . |
| 27 | Furious at the strong wave of protectiveness that washed over him , despite all his suspicions , Guy bit out a curse that , in normal circumstances , he would n't have dreamed of using in the hearing of a woman . |
| 28 | Ramsay learnt early on the crucial importance of drawing as the basis for his art . |
| 29 | It gives me the opportunity not only of placing on the official record the Committee 's thanks to its staff for their work , not only of drawing to the attention of the House what I think is the first debate on community care to be initiated in the Chamber which is not part of a debate on another measure , but also of drawing attention to the number of firsts that we score with this report and debate . |
| 30 | I do a lot of drawing on the spot ; mostly the painting is done in the studio , working from drawings . |