Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The switch of tactics on the part of the war-tax resistance movement which can be dated back to 1977 is potentially of great significance because it provided the conditions in which a broad-based political campaign may be mounted , calling for a statutory right of tax diversion and relying on litigation as an auxiliary and subordinate weapon , instead of depending exclusively on litigation to try to bring about a change in the law directly . |
| 2 | It offers the exciting possibilities of drawing directly with paint , but also much more , as Oilbar can be modified and manipulated in all sorts of interesting ways . |
| 3 | Most of the big names since then — including Clint Black , Alan Jackson , Trisha Yearwood , Reba McEntire and , especially , Garth Brooks — have made a virtue of sticking close to country 's roots . |
| 4 | For last year 's service we drew up a plan and then wrote a personal letter from the laity group to all the Churches , emphasising how much we believed in the power of praying together for Unity . |
| 5 | Attempts by both India and China to open their economies in the 1980s have resulted in a tug-of-war between their economic liberals and economic conservatives , which shows every sign of ending either in stalemate or in a victory for the conservatives . |
| 6 | The police now hope to broadcast their video nationally to ram home the dangers of driving fast in fog . |
| 7 | MPs are allowed to claim all costs of living away from home , whether hotel accommodation or the full charge of running a private flat in the capital . |
| 8 | After the cottage had been bought the Canadian 's wife had heard graphic accounts of spilt brains and blood-spattered walls and had declared that she had no intention of living there in summer or at any other time . |
| 9 | In a critical discussion of Carol Gilligan 's work in moral development ( Gilligan , 1982 ) , she notes that Gilligan 's methodological principles , in particular the aim of listening responsively with receptiveness and humility , supply an example of the kind of approach that might fulfil this aim . |
| 10 | After many hours of listening solely to CD , I was also surprised at the sound quality of records played on decent equipment . |
| 11 | If this notion of looking ahead in order to see behind is understood temporally , it can be recognized as the constitutive structure of narrative itself , which Genette describes as a series of ‘ déterminations rétrogrades ’ in that the action of a story is a function of its outcome ( 1969:94 ) . |
| 12 | But the 5Os was also a time of the Festival of Britain , and of looking forward with hope and determination to bury the roots of hatred and grow the fruits of love . |
| 13 | The walls give the appearance of inclining inwards from floor level . |
| 14 | Many people are put off by the thought of heading abroad to backpack , but with a bit of careful planning , it 's within anyone 's reach . |
| 15 | — A submissive spirit might be patient , a strong understanding would supply resolution , but here was something more ; here was that elasticity of mind , that disposition to be comforted , that power of turning readily from evil to good , and of finding employment which carried her out of herself , which was from Nature alone . |
| 16 | Huy had taken the job after ten days of waiting hopefully for word from Merymose . |
| 17 | I talk to a lot of people about ‘ the train option ’ , i.e. the option of going somewhere by train rather than car . |
| 18 | but Bob and I did , I could , I could remember the day we moved in to a hundred and eleven er we 'd never , never been upstairs in a house before you see we 'd been brought up in a bungalow and we 'd never ever been upstairs and the thoughts of going upstairs to bed , you know , was fantastic |
| 19 | The following unusual use of to provides further confirmation of this : ( 25 ) She waited , Kate Croy , for her father to come in , but he kept her unconscionably , and there were moments at which she showed herself , in the glass over the mantel , a face positively pale with the irritation that had brought her to the point of going away without sight of him . |
| 20 | ’ Growing up is not just the pain of going away to school ; it is also the acceptance of the values of the adult world . |
| 21 | He 's scared stiff of going away to school and all this ‘ Irish ’ nonsense is just an excuse to get out of it . |
| 22 | The fact that , in the case q1 = c ! e and unc = c ! f , e need not equal f , expresses the fact that the environment is not capable of inputting selectively on channel c . |
| 23 | Oh , I was reasonably discreet and fortunately I was in a job where the hours were irregular — thus maximising the chance of getting away with dalliance . |
| 24 | I did it for a bet — with one of my uncles , his side being that I would n't stick to anything — and because it seemed as good a way as any of getting away from home , but I was not uninterested and I have not forgotten my subject . ’ |
| 25 | Clarissa said it did n't seem to matter , because here he was , free again , and did n't he feel ashamed of getting tiddly at lunchtime ? |
| 26 | Roy likes the ongoing aspect to EP — small groups of participants regularly meeting to discuss work related matters and making a point of getting together outside work . |
| 27 | But instead of rising solidly from ground level , the mill is supported on stone arches . |
| 28 | The ED proposed that auditors ' reports should contain brief descriptions of the responsibilities of directors and auditors ; include a description of the key features of the audit process ; abandon the system of reporting only by exception on such matters as proper accounting records ; and draw attention to a range of inherent uncertainties , including those affecting the validity of the going concern assumption . |
| 29 | He believed , however , that these difficulties would vanish when the ‘ language of books ’ and the ‘ language of men ’ became much more alike — a process which he thought would be hastened by the practice of dictating instead of writing ( Huey , 1908 ) . |
| 30 | The boot is still the dominant feature of the game , more so now that we have this tactic of kicking deep for position . |