Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To most animals , the clarity of each image is at least as important as the number per second , and many have found ways of sharpening up the picture . |
| 2 | Well to make that sort of revenue they will actually need to fly rather more than two million passengers a year , and in the present state of the world aviation market I reckon that 's quite a tall order , in fact if they fell short of it by five percent in a particular year that would be capable of using up the kind of capital and reserves which we 've been talking about . |
| 3 | ‘ We are in the process of drawing up the seedings and groupings of the various qualifying rounds , ’ said tournament director Brian Skirrow . |
| 4 | In Ashdown School , a school for young disabled people from 3 to 19 years old , the idea that the students could have a greater say in the decision-making within the school has been a topic for discussion for some time , particularly as part of drawing up the school development plan and of the staff development programme . |
| 5 | The job of drawing up the artwork is made considerably easier by using a light-box , especially when dealing with more complex designs involving integrated circuits . |
| 6 | Guinness Mahon , in conjunction with solicitors Jacques and Lewis , had the responsibility of drawing up the document , a complicated matter strewn with legal pitfalls . |
| 7 | It seems likely , therefore , that in the process of drawing up the Feoda , as clerks and local lords decided under which heading most fief-holders should appear , they helped to crystallize the castellanies . |
| 8 | Who knows how many quarrels , false accusations , unnecessary dismissals , how many promising careers cut short can be attributed to a butler 's slovenliness at the stage of drawing up the staff plan ? |
| 9 | Evocation is the name given to the work of drawing out the life experience of each person by using the symbol . |
| 10 | She discovered that this was often because of the problem of drawing out the block shapes which , to many , was a real obstacle . |
| 11 | If it has no effect , members will be consulted again on ways of stepping up the action . |
| 12 | In 1985 , when the first XT compatible machines made by other manufacturers appeared on the market , some had the bright idea of speeding up the clock to make the machine faster . |
| 13 | These arrangements will be reviewed during the year with the aim of speeding up the performance reporting process . |
| 14 | This was later to be criticised as imposing an unnecessary conservatism on design ( pp. 104–10 , below ) , but at that time ( with shortages of skilled draughtsmen and engineers , and the overriding priority of speeding up the installation of safe and reliable sets ) it was widely supported by the manufacturers and the CEB as well as in Whitehall . |
| 15 | A two-pronged attack was instigated — a placement student was asked torun a campaign with overseas customers for the return of packages and Castner Kellner works personnel investigated wsays of speeding up the refurbishment process . |
| 16 | Finally , in Chapter 8 we consider some topics on the border between architecture and implementation ; dealing with faults in the hardware of the computer , ways of speeding up the processor , and the interface between computer and operator . |
| 17 | Given the paucity of aggregate savings and the narrow base for taxation , most governments in LDCs resort to budgetary deficits , financed through the printing of money , as a means of speeding up the process of economic development . |
| 18 | Guidance on ways of speeding up the planning inquiry system which supersedes the previous rules contained in Statutory Instrument 1974/420 . |
| 19 | Perhaps the best way of illustrating just how this operates in practice and how far-reaching its effects can be in terms of building up the involvement of an entire school community in a philosophy and policy for the future is to show what has happened in one Lincolnshire school . |
| 20 | For the first time the new cannon offered relative ease of production , and a greater degree of safety in use , unlike the former practice of building up the guns from iron bands held together with loops . |
| 21 | Everything would be ‘ in the melting pot ’ ; centuries of settled case law would be jettisoned , lost ; the whole process of building up the case law would have to start again ; or the definition would have to be construed and interpreted in the light of the old case law , with attendant problems . |
| 22 | Secondly , there are two methods of building up the image within the printer . |
| 23 | It is easy to see why : the track is only six lanes wide so that the crowd is closer to the action than usual , and the organizers have the knack of building up the anticipation for the big event so that once it gets under way , emotion bubbles over . |
| 24 | The process of building up the strength of shared commitment can seldom be consciously managed in a schools . |
| 25 | I use this basic method of building up the design on a bed of leaves , as it gives a good three-dimensional effect , but there are several other ways to achieve an equally pleasing design . |
| 26 | In order to provide it , adoptive parents themselves need the security of knowing that they alone have the joy and responsibility of bringing up the child . |
| 27 | He was a gentle , kindly old man ( a tailor by trade ) who was happy to leave his wife in complete charge of bringing up the kids in her own way . |
| 28 | To add some sort of spice , someone has had the bright idea of bringing on the JB Horns . |
| 29 | It had the effect of bringing out the truth from Charles at last . ’ |
| 30 | I should think it is working the way of bringing back the workhouse through having too much economy . ’ |