Example sentences of "and [v-ing] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The room , reached this time from the veranda , was just as lovely as she had remembered , and after folding some clothes neatly in drawers and hanging the rest on satin-padded hangers in the wardrobe she fussed for quite some time with the scanty collection of knick-knacks she had brought , trying to arrange them so that they harmonised with the tranquil simplicity of the décor . |
| 2 | After leaving the sensation , visitors can spend their time touching and smelling the samples of hops , malt and barley stacked nearby , while a static display shows them how the ingredients are used in the brewing process , and a second display shows them the secret of the widget in the cans of Draught Guinness . |
| 3 | They walked hand in hand through the warm summer dusk , their arms entwined , her head upon his shoulder , listening to the drowsy lullaby of ships ' hooters from the river , and smelling the scent of soft tar upon the roadway . |
| 4 | Through their power of patronage , the King and the Lords were able to exert " influence " over the composition of the lower chamber so oiling the relations between the King and the representatives of the people and cementing the elements of the constitution into some kind of working whole . |
| 5 | Then , still smiling and holding her confused startled gaze , he brushed her cheek softly with the head of the flower , almost as though he was bestowing a caress , before leaning forward and tucking the stem behind her ear . |
| 6 | He wrote to the county council recommending the couple and praising the care of residents in their privately run home . |
| 7 | Archaeologists , anthropologists and psychologists are all guilty of shovelling up a multitude of references to the feminine and labelling the heap as the ‘ Great Mother ’ . |
| 8 | At the same time the government announced a package of new measures under which ( i ) the minimum wage was increased by 18 per cent from Nov. 18 ; ( ii ) a 40 per cent cut in income tax for those earning up to four times the minimum wage was to take effect in 1991 ; ( iii ) petrol prices were increased by 20 per cent and diesel oil , liquid gas and electricity prices by 30 per cent ; ( iv ) the peso 's rate of progressive devaluation against the US dollar was halved from 80 centavos to an " average " of 40 centavos a day , a depreciation rate of 5 per cent per year , as part of a anti-inflationary move aimed at fixing a future parity for the two currencies and stemming the flight of capital abroad . |
| 9 | If the landlord prefers to covenant to maintain the outer half of all internal non load-bearing walls dividing the premises from other parts of the building and recovering the cost via the service charge , the tenant should ensure that any sums collected by the landlord from other tenants under the terms of their leases to maintain their half of the divisional wall should be deducted from the service charge . |
| 10 | Chromatography is particularly useful in organic synthesis in separating and recovering the components of a mixture . |
| 11 | Accordingly , the company is being transformed , through the implementation of a major worldwide programme adopting an open management style and encouraging the involvement of all employees . |
| 12 | The objectives of CORINE were to be achieved through bringing together existing data holdings in the member states , developing methods for holding , analysing and presenting the data , and encouraging the exchange of data . |
| 13 | At the same time , unions bear responsibility for labour discipline , particularly in preventing labour turnover and encouraging the attainment of production targets and work norms . |
| 14 | An area of cleared moor was cordoned off with a wind-powered electric fence to allow heather regrowth , a method which could be repeated elsewhere ; next year 's plans for the estate , five miles north of Pateley Bridge , include protecting and encouraging the spread of bilberry , the indigenous upland plant which disappeared from large tracts of moor when bracken moved in . |
| 15 | encouraging alternative forms of management and production , and encouraging the development of ‘ socially useful ’ products ; |
| 16 | If the clinical teacher sees her role as a trainer developing competence then objectives can be applied ; but if she sees herself as providing something more than this , perhaps aiding and encouraging the development of the nurse as an autonomous person within the context of nursing , then she will go beyond the stage where objectives can be applied . |
| 17 | Tunnard ( 1989 ) makes some excellent suggestions about ways this can be achieved , including : improving ways of providing emergency protection for children at times of crisis by drawing upon the support of the extended family and local community ; involving parents in decision making , providing parents ' representatives and encouraging the development of local support groups ; improving what happens after separation by offering children and families choices about what can be done , and ensuring contact is promoted and maintained ; dealing with sexual abuse cases in ways that help non-abusing parents to avoid taking a defensive position and that give them the resources and support they need to be able to protect their children . |
| 18 | The seminar was organised by UNESCO with the aim of highlighting the situation of the press in Africa , lifting censorship , and encouraging the development of non-governmental newspapers and magazines that reflect the different points of view within the communities that they serve . |
| 19 | The next step is to safeguard these changes by formalizing patients ' rights and encouraging the development of self-advocacy movements . |
| 20 | The proposals , put forward by the Advisory Committee on Business and the Environment , include increasing the duty on petrol , increasing vehicle excise duty in line with engine size , reducing value-added tax on fuel-saving equipment , setting minimum standards for energy efficiency of household appliances , obliging car manufacturers to improve the efficiency of engines , and encouraging the development of combined heat and power generating stations . |
| 21 | The present system seriously distorts consumers ' choice by depressing sales of Scotch Whisky and encouraging the sales of other drinks . |
| 22 | And he argues that changing social relations imply the need for more specialist and responsive service delivery , while changing managerial technologies ( particularly information technology ) make it possible to flatten managerial hierarchies by removing many of the middle layers and encouraging the growth of decentralized offices with less professional specialization and a greater ability to deal with individual issues across professional lines . |
| 23 | For nearly two decades public policy has been directed at supporting existing small businesses and encouraging the creation of new ones . |
| 24 | Tactile qualities , colour and personal handling were reintroduced , incorporating collage and the bringing together of disparate materials for emotionally provocative purposes , and encouraging the innovation of individual forms of symbolism . |
| 25 | Indeed it is our intention that the necessary repair and improvement work on the halls and associated offices will largely be carried out by our own team with a view to reducing costs and encouraging the use of practical gifts of time and skills . |
| 26 | The ESRC Data Archive 's raison d'etre is to promote the widest use of the data by providing efficient flexible user service , and by sharing information and encouraging the use of the data by means of workshops , bulletins , usergroups , and networks . |
| 27 | We assert that strong trade union relationships , on a day to day basis , must be developed in a bilateral form and this agreement provides for substantial trade union cooperation in the European Community and beyond , and it 's already materially advancing the interests of our members and assisting the development of free and independent trade unionism in Eastern and Central Europe and the former Soviet Republics . |
| 28 | It will do this by accelerating the acceptance of quality as a strategy for global competitive advantage and by stimulating and assisting the deployment of quality improvement activities . |
| 29 | Mazowiecki 's report , published on Aug. 31 , recommended that the mandate of the UN Protection Force in Yugoslavia ( UNPROFOR ) be extended to include reporting on , stopping , and assisting the victims of , human rights abuses throughout Bosnia-Hercegovina . |
| 30 | Visiting a centre for disabled toddlers , above And stroking the head of a patient at Great Ormond Street children 's hospital , below |