Example sentences of "and [v-ing] of [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because we boys used to like the windbound lying and talking and in the galley and smelling of the coming from the galley , all the saucepans and things like that . |
| 2 | It was found that although a four-week tutorial programme had been prepared , the children in the mainstream school were far more receptive and accepting of the situation and could not see any reason for delaying the child 's integration . |
| 3 | It has identified a problem and has worked out a solution probably by trial and error ; and the solution has involved the making and using of a tool . |
| 4 | A feminist psychologist 's interview with and administering of a questionnaire to a young woman have stronger demand characteristics than they would have with a woman her own age . |
| 5 | Visualise the scene , feel yourself in the chair , sense the cat 's soft fur , hear the hissing and crackling of the fire , smell the woodsmoke , taste the wine … . |
| 6 | The room had fallen deathly silent except for Cranston 's abrupt questions , the equally abrupt answers and the snapping and crackling of the logs in the fire . |
| 7 | Dogmatics thus has a critical function in relation to the present witness and preaching of the church , recalling it to its basis and assisting it to uncover and hear what it is called to say today . |
| 8 | In this , we find sections on call to worship ; confession ; praise ; reading of scripture and preaching of the word ; response to the word ; communion ; blessing . |
| 9 | Closely associated with the proclamation and preaching of the Word was scriptural hymnody , in the form of metrical psalms . |
| 10 | Chaired by the head of English , and consisting of the librarian and heads of all departments or their representatives , its terms of reference were to make recommendations to the head on the best ways to spend the money , to formulate a project proposal , and to oversee all subsequent matters of library policy . |
| 11 | When the day for her departure arrived nobody could be heard for the weeping and wailing of the girls . |
| 12 | Peter set up Nottinghamshire 's library in the winter of 1978–79 with the assistance of then chairman Dick Milnes : ‘ I spent the winter filling in gaps in the collection and disposing of the duplicates . |
| 13 | decommissioning our radioactive facilities and disposing of the waste cost-effectively , while meeting stringent safety and environmental requirements , as well as managing a small number of other government nuclear programmes which remain ; |
| 14 | more or less with what 's a good will and who you have to have in mind and disposing of the estate and being tax effective so that that . |
| 15 | In 1988 the average cost of collecting and disposing of the rubbish from an American household was about $90 — against its spending of $120 on newspapers or $450 on telephone service . |
| 16 | He 's charged with dismembering and disposing of the body of Stephen Davison , from Swindon , |
| 17 | Nevertheless , local government does have a powerful democratic role as well as an important executive one , and much thought and effort need to be given to the improvement and up-dating of the system to improve its performance . |
| 18 | Gelsemium , in its provings , has aching of the muscles and stiffness in the neck region , weakness and trembling of the limbs , shivers and chills , occipital headache , double vision , dullness and apathy . |
| 19 | He wriggled and heard its creaks amid the incessant pounding and splashing of the shower . |
| 20 | Haze , position of the sun , ground reflection and ranging of the field of view are the most critical . |
| 21 | Major commitments in the concluding joint statement ( i ) ratified previous commitments made under the 1987 Esquipulas II or " Arias " peace process [ see pp. 35440-42 ] and welcomed new peace dialogues in El Salvador and Guatemala [ see below ] ; ( ii ) re-affirmed commitments to strengthen and consolidate democracy in the region and to respect human rights ; ( iii ) expressed satisfaction with the running of the recent Nicaraguan elections [ see p. 37236 ] and demanded an immediate start to the demobilization and disarming of the contra rebels under UN supervision which was to be completed by April 27 [ but see pp. 37370-71 ] ; ( iv ) agreed on a meeting of a joint regional security commission to take place in Costa Rica on May 15 ; ( v ) undertook to reorganize , strengthen and reactivate regional economic integration , to review foreign debt conditions and to urge the international financial community to provide additional resources under favourable terms ; and ( vi ) agreed on regional co-operation to eliminate illegal drug trafficking . |
| 22 | A volunteer for taking and compiling of the minutes and producing of them . |
| 23 | Sea levels have risen and fallen with the coming and going of the ice ages as they have everywhere else . |
| 24 | A crowd of 40 , perhaps 50 , had gathered to watch the coming and going of the police and the counter-terrorism team . |
| 25 | Strains of jazz throbbed and boomed overhead , muted by the open air and varying in volume with the capricious comings and going of the breeze from the lake . |
| 26 | Now become aware of your body and ‘ feel ’ around for any areas that still feel tense and repeat the tightening and releasing of the muscles until you feel deeply relaxed and at peace . |
| 27 | Typical symptoms of Hexamitiasis , apart from the severe lesions and skin ulcers that typify Hole in the Head disease of Discus and other species , are emaciation , and darkening of the body colour especially in the abdominal region . |
| 28 | He would , of course , be the first to say that the consolidation , development and prospering of the District during the decade owed much more to others such as Harold Shearman , Mrs. Clara Rackham and Arthur Allen who were District Chairmen during the period . |
| 29 | When the water music reached its climax and mixed with the roar and slashing of the rain on windows , the whole performance sounded more like Handel going over Niagara Falls than chamber music from a Thames barge . |
| 30 | I move that the petition to be presented from persons about opposing the making of byelaws and supporting of a poop scoop scheme be received . |