Example sentences of "in [v-ing] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do not myself feel justified in attaching much weight to the tenuous evidence upon which we were invited to find that the plaintiffs made their payments because of apprehensions induced by words or conduct of state officials that vehicles would or might be seized and detained under section 47 . |
| 2 | But we make common cause in attaching more significance to them than do the theories ( except perhaps for Idealism ) discussed so far . |
| 3 | But then , in the last paragraph , they concluded that ‘ we would not be justified in attaching any criticism or blame to the present Government for the Argentine Junta 's decision to commit its act of unprovoked aggression in the invasion of the Falkland Islands . ’ |
| 4 | MCPS are involved in policing this area in conjunction with the BPI Anti-Piracy Unit ( APU ) . |
| 5 | In policing these activities the courts were particularly vigilant . |
| 6 | She will cover 30 kilometres in completing these preliminaries . |
| 7 | Dunning and his co-workers are undoubtedly justified in maintaining that football hooliganism was prevalent in society long before the post-war decline of community life ; and that it was common for young males to attend football matches without adult supervision before the 1960s . |
| 8 | About half the schools surveyed in 1968 succeeded in maintaining this policy for three full years . |
| 9 | If there were to be a failure in maintaining this conquest , the ‘ livelihood ’ of these people would be at stake . |
| 10 | Obituaries stressed his standing as master silversmith , ‘ very instrumental in bringing that Branch of Trade to the Perfection it is now in ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ Saville 's can not possibly do anywhere near as good a job in bringing that site back into use as the local authorities could if they acquired the site themselves . ’ |
| 12 | I take no pleasure in bringing this case before the House , although his example may well prove a catalyst to bring help to fellow sufferers . |
| 13 | SCOTVEC gratefully acknowledges the help of all those involved in bringing this process to fruition . |
| 14 | ‘ I must put on record my admiration for Pc Court who showed a great deal of bravery in bringing this action . ’ |
| 15 | What progress has been made in bringing those roads up to condition ? |
| 16 | Although British statesmen had played a prominent part in bringing these organisations into being , the United Kingdom did not become a founder member and later approaches to join were either ineffective or rebuffed . |
| 17 | This text gives us a new basis for co-operation with our partners in bringing these criminals to justice . |
| 18 | There was not a lot of point in bringing these gifts , since her father 's allotment kept them well supplied with fresh vegetables ( although he did not grow sweet peas , considering them more trouble than they were worth ) . |
| 19 | If you are about to enter articles , make yourself familiar with the kind of training to which you are entitled , though you should of course use tact in bringing any inadequacies to the attention of your principal . |
| 20 | ‘ This result of this case has given us hope and will give us confidence in bringing more investigations to the fore . |
| 21 | ‘ The case has given us confidence in bringing more investigations to the fore , ’ said Mr Fox . |
| 22 | But it is in encountering such difficulties , being puzzled , and arriving at resolutions , that children become increasingly aware of the nature of language and thought . |
| 23 | The social movements of the 1960s were relatively unsuccessful in producing such doctrines in a coherent form ; and the student movement , in particular , came to an end in a welter of conflicting views about the agencies and objectives of radical social change , beset by arguments about its own relation to the working-class movement , about the importance of cultural as against economic and structural changes in society , and about the role of violence in movements for social change . |
| 24 | Indeed , we strengthen the independence of Her Majesty 's chief inspector of schools in producing those reports by detaching him , to a much greater degree than in the past , from my Department . |
| 25 | I am grateful to the Economic Secretary for his diligent research in producing those figures . |
| 26 | You will in producing those figures chairman , ten miles have to approximate the ten miles |
| 27 | In producing these plans , two other objectives were also at least partly achieved . |
| 28 | In producing these drafts we bore firmly in mind the fact that if this duty on auditors is to be effective then it 's vital that the auditors can continue to rely on the trust of their clients . |
| 29 | Recession in Argentina , Brazil and Peru had been most significant in producing this fall . |
| 30 | ‘ The staff have really shown their skills in producing this range of foods , ’ said Janet , ‘ and on special occasions , such as Christmas and Easter , they have excelled themselves with superb cakes and eggs . ’ |