Example sentences of "of [noun] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There we were briefed by local staff who wanted us to keep a seaward eye on the local Colliers from Rotterdam following an outbreak of watch smuggling in Poole . |
| 2 | The eyes are the blue of a shallow sea , watering slightly at the corners , a trickle of moisture sinking into the parched skin . |
| 3 | After he had walked a little distance , he noticed that the concrete slabs underfoot were glistening damply in the torch light from the constant dripping of moisture seeping through the joints in the roof from the earth above . |
| 4 | The trouble was that the salt had permeated the walls and penetrated through to the other side , where beads of moisture coming through the plaster accounted for the detachment of the wallpaper , which by this time was hanging loose in a depressing and derelict manner . |
| 5 | It is clear that these organizations have different points of unity depending on the concerns of their members . |
| 6 | The awareness of unity existing in the diversity of objects ( intuition or ‘ para para ’ ) — the middle level . |
| 7 | But within an hour of play resuming on Friday , Bucknor called for a TV replay decision after Meyrick Pringle had been sent back and Sachin Tendulkar hit the stumps with a throw from square leg . |
| 8 | That directness of involvement was signalled by each teacher at the first stage of assessment receiving from central government late in 1989 and early in 1990 packs of materials , descriptions of policy , examples of assessment and timetables . |
| 9 | It also includes people who were resident in the United Kingdom on or after 10 December 1974 and in not less than 17 of the 20 years of assessment ending with the year of assessment in which the relevant time falls ( see IHTA 1984 , s267 ) . |
| 10 | What planning should he undertake with respect to inheritance tax — bearing in mind that under the deemed domicile provisions in IHTA 1984 , s267(1) the taxpayer is deemed to be domiciled in the United Kingdom if he was so domiciled three years immediately preceding his death or he was resident in the United Kingdom in not less than 17 of the 20 years of assessment ending with the year of assessment in which the death occurs ? |
| 11 | Michael closed his eyes , a feeling of euphoria surging through him . |
| 12 | Finally Fran led the way down the gangplank , feeling waves of tiredness washing over her . |
| 13 | ‘ Next was the lobster , ’ said Auguste , waves of tiredness sweeping over him . |
| 14 | . Ripon Ramblers ' Association 10 miles of ridge walking on Cracoe Moor , meet in car park behind Morrison 's store , Ripon , 9.30am . |
| 15 | Significantly , he identified inadequate protection of Russians living in " nearby foreign countries " ( blizhee zarubezhe — the phrase describing the other former Soviet republics ) . |
| 16 | He increased significantly the number of Russians travelling to the West and the number of skilled foreigners settling in Russia . |
| 17 | The famous scenes of Russians standing in endless line-ups , result from Soviet industry 's inability to produce consumer goods at a rate which begins to meet demand . |
| 18 | ‘ You 're a lady of mystery , full of secrets waiting to be unlocked , but that 's no problem . |
| 19 | The childish drawing of rabbits sitting under the trees among the spring daffodils ; his sketch of Ivan on the sled , of Lepkin dozing in his chair by the stove . |
| 20 | The numerical growth of states participating in the Non-Aligned Movement in the 1970s reinforced the Soviet perception that the global ‘ correlation of forces ‘ was shifting away from the West and that Western-sponsored multilateral military alliances and alignments in the Third World were fragmenting or weakening . |
| 21 | The treaty would be submitted to a meeting of states participating in the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe ( CSCE ) in Paris in November 1990 . |
| 22 | The increasing number of states , and the rising legitimacy of states resulting from the increasing democratization of governments ( as it appeared in 1968 ) were important reasons for this development , but the major reason was the new impossibility of actually using force in international relations . |
| 23 | Liberalisation of ownership is seldom a matter of states retreating to a policy of indifference . |
| 24 | Great quantities of effluent pouring into the river added to the stench of local skin and tannery works to produce appalling smells and what one official report referred to as ‘ gross pollution ’ . |
| 25 | But a less obvious kind of evidence may , according to Labov , be provided by some kind of irregularity in the expected pattern of differentiation according to speech style , or sex or social class of speaker . |
| 26 | However , I take the view that , in the context of the right of establishment , a residence requirement does not necessarily constitute such a criterion of differentiation leading in fact to discrimination on grounds of nationality . |
| 27 | The problem with trying to make any general evaluation of support teaching at this stage , however , is that no generally agreed definition of support teaching actually exists . |
| 28 | Then I heard the growls of support coming from our own side for proposals like Family Credit and the ending of SERPS . |
| 29 | With that strength of support coming from far and near , the South Ronaldsay Parents Action Committee launched itself into the mammoth task it faced . |
| 30 | Openness in discussion , the acceptance of the searching question and the admission of uncertainty are all signs of the process of change proceeding at an appropriate rate for the individuals concerned " ( Briault and West 1990:20 ) . |