Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Fellow will be expected to have a strong quantitative background in Industrial or Financial Economics or similar research discipline and be capable of handling very large computerised data sets . |
| 2 | The systems will initially include two CPUs and be capable of handling about 150 transactions per second , the paper said . |
| 3 | Their experience of programming and software engineering enables them to accept the need for discipline and good design , and to understand the problems of handling really large documents . |
| 4 | in respect of each and every incident of loss 3% of the cost ( as at the date the claim is notified to the Society ) of re-building as new the whole of the Private Dwelling and its outbuildings |
| 5 | While the portrayal of both normality and deviance may be stereotyped in curriculum texts , we have no way of quantifying how far they are internalized by pupils . |
| 6 | If the fear of encountering yet another Nirvana soundalike is too great , then try tuning into Walt Mink 's upbeat pop charge . |
| 7 | It has a well-defined head with compound eyes and antennae ; a thorax bearing three pairs of legs , the result of fusing together three segments ; and a segmented abdomen which , while it no longer has limbs on each segment , retains little stumps as signs that it once possessed them . |
| 8 | But even internally within the EC , protectionism is highly damaging , both economically and politically , for the notion of sponsoring either national or EC-wide champions distorts fair competition and the level playing field . |
| 9 | That they do not know what you seek as well as your intention of rooting out any trace of an ancient order . |
| 10 | That night , as she waited for the band to strike up her opening music , Rory felt none of the usual tingle of anticipation which made the whole business of singing so pleasurable . |
| 11 | With regard to Bancroft 's second point , our research was designed not only to quantify sexual practices but also to understand why people put themselves at risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases , especially AIDS . |
| 12 | It has , however , come to represent the ‘ norm ’ in technical writing to such a degree that , even if a writer was not particularly interested in giving an impression of objectivity , s/he would find it difficult to break away from the convention of using predominantly passive structures in technical writing . |
| 13 | Some 73% of the sample claimed to have middle or senior management capable of using both English and German , though knowledge of French was limited to some 24% . |
| 14 | These offset the extra cost of using either uncompetitive domestically produced inputs , or imported inputs on which high tariffs had been paid ( Bradford and Branson , 1987 ) . |
| 15 | Among those noting Xu 's habit of using just one board ( ingredients are so fresh and so quickly prepared that food poisoning is not considered a threat ) is Keith Mitchell , team captain of the British chefs competing at the culinary Olympics in Frankfurt next year , and head chef at the Grand Hotel , Eastbourne , East Sussex . |
| 16 | The Tequila Slammer , which you probably wo n't find in the Cocktail Recipe books , was almost certainly invented by some loony Hooray in a flash cocktail bar somewhere as a means of using up cheap tequila . |
| 17 | He was very naturally scared stiff of using up all his remaining petrol and making a bad landing . |
| 18 | Equally you could follow the idea of a sample and knit each diamond in a different colour — a good way of using up those oddments ! |
| 19 | But she believed that the more a woman covered up , the more she was attractive to the opposite sex , while Bernard grasped the idea as a way of using up more fabric . |
| 20 | This is a very tasty way of using up any left-overs after a meal of roast lamb . |
| 21 | Avoid the temptation of using too much of the material you have gathered . |
| 22 | He made a brief , unsuccessful return , but his future was overseas : Lisbon first , and then San Sebastian , where the club 's policy of using only Basque players ( recently broken by the arrival of John Aldridge from Liverpool ) limited his use of the cheque book . |
| 23 | Prior to the collapse of the Geneva talks , forestry ministers from 37 European countries signed four " general guidelines " — on sustainable management of forests in Europe ; conservation of biodiversity ; help for central and eastern Europe , and strategies for adapting to climatic change — but rejected a target of using only sustainable timber by 2000 . |
| 24 | Previous experience of using visually stimulating material , encouragement to do so , interest in the task in hand , curiosity and enjoyment seem to play a part in the way that some pupils use even low levels of vision to help them to find out the things they are interested in . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , such findings illustrate the dangers of using apparently incontrovertible facts to develop an argument about the changing nature of public intervention in child care . |
| 26 | We want to point out again the difficulty of drawing up regional strategic guidance in the absence of a stated national coastal strategy . |
| 27 | The Gulf states , including Iran , should be given the task of drawing up regional security arrangements without foreign interference , and the Gulf should be declared a zone free of foreign military presence . |
| 28 | Some important points to consider in the process of drawing up such an engagement contract are as follows : |
| 29 | Preparations also include two consultations for church leaders and communicators and for technicians which will take place in 1993 with the aim of drawing up clear guidelines for the agency . |
| 30 | Second will guarantee a UEFA place , and I think if Leeds can get out of the rut of drawing so many of their recent games they will attain this position . |