Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many teachers — and parents — believe that the core of mastering reading skill lies only in individual contact between adult and child . |
| 2 | For someone in the early stages of mastering Coke throat-burn like myself , this is impressive . |
| 3 | The development of different methods of handling land transfer , especially inter-generational land transfer , introduced further variations within the cultural mosaic . |
| 4 | On another the conflict is sometimes portrayed as between older , established ways of handling pollution control and newer , more ‘ scientific ’ approaches in which environmental impact in its widest sense is the primary concern . |
| 5 | ‘ It offers them an environmentally responsible means of handling sodium sulphate while providing overall economic benefits , ’ said product development manager Sarah Galbraith . |
| 6 | Salton has reviewed the methods of handling information retrieval , while a number of authors have described specific techniques that offer advantages in particular situations . |
| 7 | A full ‘ test ’ ( assuming that such a notion of ‘ testing ’ is meaningful in this context ) of Freudian theory would have to bring in the hypothesis about the causal links between the nuclear family , the Oedipus complex , the methods of handling infant sexuality in middle-class , Western culture , and the personality types which are needed in advanced industrial society . |
| 8 | Nevertheless we saw in the context of rotating Couette flow ( Section 17.5 ) that there are some cases ( summarized by curve A of Fig. 17.6 ) for which there are marked similarities between the unstable modes and the observed motion when the critical condition is just exceeded . |
| 9 | Overhead the sky still scintillated , but there was a film of green up there among the pinks and blues , an avocado tinge of beautifying city sickness … |
| 10 | Hopefully , further research may lead to a way of quantifying tendon strength and thereby possibly being able to identify animals at risk from tendon injury prior to starting training . |
| 11 | A policy of targeting money supply is also criticized by Keynesians for similar reasons . |
| 12 | A policy of targeting money supply can therefore add to the volatility of the velocity of circulation ( V ) . |
| 13 | The project was recently the target of Chile 's largest ever environmental protest , when 5,000 people demonstrated outside the offices of sponsoring electricity company Endesa . |
| 14 | In addition to the function of administering liquor licensing , as provided for by the subsection , the boards also have functions in relation to the granting of permits and licences under the Betting , Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 and the Gaming Act 1968 ( see s.133 and Schedule 7 , para. 7 ) . |
| 15 | Particularly since the discipline of administering State power in peculiarly obdurate circumstances inclined all in the reverse direction , and obliged them to limit their preoccupations to ensuring the survival of the State and its domains . |
| 16 | The idea of recovering waste heat from air or water , and using it to heat buildings cheaply , is very attractive . |
| 17 | The prospect of recovering League status has encouraged slicker organisation without the disadvantages of decaying grounds and long-term debts that bedevil many of their Fourth Division counterparts . |
| 18 | The love scenes between Stowe and Day-Lewis are vibrant and passionate with the kind of crackling screen chemistry reminiscent of Gone With The Wind 's Gable and Leigh . |
| 19 | All those surveyed by Caterer & Hotelkeeper made sure charges were displayed and also offered guests the choice of using telephone call boxes in the hotel lobby . |
| 20 | His comments come two days after a Birmingham coroner at an inquest on two men killed when their van was struck by a police car accused force drivers of using TV car stunt tactics |
| 21 | Although these methods offer an effective means of using documentary source material in the classroom , there are strong arguments for bringing pupils into contact with original documents at some stage in their school career . |
| 22 | And they are often low compared with the true costs of using road space . |
| 23 | In fact , the early memorandum refers to the possibility of using water power , and no doubt this was considered . |
| 24 | What they mostly overlooked was the possibility of using state power to allocate credit to specific sectors — shipbuilding in Korea , for example , or steel in Taiwan — or for special groups of borrowers — the chaebol and more recently the smaller , export-oriented Korean firms . |
| 25 | Desktop publishing , as it was originally conceived , was the action of using computer hardware and software to bypass all the tedious , mechanical stages of typing , correcting , editing , assembling and , finally , producing printed material . |
| 26 | In the past , Congress , personnel departments and management have been in the privileged position of using computer technology . |
| 27 | When you ask about the dangers of using peppermint oil , you may be thinking of the concentrated essential oils used in aromatherapy ( the massaging of the skin with oils or creams containing plant extracts to relieve tension ) which are very potent and should not be used undiluted . |
| 28 | One of the techniques to be tried out in the study is the value of using grid square mapping of the attractions in the urban areas , a technique hitherto applied to extensive resource assessment . |
| 29 | While brushes are ideal for removing particulate matter , zeolite denies you the benefits of using cooking salt to reduce the toxicity of ammonia . |
| 30 | The idea of using contract hire to increase the number of lorries in the Meet without a huge outflow of capital reserves deserves careful consideration . |