Example sentences of "[v-ing] earlier [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be noted that these acts were replaced by the Supreme Court of judicature ( Consolidation ) Act 1925 , which has itself now been replaced by the Supreme Court Act 1981 and by certain provisions in the Limitation Act 1980 ( consolidating earlier Limitation Acts ) . |
| 2 | He continued to develop , correcting earlier errors . |
| 3 | Furthermore , experimental data suggest that the human speech processing mechanism also makes use of later occurring information in analyzing earlier parts of sentences ( e.g. Pollack & Pickett 1963 ; Warren & Warren 1970 ; Nakatani & Dukes 1977 ) . |
| 4 | One happy way of making a series is by reprinting earlier works in a standardised format . |
| 5 | Two days later , according to the Anonimalle Chronicle , the commons assembled in the Chapter House of Westminster Abbey , and a knight from the south country opened the debate on the subsidy with an attack on the government for misspending earlier subsidies . |
| 6 | Field sampling in Indonesia is supplementing earlier work in Kenya . |
| 7 | From 1950 to 1980 the tendency was for chronological studies to become increasingly sophisticated and more interdisciplinary so that this is a stricture on visualizing earlier work rather than the most recent . |
| 8 | The justice minister , Michel Vauzelle , confirming earlier statements from the presidency , said Mr Mitterrand would not leave ‘ because in a democracy , there must exist balancing factors without which liberty is not possible . ’ |
| 9 | University students in Beijing were questioned again about their activities , while arrests of those involved in the " counter-revolutionary rebellion " continued , albeit without the publicity surrounding earlier mass arrests [ see pp. 36720-21 ] . |
| 10 | Such knowledge is progressive , rendering earlier versions of itself obsolete , and it circulates quickly and visibly through the accepted professional channels , like journals and conference-papers . |
| 11 | Price Waterhouse , the administrators of MCC , put Macmillan Inc up for sale last week , reversing earlier plans for a flotation . |
| 12 | Within four months Sir Edmond had received a writ under the privy seal for the working of gold and silver for the new king ; in the following year he , his nephew John Shaa , and his friend Sir Reginald Bray were granted possession of a large estate in Essex , augmenting earlier acquisitions . |
| 13 | Examples are certainly known behind the main frontages in whatever land was available , as at both Margidunum and Mildenhall , just within their respective defences ; but they were frequently imposed on the main frontages , often overlying earlier occupation levels . |
| 14 | All the associated grave goods belonged to the fourth century , the cemetery itself overlying earlier field boundaries and enclosures . |
| 15 | Goodway has been playing with consistent brilliance there this season , scoring 18 tries , but he will now be out for a month , and Hanley is no stranger to the position after spending earlier periods of his career mostly at centre or stand-off . |
| 16 | In particular , it is worth examining earlier occasions when change was handled effectively and then explore how it was done and what skills and methods were used . |
| 17 | Here he began to crystallise the wisdom of some of his best poetry , writing and songs ; for it was here that he was reborn , where he truly began to find himself ; where , not least , the music of Greece entered his soul , evoking earlier memories and melodies , combining with them to suggest a new style , a new mystique . |
| 18 | Reiterating earlier calls from Czech leaders , he proposed that a referendum be held on the issue . |
| 19 | Boat people in Hong Kong made an emotional appeal to the US government to block moves to return them to Vietnam , repeating earlier threats of mass suicide . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , the variety provided by the five levels makes this a good investment if you can stand the frustration of repeating earlier levels , time after time . |
| 21 | The Court referred the case to the Director of Public Prosecutions to see whether the students involved should be prosecuted for breaching earlier court orders . |
| 22 | The speed of flow is impressive , far faster than any human could achieve either with traditional methods or using earlier versions of PageMaker and so the feature is a genuinely worthwhile addition to the product . |
| 23 | It is worth knowing that you can run Qbasic from a floppy only system and using earlier version of MS-DOS all you need are the three files listed to be stored on the current drive . |
| 24 | After attacking earlier plans , he laid the foundation stone of the National Gallery extension |
| 25 | High Court judges and above hold office during good behaviour until retirement , but the Courts Act 1971 , following earlier legislation , gives to the Lord Chancellor a power , seldom used , to remove Circuit judges for ‘ misbehaviour or incapacity ’ . |
| 26 | That terrain , so proudly occupied by the radical Right 's law and order campaigners , has to be won back , and Ian Taylor 's ( 1982 ) recent attempt , following earlier sorties of Platt ( 1978 ) represents the appropriate move from the Left . |
| 27 | A futures market in tradeable pollution limits is to be established in Chicago , following earlier moves in California [ see ED 57 ] . |
| 28 | In the 1980s , the world wood requirement was some 3000 million m 3 , of which , following earlier figures , some 47% was used as fuel ( 80% of it in the developing world ) , 43% for building and other ‘ solid wood ’ purposes ( two-thirds of this in the developed world ) and 10% for paper ( some seven-eighths of this used in the developed world ) . |
| 29 | Following earlier attention to the economic implications of increased environmental awareness at the 1989 International Forum , the Council continued to take an interest in changes in regulatory conditions for industry and commerce . |
| 30 | To remedy the worst excesses of lack of scholarship and poor teaching the Queen , following earlier examples , ordered Books of Homilies to be prepared for use in all parish churches . |