Example sentences of "[noun] of [noun] [v-ing] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In view of that stated aim , I was surprised to find no mention of Sherwood Idso 's claims that all of the fuss is a result of climatologists barking up the wrong tree , misled by computer models which are all making the same mistake . |
| 2 | Our principal concern here is the delegation of decision making down the hierarchy . |
| 3 | Leave a crust of blood hanging on the nails |
| 4 | One of the agents observing some fragments of rock clattering down the shaft and falling around him , warned , " take care or you will have your brains knocked out . " |
| 5 | oh it , they showed you pictures of things coming out the squares |
| 6 | SAVE began by writing to the Department of Transport setting out the importance of the park , only to be told that a large number of representations had been made in favour of the proposed route . |
| 7 | ( Thus Auer complains of Gumperz that " sometimes he makes strong claims about the effect of a given type or instance of code switching on the subsequent development of the sequence , which are based on informants ' reports , but fails to reproduce this subsequent passage " ( Auer 1984b : 106 , fn. 10 ) . ) |
| 8 | Then my torch showed up streaks of water running down the chimney stack . |
| 9 | Mr Telford , of Wheatley , Doncaster , could hear appeals to give himself up — but his replies were drowned by the noise of air rushing down the shaft . |
| 10 | When she went down to breakfast there was the background noise of caterers clearing away the vestiges of the ball . |
| 11 | Lastly , there are a number of differences between groups of institutions making up the monetary sector . |
| 12 | I turn round to see a trail of spit running down the length of my left shoulder-blade . |
| 13 | Oh they were just all that kind all those working kind of folks going up the glen . |
| 14 | In the case of an order which will authorise the construction of works — these are normally referred to as ‘ works orders ’ — it is also necessary to approve plans and sections required under the General Orders and there are a variety of orders covering meticulously the requirements as to such plans and sections . |
| 15 | There have been some impressive cases of increases in productivity , notably British Airways , British Leyland , and British Steel , which have shed workers , but it remains to be seen whether the improvement will be durable or a once-only case of firms shaking out the least efficient workers . |
| 16 | In the case of Dataease setting up the initial forms is easy , even quite complex forms with many relationships can be set up very quickly . |
| 17 | Thunder rumbled high above us , the clouds reaching down towards us , wisps of mist sweeping down the valley . |
| 18 | Somehow at the sight of him all her anger seemed to vanish like the wisps of smoke wreathing up the great chimney near by . |
| 19 | Within an hour of arrival they were closeted with the permanent secretary , the most senior civil servant , of the Ministry of Agriculture mapping out the ground for a loan from the World Bank to Tanzania which would put $25 million into livestock production , turning ranching and the export of beef into a major national industry . |
| 20 | The report found that by the end of April this year , ADAS had not agreed a corporate plan with the Ministry of Agriculture covering both the service 's commercial and public good work . |
| 21 | The event orientation is built around the accurate identification of signals indicating when the customer needs a new line of credit , what the line might be and why it may be needed . |
| 22 | Or , slightly less galling , Fyfe 's new company Hickson & Welch of Castleford taking over the company completely . |
| 23 | Nor , today , is the bundle of rights making up the share regarded as equitable only . |
| 24 | The muted stripes can be worked with any quantity of yarn making up the total , just add in the colours where you will , provided you have enough left over for borders . |
| 25 | He still has the bloodstained fragment of sleeve showing where the bullet went through his arm . |
| 26 | Under Left Wall was a gaggle of climbers zooming up the classics . |
| 27 | Instead he took a curtain call , and at the last minute before he was to slide behind the curtains behind the bar , he reached for the flowers thrown to him earlier and broke off some of the roses , swaggering round the circle of admirers handing out the roses to the women . |
| 28 | She turned half away from me as she had , rightly , detected a brace of customers approaching down the aisle of tables . |
| 29 | But this skill was replaced by the inclined table which simply had the slime/water mix fed on at its top end , the stream of water carrying away the waste . |
| 30 | ‘ Like a band of gipsies going down the highway , ’ sing these menopausal Monkees , ‘ we 're the best of friends . ’ |