Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [conj] [conj] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 It is worth noting that although the children produced passages which facilitated greater learning , the changes which they made were not necessarily ones which would be picked up by a readability formula .
2 But it is worth noting that though the problems this produces for validation of theory are still not resolved in the social sciences , some researchers comfort themselves with the argument that different theories may agree at least on common working definitions , while a significant body of methodological writers has learnt to love the thorny creature by arguing ( after Max Weber ) that the theory- or value-component is a crucial positive factor in social-science explanation .
3 This is a sure recipe for ensuring that when the barriers do come down , those who think this way will be left behind .
4 We might explain this by saying that whether the natives will assent or dissent to S will depend normally not only on their present situation but also on the other beliefs which they bring to that situation .
5 Conceptually this mistake can be pointed out by indicating that unless the rules in question had important relevance to central areas of human concern we would not think of them as constituting a system of law .
6 Galileo defended his claim about the visibility of Jupiter 's moons by arguing that if the moons were aberrations , then moons should appear near the other planets also .
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