Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [prep] [v-ing] [noun] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | He refused all these , ‘ not on the ground that he was not employed to go there , but on the basis that he thought the opportunity of earning overtime was not good ’ . |
| 2 | With the new structure plan/local plan system , the preparation of planning proposals was done in two stages : draft and final , with exposure to public consultation . |
| 3 | Viscount Dilhorne would also have dismissed the case because the function of granting leave was administrative and not judicial . |
| 4 | Dr Linebaugh has suggested that much so-called criminal activity on the part of working people was identified in the process of transformation of the wage from a form in which money constituted a substantial part of the wage to one based wholly on it . |
| 5 | The rent was low , 7 guilders a month ; the expense of buying furniture was the problem . |
| 6 | He was more concerned with the work in hand and he pointed out to Jackson that the expense of making trials was great . |
| 7 | For Jeremiah , the result of obeying God was that the prophet came into conflict with many people and our passage this evening told how he was beaten and chained overnight . |
| 8 | What does seem more difficult to believe , however , is that the practice of carrying firearms was habitual among Hooligans . |
| 9 | This appears especially curious as the issue of providing powers was assuming considerable national importance for the WEA which in 1929 was pressing for retention of its Chapter III providing powers during the Board of Education 's review of the 1924 Regulations . |
| 10 | The journey through the zone of gusting time was terrifying . |
| 11 | The first batch of duplicate Herbarium specimens was complete , and the process of tidying duplicates was continuing . |
| 12 | The framework for the investigation of ‘ sensory coding ’ was established in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries , when the business of explaining perception was transformed into the more specific project of correlating the physical properties of perceived objects and events with patterns of activity in the nervous system and the latter with the subjective properties of the experience : |
| 13 | In the TGAT Report , the nature of learning hierarchies was vague from the start . |
| 14 | Between the wars the aim of housing legislation was simply to stimulate the construction of as many houses as possible in rural areas ; since 1945 the aim has been to control the number of houses in rural areas as part of overall planning policies designed to contain the growth of urban sprawl , prevent the loss of good agricultural land and protect the visual quality of the countryside . |
| 15 | The point about picking currants was that there was absolutely no temptation to eat the crop . |
| 16 | However on short words , the difference in processing times was not so great . |
| 17 | One of those who told the court of hearing screams was a 14 year old canoist . |
| 18 | ( ii ) The defect in steering mechanism was due to negligent lack of inspection and servicing by the dealer who was therefore liable — irrespective of whether there was a contract — to anyone foreseeably injured by his negligence . |
| 19 | Their targets were frequently public houses used as gathering places by the Provisional IRA and the chance of killing co-religionists was small . |
| 20 | Even here , however , the shortage of filmmaking competence was felt , causing the American company to terminate the project in 1924 with a complaint that ‘ the productions failed to reach a quality comparable to those made in the States . ’ |
| 21 | The pencil for recording scores was still in its slot , and the tag with the owner 's club membership number was in its perspex cover . |
| 22 | The Access to Teaching scheme was extended and now includes participation by 5 Further Education colleges . |
| 23 | Gradually the area of standing corn was reduced . |
| 24 | The absence of inhibiting components was confirmed in a separate experiment . |
| 25 | The burst was caused by rising water levels inside the mine after pumping equipment was removed . |
| 26 | The policy of drafting reservists was put into abeyance when the conflict in Croatia eased , and the new call-up has brought hundreds of angry men on to the streets insisting they will not fight . |
| 27 | In Chapter 2 the method of recording enquiries was discussed , as well as some of the guidelines for classifying them . |
| 28 | For Edward , the prospect of gaining Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte was attractive in itself . |
| 29 | It was found that gold leaf was generally used by the Romans to plate high-lead bronzes , although at later periods the choice of gilding method was not governed by the metal composition . |
| 30 | The cumulative probability of maintaining remission at six months was 0.67 after treatment with prednisolone compared with 0.28 after treatment with elemental diet , and at one year the probability of maintaining remission was 0.35 in the prednisolone group and 0.09 in the elemental diet treated group ( p<0.05 ; log rank test ) . |