Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [verb] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the school has staffing delegation it will adjust the number of staff by hiring or firing according to this movement of pupils and funding . |
| 2 | IT IS a fact that having to deal with all aspects of VAT can give rise to considerable costs for business . |
| 3 | IT is a fact that having to deal with all aspects of VAT can give rise to considerable costs for businesses . |
| 4 | What happens is that having to serve on many Cabinet and other committees , anyone other than a top-grade and experienced minister tends to use the brief he has been given . |
| 5 | It is conceded by Mr. Leonard that having come to this conclusion , it is unnecessary now to consider further any of the other grounds of appeal which do not arise , and we refrain from doing so . |
| 6 | There was sure to be a considerable though decreasing number of households to which the credit system was indispensable , and whose custom tradesmen must lose if refusing to accede to these terms . |
| 7 | We began the year with the Department of the Environment withdrawing the Comber-Dundonald portion of the track-bed from the market and refusing to come to any form of agreement with the Trust regarding the future of this portion of the line . |
| 8 | ‘ And deciding to switch to another country , especially one where the language is different , is — ’ |
| 9 | In describing stimulating environments for children who are visually handicapped , Halliday ( 1971 ) recommends that ‘ materials and equipment should be organised and placed in different areas to implement the kind of learning and teaching done in each space ’ . |
| 10 | What is , however , a matter of concern is that within days of receiving and failing to reply to that letter , on 23 October 1991 , the local authority moved the children from the family friends with whom they had lived since 17 July 1991 and placed them with foster parents . |
| 11 | The high heels of Mrs Stych 's new , mink-trimmed bootees were now sinking into the Frizzell lawn and threatening to snap at any moment , so she knew she must be quick . |
| 12 | Having set forth the accepted Turkish tradition concerning the early Muftilik and having reviewed in some detail the lives of the first three Muftis , one may now pass on to a consideration in more general terms of the validity of the tradition and of such important problems as the reasons for the creation of the institution and the nature of the early Muftilik , problems which are either not dealt with at all by Turkish writers or are dealt with only in the vaguest terms . |
| 13 | Robyn has a vivid mental image of the girl before her , now so pleasantly and comfortably dressed , sheathed in latex and nylon , the full fetishistic ensemble of brassiere , knickers , suspender belt and stockings with which the lingerie industry seeks to truss the female body , and having to parade at some fashion show in front of leering men and hardfaced women from department stores . |
| 14 | I stared at Gav from my bed , blinking and trying to take in this torrent of exponentially catastrophic information . |
| 15 | Writing the software was somewhat tedious , but having to work at this level did help the designers to get away from preconceptions about interaction which they might have had if they had been working within the input/output facilities provided by a conventional mini or mainframe operating system ( for example , that it needs a RETURN to terminate user input or that the operating system can properly handle the echoing of characters to the terminal ) . |
| 16 | It struck me as I fumblingly dialled the number that it would be better to go out to a kiosk , where I would be more sure of privacy , but having come to this decision I only wanted to hurry , hurry — every minute 's delay seemed dangerous . |
| 17 | ‘ Though if he 's not selected , I shall downgrade him and Sally Newcombe will ride him because continuing to compete at that level is such an emotional strain on him ’ . |
| 18 | We ended up alienating one group of potential Labour voters by appearing to cap their aspirations , while failing to appeal to another group who were not impressed by our attempt to offer them greater benefits . |
| 19 | When Professor Fogelman undertook a survey of school work for the Speaker 's Commission , he collected a most eclectic list of topics which teachers proffered as contributing to work in this field . |
| 20 | With respect , it is submitted , that to the extent that the observation may be characterized as seeking to compensate for any lack of clarity in the formulation of the rule in Pepper v. Hart , by the threat of judicial orders for costs , this approach is wrong in principle . |
| 21 | And in the reviews of the Section d'Or and the progressive Salons of 1912 , there are indications that the works of Kupka , Picabia and Marcel Duchamp were generally recognized as having gone in some way beyond those of the original Cubists in daring and novelty . |
| 22 | If the beneficiary dies after the passing of the Finance Act , 1975 , then of course for CTT purposes any determination or disposal of interest which has taken place since 25/3/74 has constituted a transfer of value and in addition if he is entitled at his death to a beneficial interest in possession in any property remaining in settlement that property falls to be included in the aggregate of the estate immediately before his death , a transfer of value of which he is treated as having made at that time . |