Example sentences of "[is] [v-ing] [prep] the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | MAMAS AND THE PAPAS vocalist John Phillips is recovering at the University Of California , Los Angeles Medical Centre from a recent liver transplant . |
| 2 | Finally , the false vocal cord theory is supported by the evidence of the simple action of placing your fingers gently on the throat of a purring cat — there is no doubt , then , that the purring sound is stemming from the region of the voice-box , and it is hard to see why any alternative theory should have been put forward . |
| 3 | Republic manager Jack Charlton is toying with the idea of using Kelly alongside Niall Quinn in attack . |
| 4 | With Philip Gray ruled out through injury , manager Billy Bingham is toying with the idea of pushing Hughes up front alongside Iain Dowie — in a ‘ little and large ’ partnership . |
| 5 | McHale is toying with the idea of a complete reshuffle as the Seasiders bid to climb closer to the Fourth Division play-off zone . |
| 6 | With their wingers , the ball is flashing across the face of goal as often as it is delivered in the air and Cantona will probably thrive on this sort of service . |
| 7 | So , viewers at home , do not hesitate , if you have even the slightest piece of useful data , hook up that modem and call , in complete confidence , our unmonitored SnitchLine on the number that is flashing at the bottom of your screen … |
| 8 | The logical consequence , no doubt , is that a promise to accept a smaller sum in discharge of a larger sum , if acted upon , is binding notwithstanding the absence of consideration : and if the fusion of law and equity leads to this result , so much the better . |
| 9 | Further , South Korea is experimenting with the conversion of EPZs into science parks . |
| 10 | The chances of Eubank ending up a punch-drunk boxing casualty are remote , and , likewise , he 's sparing in the abuse of his victims . |
| 11 | Soon the chewed mass has sponged up any moisture left and your dry tongue is clanging against the side of your mouth like the great bell of Notre Dame . |
| 12 | Its barrel , pointed by a helmeted soldier , is sticking into the chest of a worker in overalls . |
| 13 | Current expenditure continued to grow in real terms , that is allowing for the effect of general inflation , but capital expenditure fell sharply ( DOE/Welsh Office 1983a:5 — 6 ) . |
| 14 | ‘ The only thing that matters is submitting to the will of God , ’ he says . |
| 15 | Well I understand that you get fifteen , it 's just that I 've got a lot of customer where I got business that is depending on the kind of insurance that we give them , based on what our |
| 16 | Where children do not carry these assumptions inside them , it is because they have been brought up in an enclave that is struggling against the weight of secular pressure . |
| 17 | Gloom is gathering over the weight of public debt , declining small-business confidence , the inefficiency and expense of public services , and the spreading tentacles of organised crime . |
| 18 | Something is gathering at the edge of the meadow . |
| 19 | In the district of Ethiopia the O D As joint funding scheme is assisting with the implementation of a water supply project . |
| 20 | However , telling lies to the police is assisting in the retention of stolen goods : Kanwar , above . |
| 21 | Let us suppose your agency is competing for the account of a new skin care range . |
| 22 | Some of the above criticisms have been recognised by the SIB , and a restructuring of the rule books is occurring with the aim of simplifying the rules and setting out a set of core rules . |
| 23 | Monitoring of healing is best done with serial ultrasonic scans as this is the best way of producing an image of what is occurring in the centre of a damaged tendon . |
| 24 | Heaven knows what pollution of the ocean is occurring in the form of emission of radionuclides , and building up in the various food chains in which plankton play a part . |
| 25 | Richard Feigen is sueing for the return of his painting , whereabouts now unknown |
| 26 | How valuable this Romanian channel of military information was to the Pentagon may be doubted , but it is revealing of the extent of Ceauşescu 's duplicity . |
| 27 | One of his companions has remained with him ; a third , the one who sounded the alarm , is returning to the scene of the accident with the rescue team , which you can see gathering behind me . |
| 28 | Plans for their future brought them into political contact with enemies of the ninth electorate which led first to the secret murder of Königsmarck in 1694 , with the connivance of Ernst August , and later to Sophia Dorothea 's confinement in her father 's keeping at the palace of Ahlden , following her divorce from Georg Ludwig in 1694 , which carried the rider that she could not remarry . |
| 29 | The Royal College of Nursing is applying to the Court of Appeal for a judicial review of Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley 's decision to hold a private inquiry into the case . |
| 30 | In order to understand the disciplinary encounters between a parent and child the ‘ trick ’ is to examine the positive and negative consequences each is applying to the behaviour of the other ( see page 110 ) . |