Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [v-ing] it [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some estimates suggest that CFCs direct contribution to the greenhouse effect might be more or less offset by their indirect effect of countering it by depleting ozone . |
| 2 | Oh sorry so that 's that 's what it 's what it 's about so what we want to do then over these next two days is to develop the skills of design and delivery and will allow us to do that allow us to improve our performance despite the fact that we do have the nerves and by practice by doing it by putting yourself in the situation where you have to make a presentation and almost as one chap said one time sitting there actually with your sitting there remembering he said actually volunteer to make presentations to the other people there . |
| 3 | For example , pupils with reading problems ( including dyslexic pupils ) should not be deprived of literature , but should have the opportunity of experiencing it through listening to others reading aloud , whether live or recorded , and through seeing plays and films , as well as through reading suitably simplified versions . |
| 4 | It has also been suggested that people buy the book because they have read reviews of it or because it is on the best-seller list , but they do n't read it ; they just have it in the bookcase or on the coffee table , thereby getting credit for having it without taking the effort of having to understand it . |
| 5 | For all but the smallest prey , Nucella must penetrate the victim 's shell before paralysing it by injecting a narcotic . |
| 6 | Indeed , there is every argument for strengthening it by introducing penalties and allowing MMC findings on the outcomes of firms ' behaviour to form the basis for private actions for damages . |
| 7 | And this is a way of doing it without having to , you know , log-in to er a specific tradition , but to invoke , sort of a wider , more general principles . |
| 8 | I decide to leave it ; perhaps the safest way of retrieving it without snagging is with a fish on the end . |
| 9 | In particular , surplus countries often neutralized an inflow of gold by preventing it from adding to the domestic money supply . |
| 10 | That means an educated working class , understanding the needs of socialism or communism and setting about the task of achieving it by getting rid of capitalism and introducing socialism , or communism . |