Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] [prep] [v-ing] [noun] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ianthe smiled uneasily , feeling that some kind of guessing game was being played between them and that she ought to play her part by making a suggestion as to what the work could have been . |
| 2 | Mistakes of that sort apart , it would seem that , as had always been the case , some sort of checking system was needed to give lenders the required degree of confidence to carry on , and that the more thorough and ‘ scientific ’ it was the better for both borrower and lender , the more effectively it reduced the incidence of overindebtedness , and saved borrowers from overstretching themselves and indulging in mad bouts of impulsive buying . |
| 3 | Finlay Calder 's reasonable insistence that all of the Lions party who wished should be included on the trip , accompanied by wives or girlfriends , followed by his non-availability when this chance of expressing gratitude was rejected , have seen to that . |
| 4 | Meanwhile another method of utilising livestock was explored : the preservation of slaughtered meat , by the traditional methods of salting and drying , by some sort of concentration ( Liebig 's meat extract began to be produced in the River Plate states in 1863 ) , by canning and finally by the decisive device of refrigeration . |
| 5 | Another method of retaining control was by keeping a firm grip on hours of work . |
| 6 | This method of catching fish was an early form of modern-day trawling . |
| 7 | This awareness of im-pending disaster was exacerbated in the early seventies when a slump occurred in the property market . |
| 8 | Another reason for choosing Collins was the designer 's penchant for wood epoxy construction , an attractive , strong and relatively easy method of building which allows plenty of scope for the interior to be custom-designed and completed to the owner 's specification . |
| 9 | This aspect of moving signs was studied by Evans ( 1981 ) in an unpublished short study in Bristol . |
| 10 | In this way of thinking war was seen as an attempt to pursue a ‘ reasonable ’ claim which was being forcibly threatened or attacked , which implied not merely the use of force but the means of persuasion ( propaganda ) and discussion ( negotiation ) as well . |
| 11 | The same kind of yelping small-mindedness was shown when Thatcher refused to allow Roy Jenkins to take part in the Cenotaph service . |