Example sentences of "[v-ing] the [noun pl] and [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chay Blyth has long had links with British Steel and they have produced a pot of around £1 ½ million to fund the running of the race and cover part of the cost of building the yachts and training the crew . |
| 2 | Originally administrative and curatorial , this highly paid office had long before been transformed into a post for the chapel 's principal musician ; Ludford 's duties included those of participating in singing the services and playing the organ , and , doubtless , directing the performance of polyphonic music . |
| 3 | They set up camp on the Kālādika , unloading the yaks and lighting a fire as the moon rose low behind the trees . |
| 4 | Typical examples are in racked whisky storages where flame impingement can be resisted by the barrels for several minutes while the sprinklers are subduing the flames and cooling the barrel surfaces . |
| 5 | Resolutions 1 to 4 comprise the ordinary business of the meeting , adopting the accounts for the financial year to 27th March 1993 , declaring a dividend , re-electing directors , reappointing the auditors and authorising the directors to determine their remuneration . |
| 6 | As the sun rose higher , shortening the shadows and drawing the dew from the grass , most of the rabbits came wandering back to the sun-flecked shade among the cow-parsley along the edge of the ditch . |
| 7 | So the first tasks of the day are cooking the vegetables and preparing the lunchtime desserts — probably trifle , apple crumbs and bread pudding , because they are all firm favourites . |
| 8 | Lord Brougham reminded His Majesty of the misdemeanours of the Stewart kings , which had included ‘ thwarting the prejudices and opposing the wishes ’ of the nation ( quoted in Priestley , 1971 : 159 ) . |
| 9 | Moreover , as the Netherlands Institute for Road Safety Research has argued , further work is necessary to establish priorities for tackling the problems and to identify the particular measures that are most effective . |
| 10 | Representing the interests and reflecting the concerns of voluntary organisations and charities throughout England . |
| 11 | Lay the coloured triangles over the top third of the balloon , alternating the colours and trimming the edges neatly . |
| 12 | When the steam is taken out of a tense marriage using this process of ventilation , work can continue on resolving the differences and building the quality and richness of the marriage . |
| 13 | The profit per tonne in Aegina is falling , because trimming the trees and picking the nuts is a laborious business that modern workers can insist on being paid more for , and much of the water the trees need has to be brought in from the mainland . |
| 14 | Fagg has provender , fattening the members and starving the staff . |
| 15 | The television lighting shone right into the autocue , dazzling the speakers and making the apparatus unusable . |
| 16 | Your livestock will be nicely balanced to make full use of grass and crops without overgrazing the fields and damaging the soil structure . |
| 17 | ‘ Opening the windows and changing the bedclothes , ’ put in Theda calmly . |
| 18 | Carefully the housekeeper placed the tray she was carrying across Luce 's knees , before opening the shutters and flooding the room with light . |
| 19 | ‘ Not much call for these outside of Christmas , my love , ’ the grocer told me , dusting the boxes and rounding the outrageous total down to the nearest pound . |
| 20 | and for paving the Footways and lighting the Streets within the said Town . |
| 21 | Uniformed legionnaires marched around , and there was a group of convicts from the regimental prison in filthy fatigues and greasy boots who were emptying the dustbins and sweeping the roads . |
| 22 | Through winter , spring , summer and fall the mood will change from swollen aggressor tearing at the banks to placid waters rustling the rushes and swaying the weed . |
| 23 | Most of them come with explanatory booklets detailing the words and commands the computer understands , and include a description of each cave or room that Samson might enter . |
| 24 | Thinking about the dilemma captured in simalakama legend , Mr Suharto has clearly decided that , if he has to make a choice between wooing the Muslims and placating the West over the Gulf , the Muslims will have his full attention . |
| 25 | He suggested that there was an invisible substance on the moon , filling the craters and covering the mountains in such a way that the moon 's shape was perfectly spherical . |
| 26 | That the statutory services are the supportive ones underpinning where necessary , filling the gaps and helping the helpers " ( Margaret Thatcher speaking in 1981 ) . |
| 27 | Mrs Geary had a low opinion of Nannie a spy and reporter when she was n't mending the sheets and darning the stockings , and at all times a pensioner to be despised and deprived whenever possible . |
| 28 | It does show that people are interested in serving the railways and serving the customers . ’ |
| 29 | Jade also played a more private role in meeting the anxieties and promoting the pleasure of individuals . |
| 30 | Rime and snow collect on the upper surface , depressing the floes and allowing the sea to flood over , freeze , and strengthen the ice further . |