Example sentences of "[v-ing] the [adj] [noun sg] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , I shall leave this problem to one side for the moment and concentrate instead on pursuing the general line of reductivist strategy , which remains unaffected by the choice of basic entities . |
| 2 | Given the pressure on sites within the Science Area the University is actively pursuing the possible provision of research facilities on other sites within the City , in addition to seeking to acquire the Radcliffe Infirmary ( see para. 3.2 above ) . |
| 3 | But neither of them is incapable of pursuing the artificial fiction of being himself . |
| 4 | ‘ Tomorrow , ’ she said , ‘ nudging the last float of ice at the penguin 's feet , ‘ tomorrow you 'll feel different — trust me ! ’ |
| 5 | The activities outlined above , and the results achieved , strengthened the foundations established in our first year of operation — allowing the continued development of training programmes to realise the full economic potential of the people and businesses of Glasgow . |
| 6 | The new law immediately sparked off a political crisis as hardline Slovak nationalists began demonstrations and a hunger strike in protest against a clause allowing the official use of minority languages in towns or villages where the minority nationality formed at least 20 per cent of the population ( a large ethnic Hungarian minority , concentrated in southern Slovakia , was increasingly the target of nationalist hatred ; there were also Polish , Ukrainian and Gypsy communities ) . |
| 7 | The curtains were partly open , allowing the merest glimmer of moonlight to creep in . |
| 8 | The inhumanity seems to lie in allowing the full weight of responsibility to fall on the child . |
| 9 | She withdrew from the second round , allowing the unopposed election of Galy-Dejean ( the mayor of the 15th arrondissement , of which the ward formed a part ) . |
| 10 | They therefore called on all parties to co-operate in allowing the safe passage of aid [ see p. 39225 for Somalia aid crisis ] . |
| 11 | It is only justice to state that , while France has had the merit of inaugurating the industrial production of aniline red , England may , thanks to the activity , science , and untiring efforts of Mr. Nicholson , claim the honour of having brought this manufacture to its present high degree of perfection . |
| 12 | At the same time , the Asian participants acknowledged the need to extend and deepen their dialogue with people of different faiths and cultures and to ‘ rediscover the latent power of the media in preaching the Good News of justice , freedom and peace . ’ |
| 13 | It needs to rediscover the latent power of the media in preaching the Good News of justice , freedom and peace . |
| 14 | The DNA binding domain of Vmw175 has been mapped by a variety of different techniques to a region encompassing the C-terminal protion of region 1 and the whole of region 2 ( 19,20,24,25 ) . |
| 15 | Energies were devoted to the practicability of maintaining the existing framework of provision , and , not least , the ability to respond to an exceptional anticipated demand from a heavy concentration of military personnel throughout the strategically important counties of East Anglia . |
| 16 | In professional or managerial families , for example , the husband 's career is the dominant consideration , maintaining the traditional division of labour between the husband as breadwinner and wife as housewife ( Pahl and Pahl , 1971 ) . |
| 17 | Dearlove considers the whole pressure for increased scale simply as a cover for regaining or maintaining the influential position of business interests in local government ( Dearlove 1979 ) . |
| 18 | Management in particular is not about the preservation of the status quo , it is about maintaining the highest rate of change that the organization and the people within it can stand . |
| 19 | The signatories of the Charter have accepted responsibility for maintaining the good code of practice and also agree to disseminate the document through their organisations , encouraging their managers to actively participate . |
| 20 | We are fully committed to maintaining the real value of child benefit . |
| 21 | Nonetheless , this judicial fiction functions in a class-biased way , maintaining the capitalist mode of production through the ‘ juridical illusion ’ that social conflicts can be settled or refereed outside the class struggle . |
| 22 | In doing so , he failed to appreciate the political impact on the British , who had put their faith in Skybolt as a way of maintaining the greatest measure of independence for their nuclear deterrent that was practicable at reasonable cost . |
| 23 | There is also an upgrade to the SuperSparc ( Viking ) chip for the Sparcserver 600MP Series of multiprocessing servers , doubling the performance ceiling of these systems while maintaining the same range of price points . |
| 24 | Both LEEL , which put up £75,000 , and the region , are understood to hold deep reservations about maintaining the same level of support . |
| 25 | But the issue was fascinating because of other things , heralding the rapid development of technology in the next century . |
| 26 | The larger mire , Thorne Waste , approached by surmounting the incongruous dereliction of Moor Ends Colliery , stretches out as far as the eye can see , an astonishing 6,000 acres of untamed wetland . |
| 27 | In particular , the London owners saw their position as different from those of other ports and remained indifferent to the idea of a nationwide employers ' organization devoted to stemming the rising tide of trade unionism among seamen , and without London support any such project was unlikely to succeed . |
| 28 | Over 400 clubs and 2000 players participated in the Eagle Star Championships , proving the continued popularity of Veteran 's tennis in this country . |
| 29 | The significance to the pharmaceutical industry of a new type of analgesic using the economic history of cocaine and its derivatives as a model |
| 30 | I went one better and something happened that has never occurred in about 25 years of using the modern type of machine with yarn mast and tension spring . |