Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] or [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I like this — in high winds there 's no chance of the flysheet flapping around or flying over the tent . |
| 2 | Changing the angle that the sail makes with the wind by pulling in or letting out the back hand . |
| 3 | The way in which the school is perceived by the local community may depend not only on overt performance indicators such as language and numeracy skills but also on covert performance indicators such as how the pupils behave on the bus going home or smoking outside the school premises . |
| 4 | If the supply of vitamins and mineral in the diet is inadequate , this will result in changes in body chemistry , and a slowing down or altering of the body 's metabolism , usually with some deterioration in body fitness or health . |
| 5 | Other circles were within sight , the most notable being the famed Druid temple known as Callanish ; and my imagination , I must own , was discovering Druid circles or single Druid stones wherever grey rocks were seen rising above or bedded in the dark moor . |
| 6 | And the crunch comes next month when the company has to face the possibility of closing down or selling off the whole business — although this will be a last resort and an acquisition or joint venture may be more likely . |
| 7 | Most of the advice Kenneth Clarke 's receiving is to cut rates , his job now is to decide whether Britain 's economy is more in danger of boiling over or going off the boil completely . |
| 8 | The Supreme Court ( Appellate Jurisdiction ) held that the profits from the salvage operation were not ‘ profits arising in or derived from the colony ’ within the meaning of section 14(1) of the Inland Revenue Ordinance . |
| 9 | MAS 's role in advising on or assisting in the preparation of a client 's Information memorandum does not involve the issuance of a published report nor does it involve any association with the client 's Information memorandum beyond that set out in the terms of engagement , which should be appropriately limited . |
| 10 | The following procedures should be adopted when advising on or assisting in the preparation of an Information memorandum : |
| 11 | The team at NPL would welcome contact with individuals or groups interested in participating in or contributing to the work . |
| 12 | On the chunky machine , since you are working with far fewer needles , casting off or transferring to the main bed from the ribber is not too much of a chore anyway . |
| 13 | Young men began ringing up or arriving on the doorstep and announcing themselves as ‘ Wedgie ’ or ‘ Snubs ’ or ‘ Schizo ’ and saying that Conor was the best there was , and was there anything they could do ? |
| 14 | The plaintiffs , A and others , who were customers of the defendants , obtained an injunction before Morland J. on 13 August 1990 restraining the defendants from delivering up or disclosing to the United States court or to third parties otherwise than in connection with and for the purposes of the business and trading of the plaintiffs , any documents relating to the plaintiffs ' accounts with the defendants , and ordering the latter to return to its London branch certain documents which had been removed from the jurisdiction . |
| 15 | The [ defendants ] whether by [ themselves , their ] servants or agents or otherwise howsoever be restrained until trial or further order from : ( a ) delivering up or disclosing to the grand jury in the County of New York empanelled in the matter of the People of the State of New York v. John Doe ( B Bank ) or , without the prior consent of the plaintiffs , delivering up or disclosing to any third party otherwise than in connection with and for the purposes of the business and trading of the plaintiffs or any of them , all documents and information contained therein held by [ these defendants ] at [ their ] branches in London or elsewhere within this jurisdiction concerning or relating to the plaintiffs ' accounts with the [ defendants ] or any of them or otherwise relating to the business of the plaintiffs or any of them ; ( b ) without the prior written consent of the plaintiffs ' solicitors herein , removing from the jurisdiction of this court any of the documents referred to in subclause ( a ) hereof or any copies thereof . |