Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun sg] [noun pl] [verb] [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first and major thrust of the Act is the clause enabling council tenants to purchase their dwelling at a huge discount — not a new trend of either Labour or Conservative housing policy , but certainly it represent a greater encouragement to owner-occupation than ever before . |
| 2 | As situations arise , the associated feelings can be discussed , enabling group members to share their sorrows , their grief and their loneliness with others who have experienced similar events . |
| 3 | In recognising the safety and accessibility needs of pedestrians the Council has nominated a Pedestrian Liaison Officer who has a specific responsibility to provide an interface with groups representing pedestrian interests to allow their views to be highlighted . |
| 4 | The People 's Dispensary for Sick Animals was also urging pet owners to keep their animals indoors wherever possible and protect animals in hutches . |
| 5 | The ability of an offeror under CA 1985 , s429 to require dissenting minority shareholders to sell their shares to it once it has obtained 90 per cent or more of the shares of the target company for which the offer was made . |
| 6 | The Chinese government for example , are allowing IVF programmes to prove their sensitivity in the wake of the One Child Family policy , and also because researchers are bored with the same old contraceptive research . |
| 7 | Caroline McLaughlin of the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities said : ‘ We warned the impact of the scheme on homelessness would be negligible … paying council tenants to vacate their homes does very little . |
| 8 | Slashing costs and hiking insurance rates cut its loss against 1991 by a thumping £84 million . |
| 9 | He decided to put up with Tony and I in order to support our attempt to cross the interior plateau in winter , using ski parachutes to help our progress . |
| 10 | In 1967 , I attempted to introduce legislation requiring car manufacturers to design their products in such a way that when eventually the vehicles are consigned to scrap , their plastics and metals could be easily separated . |
| 11 | It is often the case that parents experiencing management difficulties present their request for help along with a welter of problems , anxieties , complaints and sometimes mis-information that they think the listener wants to hear . |
| 12 | The company hopes to extend the architecture by getting router manufacturers to lend their support . |
| 13 | The jury has been told that both prosecution and defence will be calling expert witnesses to establish his state of mind at the time of the killing . |
| 14 | Convinced that there are millions of pop-music fans who would rather hear about spiritual salvation than sexual perversion , and fascinated by the soaring sales of country music , gospel-music companies are busy improving their marketing by booking their musicians into concert halls as well as churches , persuading retailing chains to stock their records , making sure that SoundScan , which tracks music sales , takes note of Christian music , and creating awards for rappers and heavy metal artists . |
| 15 | The result was so spectacular that those of us in the front line who were showered with debris turned up at future games wearing motorbike goggles to protect our eyes and in honour of our hero . |
| 16 | Third World governments should be stepping aside and letting market forces work their magic , they argued . |
| 17 | Allowing birth parents to express their emotions can be an important part of confronting their grief . |
| 18 | Strictly speaking , theories involving meaning postulates have their origins in formal semantics rather than psycholinguistics . |
| 19 | It is also making Unix zealots lose their religion . |
| 20 | Bishop Leo Maher , head of the San Diego diocese , banned Mrs Lucy Killea from communion after the 67-year-old grandmother began screening television commercials promoting her support of women 's right to choose abortion . |
| 21 | In his study of a herd of red deer F F Darling noted that during the autumn rutting season stags used their antlers to masturbate . |
| 22 | The Channel 7 man claimed he had received clearance from the German Wirtschaftspruferkammer allowing member firms to advertise their services outside Germany ( it is forbidden in Germany ) but that unfortunately he did not have a copy with him . |
| 23 | Microcomputers also have administrative uses and can prove useful in providing better management information for school librarians ; in keeping records of stock orders and acquisitions ; in providing letters , lists , handouts , plans and reports of high quality in production terms ; in allowing school librarians to publicize their services and give pupils access to electronic noticeboards . |
| 24 | Jay made a reckless pledge , feeling ianthine waves lap her limbs into a sure promise of ecstasy . |
| 25 | This means that you will no longer need to offer cash discounts for early payment , but gain from increased flexibility in offering credit terms to improve your competitiveness , and increased ability to accept large orders without excessive pressure on your cashflow . |
| 26 | He commenced by stemming the revenue loss resulting from smuggling by reducing duty levels to lower its profitability , as well as by strengthening the preventative service . |