Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [noun] that [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Terry Venables , the chief executive of Tottenham Hotspur , a publicly quoted football club , was criticised for revealing on television that its profits for 1992 would be £5m ( $1.8m ) . |
| 2 | Crystal Palace winger John Salako left Heathrow yesterday for knee surgery in California , scoffing at speculation that his career is again in jeopardy . |
| 3 | It secured a council majority in its stronghold of Kwangju and the neighbouring province of Cholla , but fared badly in other areas , leading to speculation that its leader , the veteran dissident Kim Dae Jung , might resign . |
| 4 | For your professional purposes , and mine as a politician , we have to keep them as far apart as we can — providing of course that my analysis is sound . |
| 5 | Even in the 1660s Charles II had been complaining in London that his correspondence with his sister , the Duchess of Orleans , was being regularly opened in the French post , while from about 1748 Louis XV himself began to take a good deal of interest in work of this kind . |
| 6 | ‘ You were complaining at Christmas that your hands were always cold , Daddy . ’ |
| 7 | Systems using heat detectors are inappropriate for high-bay warehouses bearing in mind that their response will be little ahead of the sprinkler system , which itself will provide an alarm signal both locally and to the Fire Brigade . |
| 8 | Their cut will be around 30 per cent of the ‘ dealer ’ price , which is what the shops pay for your record , bearing in mind that your record will only reach the shops if the dealer asks for it . |
| 9 | This may appear a distinct disadvantage , but bearing in mind that your costs are minimal and you wo n't have to man the exhibition this is only fair ! |
| 10 | Will my right hon. Friend consider rearranging next week 's business to enable us to have an urgent debate on industrial relations , bearing in mind that our reforms over the past 12 years have brought industrial relations to a new level of success ? |
| 11 | It was considered that our pool of crewing officers had now grown to such an extent that we needed a forum where we could air our views and keep in touch both socially and with official trends , bearing in mind that our officers were now drawn from every part of the UK and from many different aspects of Customs and Excise . |