Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adj] [noun pl] and [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Farming is therefore identified as fundamental in achieving the two objectives of maintaining rural populations and conserving the countryside . |
| 2 | McCaulay admitted handling stolen goods and taking a pair of jeans valued £37 while O'Donovan pleaded guilty to stealing £300 worth of clothing and an unrelated charge of possessing a quantity of cannabis resin . |
| 3 | Randhawa admitted obtaining by deception , burglary , handling stolen goods and making a threat to kill Miss Nazir . |
| 4 | Its authors seek , rather , by challenging old approaches and re-analysing the problem , both to assert its importance and to suggest new ways of tackling it . |
| 5 | A National Unity Campaign Committee was responsible for co-ordinating local efforts and organized the speaking tours of Cripps , Maxton , Pollitt , Bevan and other prominent supporters of united agitation against the National Government and its foreign policy . |
| 6 | Chicherin stopped writing private memoranda and started a debate on the peasant commune . |
| 7 | As Mao 's personal secretary and speechwriter for over 30 years , Chen was one of the ‘ Great Helmsman ’ 's closest confidants , writing countless tracts and playing a key role in the Cultural Revolution , Mao 's catastrophic campaign to purify the Communist party hierarchy and revive what he imagined to be China 's fading revolutionary ardour in the 1960s . |
| 8 | The research paper recommends certain reporting actions by UK companies — such as publishing environmental policies and naming an environmental director — as well as setting out an eight page research agenda for academics , the ASB and APB . |
| 9 | The Bank has declared its intention to restrict itself to reafforestation projects , bringing degraded land back into production , developing secondary forests and financing the policing of ancient forests . |
| 10 | So when someone emerged from the scrum of drivers meeting various flights and waved a sign in our face , I sort of pushed him away . |
| 11 | To these natural obstacles they added man-made ones , damaging or sinking available boats and destroying the bridges . |
| 12 | On Dec. 20 , the first anniversary of the US invasion , thousands of people marched through Panama City shouting anti-government slogans and burned a US flag . |
| 13 | This role has developed to include giving counselling to individual sufferers , co-facilitating a support group , training other professionals and co-running a therapy group for women with bulimia . |
| 14 | Furthermore , not infrequently an examination is also avoided in crimes by ignoring aggravating circumstances and treating the offence as a délit . |
| 15 | In an article in the magazine Options , Rose Shepherd debunked the glamour surrounding extra-marital affairs and described the downward spiral of personal unhappiness , as well as the destruction of the marriage . |
| 16 | Pitt , however , as principal Secretary of State , was the real prime minister , directing foreign affairs and conducting the war . |
| 17 | They will also be ideal in fog , twilight and dull weather , enhancing vague details and extending the range of visibility . |
| 18 | The new law legalizes the already common practice of felling native forests and converting the land to plantation use , reflecting the lobbying of an expanding and powerful forestry industry . |
| 19 | The operation 's precise aims were not clear , however , and by mid-December disagreement was reported between the US administration and the UN Secretary-General over whether the troops ' role was to include disarming hostile factions and pacifying the country , or merely , as the US administration appeared to hold , securing the flow of aid . |
| 20 | In letters to charities she is warning them about the extra administration time that trustees will spend making tax claims and notifying changes of registered particulars , and advising them that much of it could be saved by selling existing investments and contributing the proceeds of sale to a common investment fund . |
| 21 | The Programme has been devised by leading primary educationalists and follows the framework of the national curriculum . |
| 22 | The cost , including the opportunity cost , of value analysing existing products and implementing the results is significant and involves people from a wide range of company functions . |
| 23 | The cost , including the opportunity cost , of value analysing existing products and implementing the results is significant and involves people from a wide range of company functions . |
| 24 | To some extent , this must be a reflection on the methodology which we adopted , concentrating as we did on interviewing key actors and observing the development , processing , and implementation of proposals rather than focusing on , for example , the teaching methods of individual teachers or the reading habits of individual pupils . |
| 25 | In fact the whole place seemed geared towards just what she and Dr Russell were doing now — sipping cool drinks and dreaming the afternoon away . |
| 26 | These materials fuse together around 1300–1500°C , releasing volatile gases and forming a fluid oxide Melt . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's very much the mixture as before but we are always adding new courses and improving the ones we have got , ’ said manager . |
| 28 | British Coal chairman Neil Clarke has stated publicly that the industry 's future depends on securing advantageous terms and stemming the ‘ dash for gas ’ by the generators . |
| 29 | The Longhorn faded into relative obscurity quite quickly , once it had been overshadowed by the new Shorthorns , but the latter spread to many parts of the world , improving local cattle and forming the basis of countless new breeds . |
| 30 | Consequently , despite the efforts of Bukharin to argue a case for an " integral science of literature " which would include a recognition of formal specificity within a socio-political and ideological context , the general thrust of the Congress was towards obliterating formal aspects and locating the debate at a purely ideological level . |