Example sentences of "losing [pos pn] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trained mind I might be supposed to have , but this did not stop me from losing my clothing coupons . |
| 2 | I keep losing my set squares and rules and things . |
| 3 | Er well there are still , come back to the county , can we now round off on the question of keep losing my crib sheet here the effect what effect if any will the proposed scale of provision have on adjoining areas in West Yorkshire . |
| 4 | Either by gradually losing their pumping capacity or by sudden seizure , they cause much disease and some heroic surgical intervention . |
| 5 | They are in danger of losing their spectator status . |
| 6 | Bavaria 's conservatives are losing their state premier and the opposition Social Democrats their leader . |
| 7 | The health care issue had been of growing concern in the USA both because of its cost ( 12 per cent of GNP compared with around 8 per cent for most other industrialized countries ) , and its effect of binding employees to their employers through the fear of losing their health insurance , thereby making the job market less flexible and deterring people from starting new businesses . |
| 8 | Hillside pair Paul Williams and Phil Kenyon had a blank day losing their morning foursomes 4 & 3 and both going down in the singles . |
| 9 | Malaysia leave the field after narrowly losing to an accomplished Tunisian seven ( 14–10 ) in the semi-finals after losing their pool match 22–0 to the same side . |
| 10 | An innovation in organisation sectorisation resulted in the regions losing their business roles and becoming purely the providers of services and facilities . |
| 11 | Anne had begun her campaign after losing their baby son in a cot death and Phillipa Burrow said : ‘ You have used your skills to bring solace to the inconsolable , Your contribution will not be forgotten . ’ |
| 12 | Skipton Building Society is offering free insurance cover worth up to £250 , which protects homebuyers against losing their valuation fee if their purchase falls through . |
| 13 | But then of course the difficulty arises because these are difficult times , there is a recession , people are losing their jobs day by day and we did n't think it was appropriate to start applying some guillotine on people 's election rights and their membership of the committee . |
| 14 | She 's obviously desperate to hold onto her No. 1 ranking and absenteeism begs the question of her shying away from a confrontation with Graf for fear of losing her ranking points lead . |
| 15 | Seven years after losing her sight Philippa now holds down a full-time job . |
| 16 | Anne Lucas from Staley Bridge in Cheshire wrote to Kevin saying she was losing her will power to stick to her diet . |
| 17 | ‘ The last straw , losing her golfing partner . |
| 18 | LYNDA Chalker , reappointed as Minister for Overseas Development despite losing her Wallasey seat at the election , yesterday backed United States Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady 's opposition to new funds for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development whose annual meeting in Budapest ended yesterday . |
| 19 | John Paul 's pontificate may then appear as , in part , aberration , while a pluralist Catholic Christianity will be revealed as not only heir to the central religious tradition of the West , but as able to respond without losing its core identity to the needs both of a truly world Church and of the ongoing transformation of human consciousness and intellectual understanding . |
| 20 | Maggie Butcher 's Cockerel seems to be losing its tail feathers in surprise . |
| 21 | Rather than risk losing its MFN position , the Chinese government has clearly thought it expedient to make a good-will gesture to the new Clinton administration , ( though at the same time appending warnings that outsiders should stop interfering in China 's internal affairs . ) |
| 22 | Sighs of relief at Armonk , which was threatened with losing its monster $4,000m air traffic control contract : the Federal Aviation Administration and IBM Corp have agreed on a plan to fix the software problems that have plagued the modernisation programme , which is now almost three years behind plan . |
| 23 | YOUNG Group , the Durham-based opencast coal miner , is losing its stock market quotation because it is pushing through changes to its share capital which benefit majority holders and are in breach of the Stock Exchange 's investor protection rules . |
| 24 | Land-use patterns are an expression of deep political , economic and cultural structures ; they do not change overnight when a ecologist or forester sounds the alarm that a country is losing its resource base . |
| 25 | It reverted to being a draught animal in many places , losing its beef productivity , though in some areas its old milking abilities were encouraged and in due course the dairies of Cheshire came to rely on Longhorn milk for cheese-making ; from 1839 onwards Longhorns were frequently winning major beef prizes too , right through to the 1880s . |
| 26 | Postwar , the WTA declined in relative importance , opting to focus on tried and tested coach tours and specialist holidays , and losing its market share to the newer and more competitive tour operators who were promoting the package trade . |
| 27 | HARRISON Ford is terrified of losing his superstar touch . |
| 28 | Wraith Grant , who spent £26,000 to win £18,000 before losing his tour status in 1991 , summed it up : ‘ If someone said you could be a millionaire in two years ' time , what would you do ? |
| 29 | Sharp became interested in the morris dances himself , collecting dances in the midlands and lecturing extensively with Kimber demonstrating the dances and playing the concertina , frequently losing his bricklaying job as a result . |
| 30 | I think he 's just probably losing his winter coat . |