Example sentences of "the [noun] [v-ing] [noun pl] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shot through with sermonising , piety , and concern for good government , they are ostensibly valuable sources on the law- giving activities of these kings , who appear in a very favourable light . |
| 2 | Policy is decided by the leadership and there are various er mechanisms for passing erm the leadership 's ideas on to the rank and file , various systems of , of education , some might say indoctrination and so on , but no real inner party er democracy , no real er involvement in the decision making processes by this mass membership of ordinary peasants . |
| 3 | The Tourism ( Sleeping Accommodation Price Display ) Order 1977 , which became effective in 1978 , requires that the tariff showing rates for each type of room to be displayed at the reception desk in a prominent position ( see Chapter 8 ) . |
| 4 | Dot clutched tight to Gloria 's coat as they made their way through the dark rustling leaves of some tall shrubs . |
| 5 | In the centre of the south-west facing slopes of this favoured valley lies the famous ‘ Côte aux Enfants ’ , a single-site vineyard possessing exceptional qualities . |
| 6 | On balance it has been an enjoyable task and a great privilege to undertake on behalf of the Club necessitating searches through some 4,000 documents , including old copies of the Standard back to 1895 . |
| 7 | While this held true for three of the four firms , it was possible to account for the exceptions in firm C because of the business getting practices of that firm , and in particular its brokerage relationship with the land agent . |
| 8 | On 23 April the second defendant took a letter to the plaintiff containing particulars of this offer by Mr. Perot for Caliban . |
| 9 | They 'd spent part of the morning carrying boxes of some sort from one hut to another , apparently fairly heavy boxes , because it took both men to carry them . |
| 10 | Like Scottish ports de bras , those of Italy are very simple , the arms changing places after each sequence of dotted steps or hops . |
| 11 | ‘ And if you 're stuck in the wings feeding lines to some senile old fool who ca n't remember them … ’ he laughed harshly , ‘ … then it 's really up to you what lines you feed . ’ |
| 12 | Most people would think that an accomplished director of commercials would n't need to sit on the bottom of the ocean taking pictures of some of the World 's most dangerous creatures . |
| 13 | The Low Attainers in Mathematics Project ( LAMP , 1983–6 ) was concerned about the issues underlying comments like these . |
| 14 | This action seems to be a retrograde step that will hinder the exchange of medical graduates between the English speaking communities on either side of the Atlantic . |
| 15 | The twin starting points for this view are the widespread injustice and oppression which exist today in Latin America and which are then analysed sociologically with a Marxist framework , together with the fact that in the Incarnation God has declared his intention to liberate all people from every kind of slavery and injustice . |
| 16 | Table II shows the EGF binding parameters of these membranes . |
| 17 | And that is what it was all about , made more of a nostalgic night by the Sixties style club band The Trends playing strains of all the old hits in the Heather Brothers ' newly-penned songs . |