Example sentences of "of [v-ing] the [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.

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31 Part of the meditation in the transcendent should be with the aim of increasing the zest for life .
32 Indeed , some parts of pre-trial High Court procedure have the effect of increasing the possibilities for compromise at the same time as preparing the issue for hearing by a judge .
33 Blocked negotiations with the unions resumed at the end of January , opening up the possibility of extending the deadline for job losses to the end of 1994 .
34 Like many issues within Homœopathy there are a variety of ways of interpreting the instructions for LM 's in the Organon .
35 This is inappropriate because the burden of showing the reason for dismissal rests with the employer .
36 If any body governed Athens from day to day , it was the council of 500 , which met on about 300 days in the year , and which had , among other duties , the task of preparing the agenda for meetings of the assembly .
37 External consultants and Data Archive consultants will assist in designing the most cost-effective way of preparing the data for deposition .
38 The Department of the Environment , however , has previously announced that the cost of preparing the industry for market sell-off by wiping off debt and meeting environmental standards will be around £6.6 billion .
39 The Department of the Environment , however , has previously announced that the cost of preparing the industry for market sell-off by wiping off debt and meeting environmental standards will be around £6.6 billion .
40 They are usually so mild that you wo n't be aware of them , but during late pregnancy they become more noticeable , and are a painless way of preparing the body for labour .
41 Our Spanish friend Juan , who had given us so much time , had to work next day , so we needed a replacement to help tackle the bureaucratic process of preparing the body for despatch to Britain .
42 They have both carried the burden of bearing the brunt for Britain in international competition for the last decade and more .
43 Also known as ‘ mass clocks ’ they offered a means of telling the time for church services : an appropriately placed stick cast a shadow on the hour-scale .
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