Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [v-ing] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another thing we 're going to talk to somebody from the N S P C C who 's coming in in a few moments to talk about Halloween trick or treating and stuff like that . |
| 2 | ( 3B ) A person shall not be guilty of an offence under subsection ( 3A ) above if he proves that he had reasonable grounds for doing the acts or withdrawing or withholding the services in question . |
| 3 | ( 8 ) In proceedings to enforce a liability arising by virtue of subsection ( 3 ) above , it shall be a defence for the defendant to prove that he believed , and had reasonable cause to believe — ( a ) that the residential occupier had ceased to reside in the premises in question at the time when he was deprived of occupation as mentioned in subsection ( 1 ) above or , as the case may be , when the attempt was made or the acts were done as a result of which he gave up his occupation of those premises ; or ( b ) that , where the liability would otherwise arise by virtue only of the doing of acts or the withdrawal or withholding of services , he had reasonable grounds for doing the acts or withdrawing or withholding the services in question . |
| 4 | Whether it was attitudes or setting or relevance to modern life , you know , to what extent are some of the stories relevant to their time and place , and not to our time and place , so that might be an interesting area to explore . |
| 5 | Not doubting your own sanity or believing that the problems are all your fault . |
| 6 | It was concluded that the media had no business either relaying bad news about government and party policies and activities or suggesting that alternative measures might be better . |
| 7 | For example : C for card or cracker , S for saviour or stocking and so on . |
| 8 | The word-processor provides the teacher with a powerful resource with which to explore the body of experience or learning that waits to be arranged through the successful use of language . |
| 9 | Next he grouped the climbing , shrubby plants needing support or fastening and these are followed by hardy evergreen trees and shrubs . |
| 10 | The ‘ kick ’ drum , the ‘ ride ’ cymbal and the ‘ high-hat ’ implied in Psalm 150 usually need some dampening or restraining when used in church . |
| 11 | For example , employees controlling imprest accounts ; collecting income or collecting and banking money . |
| 12 | Nor was it merely a triumph for selfish or cynical British statesmen , indifferent to the fate of far-off peoples or calculating that Hitler might be launched into war against Soviet Russia . |
| 13 | It will include reasoning or thinking and might make considerable use of long-term memory or experience . |
| 14 | In the remaining cases , the endoscopist described erythematous gastritis , small nodules or thickening and erosions of gastric folds suggestive of a benign condition . |
| 15 | They never stopped eating or talking or looking at people performing . |
| 16 | Doth not the good father in short time , either by his coughing or spitting or testiness … become troublesome either to his own son or to his nice daughter-in-law , with continuing so long chargeable and so much waited-on , or to the children , with taking up their room at the fire or at the table , or to the servants , while his slow eating doth scant their reversions ? |
| 17 | But then use some method of highlighting key words or underlining or sub- heading that pe you can just flick your eyes to and remind you very quickly of what you 're going to say . |
| 18 | In 1904 he wrote to the poet and critic Arthur Symons : ‘ I have , however , of late years , lapsed so deeply into my early weakness for verse , & have found the condensed expression that it affords so much more consonant to my natural way of thinking & feeling that I have almost forgotten the prose effusions for the time . ’ |
| 19 | Accordingly , the parties agree that each of them will accept my decision on the matters referred to me hereunder as conclusive and binding and that neither will bring any action or proceeding or make any claim against me as expert relating to or arising from the performance of my duties hereunder . |
| 20 | It is then developed in seven statements to a climactic definition of the nature of the fire of love ; they are brought to a triumphant conclusion by juxtaposing a negative statement with its positive form to indicate ways in which the third degree of singular love fulfils and transcends the longing of the earlier stages : The phrase from The Song of Songs ( 5:2 ) which heralds the arrival of the beloved , here conveys a sense of a transformed newly awakened consciousness where longing and the unquiet ego are quenched . |
| 21 | The community is confined to inaccessible cliffs or sides of ravines where grazing and burning are unlikely , but where trees can not grow . |
| 22 | In Wales the opencast industry has exploited shallow reserves lying close to the limestone outcrop with the result that working and restored sites are concentrated on a relatively narrow tract of land stretching from Montgomery to Kidwelly . |
| 23 | The rule that inducing or procuring another to break his contract could be actionable at the suit of the other contracting party who suffered damage thereby was only accepted in the face of strong dissent , but the good sense of it is clear . |
| 24 | His mind filled with primitive lore and with a sense of awkwardness at the numerous exhausting social roles he had to play in addition to that of the London banker , Eliot wrote to Mary Hutchinson in 1920 worrying about his inherited characteristics and suggesting that he might be a savage himself . |
| 25 | All her thinking and watching and planning , from the first sound of the car on the track while she and Joe crouched by the netted gate to that last desperate shout that Doyle had cut short , all that worrying and puzzling had ended up like this . |
| 26 | He examines why certain individuals can not easily accept the ways of thinking and behaving that their social milieu thrusts upon them . |
| 27 | The less thinking and interpreting that goes on the better . |
| 28 | And that 's of , that 's of course aside from the grief and suffering that happens . |
| 29 | They spoke little , for there was no need of speech between them , there was only the quick accord and understanding that exists between all wild creatures . |
| 30 | Mr Major took a gamble by playing the Unionist card and warning that devolution and nationalism could lead to the break-up of the UK . |