Example sentences of "[adv] in [v-ing] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Especially in trying to foster a culture of open communication and widely shared ideas , managers and others must spend enormous time communicating and sharing ideas . |
| 2 | Perhaps in trying to emulate the great imports of the past , slightly less than great dogs are finding their way into the USA gene pool . |
| 3 | Consequently , if Elphege died for justice , even only in refusing to pay money demanded by Viking invaders , he died also for truth . |
| 4 | The decision of the House of Lords in Vestey v IRC ( No 2 ) [ 1979 ] 3 All ER 976 is of considerable importance not only in attempting to interpret TA 1970 , s478 ( now TA 1988 , s739 ) but also with regard to the constitutional questions raised concerning extra-statutory concessions . |
| 5 | He and some other survivors of the hospital staff got straw mats and went outdoors — thousands of patients and hundreds of dead were on the driveway and in the yard — and hurried around behind the hospital and lay down in hiding to snatch some sleep . |
| 6 | The focus switched to the stance taken by Kuwait after Iran and Saudi Arabia , the two largest OPEC exporters , appeared to have put aside differences to work together in trying to reach a settlement . |
| 7 | Neighbourhood watch schemes are very strong in my constituency and are a good example of the police and public working together in helping to beat crime . |
| 8 | Who is more mobile , it asked , the car-driving ‘ Herr Müller ’ who travels 58km daily in getting to work and back or the walking-cycling-bus-using ‘ Herr Schultz ’ who travels a shorter distance but manages to reach more destinations ? |
| 9 | Audit committees are only as good as their members : they will help to enhance standards of corporate governance only if they are made up of truly independent non-executive directors with the experience , the skill and the commitment to : challenge knowledgeably , incisively and fearlessly the actions and judgments of management as they relate to the financial reporting process ; monitor actively management 's commitment to the maintenance of an effective system of internal control ; support the auditors by encouraging them to discuss their findings and views freely ; and act independently and objectively in helping to resolve differences of view between auditors and management . |
| 10 | The sandstone was quarried here at first , but later mined when this was found to be more economical than removing the ‘ overburden ’ — the rock and soil which has to be dug away in quarrying to get at the useful strata . |
| 11 | The answer lay not in trying to play down the search for glory in war , but in channelling these energies towards the service of the king who represented the public good and honour of a nation or people . |
| 12 | But no matter how we dispose of our goods , we are not in woodturning to make a living . |
| 13 | It had been prepared originally by the secret society he had joined two years earlier after being forced off his own rice lands for nonpayment of taxes , and he had copied it out dozens of times already in trying to win new recruits for the society in remote jungle villages far from Saigon . |
| 14 | I 'm told the press is at a loss , finding little of sufficient calibre elsewhere in publishing to satisfy its extremely demanding requirements . |
| 15 | Il ; Lazerdale Ltd. v. City of Glasgow Licensing Board , 1988 G.W.D. 36–1484 ( 1st Div. ) where it was held that a radius of 200 metres was a reasonable " locality " under s. 17(I) ( d ) within Glasgow , and Bury v. Kilmarnock and Loudon District Licensing Board , 1989 S.L.T. 110 , where it was held that the board had exercised its discretion unreasonably in refusing to consider an application for an extension on the basis of non-representation without asking whether that non-representation was material as they had all the facts before them . |
| 16 | The crew from Bankmore Street station set off in fighting form this morning on a 200-mile sponsored cycle ride to Dublin , returning tomorrow . |
| 17 | We can , of course , go further still in trying to analyse the transactions of learning . |
| 18 | Her job might be one of considerable stress and strain , but she really had been incredibly lucky , Laura told herself , not just in being able to afford to buy a penthouse apartment in this large , architectually prestigious warehouse development beside the river at Wapping , but also in managing to persuade her old school-friend Julie to come and share the apartment with her . |
| 19 | Also in commencing to draw , select a part of the picture which is least likely to move position , so that you may have stability in your drawing . |
| 20 | The involuntary bailee does no wrong if he acts reasonably in trying to return the goods . |
| 21 | The tribunal has to consider whether the employer acted reasonably in deciding to sack the employee . |
| 22 | As its energy is used up in trying to keep warm , so its need for food is greater . |
| 23 | The French view was reiterated by de Gaulle at a press conference in September when he attacked the Commission for acting unconstitutionally in attempting to take power away from the national governments , concluding with the statement that France would not participate in the Council of Ministers until the Commission retracted . |
| 24 | But I mean i is n't he right in saying look this is , this is the erm figures he uses are seventy percent of the population that , that they are , if you like , our friends an and if you 're gon na have a revolution successfully you 've got ta make , distinguish between your friends and your enemies and the poor peasants are your real friends . |
| 25 | First er in raising national awareness of the problems , secondly in acting as advocates for children , thirdly in piloting new and innovative methods for helping children and fourthly in acting to protect the interests of children who are the victims of disaster . |
| 26 | Anyhow , all this time Naylor was trying to tell my mother that I was a big lad now , but when I did n't turn up all day Saturday , he and my father had their work cut out in trying to calm her . |
| 27 | Just as there is an imperative to express gratitude formally and publicly to Lord Darlington , who has brought us here and made possible this present spirit of unity and goodwill , there is , I believe , an imperative to openly condemn any who come here to abuse the hospitality of the host , and to spend his energies solely in trying to sow discontent and suspicion . |
| 28 | It therefore provides a good time to reflect on the experience so far in trying to encourage the transfer and synthesis of knowledge across the two fields and to look to the future in the light of that experience . |
| 29 | Adults wo n't get very far in trying to help someone unless they find out what their reasons are . |
| 30 | Nationally , the largest number of homes in bad condition were owner-occupied , and probably reflect the difficulties that the retired home-owner faces today in trying to eke out a fixed income . |