Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A subfamily of the Ophiacanthidae with small imbricating transparent scales or skin covering the disk , the scales often armed with spinelets or granules which may obscure them ; the disk sack-like , sometimes indented interradially ; the radial shields not integrated with the disk but over laid by the scales or skin covering the disk with only their distal ends evident ; the jaws as broad as long ; one to several apical papillae flanked by three to many oral papillae each side ; tentacle pores not conspicuously large usually armed with at least one tentacle scale ; arm spines vary in length but dorsal ones usually longer than one arm segment , sometimes forming a fan on proximal arm segments . |
| 2 | A subfamily of the Ophiacanthidae with small imbricating transparent scales or skin covering the disk , the scales often armed with spinelets or granules which may obscure them ; the disk sack-like , sometimes indented interradially ; the radial shields not integrated with the disk but over laid by the scales or skin covering the disk with only their distal ends evident ; the jaws as broad as long ; one to several apical papillae flanked by three to many oral papillae each side ; tentacle pores not conspicuously large usually armed with at least one tentacle scale ; arm spines vary in length but dorsal ones usually longer than one arm segment , sometimes forming a fan on proximal arm segments . |
| 3 | Silent serial recall of similar-sounding words ( homophones ) or signs sharing the same handshape ( non-homophones in English ) was used as a base for considering the effect of overt rehearsal either in sign ( into sign ) , or in words ( into words ) . |
| 4 | The bill of lading is a document that the master of the vessel gives to the merchant-shipper in which he acknowledges having received on board a number of packages or cases containing the quantity or quality of merchandise to be consigned or delivered to a person in the place where the ship must go . |
| 5 | But he shoved them aside like inconsiderate pushers-in at a concert , and went on listening to Izzie playing her pipe or Lucie speaking the verses . |
| 6 | Eventually the state came to be a repressive tool or instrument serving the interests of a new ruling class based upon the ownership of capital not land . |
| 7 | A very constrained grammar might not contain any template or rule allowing the phrase wreck a nice , instead of the item recognise , at a particular point in processing ; a more general grammar might have to consider both interpretations . |
| 8 | a continuous decorative design or rule surrounding the matter on the page . |
| 9 | Surely the offence of incest should cover all cases of vaginal or anal penetration or penetration involving the penis . |
| 10 | Or Strauss congratulating the two of them on ‘ this piece of poetry which is quite exceptionally suited to music ’ ? |
| 11 | It will also inherit any disease or deformity affecting the donor ( whereas few problems are transmitted by seed ) , so it is important to take material from the best healthy plants . |
| 12 | provided that a member or a beneficial owner of a share shall only be required to reimburse the Society to the extent that the Society has been unable to recover the amount of the grant from the recognised body or the officer or employee committing the act or default or the personal representative , trustee in bankruptcy or liquidator or any such person . |
| 13 | but to the extent only that the Law Society has been unable to recover the amount of the grant from the Company or the officer or employee committing the act or default or the personal representative , trustee in bankruptcy or liquidator of any such person or body corporate . |
| 14 | but to the extent only that the Law Society has been unable to recover the amount of the grant from the Company or the officer or employee committing the act or default or the personal representative , trustee in bankruptcy or liquidator of any such person or body corporate . |
| 15 | Such preservation will be most likely where particular programs were run to determine the structural stability or the environmental efficiency of a building or the individual or institution commissioning the structure had been asked to accept a particular design after a ‘ virtual visit to or walk around of ’ the planned building . |
| 16 | The decision was taken by the Department of Trade & Industry following the sale of the laboratory site for £25 million . |
| 17 | From Figuration Libre painters , each portrayed in his own iconographical universe , he moved on to more natural , less intrusive backgrounds in his silkscreen-on-metal prints of Tunisian children or Berliners celebrating the fall of the Wall . |
| 18 | This presents no problem if the seller has a certificate or certificates representing the precise amount sold to a single buyer . |
| 19 | ( 4 ) Are there to the seller 's knowledge any adverse rights or informal arrangements or licences affecting the property not disclosed in the draft contract ? ( 5 ) If the property has central heating : ( a ) approximately when was it installed ? ( b ) when was it last serviced ? ( c ) is it working satisfactorily ? ( 6 ) Please confirm that all fixtures and fittings referred to in the selling agents ' particulars , if any , are included in the purchase price . |
| 20 | A straight mantleshelf will appeal to the bold or those unconcerned by the prospect of knees or feet catching the underside of the projection causing this impasse , while the downright devious will immediately start to shuffle , heart in the mouth , leftwards to the other side of the arête , from where a straightforward step up gains the shelf and relief . |
| 21 | inhibitions through teenagers or parents sharing the house |
| 22 | So in OALD the examples support and enlarge on the definitions ; they are sentences or phrases showing the word or phrase which has been defined in use . |
| 23 | The component , system , whole car or initiative making the greatest contribution to furthering safety in cars |
| 24 | The item , system , process or initiative making the greatest contribution to reducing the impact of cars on the environment |
| 25 | It is also vital that any incident or accident involving the emergency services ( police , fire or ambulance ) is notified to Peter Bateman at Felcourt as soon as possible so that he is briefed to dal with consequent media enquiries . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , even though the procedural obstacles in partnership dissolution may be merely inconvenient , the company is probably the easier form to maintain without death or retirement disrupting the organisation . |
| 27 | The Contempt of Court Act 1981 does not help to resolve the general problem since it simply defines a ‘ court ’ as including ‘ tribunal or body exercising the judicial power of the State . ’ |
| 28 | ( 1 ) A licensing board shall not refuse to grant a licence under this Part of this Act except under subsection ( 2 ) below or on one or more of the following grounds : ( a ) that the applicant is disqualified by or under this or any other enactment for holding a licence or is in other respects not a fit and proper person to hold a licence under this Part of this Act ; or ( b ) that the premises to which an application relates are not fit and convenient for the purposes of the canteen ; or ( c ) in a case where objection has been made to the situation of the canteen , on the ground specified in the objection ; or ( d ) that the applicant or body providing the canteen has entered into an agreement limiting the sources from which the alcoholic liquor or the mineral waters to be sold in the canteen may be obtained ; but nothing in this subsection shall prevent a licensing board from specifying in the licence granted by it the types of liquor ( including if the board thinks fit types of liquor other than those in respect of which the application for the licence was made ) which may be sold under the licence , and the holder of the licence or his employee or agent shall be guilty of an offence , if he sells alcoholic liquor of a type other than that specified in the licence . |
| 29 | Additional accommodation and travel expenses necessarily incurred following late arrival at the UK departure point due to the failure of Public Transport services ( or due to an accident or breakdown involving the motor vehicle in which the insured is travelling ) . |
| 30 | In Hinduism ‘ Om ’ is the primal sound or vibration accompanying the creative process . |