Example sentences of "[prep] [det] [v-ing] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 It may therefore provide opportunities for some implementing agencies to develop new initiatives that were perhaps not originally envisaged .
2 Fragments of tRNA , that evidently have lost their intact tertiary tRNA-structure , may also function as substrates for some modifying enzymes , as shown for tRNA ( m 5 U54 ) methyltransferase from E.coli ( 7 ) and tRNA(Gm18)methyltransferase from Thermus thermophilus ( 8 ) .
3 These bodies My Lords are after all precepting authorities and I think it crucial that those who 've been elected by their local communities should be in a clear majority and I sympathise very much with the er proposition in this regard , set out in the Noble Lord , Lord 's Amendment number twenty-one .
4 The significance of some confirming instances of a theory according to the inductivist position described in Chapter 1 is determined solely by the logical relationship between the observation statements that are confirmed and the theory that they support .
5 Directives always set a time limit for the adoption of such implementing measures .
6 The consequences of such triggering events will usually be mediated by certain ‘ predisposing factors ’ ( for example family circumstances ) , which may themselves have personal or social consequences .
7 The extent of these learning skills has been ingeniously studied for individual bees by Randolf Menzel in Berlin over the past two decades , and he has been able to clarify the role of many regions of the bee 's head ganglion .
8 In addition , the government provided 158 million for institutions of higher education outside the auspices of these funding councils , notably the Open University , Cranfield Institute of Technology and the Royal College of Art .
9 Both of these reading techniques are examples of how reading is a selective activity .
10 It was one of these translating jobs which led to the Encyclopedie .
11 And there was much in that , for the policy of these raiding parties was always to loot , never to attempt the towns or the castles if there was strong possibility of resistance .
12 Modern breeds of these homing pigeons return so reliably and are so tame and amenable that they make excellent subjects with which to investigate the homing ability .
13 To make the the hinge strong and efficient there are usually complex arrangements of teeth and sockets there , and the arrangement of these articulating devices is very important in identifying the different kinds of clams .
14 The most obvious of these building elements are plates arranged radially , looking like the spokes of a bicycle wheel in section ( septa ) .
15 As the Ford booklet points out , there is more than enough of these demanding tasks to keep you busy .
16 Both of these staining reagents were used as directed by the manufacturer 's instructions .
17 Subsequent workshops were used to train participants in the use of these coding sheets , how to decipher taxation rolls , how to conduct interviews effectively etc .
18 As a result of a growing awareness of the effects of these inhibiting factors and of the lack of success of previous strategies at user level in the late 1970s , the individual approach came into fashion supported by a number of initiatives .
19 When we come to look in detail at the Nikol'skaia peasantry in 1922 , many of these inhibiting features will become more evident .
20 The break-up of Pangaea ( Fig. 2.16 ) generated a considerable length of passive continental margins and analysis of the palaeomagnetic record of the continents and the subsequently created ocean floor has given us a fairly good idea of the timing of most of these rifting episodes .
21 Many of these predisposing factors are observed more often among drug users than among homosexual men .
22 Many of these eating places offer their customers Perrier , which is recognised across the world as the perfect partner for food .
23 Of those prosecuted criminally , about 80 per cent were convicted , the majority of these entering pleas of nolo contendere , which means they refused to defend themselves .
24 Inadequate limits being set on the child 's behaviour , possible reinforcement of the aggression and modelling of aggression , and poor control of emotional reactions were all part of the learning history of these abusing children .
25 Of these imaging studies performed before presentation to hospital , four ( 21% ) barium meal examinations gave false negative results in group A while six ( 14% ) barium meal examinations and 10 ( 31% ) ultrasound scans gave false negative results in group B. Of the studies done at the hospital , one ( 4% ) barium meal examination in group A and two ( 5% ) barium meal examinations and one ( 3% ) ultrasound scan in group B gave false negative results .
26 Nicholson then observed that introducing one or more sulphonic acid residues ( Nicholson 's blue , 5 ) greatly improved the handling properties of these colouring agents .
27 They have they not Cos I thought they were going to buy some of these drilling machines .
28 Other experiments will involve presenting faces on video , and comparing recognition of these moving faces with recognition using still photographs .
29 But sometimes these hiding places were found ; and I think that Ann and I had stumbled into one of these hiding places , where the women and children had lain , trembling with fear , listening to the sound of their approaching persecutors .
30 It is very important for parents to get professional help as soon as they recognize any of these warning signs .
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