Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These devices are useful for experimenting with different map designs and for the production of ‘ temporary ’ maps . |
| 2 | That 's why this authentic Spanish feast is ideal in summer and for experimenting with some new combinations of flavours . |
| 3 | Balcon saw the potential for bringing into mainstream cinema the observational powers of the documentarists , and their capacity for evoking a quieter form of heroism than that displayed in Ships with Wings . |
| 4 | Thank You for bringing to this country men who are good listeners , who hear Your instructions and obey . ’ |
| 5 | A recommended density of 136 persons per acre ( up to 200 in parts ) would involve the decentralization of 618,000 people , to which would be added a further 415,000 people for decanting from overcrowded places outside the LCC , giving a total of 1,033,000 in all . |
| 6 | The analogy between resting after physical exertion and the relief from sleepiness offered by sleep is very compelling , and many people would agree with it . |
| 7 | John Finnis criticizes positivists for attributing to natural law thinking a wholly deductive methodology such that given the fundamental principle as major premise and a statement of fact as minor premise the one right answer pops out auto-matically . |
| 8 | For this reason I have made a suggestion for eating on each journey . |
| 9 | Last week , they roasted Lavelle for eating at exclusive restaurants at the expense of company officials who were , at the time , under investigation by her department for dumping toxic waste in harbours and unprotected dumps . |
| 10 | The papers had accused Neethling of issuing poison to members of so-called hit squads for administering to anti-apartheid activists . |
| 11 | An information board for each entrance should also be provided , so that visitors can be given topical information — what is going on , what is worth seeing at any given time — as well as permanent information on the Garden itself . |
| 12 | Using Pope 's ‘ Mobil Guide to the North Island ’ we were able to look up what was worth seeing in each of the towns we passed through . |
| 13 | However , for practical reasons , most are concentrating only on the borders to their own territories , and for cultural reasons ( say their customers ) some are still not serious about competing at all , and retain the old , nationalised take-it-or-leave-itism . |
| 14 | But he showed much improved form when stepped up to a mile and three quarters , and is definitely worth opposing over this trip at such a short price . |
| 15 | But unions are for representing people properly , responsibly , not for using as some vehicle for your own political obsessions . |
| 16 | He is well respected and popular , as was shown when Mr Major and the Commons voiced their confidence in him earlier this year when he apologised for singing on Irish TV hours after an IRA atrocity . |
| 17 | Responses in experimental tests , such as reacting to one of a range of flashing lights , have been used to study selective attention . |
| 18 | Against a Bristol side content to cruise through experimenting with back-row moves and threequarter combinations , Irish too often fumbled and scrambled . |
| 19 | That gave him dibs on the scav , not that there would be much worth looting in this sandhole . |
| 20 | The landbuyer should intuitively distinguish those opportunities worth pursuing from those where time and resources will be expended to no effect . |
| 21 | Against those who see his political career as stemming from mundane and this-worldly considerations such as a desire for power , I would argue that there is no good reason to reject his own understanding of the connection between the two . |
| 22 | Grateful thanks go to David Pountain of the BMS for helping with these articles . |
| 23 | The fenoderee possess phenomenal strength and are favoured by farmers for helping with heavy agricultural tasks , in particular they are famous for their skill and thoroughness in harvesting crops , and have been known to thresh a barnful of corn in one night . |
| 24 | If she is serious about knitting for other people she must do four things . |
| 25 | The bid drew the attention of the Takeover Panel , and Burson-Marsteller , Dowty 's public relations advisers , were censured for suggesting to various newspapers during the bid that Dowty 's profits would rise considerably in the future . |
| 26 | FORMER jewel-firm boss Gerald Ratner faces a New Year driving ban for speeding at 110mph-plus in his Mercedes . |
| 27 | He 's been criticised for toying with big ideas ( such as the power of multinationals to destroy a community , in Local Hero ) , then dropping them in favour of Ealingesque whimsy . |
| 28 | This is a free country and people are allowed to sound off about the fur trade , about vivisection , about experimenting with live animals . |
| 29 | A smart , hard-edged bachelor with a taste for fast cars , he had something of a reputation for trawling in various typing pools . |
| 30 | Convulvulus cneorum and Stachys olympica ‘ silver carpet ’ have the added advantage of soft , velvety leaves , ideal for stroking by young hands discovering texture . |