Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] or [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The overweight person , on the other hand , is usually not so mindful of internal sensations as a cue for eating or abstaining , and is less likely to take exercise as an antidote to excess indulgence . |
| 2 | Find out what it is used for ( eg are the apples for eating or cooking with ? ) . |
| 3 | If you want cold hard-boiled eggs for eating or playing with , use either natural dyes or edible food colourings . |
| 4 | An example of a custom built chip might be one designed to monitor the pressure in some continuous process operation such as steelmaking or papermaking , where the processor would fit into a particular part of the host plant . |
| 5 | Training in skills such as singing or dancing often seems to involve not just acquiring technique , but opening a way through to the basic level of power so that it can ‘ fuel ’ the performance . |
| 6 | One of the problems confronting a teacher who wishes to present effective arguments for maintaining or expanding the teaching of history in a school or college is the way in which many people perceive the subject . |
| 7 | But at the same time , it increased risks for national governments , both as helmsmen for the national economy and as the ultimate authority responsible for maintaining or improving the creditworthiness of the state as a debtor seeking finance from the system . |
| 8 | Perhaps the most important point is that , regardless of who may be at the launch point , the pilot alone bears the responsibility for accepting or rejecting the launch in the light of the situation as he sees it from the cockpit . |
| 9 | formal objective criteria adopted for accepting or rejecting identified risks |
| 10 | The narwhal has developed other techniques to capture its food , such as sucking or blowing . |
| 11 | An extremely ‘ permissive ’ parent , on the other hand , attempts to behave in a non-punitive , accepting and affirmative manner towards children 's impulses , desires and actions ; always to consult with them about policy decisions and give explanations for family rules ; to make few demands for household responsibility and orderly behaviour ; to present himself/herself to them as someone to call upon for help and company as they wish , rather than as an active ‘ disciplinary agent ’ responsible for shaping or altering behaviour . |
| 12 | Points were awarded for where information was repeated ; for example , for the sentence ‘ I saw a man with a telescope ’ , the reading where the prepositional phrase attaches to the verb would score more highly because ‘ telescope ’ was defined as a thing for seeing or looking with . |
| 13 | The process is known as rightsizing or downsizing : both terms are potentially misleading . |
| 14 | It is then assumed that if the child demonstrates a knowledge of the rules for producing or comprehending language in one setting , that knowledge will be transported with the child to any other setting and will be available for deployment in communicative interaction . |
| 15 | HIV is not transmitted by insect bites , nor through coughing or sneezing , as insufficient amounts of virus are present . |
| 16 | He had no nerves and no shame about singing or performing when ‘ the necessary ’ was in short supply . |
| 17 | Until the passing of the Forster Education Act in 1870 , most training in music was obtained primarily , if not solely , through singing or playing in churches , chapels and cathedrals . |
| 18 | Under the Acts it is a criminal offence for a dealer to offer or agree to give an inducement or reward to another for abstaining or having abstained from bidding . |
| 19 | The UK government measures the lead in tapwater that has been running for several minutes , as it would be if you had a bath in it , and not the first few pints or cupfuls , as you would use for cooking or making a cup of tea . |
| 20 | Gooseberries , for example , can be picked for cooking or processing when they are still hard and green , flowers are often cut while still in bud and many roots or salad crops are at their most palatable when young and tender . |
| 21 | So evidence ( whether behavioural or biological ) of a creature 's ability or inability to perform certain computations could count as theoretical grounds for ascribing or denying experiences of certain types to it . |
| 22 | A small pair of scissors , about 15cm ( 6in ) long are useful for trimming or unpicking . |
| 23 | Such loans would provide lower interest rates for rebuilding or replacing older aircraft by the year 2000 , as required by law . |
| 24 | Between the 1st day of July 1987 and the 15th day of October 1987 conspired together and with other persons fraudulently to induce persons to enter into agreements for acquiring or subscribing for securities , namely shares in Blue Arrow plc , by making statements which they knew to be misleading , false or deceptive or by dishonestly concealing material facts or by recklessly making statements which were misleading , false or deceptive namely : 1.1 By failing to notify the Company Announcements Office of the Quotations Department of the International Stock Exchange by way of a Class 2 announcement ( as provided for by Section 6 of the Council of the Stock Exchange 's admission of securities to listing ) following the purchase of shares in Manpower Incorporated for a consideration in excess of 5 per cent of the consolidated net assets of Blue Arrow ; 1.2 By concealing the fact that the level of Acceptances of provisionally allotted new ordinary shares in Blue Arrow was 38.04 per cent at the expiry of the offer by way of rights issue at 3pm on September 28 , 1987 ; 1.3 By concealing the fact that 54,625,000 new ordinary shares in Blue Arrow were taken up after 3pm on September 28 , 1987 ; 1.4 By falsely stating that , in connection with the rights issue of 504.4 million new ordinary shares in Blue Arrow , acceptances had been received in respect of 246.5 million shares which represented 48.9 per cent of the rights issue . |
| 25 | BASS , the UK 's biggest brewer and pub owner , are now well on their way to meeting the November 1992 deadline for disposing or freeing half their pubs over the 2,000 limit . |
| 26 | The panels can be fitted over a variety of surfaces including existing tiles and uneven walls without the need for stripping or replastering . |
| 27 | Service courses , to judge by what one hears , are a frequent source of irritation on both sides , with the provider unhappy about cannibalizing or trivializing his or her discipline and the consumer complaining that the course is not geared or geared down to his or her needs . |
| 28 | In this case it 's mine , and meant for launching or switching between applications . |
| 29 | The barriers to rationality outlined above , in terms of the lack of organisational , intellectual resources and time mean that the well-intentioned official will settle for satisficing or getting by . |
| 30 | For these features have only to be noticed for it to be seen that very considerable scope exists for denying or undermining the exercise of the right . |