Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | a stage in book binding where after sewing the sheets are pressed to expel air . |
| 2 | It is a mental and imaginative experience ; it is awareness , and it may express itself in drawing and painting , or it may express itself in writing , or in moving , or in singing or in playing . |
| 3 | A student can get in touch with the Counselling Service by phoning or by calling in to either office . |
| 4 | It moves to the right as text is typed and may increase in size in the selection ( highlighting ) of text for editing or for executing commands . |
| 5 | For instance , winking groups with other ways of warning or of doubting or of sharing complicity , depending on a context which is a matter not of physical description but of the form of social intercourse . |
| 6 | It er it 's difficult to tell y'know whether people are under attributing or over attributing . |
| 7 | The energy of the falling grains may not be absorbed in rebounding or in starting saltation by impact , but may be used in disturbing a number of grains , which are driven forward for a short distance on the surface . |
| 8 | Such ‘ temporary exceedances ’ , said DoE , could be dealt with by natural denitrification in storage reservoirs , by blending or by using other sources . |
| 9 | Rosé Champagne is achieved either by blending or by allowing the black grape skins ( Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier ) to stay in contact with the juice long enough to impart a pale rose colour . |
| 10 | At the level of whole societies , written language serves the functions of record keeping and of storing both information and literary works . |
| 11 | At any rate , he used the programme again and again to warn of what was happening and in doing so , he created a public awareness of conservation issues that was , I am sure , without parallel before that time . |
| 12 | Each cell is a unit : it contains genes in the form of DNA , which determine what form the cell will take ; and it contains machinery for protecting and for carrying out the ‘ instructions ’ of those genes . |
| 13 | For once the camera did lie , not about the beauty she was becoming but in camouflaging the vulnerable personality behind her effortless capacity to dazzle . |
| 14 | Additional risks can come via overambitious growth plans , vulnerability to technology or product development , over-gearing or through backing ‘ one-man bands ’ . |
| 15 | It was certainly the case that in the first centuries the example of Jesus must have been a tremendous model for living and for dying . |
| 16 | Narrow-mindedness in living and in dealing was short-sighted and led to failure , wrote Samuel Smiles in his best-seller Self-Help ( 1859 ) , but every man ought to live within his means . |
| 17 | Paradoxically the miriad-mind is the ‘ I ’ mind , the mind which does not simply observe , but enters into the essence of other substances or beings , be they people , animals , things or even the ghosts and spirits , angels and demons , which Reason itself has not yet driven out of the world we experience in waking and sleeping , in loving and in hating . |
| 18 | Marketing is about infinite improvements , by listening and by responding to people you increase involvement , engage commitment and win loyalty . |
| 19 | Similarly , there can be damaging consequences from repeated drug use , smoking , caffeine ingestion , gambling , excessive exercise , overwork , slimming , overeating , forced vomiting and from making inappropriate relationships but this does not mean that all people who suffer damaging consequences are necessarily addicted to any of these processes . |
| 20 | This knowledge is revealed in different ways of acting and in accounting since each is directed to a different end . |
| 21 | Moreover Prothero , a historian , perhaps had no ideas about poetic diction one way or the other ; Pound , as we have seen , thought himself victimized by Prothero not for anything to do with writing but for having championed Lewis the painter and Gaudier the sculptor . |
| 22 | And those who take part in groups have to show a parallel commitment to working within the spirit of the process ; putting as much energy into listening as in talking , staying on task , collaborating rather than competing in the pursuit of common objectives . |
| 23 | You could too , choose rather different wall treatments for the dining part : flame-proofed fabric ; wallpaper , a warm , dark paint , and add pictures , prints , objects , favourite collections , bookshelves , anything that emphasises that the space is as much for living as for working in . |
| 24 | By apologising and by approving some measure of financial compensation to haemophiliacs , the government is , in effect , initiating the Japanese process of forgiveness and acceptance that will restore harmony among the parties involved . |
| 25 | There is much vocal participation by all who are present , in singing and in giving testimonies or prophecies , as well as in speaking or singing in tongues . |
| 26 | The British Technology Group will be responsible for all patenting and for handling licensing of any technologies which the member companies do not want . |
| 27 | This prevents the rabbits from struggling and from getting further entangled in the netting . |
| 28 | The President would ( i ) submit to the Congress of People 's Deputies annual reports on the state of the country , and would brief the USSR Supreme Soviet " on the most important matters of the USSR 's domestic and foreign policy " ; ( ii ) propose to the USSR Supreme Soviet ( and subsequently to the Congress for confirmation ) candidates for the posts of the Chair of the USSR Council of Ministers ( Prime Minister ) , Chair of the USSR Committee of People 's Control , Chair of the USSR Supreme Court , USSR Procurator General and USSR Chief State Arbiter , as well as recommend to the USSR Supreme Soviet and to the Congress the removal of these officials ( with the exception of the Chairman of the USSR Supreme Court ) ; ( iii ) place before the USSR Supreme Soviet the question of forcing or of accepting the resignation of the USSR Council of Ministers , and would appoint and remove in conjunction with the Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers members of that body ( subject to confirmation by the USSR Supreme Soviet ) ; ( iv ) sign USSR laws , being entitled within a period of no more than two weeks to refer a law and objections to it back to the USSR Supreme Soviet for further discussion and voting ( should the USSR Supreme Soviet confirm its earlier decision by a two-thirds majority in both its chambers the President would be obliged to sign the law ) ; ( v ) enjoy the right to suspend the operation of USSR Council of Ministers resolutions and instructions ; and ( vi ) propose to the Congress of People 's Deputies the dissolution and re-election of the USSR Supreme Soviet in the event of an irreconcilable dispute over legislation arising between that body 's two chambers . |
| 29 | But he would be befriending him , and all others here , better by going than by staying . |
| 30 | But even if you have all the gifts essential for making a first-rate interviewer you will still benefit from learning as much as possible about the theory of interviewing and from practising your skills . |