Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] or [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having said that , not saying George Best was one of the greatest players in the world , would be similar to denying Maradona or Cruyff that status . |
| 2 | There are concerns that , once released , GEMs might exhibit some previously unknown pathogenicity , might take over from some naturally occurring bacteria or pass on some perhaps unwanted trait to indigenous bacteria . |
| 3 | We have become more civilised and more sensitive to the needs of individuals , and more reluctant to pander to prurience : hence our law against naming rape or blackmail victims , the limits on reporting evidence in divorce cases , and the rules against revealing old criminal convictions . |
| 4 | Group formation may arise as a result of factors favouring defence or resource acquisition and the sizes and compositions of groups express the effects of social selection within them . |
| 5 | Using this procedure , a quantification of expression of low expressed genes is easy and fast , subject to two limiting factors ; the specificity of the capturing oligonucleotide or probe selected and the amount of total RNA . |
| 6 | Leaving aside for the moment purely defensive moves , not calculated to increase efficiency , responses may , following Eisenberg 's terminology , lead to improvements in operating efficiency or resource efficiency . |
| 7 | Sinking fund or purchase fund effect This also has a negative effect on price . |
| 8 | The several carnivores , such as the badger and the skunk , which are noticeably sluggish for their size , are species which either do not need speed for capturing prey or have alternative means of self-defence . |
| 9 | It is not always in the interest of farmers or agents to go directly to companies with an interest in selling equipment or attempt to design a system themselves . |
| 10 | If you want decorative timber panels on the ceiling , you may need to use a fire retarding paint or varnish on the surface , although this is not usually necessary in most homes . |
| 11 | A labourer complained , " touching in particular the said churchwardens and overseers of the poor , not finding a house and providing labour or work for the said William Ashton to do in the parish " . |
| 12 | The models behind the sun-baked cellophane smiled with shining teeth or pushed out kissing pouts or let their dewy bottom lip drop ; they arched and twisted and perched , strategic stickers interrupted the full view of their parts , spotted animal skins here and there hinted at biting beasts on the loose . |
| 13 | Standard thin sections required for teaching collections or archive purposes can now be given self-adhesive labels on which can be written all the details of the sample . |
| 14 | so you 've gotto take on fast moving traffic or turn right ? right are we asking some more questions ? , |
| 15 | The specialized hummingbirds do not normally maintain feeding territories or defend patches of flowers but ‘ trapline ’ to flowers on other plants of the same species . |
| 16 | Many people even find themselves losing concentration or sleep after a bag-snatching incident . |
| 17 | When people think of giving help or support to those in trouble they nearly always imagine that this help will need to be of an intense and emotional nature . |
| 18 | So why not go along and give Fiona McVey five minutes of your time while having lunch or join her for coffee in the coffee lounge on the first floor of A30 on 24 February between 12 noon and 1.30pm . |
| 19 | You can easily set up default entries to save effort when entering data or include data validation checks to prevent mistakes being made . |
| 20 | Wednesday have now gone seven League games without a win and must start taking chances or stop making basic mistakes at the back . |
| 21 | Do you think there 's a prejudice against women playing football or do you think it 's easy fo for women to play football ? |
| 22 | For example , for the sentence ‘ He picked up a jack ’ , two structures would be produced , differing in the sense of ‘ jack ’ they contained ( playing card or repair implement ) , but both containing a substructure representing the unresolved pronoun . |
| 23 | Probably some day she 'll actually start putting pen or paintbrush to paper and actually doing something . |
| 24 | Try to obtain lifting aids or ask whether these are available . |
| 25 | The provisions relating to abatement of the action on payment within five clear days of all arrears of rent and costs is not applicable where in the same action the lessor is claiming re-entry or forfeiture on a ground other than , or as well as for non-payment of rent . |
| 26 | Both s.1 and s.15 would cover obtaining possession or control by deception . |
| 27 | There are a number of complex proprietary schemes to reduce borrowing costs or enhance income ; most are tax driven . |
| 28 | Preferential treatment is not extended to foreign investment in shipping agencies or travel agencies , and on the retail side joint ventures ( 51% Singaporean ) are preferred . |
| 29 | Simply ask your branch representative for rating guides or contact the Autocover or Homecover staff at Frank Glennon Limited who will be only too pleased to assist you . |
| 30 | Faced with this inexorable decline , the Labour Party from 1984 onwards had embarked upon a massive programme of deregulation which included ( i ) scrapping import licensing ; ( ii ) reducing or abolishing tariffs or export subsidies ; ( iii ) floating the currency ; ( iv ) deregulating the banking sector ; ( v ) reforming the tax system ; ( vi ) establishing an independent central bank ; and ( vii ) privatizing large state-owned companies including Air New Zealand , NZ Telecom , NZ Steel , the government-owned energy group , Petrocorp , and two banks . |