Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun pl] [conj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Hurd went some way to placate this view by assuring MPs that if they did not wish to incorporate the treaty into British law , by voting down the whole bill , then the treaty would not be ratified . |
| 32 | Officers , in both Conservative and Labour areas , became more dependent on radical local politicians to determine spending strategies and whether to cut or to devise ways of outwitting central government controls . |
| 33 | It would n't have taken much brains to realise that Leeds would have a large number of travelling fans and that they would like to eat . |
| 34 | But what he had left her was the key to untangling the harmony of dancing lights and that let her in to a place which like a child she had always stared at unknowing before . |
| 35 | Both crises arose from discontent over the financing of the war , but it is perhaps a measure of the king 's failing powers that whereas in 1340–1 the lead in attacking his ministers had been taken by the king himself , the initiative now rested with a group of lay nobles , chief amongst whom , if some of the chroniclers are to be believed , was the young Earl of Pembroke . |
| 36 | Erm the , the other thing I noticed was that there is very little or no eye contact at all with Martin so you , you were never really looking at him when you were asking questions or when he was giving you the answers back , so there was no er visual acknowledgement whenever he was , he was coming back to you . |
| 37 | She waved to him extravagantly , blowing kisses as though she was on board an ocean liner that was carrying her away from him for ever . |
| 38 | Such damage normally involves earth retaining walls but unless the private residence is also damaged at the same time , there would be no cover for the damage to the wall under this section of the policy . |
| 39 | Their tasks included collecting taxes and when necessary producing labourers for public works on dams , canals or bridges ; and enlisting the required numbers of men for the army who lacked the money to buy themselves out of national service . |
| 40 | In other cases involving schools but where there was no report of any request by the judge , coverage split fairly evenly between occasions when the school was named and those where it was not . |
| 41 | Of these , the unspecialized are typically opportunist , taking fruits as and when they become available . |
| 42 | But he said Yates denied taking steroids and that there had been irregularities in the testing procedures . |
| 43 | Pressure is stimulating , it gets you moving and achieving things but when pressure exceeds you ability to cope , then you 're in the stress arena . |
| 44 | If a class teacher is unduly censorious about reading difficulties or if a parent who , in school , listens to children reading but shows impatience , all that is required of management is the gentle touch . |
| 45 | The committee proposed that a life should be placed on nonconforming uses and that at the expiration of that life the use should be brought to an end without compensation . |
| 46 | Abuse and neglect are also commonly seen in children of mothers with learning disabilities and are particularly common if the fathers also suffer from learning disabilities or if the children themselves are of normal IQ . |
| 47 | I had to ring up and explain about chasing horses and that I 'd be late . |
| 48 | I was doing chequebooks and cards , and I had a very good run on them for about four months , but what with taking drugs and that I collapsed one time when I was working out on the street . |
| 49 | It 's totally different when you 're taking drugs and when you 're dealing them . |
| 50 | I have meant to write to you a hundred times during the last three weeks but at all hours of the day I have been busied with teaching and beating and supervising footballings until when at last after all the animals were caged up and I at last had some peace , I have been too sad & too weary to write anything . |
| 51 | Also reviewable are decisions of prosecuting authorities whether or not to institute proceedings , although the available grounds of review may be limited . |
| 52 | The alternative to a base source is to consider a variety of different sources at different times , selecting titles as and when they are listed . |
| 53 | Now district councils and National Park committees have approach in pursuit of their own plan making activities and although statutory local planning coverage in the county is still incomplete , the planning process at both county and district level , generally aims to meet the Secretary of State 's wishes for North Yorkshire . |
| 54 | My preferance would be to play either Strachan and Rocky together with Speed in the Batty role , this would give him the opportunity to go forward if required plus utilise his good ball winning skills or if i had to choose between the two I would pick Rocky providing he was fit . |
| 55 | As a member of one of the two departments into which the direction politique of the foreign ministry was then divided , he found that he and his colleagues spent much of their time playing draughts and that there was considerable rivalry between the two as to which could make the better " five o'clock tea " . |
| 56 | It said that the auditors knew that Union Discount was extending credit to Berg and it was foreseeable that it would be sent copies of the accounts and would rely on them when making decisions whether or not to continue or extend credit . |
| 57 | These pensioners have to pay standing charges whether or not they use the service , just to ensure that they can use the service when needed . |
| 58 | The Lord Advocate of Scotland and the head of the Scottish police team investigating the bombing said on Dec. 15 , 1989 , that they were not near to making arrests and that there were no immediate plans to request Talb 's extradition . |
| 59 | The strains of a two-week court ordeal showed in her face and in her shaking hands but when she spoke of her determination to fight on her voice was steady . |
| 60 | I came to understand fully about making biscuits and if you make things right you have a chance of selling them — as the Japanese have amply demonstrated . |