Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this and other cases a number of problems often arose reflecting lack of control and replicability of measurements , insufficient representativeness , unreliable accuracy of data , and problems of finding suitable methods of analysis of the data collected . |
| 2 | When a boy goes ‘ bang bang ’ with his finger , or a more realistic-looking gun , he no more wishes to kill or maim the ‘ enemy ’ than his parents would actually enjoy seeing gouts of blood issuing from a real villain as is shown on television . |
| 3 | The young puffin stopped preening tufts of grey down from its feathers , stood on tiptoe and flapped its growing wings vigorously , sending a small shower of dandruff-like particles across the wooden table . |
| 4 | The initial investigations involved analysing samples of handwriting and calculating the effectiveness of the word length and shape information , assuming that such information were available . |
| 5 | After the vote there was no punishment they could give me anyway , because punishment involved breaking regulations of World Peace . |
| 6 | France 's state-owned Banque Nationale de Paris briefly considered buying parts of Bank of New England , which went bust earlier this year . |
| 7 | When the brain starts signalling production of stress hormones it begins to inhibit sex hormone secretions . ’ |
| 8 | When asked to describe auditory sensations , McKellar 's subjects frequently reported hearing snatches of music which could be recurrent … as is illustrated by a subject who recurrently imaged the last movement of Rachmaninov 's Second Piano Concerto . |
| 9 | I even tried laying trails of cheese that led to my feet , which she scoffed up , but she did n't trust me enough to take the cheese from my hand . |
| 10 | The process of socialization involves forming ideas of family life in children by a variety of devices including the stories that children read . |
| 11 | Harps echo McLaughlin 's scalding guitar figures , synthesisers unleash cascading peals of sound like church bells , sustained low trombone sounds throb beneath the horn and guitar like sensations from a distant engine-room . |
| 12 | His deputy , Igor Malashenko , was made acting chair of Ostankino . |
| 13 | I then cut retaining strips of plastic with a keyhole shape cut out — again made to fit tightly on the plant stem . |
| 14 | wrong anyway in that er I 'll say it 's the er early on it in the report Good defines what he determines a prus trustees duty and as I said to a sort of effectively orb enter into a tr transaction which immediately cost effecting kind of money rather than making money for the pension fund er is against that duty in the first place , but it to it should however be ma made explicit that it is against that duty which I will say stock lending may be okay for a pension fund , but not stock lending where the er pension fund is acting as the borrower rather than the lender . |
| 15 | Oh , I 'd say it is w wrong anyway in that er I say it 's the it 's early er on it in the report Good defines what he determines a trustees duty and as I said to a sort of effectively ought enter into a tr transaction which immediately cost effecting kind of money rather than making money for the pension fund then it is against that duty in the first place , but it 's to it should however be ma made explicit that it is against that duty saying stock lending may be okay for a pension fund , but not stock lending where the er pension fund is acting as the borrower rather than the lender . |
| 16 | The Alliance , like Mr Kohl , favours making use of Article 23 of the West German constitution , which would allow East Germany to join the Federal Republic quickly ; the Social Democrats , whose support will be needed , favour Article 146 , which could mean working out a new all-German constitution first . |
| 17 | The second strand shows the link between the cognitive sets and coping styles which develop from ‘ lack of care ’ when it occurs following loss of mother . |
| 18 | It appears that a decrease in parasite-specific immune responses occurs following elevation of serum prolactin levels . |
| 19 | This involves analysing patterns of illness and mortality , as well as conducting market research to discover what local people perceive to be their needs . |
| 20 | It is 252 feet high in contrast to the older Tour de Romaine on the other side of the façade and is called the Tour de Beurre because money was provided for its erection from payments for dispensations given permitting consumption of butter during Lent ( 471 ) . |
| 21 | While he can usually be relied upon to offend whichever sacred cows the liberal consensus happens to be grazing , the satirical armoury has shown dismaying signs of fatigue . |
| 22 | A condition in this arrangement whereby the plaintiff was to be replaced as architect for the scheme did not constitute inducing breach of contract . |
| 23 | The earth shook again as two mighty hammers pounded cooling plates of iron . |
| 24 | This includes cleaning beaches of sewage , clearing roads of rubbish , and cleaning the street of their ‘ human rubbish ’ — street children . |
| 25 | In the late nineteenth century the trend to lower levels of recorded crime coincided with developments which , other things being equal , would lead us to expect rising levels of recording . |
| 26 | This includes stealing items of equipment , misappropriation of funds , false declaration of hours worked , fraudulent travel and subsistence claims and misuse of official property . |
| 27 | a Computer Typesetting , Graphic Reproduction & Machine Printing suite of work shops ; |
| 28 | The value of the altered goods supplied back by the repairer would be the price agreed taking account of work performed and any charge by the original owner for them . |
| 29 | For example , you mentioned the need for public liability insurance , so I went ahead and arranged that ; I also had signs made saying ‘ Caution : Work in Progress ’ , as you recommended ; I took care to explain to the volunteers to avoid disturbing the kicking stones , and to avoid making heaps of spoil so as not to impede the grass cutter . |
| 30 | Outside lie heaving acres of salt waste . |