Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These devices are useful for experimenting with different map designs and for the production of ‘ temporary ’ maps . |
| 2 | Balcon saw the potential for bringing into mainstream cinema the observational powers of the documentarists , and their capacity for evoking a quieter form of heroism than that displayed in Ships with Wings . |
| 3 | Thank You for bringing to this country men who are good listeners , who hear Your instructions and obey . ’ |
| 4 | A recommended density of 136 persons per acre ( up to 200 in parts ) would involve the decentralization of 618,000 people , to which would be added a further 415,000 people for decanting from overcrowded places outside the LCC , giving a total of 1,033,000 in all . |
| 5 | The analogy between resting after physical exertion and the relief from sleepiness offered by sleep is very compelling , and many people would agree with it . |
| 6 | John Finnis criticizes positivists for attributing to natural law thinking a wholly deductive methodology such that given the fundamental principle as major premise and a statement of fact as minor premise the one right answer pops out auto-matically . |
| 7 | For this reason I have made a suggestion for eating on each journey . |
| 8 | Last week , they roasted Lavelle for eating at exclusive restaurants at the expense of company officials who were , at the time , under investigation by her department for dumping toxic waste in harbours and unprotected dumps . |
| 9 | The papers had accused Neethling of issuing poison to members of so-called hit squads for administering to anti-apartheid activists . |
| 10 | But he showed much improved form when stepped up to a mile and three quarters , and is definitely worth opposing over this trip at such a short price . |
| 11 | But unions are for representing people properly , responsibly , not for using as some vehicle for your own political obsessions . |
| 12 | He is well respected and popular , as was shown when Mr Major and the Commons voiced their confidence in him earlier this year when he apologised for singing on Irish TV hours after an IRA atrocity . |
| 13 | Against a Bristol side content to cruise through experimenting with back-row moves and threequarter combinations , Irish too often fumbled and scrambled . |
| 14 | That gave him dibs on the scav , not that there would be much worth looting in this sandhole . |
| 15 | Grateful thanks go to David Pountain of the BMS for helping with these articles . |
| 16 | If she is serious about knitting for other people she must do four things . |
| 17 | The bid drew the attention of the Takeover Panel , and Burson-Marsteller , Dowty 's public relations advisers , were censured for suggesting to various newspapers during the bid that Dowty 's profits would rise considerably in the future . |
| 18 | He 's been criticised for toying with big ideas ( such as the power of multinationals to destroy a community , in Local Hero ) , then dropping them in favour of Ealingesque whimsy . |
| 19 | This is a free country and people are allowed to sound off about the fur trade , about vivisection , about experimenting with live animals . |
| 20 | A smart , hard-edged bachelor with a taste for fast cars , he had something of a reputation for trawling in various typing pools . |
| 21 | Convulvulus cneorum and Stachys olympica ‘ silver carpet ’ have the added advantage of soft , velvety leaves , ideal for stroking by young hands discovering texture . |
| 22 | However , British people probably have reasons for reacting to black immigrants in this way . |
| 23 | The best speech synthesisers are capable of producing speech of such high quality that only an expert can distinguish it from a recording of a human being 's speech ; less sophisticated synthesisers are becoming so cheap that they can now be bought for attaching to ordinary micro-computers . |
| 24 | So much milk came into Waterloo that it was renowned for smelling of sour milk all day . |
| 25 | These teachings clearly influenced the early books of The Prelude , and it is worth digressing at this point to see how Wordsworth amended and yet clung to the spirit of Rousseau 's ideals . |
| 26 | However , it is worth reflecting on another dimension of the law and order forces . |
| 27 | A highly effective device for typing in new walls to existing masonry has been introduced by Furfix Products . |
| 28 | He thought that he learnt a lot about preaching from this experience . |
| 29 | The initial step of this migration through basement membranes is thought to be the adhesion of tumour cells , which is mainly mediated through binding of extracellular matrix components to tumour cell surface receptors . |
| 30 | Fuchs wanted to solve his finance problems by selling off two Picassos in order to set up an endowment fund : the attempt was foiled although it resulted in a healthy debate about de-accessioning in Dutch museums . |