Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [v-ing] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Equally , regularity and evenness of knotting are crucial to the structural and compositional integrity of a rug : the knot-count should be the same throughout the entire rug and the rows straight and uniformly spaced . |
| 2 | Plenty of studies , and my own experience of talking to people in the construction industry and especially small businesses , have shown that the fear of poaching is constant . |
| 3 | So the styling of shoeing is different . |
| 4 | The story is highly symbolic as the action of anointing is Messianic . |
| 5 | He starts with the disadvantage of having been wrong in the past . |
| 6 | • A special microwave recipe section , so you can take advantage of microwaving 's superb time-saving and nutritional benefits . |
| 7 | Above all , the congregation will hear the voice of the Lord through the preaching , but what kind of preaching is desirable in these new churches ? |
| 8 | Even if the act of punishing was cheap , and of being punished expensive , this would still not be sufficient to guarantee stability , because of the problem of the ‘ free rider ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ A degree of spitting is beneficial . |
| 10 | This position of American Botanist to the King of England Bartram held until the outbreak of the Revolution , supplying the boxes of plants and seeds for which , Collinson remarked , ‘ the honour of giving is sufficient , but there is no notice taken of the freight and other charges ’ . |
| 11 | It has often been said that heads are recruited largely on the basis of having been successful classroom teachers and are therefore appointed to a new task on the basis of their ability in a different job . |
| 12 | Investment is expected to remain subdued and a period of destocking is possible as firms respond to lower demand . |
| 13 | As always , his knack of disarming was successful , and she was even laughing as they went into the foyer of the Tudor Queen where Sam and Anna awaited them . |
| 14 | The success of the concept of franchising is self-evident as it has grown to encompass more and more business sectors . |
| 15 | The implication ( 33 ) 5 , that the day of speaking is other than Wednesday or Thursday , is also due to deixis ( explained in Chapter z ) , for the word Thursday in utterance ( iii ) is used in a deictic way that invokes pragmatic parameters ( there are other usages that do not , e.g. Pay day is Thursday ) . |
| 16 | Piggott was knocked unconscious when his mount Mr Brooks severed a foreleg during the Breeders ' Cup Sprint at Gulfstream Park , the opening event of racing 's unofficial world championships . |
| 17 | However , she gave no sign of having been aware of its presence , and watched with interest while he pointed to a red line that wandered over the map . |
| 18 | Martin Luther remarked , ‘ The art of doubting is easy , for it is an ability that is born with us . ’ |
| 19 | By contrast , the stance of doing is concerned with acting upon those phenomena to bring about change , although the capacity to react or respond to phenomena may be a precondition of successful action in some cases , for example in the diagnosis of human problems and situations , as Ryan ( 1984 ) points out in relation to medicine . |
| 20 | Chapter 12 will examine the challenge to the notion that the shareholders are uniquely qualified to be holders of residual rights , and the argument that a form of productive organisation in which the trading surplus accrues to the employees rather than the providers of capital is capable of operating no less efficiently , at least as far as the control of shirking is concerned , than the existing corporate form . |
| 21 | In uncontrolled studies , the use of heater probe in active bleeding ulcers or in ulcers with stigmata of recent haemorrhage , achieves haemostasis in 75 to 100% of cases , and in 69 to 86% of patients the control of bleeding is definitive . |
| 22 | For patients who are bleeding acutely technetium-labelled red cell isotope scans or technetium-labelled sulphur colloid scans may provide additional information but when the rate of bleeding is slow , as in most patients with iron deficiency anaemia , these investigations are not helpful . |
| 23 | The method of converting is simple . |
| 24 | Their method of working is sympathetic to the environment , but 20th century economic realities have put all but a handful out of business . |
| 25 | The method of working was fine and you would n't have known there were any interruptions when you saw the programme . |
| 26 | Since patronising behaviour always contains a curious element of innocence , Boswell was inflated with pride , ‘ elated by the thought of having been able to entice such a man to this remote part of the world ’ , and his tongue , thus loosened , flicked out a memorable simile of himself . |
| 27 | The amount of slashing is optional for the time being . |
| 28 | The reciprocal motion of pointing is asymmetric . |
| 29 | Social workers who find practice with old people somewhat daunting , as discussed earlier may find this way of working is helpful . |
| 30 | The order of scanning is complicated . |