Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [v-ing] [noun] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Besides , he knew in his heart of hearts evacuating Heymouth was the right thing to do . |
| 2 | On the altar with Mgr Steele and parish priest Mgr Philip Holroyd were representatives of the different congregations , and a procession of gifts symbolising unity was made by children from St. Austin 's school . |
| 3 | Prof Parker added that the number of children trying booze was far more worrying . |
| 4 | Her best-known work was her detailed investigation of the serpentines , and her joint paper with Bonney in 1905 on the microscopic structure of minerals forming serpentine was of special interest . |
| 5 | The mean maintenance dose in patients receiving cyclosporin was ( mean ( SD ) ) 4.1 ( 1.1 ) mg/kg/day taken orally in two equal doses and the mean cyclosporin trough level was 90 ( 25 ) ng/ml . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , the median increase in survival in patients receiving chemotherapy was six months , during which time , overall quality of life , was at least as good as in patients receiving supportive care . |
| 7 | The authors of the MRC trial suspected that the significant excess of cancer seen in men taking atenolol was a chance observation . |
| 8 | The forecast growth in numbers seeking employment was due to the increase in numbers of young people coming into the labour market , because of a bulge in the birth rate 16+ years ago , and a substantial increase in the number of married women returning to work . |
| 9 | Furthermore , the Papal instruction to missionaries visiting Britain was that pagan shrines should be converted to Christian use rather than destroyed . |
| 10 | Ironically it was during the very period that heroin was covertly establishing a hold in the community that concern about adolescents misusing solvents was the subject of official response . |
| 11 | In the Medical Research Council 's trial the relative risk of dying from cancer for men receiving atenolol was 1.9 compared with placebo ( 1.2 to 2.8 ) and 1.4 ( 0.9 to 2.2 ) compared with diuretic . |
| 12 | After randomisation , the number of days spent in hospital by patients undergoing surgery was significantly greater than for those randomised to sclerotherapy ( 26.9 v 10.3 , p<0.001 ) . |