Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [noun] in [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do you or do you not , want my help in dealing with Miss Needham-Burrell ? ’ |
| 2 | 1988 ; Grimshaw and Jefferson 1987 ; Trojanowicz and Harden 1985 ) , although there are a number of other studies which emphasize its success in overcoming public hostility to the police ( Brown and Iles 1985 ; McKane 1980 ; cf. Cumberbatch 1983 , Taylor-Griffiths 1988 ) . |
| 3 | They acknowledge their sin in heeding the warnings and the wild stories of the majority of the spies . |
| 4 | He had described as " a fraud " the recent attempts under KGB chairman Gen. Vladimir Kryuchkov to clean up the KGB 's public image and stress its role in fighting genuine crime . |
| 5 | I have a personal contact with Children 's Aid , a registered charity who concentrate their efforts in placing orphans from the streets of Brazil with loving families in Portugal . |
| 6 | Then he went down in this loose scrum , should n't have been there , but he was always a bit of a hero , and I put my foot in looking for the ball and there he was . |
| 7 | Sir Charles Groves and the RPO match their soloist in playing that sounds as though they too know this music well and love it . |
| 8 | How many heads actively support their staff in becoming change agents ? |
| 9 | Full members wishing to attend a meeting should upon receipt of an invitation , register their intention in writing to the secretary of the LIFESPAN User Group . |
| 10 | Three editions of Stringer 's tract , Variety of Surprising Experiments ( 1703 , 1705 , and 1707 ) , supplemented by three published open letters to Woodroffe ( in 1704 and 1707 ) evince his skill in devising these and other chemico-mineral medicines along Paracelsian lines . |
| 11 | We all welcome his precision in noting the fact that the Opposition do not have a proper policy . |
| 12 | The reason for this is related to the way the courts view their role in controlling government . |
| 13 | Reporting in The Phyrologist 1983 , vol I , p 4 ) they describe their success in creating the first hybrid from a plant and animal cell . |
| 14 | Here we will not examine the mixing processes , but accept their role in modifying the water mass as we seek to relate the time-series ( Fig. 2 a ) to the spatial distribution ( Fig. 2b ) . |
| 15 | Individuals decide how to vote , and the objectives of the individual bureaucrat guide his behaviour in carrying out decisions . |
| 16 | ‘ Though I appreciate your bravery in going to aid an old man , ’ Barton began , ‘ the medical profession can not countenance the kind of newspaper scandal and unsavoury publicity that you have brought to St Andrew 's . ’ |
| 17 | We appreciate your concern in allowing ‘ strangers ’ to live in your home but it is better to have your home cared for rather than leaving it empty . |
| 18 | It was at this time that we read Morgan Forster 's article in the Listener about George Crabbe and we were touched and interested enough to seek out a copy of Crabbe 's poems and I well remember my surprise in discovering a mid-19th-century edition in San Diego , I think . |
| 19 | resorted to by the most abandoned characters — poachers , smugglers and night depredators who pass their time in playing at cards for the expenses of the night , in raffling for game and poultry , and concocting plans for future mischief … and not one in ten sells home-brewed beer . |
| 20 | Extraordinarily , the Queen 's Speech does not even include the usual platitudes , promising , in the words of last year 's speech ; that the Government would ’ vigorously pursue their policies in fighting crime . ’ |
| 21 | The commonalty find their justification in speaking by speaking as the mouthpiece of another . |
| 22 | Charge cards companies will not be looking to take on those customers with lower incomes who do not want to pay , or find it difficulty in paying , high credit-card interest rates . |
| 23 | Does being in the business spoil her enjoyment in seeing a concert ? |
| 24 | They claim their work in dealing with violent crime , can not be linked as Sheahy attempts , to other jobs . |
| 25 | Minton 's sober and workmanlike drawings instance his delight in registering rhythmic activity and industrial shapes . |
| 26 | By ejecting the sperm from previous matings , the female may convince the male that her offspring will also be his , and so enlist his aid in rearing them . |
| 27 | Personality and temperament play a part in the attitudes people hold about maintaining a safe environment and affect their efficiency in carrying out the activities involved . |
| 28 | Private sector employers , university entrance authorities , unions and arguably men in general , play their part in maintaining differences in ‘ an individual 's access to four types of social resources : income , power , information and status ’ ( Sugimoto 1982 p.17 ) . |
| 29 | We must continue to put forward an alternative framework within which British farmers can take commercial decisions over the best way to use their skills and resources , play their part in sustaining our rural economy and the countryside , and compete fairly within Europe . |
| 30 | The lighter strings obviously play their part in sustaining the instrument 's longevity by placing less strain on the guitar , especially at that infamous Höfner neck/body join . |