Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] the [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The houses claimed , however , that they had informed the Ministry of Finance of the payments in 1990 , and that the ministry had chosen not make the information public , preferring to instruct the securities houses to discipline those personnel responsible . |
| 2 | Preferring to pound the rugby pitch rather than passively wait for Valentine 's cards dropping through the letter box , the efforts of the 15 women on the Scotland side were rewarded with a 10-0 win . |
| 3 | It was touching to see the preparations Constance — and her new maid — had gone to . |
| 4 | An off-duty cop spotted him slumped in the driver 's seat fumbling to find the ignition button to start the trip to Penzance . |
| 5 | But among those with special achievements to their credit were the branches at Knebworth ( Hertfordshire ) , Kelvedon , Manningtree and Wivenhoe ( Essex ) , all of which published village histories during 1953–54 ; at Hemel Hempstead which duplicated and sold Welfare and the State , the log-book of weekly discussions in a Long Terminal on ‘ Economic and Social Problems ’ held in 1956–57 ; at Linton ( Cambridgeshire ) which followed up a music course by helping to launch the Linton Music Festival in July 1957 , destined to become an annual event ; and at Colchester where a Tutorial on archaeology from 1955 to 1958 led to the formation of the Colchester Archaeological Group . |
| 6 | He was largely responsible for its recognition in the West : by his pioneering studies in ancient Indian art , such as Indian Sculpture and Painting ( 1908 ) and The Ideals of Indian Art ( 1911 ) ; by encouraging the fledgling Bengal School with sustained writings on its behalf ; and finally by helping to found the India Society with ( Sir ) William Rothenstein [ q.v. ] , for many years the bastion of Indian culture in Europe . |
| 7 | If some of Hoppé 's portraits and genre pictures have not stood the test of time , his influence on his contemporaries , his restless experimentation , his role in helping to found the London Salon of Photography , and his nineteen books made him an important figure in the history of twentieth-century photography . |
| 8 | Many churches overseas are struggling to meet the AIDS challenge . |
| 9 | The yanks were itching to see the pop conquerors of late '89 , but a series of postponed tours and a lack of vinyl has seriously affected the Roses ' US invasion potential — not that they care , preferring to slip back into the easy pace of their pre-fuss lifestyle . |
| 10 | The yanks were itching to see the pop conquerors of late '89 , but a series of postponed tours and a lack of vinyl has seriously affected the Roses ' US invasion potential — not that they care , preferring to slip back into the easy pace of their pre-fuss lifestyle . |
| 11 | However , evidence submitted by the prosecution , appearing to support the defence claims , was admitted . |
| 12 | 700 the area of circulation of the sceatta or penny , introduced probably in Kent in the 670s , was widening to embrace the Thames valley and Hamwic , near Southampton , was emerging as an important trading settlement to become within a few decades ‘ possibly the largest and most densely populated town in eighth-century England ’ . |
| 13 | The last time anyone saw her was shortly after 7pm , when it was getting dark and she was returning to catch the cable car . ’ |
| 14 | The last time anyone saw her was shortly after 7pm , when it was getting dark and she was returning to catch the cable car . ’ |
| 15 | Allison is bidding to pull the West Country club off the bottom of the First Division table . |
| 16 | The right fork ran through pine forest well below the level of the meadow before climbing to meet the quarry track , which ran in a slight curve following the concave face of the mountain . |
| 17 | There certainly seems to be a lot of climbing to reach the iron bar at 60ft . |
| 18 | Jets are also bidding to reach the cup final for the first time and their semi-final with West Coast is likely to be the closest of the day . |
| 19 | ‘ Laughing shakes the tubing loose . ’ |
| 20 | Examples include warning someone so as to render police investigation fruitless ( Hinchcliffe v Sheldon [ 1955 ] 1 WLR 1207 ) and drinking alcohol after driving to frustrate the breath test procedure ( Ingleton v Dibble [ 1972 ] 1 QB 480 ) . |
| 21 | Here , an ex-governor makes much of the TV programmes he is launching to revitalise the Republican Party ; there , a senator finds himself , quite by chance , eating rubber chicken in both Iowa and New Hampshire . |
| 22 | For example , Manning ( 1977 ) showed how policemen and women in the ranks have an ability to bypass or undermine innovations introduced by police managers , some even doing so while appearing to endorse the policy change ( Chatterton 1979 ) . |
| 23 | Mr Lapointe hopes to begin in Bolivia , where poaching threatens the caiman crocodile . |
| 24 | However , there are some women who display total commitment to their men without appearing to need the safety net of marriage . |
| 25 | He argues that , even though fluctuations around a country 's equilibrium growth path are likely to be damped , random disturbances will be continually occurring to stop the equilibrium path from being achieved and to maintain the cyclical variations in a fairly regular pattern . |
| 26 | The competition lacked the prestige of the League Championship , and its future looked uncertain as one club after another abandoned it by successfully applying to enter the Football League — Bristol City in 1901 , Chelsea in 1905 , Fulham in 1907 and Tottenham in 1908 . |
| 27 | US Drug Enforcement Administration agents will stay in Peru , helping to destroy the coca crop and intercept traffickers . |
| 28 | First , it would consolidate the structures of the developing national authority which is competing to replace the occupation authority . |
| 29 | The engineer with the irreverent sense of humour who would n't give houseroom to a defunct machine but who would carefully dismantle and put by any parts that might be of use later on would — this time next year — be helping to nourish the rose beds . |
| 30 | We thank all the VAST field , laboratory , computer centre , and administrative staff , especially Mr Martin Adjuik , Mr Azumah Amidini , Mr J Kwabena Badu , Ms Margaret Gyapong , Mr Eric Kasise , Mr Ogyebre Owusu-Agyei , and Mr David Pendlebury ; the population of Kassena-Nankana District and their leaders ; the Regional and District Administration and Health Services ; Dr Moses Adibo and Dr Sam Adjei , ( Ministry of Health of Ghana ) for support and encouragement ; Prof Patrick Vaughan and other colleagues at the LSHTM for support and advice ; Ms Nina Saroi for administrative and secretarial support in London ; Dr Sandra Saenz de Tejada and the WHO-ARI Programme for preliminary study of local concepts and terminology of illness ; Ms Gilly Maude for the randomisation and interim analysis ; Ms Sharon Huttly , Mr Ben Amenuvegbe , and the late Mr Steve Tulloch for helping to design the data management system ; Dr Hazel Inskip and Mr Jerry Wheeler for advice on data processing ; Ms Penny Fennell for help with the training of the computing and secretarial staff ; Ms Rebecca Abbott and Dr Suzanne Filteau ( Institute of Child Health , London ) for measuring serum retinol ; Dr Andy Hall for helping to code the cause of death questionnaires ; and the members of the data monitoring committee for reviewing the interim results . |