Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [noun] [verb] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | On this occasion , some of their bags were contained in the white diplomatic bag belonging to the Foreign Office , which they were using for convenience to contain their consignment — — and , as I have explained to the House , that was the commencement of the error in question which , of course , we very much regret . |
| 2 | Faced with such evidence , supermarkets are clamouring for information to label their goods ’ environmentally sound ’ , and there is an Early Day Motion in Parliament calling for a ’ chlorine free ’ paper industry ( Sweden already makes 95% of its soft paper without the aid of chlorine ) . |
| 3 | Would one encounter clinical opinion leaders in guided authorities designing innovations that would permit resettlement of the asylums residents and bidding for funds to support their development ? |
| 4 | ISF officials are selecting researchers on the basis of the quality and quantity of their published output ( see Nature 362 , 95 ; 1993 ) , although only a portion of the 35,000 who are eligible are applying for money to keep their laboratories going . |
| 5 | A company gained an injunction to prevent its receivers disposing of assets to pay their own fees , which were in dispute . |
| 6 | According to the official Tass news agency six servicemen , part of the contingent stationed in east Uzbekistan since the outbreak of violence between Uzbeks and Kirghiz in June [ see pp. 37540-41 ; 37618 ] , were returning from leave to rejoin their unit when the fight broke out on a bus . |
| 7 | STAFF at the City Way Day Centre , Belfast , are on the look-out for old artefacts relating to railways to decorate their dining room on the theme of a buffet car . |
| 8 | The judge has asked for a unanimous verdict and the jury will now spend the night in a hotel before returning to court to continue their deliberations . |
| 9 | I do n't want what 's happening at work to affect their outcome , especially as success will mean I can get a better job elsewhere . |
| 10 | Teachers looking for funding to support their research can apply to the Scottish Office Education Department for a grant under its sponsored research programme . |
| 11 | Bronwydd Cricket Club are looking for players to join their tour to Paris from July 25–31 where they will play four games . |
| 12 | Students can then get very involved in looking for clues to support their own hypotheses . |
| 13 | Their high degree of competitiveness is a lesson both for British companies that compete with them and for all those who are looking for ways to sharpen their competitive edge . |
| 14 | So they are looking for ways to use their voices rather than their feet to influence management . |
| 15 | While some publishers have attempted to counter the decline in print runs for first time publications by pushing titles into paperback others have been looking for ways to revitalise their hardback sales . |
| 16 | Meanwhile , computer scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT ) were looking for ways to place their research into artificial intelligence at the service of people ( as distinct from the service of the United States Department of Defence ) . |
| 17 | By this stage learners are looking for opportunities to extend their already considerable store of language , to test their ability to retrieve from this store , to improve their fluency and to refine their control . |
| 18 | So , many leading-edge manufacturers are searching for ways to enhance their workers ' capabilities and improve labour relations , even as they look to the new technology to cut labour costs as well . ’ |
| 19 | Sexism became an issue partly because women were meeting in groups to examine their own experiences and attitudes . |
| 20 | On Nov. 16-17 EC Agriculture Ministers meeting in Brussels reaffirmed their confidence in MacSharry . |
| 21 | Well , according to designers showing their collections for next autumn on the Paris runways this week , it 's going even further back in time . |
| 22 | Jean d'Armagnac , following on the reluctance of the estates , meeting at Angoulême to contribute their share of a tax , refused to allow it to be collected in his lands , pleading ancient privileges which had always been enjoyed locally . |
| 23 | ‘ Do you know , Anna , my darling , that the poor child longed , only longed , to be a concert pianist but was literally forced by her ogreish father to nurse him while he died of drink and now her spirit is quite broken and all she can bring herself to do is dispense plastic cups of repellent coffee to OAPs going to Ferndown to see their married daughters ? ’ |
| 24 | The larvae of the cicadas that sit shrilling on trees spend their lives below ground sucking sap from roots . |
| 25 | In an emotional valedictory service those remaining at home pledged their loyalty in prayer and promised to ‘ hold the ropes ’ as Carey descended the deep , unknown mine of India . |
| 26 | If the complaint centres on anything other than the broad duty resting with LEAs to provide their services without discrimination , a complainant can institute proceedings in a designated county court . |
| 27 | opportunities are lacking for colleagues to develop their knowledge and experience of the languages taught in terms of linguistic , cultural or literary studies |
| 28 | There were , however , earlier reports of US Navy craft ( using their docking facilities in Bahrain ) moving behind tankers making their way through the Gulf by night , keeping an unsolicited eye on them . |
| 29 | During October and November of that same year , a general strike occurred in Hungary , with street demonstrations in Budapest , and again the Russian troops suppressed the uprising , sending in tanks to restore their control . |
| 30 | One commercial , or perhaps ‘ propaganda film ’ is a better description , that does this is a controversial piece arguing against Third World debt and calling on viewers to lobby their MPs . |