Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [noun] or [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This controversy , usefully outlined in the Report of the Committee on One-Parent Families ( Finer , 1974 , Vol. 2 , pp. 136–47 ) crystal-lises the state 's dilemma of how to deal with women who , by ‘ failing ’ to play the part expected of them ( i.e. by ending their marriages or by having a child without ever having been married ) find themselves without the support of a man . |
| 2 | It is rape to have sexual intercourse with a woman by impersonating her husband or by deceiving her as to the nature of the act . |
| 3 | Households and private firms can only increase their spending by using their savings or by borrowing — they are not in the position of being able to raise taxes or to print money for themselves . |
| 4 | If the birth of her child was to take place in London as had been arranged , then presumably for some weeks beforehand she would have to remain in the Harley Street flat , kicking her heels or at least suffering the kicks inside her , which she had greatly come to resent . |
| 5 | George I had tried , but failed , to end the pernicious practice of the purchase of commissions , which encouraged officers to recoup what they had spent by making what profit they could on clothing and feeding their men or through claiming the pay for ghost-like soldiers who existed only on the nominal rolls . |
| 6 | The initial necessity for building railway stations on the out-skirts of towns caused other companies to adopt the country-house model , with the idea that passengers would spend the night there before beginning their journey or after arriving . |
| 7 | ‘ appropriate provisions for participation by that state or its nationals as owners of ships flying its flag or in the ownership of such ships and for the level of that participation . |
| 8 | Stuck in Dovercourt with little prospect of continuing their education or of fulfilling their parents ' ambitions , they did not see what they had to be grateful for . |
| 9 | Equally , PEP managers , mindful that the bulk of their business is carried out with basic rate taxpayers , may either look to cutting their charges or to innovating . |
| 10 | And you 're tuned to Radio York on the Whale show until two and er now we shall probably although the phones are ringing at the moment erm run out of calls I should think because between one and two I know most of you are having your lunch or at the pub or whatever . |
| 11 | He posed the question whether the disadvantage of a judge speaking on matters which in one form or another — such as unfair dismissal from employment or from a trade union — might well come before him when he was on the bench was outweighed by the advantage of hearing his views or by the argument that he should not be prevented , by convention or otherwise , from speaking in Parliament on such a matter . |
| 12 | In the second appeal the contemnor had been prohibited by injunctive orders , issued with an attached power of arrest under the Domestic Violence and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1976 , from assaulting , molesting or harassing his wife or from entering the premises where she lived . |
| 13 | The intuitions about animals send ‘ mixed messages ’ but are unfortunately just starting points : ‘ So we must turn to theoretical accounts in the hope of finding some stable conceptual framework for tethering our intuitions or for cultivating new ones ’ ( 1981 : 6 ) . |
| 14 | In particular two small groups of vigilantes wearing diversely blazoned combat fatigues seemed to be sizing up Jaq 's trio , either with a view to offering their services or with less savoury intent . |
| 15 | Many of the great killers were mastered , either by reducing their prevalence or by cutting down their case-fatality rates . |