Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [noun] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | FORMER England and Leeds United soccer star Paul Madeley is recovering after surgery to remove a benign tumour between his ear and brain . |
| 2 | This highlights the importance of individual credit screening of those applying for credit following a marketing campaign . |
| 3 | In R v Birmingham Juvenile Court , ex pG [ 1988 ] 3 All ER 726 , a case decided under the old law , it was held that a local authority should always consult the guardian ad litem before applying for leave to withdraw an application . |
| 4 | ‘ Where the person applying for leave to make an application for a section 8 order is not the child concerned , the court shall , in deciding whether or not to grant leave , have particular regard to — ( a ) the nature of the proposed application for the section 8 order ; ( b ) the applicant 's connection with the child ; ( c ) any risk there might be of that proposed application disrupting the child 's life to such an extent that he would be harmed by it ; and ( d ) where the child is being looked after by a local authority — ( i ) the authority 's plans for the child 's future ; and ( ii ) the wishes and feelings of the child 's parents . |
| 5 | But even though the river 's dry a nearby training stables is now applying for permission to drill a bore hole and pump up to £10m gallons out of the ground to water horse gallops like this . |
| 6 | Disposing of Giraud took a relatively short time . |
| 7 | He wore a cap on his head ( 'I even capitalized on my semi-baldness by signing with Parmalat to wear a cap with their name on it' ) and my memory is of a certain artificial constraint on the part of many in paddock and pit-lane in approaching him . |
| 8 | The earliest horseless carriages were regarded as socially dangerous and the first legislation to control them required that each should be accompanied by three persons — a driver , a passenger in case the driver was taken ill , and a third person walking in front carrying a red flag . |
| 9 | By keeping in personnel files a clear record of all known episodes of : absenteeism and poor time-keeping. ii . |
| 10 | Furthermore , says Ribas , ‘ We do n't want to spend 30 years , or even six years , going around knocking on doors to build a business . |
| 11 | At the end of each film there is a short piece on driving on snow using a 4x4 Jeep . |
| 12 | Most of the senior people in advertising today came through the media , through door banging at agencies to get a job in the traffic department , through the graphics department of the Belfast Art College , simply because there was no other education available . |
| 13 | Dec. ) in which a joyrider driving at 90mph killed a 12-year-old and was fined £250 . |
| 14 | Mrs Mentle and I both felt it was touching of Pugh to place a sticker in the back of the hearse which read ‘ Do n't follow me , follow Athletico Whaddon . ’ |
| 15 | The photographs we are looking for will reflect a French mood whether shot in England , France or Patagonia ! |
| 16 | A Darlington woman is looking for people to join a new knitting group to make clothes for visitors to Tom Raine Court , the Salvation Army Hostel in the town . |
| 17 | The blue-rinsed grandmother from Iowa — ‘ just passing through Lunnun to catch a few shows ’ ( like anglers collect trout ) — I had drawn as a dancing partner clapped louder than anybody . |
| 18 | People searching for work face a tough task . |
| 19 | After the meeting he insisted that both governments would keep searching for ways to convene a conference and declared that the " process is not stuck " . |
| 20 | It is now incumbent on everybody looking after patients following a myocardial infarct to try to reason out what caused the condition and to try to do something about stopping it . |
| 21 | Hot flushes are caused by the capillaries suddenly filling with blood to give a sudden rush to the face , neck and shoulders , with extra body heat and perspiration . |
| 22 | They are jointly accused of conspiring with others to cause an explosion likely to endanger life . |
| 23 | During the late 1580s , Hooker became involved in a bitter theological dispute with the Presbyterian , Walter Travers , and as a result in the early 1590s he retired to a country living in Wiltshire to compose a literary apologia for the church which had been created in 1559 . |
| 24 | Similarly , wholesale buyers may only deal with those who can speak the local language , refusing in principle to use an international language like English , French or Chinese . |
| 25 | The fact that believing in God involves an acceptance of uncertainty does not allow us to accept any degree of uncertainty , or that trust will also be misplaced . |
| 26 | ( 5 ) The definition of acting in concert has a special significance in relation to mandatory offers . |
| 27 | The representatives of trades union bodies meeting in Moscow signed an agreement on April 16 reforming the All-Union General Confederation of Trade Unions ; ruling bodies were elected . |
| 28 | In Acts 15 scripture recorded the apostles meeting in synod to reach a common policy about the Gentile mission . |
| 29 | Within hours of his arrival , Coleridge was listening to Wordsworth recite a substantial new poem called ‘ The Ruined Cottage ’ ; after tea Coleridge replied with two and a half acts of Osorio , and in the morning followed the whole of The Borderers , Wordsworth 's north country tragedy . |
| 30 | Listening to Tolba produces an uneasy feeling that perhaps Nairobi , where UNEP has its headquarters , is a bit isolated , too far away from the ‘ real world ’ of money and carbon dioxide and hard-nosed political deals . |