Example sentences of "[v-ing] [art] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To counter both the unfavourable home environment , and the difficulty poorer parents have in equalling the sharp elbows of the middle classes , who are well accustomed to taking themselves to the front of the queue , the school starting age for nursery education should be reduced to three . |
| 2 | Delaunay used to meet Picasso at the gatherings at the Douanier Rousseau 's , while Metzinger was a frequent visitor to Picasso 's studio in the Bateau Lavoir during the early years of Cubism , and was an important agent in transmitting the first discoveries of Picasso and Braque . |
| 3 | Frequently , too , such people have been blessed with the ‘ sixth sense ’ , their quiet mind automatically transmitting the hungry intentions of a hidden tiger for example , for all creatures are linked at the level of the mind , as well as soul . |
| 4 | First , there is the problem of transmitting the huge volumes of data and managing it on its way through a network to users . |
| 5 | We will be making regular reports to the AEA Audit Committee in the interim and vigorously pursuing the remaining actions as an integral part of our strategy for commercial success . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Any farmer worth his salt knows that quality can only be achieved by pursuing the higher standards of welfare . ’ |
| 7 | Mr Wilson added that he was still pursuing the wider issues of the case until it became apparent whether the case of Ian X was unique . |
| 8 | The problem throughout is to identify what motivates financial participants to choose one option rather than another in pursuing the basic aims of any corporate system : to create wealth and to keep on doing so . |
| 9 | The difference between these two sections is that the former is supposed to show you where you should start pursuing the main themes of the chapter . |
| 10 | A simple reason why the younger activists are not seen as often on the picket line as their elders were , is that they are too busy pursuing the same goals by other means . |
| 11 | The sages who lay down the law in this party have always said that if Ms Aloni left education , where she was ‘ poisoning the innocent souls of Israel 's children ’ , they could contemplate joining Mr Rabin . |
| 12 | You are poisoning the very sources of order and happiness and virtue ; you are tearing up root and branch all relations of families to each other ; you are annulling , as it were , the institution of domestic life decreed by Providence Himself , the wisest and kindest of earthly ordinances , the mainstay of social peace and virtue and therein of national security . |
| 13 | The results , presented in Table 2 , show that allowing the extra sources of income to matter ( Model 4 ) produces very different results from Model 1 and Model 5 ( where the extra income is assumed not to matter ) . |
| 14 | There is some precedent for allowing the extra costs of subsistence when working away from home , by virtue of Statement of Practice SP16/80 , which specifically applies to lorry drivers . |
| 15 | It also contained a North Korean promise to release the fishermen within a month , and a commitment to consider allowing the Japanese wives of North Korean citizens to make visits to their homeland . |
| 16 | The Foreign Minister , Enrique Dreyfus , who had discussed the matter with President Cristiani of El Salvador , was among those who held Ortega responsible , pointing out on Jan. 4 that Nicaragua had violated international agreements by allowing the Soviet missiles to be used by third parties without authorization . |
| 17 | Indeed , one representative of a finance house pointed out that there was a benefit in allowing the short-term debts to be cleared first ; it gave the debtor a light at the end of the tunnel , an achievable goal to aim at . |
| 18 | The blue eyes were cold and watchful as he lounged casually in front of her , the thin sea island cotton shirt allowing the darker hairs on his chest to show through . |
| 19 | Again it was apparent that the remedies were more effective than conventional therapy alone , often allowing the conventional drugs to be reduced or discontinued . |
| 20 | She should begin by allocating days off , allowing the maximum numbers to be away on the days of least workload . |
| 21 | ‘ You drink too much of that , ’ she said , straightening , and allowing the fine drifts of material to swish to the floor . |
| 22 | The enclosing box coordinates of each part , specifying their geometric domains , are held as high priority data in both the drawing file and specific sub.assembly files , allowing the geometric relationships of parts to be readily checked . |
| 23 | As the Australians retreated eastwards , attempting to form a defence perimeter , 630 Japanese paratroops were dropped to snipe among them , slowing their retreat and allowing the battle-hardened elements of the Japanese 38 Division — some 5,000 men — to outflank the Australians ' withdrawal . |
| 24 | These authors postulate that in as yet an unexplained way it is the accumulation of these lipid-laden foam cells in the sub-endothelium that damage the endothelium , thus allowing the subsequent developments in the formation of the atheromatous plaque to proceed . |
| 25 | By a notice of appeal dated 12 December 1990 the plaintiffs appealed on the grounds , inter alia , ( 1 ) that the judge erred in law in holding that the first defendant was entitled to add to any security , all the costs charges and expenses , however unreasonable they were ; ( 2 ) the judge failed to follow the decision in In re Adelphi Hotel ( Brighton ) Ltd. [ 1953 ] 1 W.L.R. 955 ; ( 3 ) the judge erred in law in construing the charging covenants of the legal mortgage which were all in similar terms that all costs charges and expenses howsoever incurred by the first defendant or any receiver under or in relation to the mortgage or such indebtedness or liabilities on a full indemnity basis as allowing the first defendant to charge as it pleased however unreasonable such a charge might be ; and ( 4 ) the judge erred in law in not construing that provision as a provision providing for taxation or computation on an indemnity basis of the first defendant 's costs , charges and expenses . |
| 26 | Inaugurating the new boards of the affected banks on July 13 , Falae announced that the government planned to privatize all the banks in which it had a controlling interest , in line with the government 's policy of divesting itself of state holdings . |
| 27 | Indeed , protein trees encompassing the three domains of life ( archaebacteria , eubacteria and eukaryotes ) are becoming more popular as the number of available protein sequences from archaebacteria increases . |
| 28 | As this sub-national programme has developed , it has become apparent that a major ingredient in its success will be the construction of a rolling programme encompassing the specialised needs of all governing bodies . |
| 29 | When I put down the receiver I heard Geoff Tulloch 's voice out in the main office , impressing the young women with his irrepressible personality . |
| 30 | Rita Freed , Curator of Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art at the MFA , says the presentation is the most comprehensive outside the Sudan National Museum in Khartoum , outstripping the Nubian galleries at the National Museum in Warsaw , the British Museum and the Royal Ontario Art Gallery in Toronto . |