Example sentences of "[v-ing] the [noun] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The closer the number of times we felt cold came to equalling the number of times we felt warm , the more inclined we would be to think of the words ‘ warm ’ and ‘ cold ’ as applying to the sensation only indirectly . |
| 2 | Otherwise it is n-ary , with the value of ‘ n ’ equalling the number of entities . |
| 3 | A massive 1000 t steel rotor with 10 m long arms could be spun so that the tips moved at 1000 m s -1 , equalling the speed of sound in steel . |
| 4 | As he was a very intellectual artist , he was the ideal figure to take over from Metzinger the task of transmitting the principles of Cubism to the other painters ; and since he joined the group at a moment when the movement was striving for greater definition , his influence and importance can not be overestimated . |
| 5 | Ragusa became an important entrepôt , which , in the words of Sir Paul Rycant , a shrewd English observer , writing in 1668 , was ‘ the port for transmitting the manufactures of Venice , and all Italy , into Turkey ’ , and in return received the necessities of life for distribution to the rest of Europe , often in its own ships . |
| 6 | As mentioned earlier , the HMIs took an altogether more sophisticated view of the relationship of education to society and to social change , and like the Education , Science and Arts Committee ( 1981 ) saw a conflict between transmitting the values of society and preparing young people to change those values . |
| 7 | In addition to our aim of forecasting the course of Wirral 's heroin ‘ epidemic ’ , the second multi-agency enumeration survey also allowed us to investigate whether there had been any changes in the social and drug-using characteristics of known heroin users over the two years of research . |
| 8 | By this time they were starting to review the situation steadily , forecasting the Duke of Atholl 's likely moves , wording formal requests for warrants to meet in larger groups , arguing furiously over the likelihood of being able to get weapons from the armouries at Atholl or Taymouth Castle . |
| 9 | DEALERS in Newcastle were forecasting the abolition of car tax could increase new car sales by up to 6 per cent . |
| 10 | Choice of forecasting The choice of method will depend on method ( i ) forecasting objectives ; ( ii ) time scales required ; ( iii ) the relative importance of the forecast ; ( iv ) the degree of accuracy required ; ( v ) the type of data required ; ( vi ) the availability of data ; ( vii ) access to forecasting skills and methods ; ( viii ) company experience with forecasting . |
| 11 | He has also been a member of the actuarial profession 's working party on AIDS and developed a model suitable for forecasting the number of AIDS cases in the UK . |
| 12 | In Luke 's account Jesus , in addition to forecasting the denial of Peter , also forecast that Peter would recover and become a source of strength to the other disciples . |
| 13 | Pursuing the notion of building sex education into the curriculum , I asked whether they would not be embarrassed to talk about sex with a teacher they saw around all the time . |
| 14 | We have so far considered reasons why the interests of managers may not be best served by pursuing the goal of profit maximisation . |
| 15 | I take the view that the right to register a fishing vessel , as a precondition for pursuing the activity of fishing in another member state , likewise constitutes an element which is inseparable from the right of establishment in the sea-fishing sector and , on that basis , falls within the sphere of application of article 52 of the E.E.C . |
| 16 | But it had established three important points : first , that there was potential to cut across established Green-Orange divisions in pursuing the interests of Derry ; second , that some educated young Catholics who were uninspired by the Nationalist Party would work enthusiastically on a campaign which challenged traditional sectarian prejudices ; and third , many people came to believe that a section , at least , of Derry Unionists was prepared to sacrifice the interests of the city to those of its party . |
| 17 | However , as Patrick Parrinder has pointed out , most of these approaches — in their concern with methodology rather than with the aims and purposes of English studies — have led to changes in manners of interpretation rather than in the choice of texts : they do not usually lead to any significant reconsideration of the worth of pursuing the interpretation of texts as such . " |
| 18 | His ageing government showed insufficient energy in pursuing the effort of World War II and its prestige and confidence were undermined by the German air raids in April–May 1941 , indecision over conscription , the corruption of Belfast Corporation , what was seen as the weak and complacent handling of industrial relations , and confused planning for the post-war world . |
| 19 | A considerable amount of time and money has been spent in pursuing the study of river basin dynamics . |
| 20 | Even if your Mr Pegg added the atropine before he put the dish down , he could scarcely have avoided poisoning the Prince of Wales as well . ’ |
| 21 | The fearsome tale of the gigantic bat , sucking the blood of bowlers and fielders alike . |
| 22 | US strategic installations and facilities in Liberia included ( i ) an Omega communications system allowing the tracking of shipping and submarine movements in the Atlantic ; ( ii ) a powerful Voice of America radio transmitter situated near Monrovia ; ( iii ) a communications and information-gathering centre at the embassy for contact with US embassies throughout Africa ; and ( iv ) refuelling facilities at Robertsfield airport for the US Air Force . |
| 23 | It 's now occupied by Montupet who are allowing the legion of De Lorean fans to drive their cars on the old test track once again . |
| 24 | The council had a responsibility to local businesses and should respond positively by allowing the change of use . |
| 25 | They were also closely linked , for provoking or allowing the return of Republican " chaos " and , therefore , the disintegration of the nation , was the ultimate , awful responsibility to be pondered by putative dissenters in the Francoist camp . |
| 26 | The mayor of Dushanbe , Maksud Ikramov , issued what proved to be a highly controversial decree on the same day allowing the removal of statues of Lenin . |
| 27 | These reports will normally be made in the early months of each financial year , allowing the inclusion of outturn information relating to the financial year just ended . |
| 28 | Alia again made concessions , agreeing that more than one party could contest the forthcoming elections and so allowing the formation of Albania 's first opposition party in 46 years , the Democratic party [ ibid . ] . |
| 29 | The ANC also rejected the call made by de Klerk that the ANC become a political party , saying that such a transformation could not take place until a constitution was in place allowing the participation of blacks at all levels . |
| 30 | The French State meanwhile acquired forty-seven important twentieth-century works from the estate of Pierre Matisse thanks to its dation system allowing the payment of death duty by kind ( see The Art Newspaper No. 16 , March 1992 , p. 1 ) . |