Example sentences of "[v-ing] a [noun] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I 've got a feeling you 're going to end up transcribing a lot of the north of the border stuff . |
| 2 | In 1988 , Oulton moved to the Marlborough Gallery , which was busy assembling a stable of the best of the new painters . |
| 3 | Even the staircases were replaced by the direct quarter-turn pattern , necessitating a rearrangement of the upper deck seating and stair hand-rails . |
| 4 | All the more unfortunate does this become in the presence of narrow majorities , each representing a minority of the electorate , sometimes a small minority , and when at least one of the parties believes that the prerogatives and rights conferred by electoral victory , however narrow , not merely entitle but compel it to impose on the helpless but unorganized majority irreversible changes for which it never consciously voted and to which most of its members are opposed . |
| 5 | However , it has been judicially observed that the objection to a rent representing a percentage of the tenant 's turnover is that , if the price of a commodity rises at a faster rate than the cost of living , pressure is likely to develop on dealers in that commodity to reduce their margin of profit or rate of commission ( Naylor v Uttoxeter UDC ( 1974 ) 231 EG 619 per Brightman J ) . |
| 6 | Part of the cost will be independent of the volume of production , representing a share of the fixed costs of running the factory , such as rates , heating , etc . |
| 7 | When the flora of fleshy-fruited species in a forest as a whole is examined , as at Cocha Cashu in Amazonian Peru , the fruits of the majority of the species ( in this case , two-thirds of 258 species , representing a quarter of the total flora and half of the genera with fleshy fruits ) seem to fit into one of two categories . |
| 8 | The statement , issued by Baker and Soviet Foreign Minister Alexander Bessmertnykh at the end of three days of talks in Washington , was interpreted in some quarters as representing a softening of the US demand for Iraq 's unconditional withdrawal from Kuwait . |
| 9 | Under the present director , Geoffrey Morgan , a soft-spoken Welshman whose main outside interest is silkworms , the list of names has moved away from the Reform Club and further out into Middle England , although it is still a very long way short of representing a cross-section of the population . |
| 10 | Figure 6.9 Flow diagram representing a model of the interrelationships between the processes and components of the hydrological cycle . |
| 11 | On June 7 Olszewski met with a group of 14 parliamentarians mostly representing a faction of the PC and joined by Wlodarczyk and Roman Bartoszcze , leader of the Polish Peasant Christian Forum . |
| 12 | Senators opposed to the treaty denounced it as US colonialism and as representing a violation of the Constitution , most notably in respect of the ban on the presence of nuclear weapons . |
| 13 | That 's why the early church assimilated existing magical beliefs and imagery ( often rooted in Celtic mythology ) , becoming a reservoir of the popular subconscious . |
| 14 | Nightingale had been her father 's amah for five years , and was younger than Rachel , but was hard-working and loyal , kept the villa as clean as a new pin , and was becoming a part of the family . |
| 15 | I felt I was becoming a caricature of the colonial lady in the 1950s film , ticking off ‘ the natives ’ in a ringing upper-class voice . |
| 16 | In the 1950s he joined the Architects Division at the LCC as a trainee , later becoming a member of the Development Group . |
| 17 | Why not turn your hole-in-one into a big celebration by becoming a member of the Golf Monthly Hole-in-One Club ? |
| 18 | One advantage to the S.M.E.T. of becoming a member of the UndergrounD Group , was that their tram routes were protected from competition from the ‘ GeneraL ’ buses of the L.G.O.C. ( Thomas Tilling had a working agreement with the GeneraL ) . |
| 19 | As Barry Norman put it , ‘ There were three essential requirements to becoming a member of the Hollywood Brat Pack — you had to be successful , youthful and incredibly bratty . ’ |
| 20 | I became heavily involved in far left politics , becoming a member of the Socialist Students ' Alliance , the student leftovers of the IMG 's ( Internation Marxist Group 's ) move into the Labour Party . |
| 21 | Anyone interested in becoming a member of the executive panel can write for details and an application form to Arts Development Services , Colchester Borough Council , PO Box 331 , Town Hall , Colchester CO1 1GL . |
| 22 | Please contact me about becoming a member of the Resource Register . |
| 23 | One of the women on this Sunderland estate told me they all recognised the drive : " It 's part of becoming a member of the community instead of just a reckless teenager . |
| 24 | Becoming a member of the Salmon and Trout Association ( £16 for an annual membership ) is a useful thing to do , as it sometimes offers access to private fishing which the association owns or leases and , through its 54 branches nationwide , offers information on courses and instruction . |
| 25 | Before you succeed in becoming a member of the committee , take notes at one of the ordinary meetings of the society and write the minutes of that meeting as you imagine they should be . |
| 26 | On May 22 , 1990 , the new Premier Antall read the government programme which included joining the EC within the decade as well as becoming a member of the new European security order . |
| 27 | The new President of Guatemala , Jorge Serrano , stated after his election in January [ see p. 37956 ] that Guatemala would continue talks with Belize to settle their territorial dispute [ see p. 36999 ] , which had held Belize back from becoming a member of the OAS for many years and which Serrano described as " belonging to the past " . |
| 28 | Our congratulations to Margaret Thatcher on the signal honour of becoming a member of the Order of Merit , where she has joined her tutor , Dorothy Hodgkin . |
| 29 | From third choice for Scotland to becoming a member of the Lions ' elite is an extraordinary change in circumstance for any player . |
| 30 | For those wishing to find out more about becoming a member of the TSUG , full details are available by contacting . |