Example sentences of "of [verb] [noun] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The use of these somewhat esoteric labels may obviate the difficulties of using terms which have a common and often imprecise meaning for a precise purpose — a problem which has afflicted the understanding of Hirst 's work — but it has also limited their circulation , and outside the rather enclosed world of curriculum theory , Phenix 's work is largely unknown . |
| 2 | He was also accused of using words which twisted meanings , such as ‘ congregation ’ instead of church , and ‘ senior ’ or ‘ elder ‘ instead of ‘ priest ’ . |
| 3 | He had to live with things as they were , and his work , as far as it existed , was on the plane of helping individuals who had to live , as he did , in the society which existed . |
| 4 | This we have called antecedent , a way of seeing causation which calls for the use of the to infinitive to signify the before/after relation between the cause and the effect . |
| 5 | ( 2 ) In appointing members of the Funding Council the Secretary of State — ( a ) shall have regard to the desirability of including persons who appear to him to have experience of , and to have shown capacity in , the provision of further education ( within the meaning of section 1(5) ( b ) of the 1980 Act ) or to have held , and to have shown capacity in , any position carrying responsibility for the provision of such further education and , in appointing such persons , he shall have regard to the desirability of their being currently engaged in the provision of such further education or in carrying responsibility for such provision ; and ( b ) shall have regard to the desirability of including persons who appear to him to have experience of , and to have shown capacity in , industrial , commercial or financial matters or the practice of any profession . |
| 6 | ( 2 ) In appointing members of the Funding Council the Secretary of State — ( a ) shall have regard to the desirability of including persons who appear to him to have experience of , and to have shown capacity in , the provision of further education ( within the meaning of section 1(5) ( b ) of the 1980 Act ) or to have held , and to have shown capacity in , any position carrying responsibility for the provision of such further education and , in appointing such persons , he shall have regard to the desirability of their being currently engaged in the provision of such further education or in carrying responsibility for such provision ; and ( b ) shall have regard to the desirability of including persons who appear to him to have experience of , and to have shown capacity in , industrial , commercial or financial matters or the practice of any profession . |
| 7 | They were already acting to cut costs in June 1990 , moving the company from four locations to one ; last year 's small pre-tax loss arose mainly from the costs of relocating employees who wanted to move house with the unification . |
| 8 | Spreadsheets used to provide the vital function of allowing people who had to juggle with figures to do so , achieve their answers , and print out seemingly interminable reams of numbers in columns and rows . |
| 9 | That is also when you hear stories of doubting runners who have not covered more than 12 miles at a time in training suddenly attempting a 20-miler four days before the actual marathon , just to see if they can get that far ! |
| 10 | ELEMENTAL spirits found on the Isle of Man , they have a malicious habit of magnetising stones which mark the road 's edges ; these then exert a strong pull on passing motor cars , causing them to swerve off the road despite the driver 's efforts . |
| 11 | When tenants take on a lease they may make extensive alterations to the premises in order to make them better suited to the type of catering enterprise they intend to undertake . |
| 12 | ‘ Well it 's really very difficult , ’ Wolff tried to explain , in what was once called broken English , ‘ but in the proverbial nutshell it 's the application of engineering thought and engineering practice , which really means technology , to medical and biological problems , both on the research side and in terms of producing products which help in the treatment of patients . ’ |
| 13 | Enclosed in darkness , in her own world of make-believe , she feebly allowed him to nuzzle her ear and then to kiss her thoroughly again , blissfully enjoying his skilled domination until she became nervously aware that he was sliding his hands beneath her coat and for a brief second of lancing flame he had cupped her breasts in his big , infinitely welcome hands . |
| 14 | Prof Anatol Pikas , of Uppsala University , Sweden , pioneered the shared concern method of tackling bullying which has been used in Scandinavia and England . |
| 15 | As soon as Angela could think of anything except the pain of returning circulation she saw that they were outside the gate of a walled enclosure . |
| 16 | In my dream I was alone on an empty road , trying to remember the director 's name , when a large open-topped car drove up , full of laughing passengers who seemed to be sharing their jokes in a foreign language . |
| 17 | If we consider irregularly shaped areas on the sphere ( X and Y ) , rather than the regular segments , these can be seen to move apart in such a way that their motion can similarly be described with respect to the same pole of rotation at A. The effect is clearly illustrated in the alignment of transform faults which mark the off-sets along either side of divergent plate boundaries ( Fig. 2.15B ) . |
| 18 | Look at the following shop ‘ profiles ’ and state what sort of trading policy you think each retailer operates . |
| 19 | ‘ But that is a quite separate issue from the Alternative Services book which is an alternative way of enabling congregations who have not been well versed in Cranmerian language nevertheless to use a language which does reflect their longings and their prayers and can speak to them of God . ’ |
| 20 | We are one of the biggest clubs in the country , the second best supported at home and I 'm afraid that this season I 've become very disappointed with some of the players and management decisions — I think we deserve better and while we 're not in the position of say Swindon something needs to be done if ( and I 've ussed this line before ) we 're not to become perenial mid table finishers . |
| 21 | We are one of the biggest clubs in the country , the second best supported at home and I 'm afraid that this season I 've become very disappointed with some of the players and management decisions — I think we deserve better and while we 're not in the position of say Swindon something needs to be done if ( and I 've ussed this line before ) we 're not to become perenial mid table finishers . |
| 22 | The observation that the vascular isoform is expressed in all smooth muscle cells suggests that it may represent a constitutive type of splicing pathway which has similarities to the default pattern shown by other muscle genes . |
| 23 | Like copyright , patent law has a long history and has developed as a means of protecting innovation which has a benefit to innovator and public alike . |
| 24 | ‘ After a lifetime of keeping pigeons it makes you feel you do n't want to carry on , ’ he said . |
| 25 | The Capital Guarantee Bond is ideal in that respect and fits well with our corporate strategy of launching contracts which consume little capital . |
| 26 | Briefly , this involves recasting the company into a number of operating divisions which take day-to-day decisions concerning particular product ranges . |
| 27 | it is not restricted to conduct causing or intended to cause injury or damage but includes any other violent conduct ( for example , throwing at or towards a person a missile of a kind capable of causing injury which does not hit or falls short ) ( Section 8 ) . |
| 28 | Volcanic bombs can be composed of either lava , or of preexisting rock which has become incorporated into the magma in the neck of a volcano . |
| 29 | ‘ This is the kind of acting part I want to be offered in future . |
| 30 | Instead of writing letters they sent tapes . |