Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a consequence of this there is , as we shall see , a whole trade devoted to the difficult task of catching and killing them . |
| 2 | By the time they have reached their 40s , many former fatties have found a pattern of eating that suits them and keeps them slim . |
| 3 | The microfilm copies currently available for loan from BLDSC are used extensively , but the costs of producing and storing them are increasing , and the British Library is investigating the possibility of selling copies , in a manner similar to Dissertation Abstracts ( Ince ) . |
| 4 | Patting a horse , instead of stroking or scratching it , only has a few valid uses : as a muscular relaxant and distraction ; and as a part of ‘ breaking-in ’ so that the horse gets used to things thumping around on its back before it is actually ridden . |
| 5 | you can also reclaim old floorboards for use as a new surface ; the hard work of stripping and sealing them is regarded by a floor that has more colour and character than new wood . |
| 6 | To make these issues more tractable , it is helpful to consider the historical value of the three types of information produced by businesses , its usefulness the business historian , and the cost of keeping and using it : |
| 7 | On May 24 Pakistan ordered a senior Indian diplomat to leave the country after he accused Pakistani intelligence officials of abducting and torturing him . |
| 8 | As far as the social element is concerned , a government should recognise the need to promote social cohesion by securing that all citizens have a standard of living that enables them to participate in the life of the community ; governments must take care that reductions in the social element of citizenship which they may regard as necessary in the area of economic policy do not result in sections of the population being excluded from citizenship and membership of the national community . |
| 9 | This role will involve further service development of the factory deep cleaning service with the aim of promoting and selling it on a nationwide basis . |
| 10 | With a bit of pushing and shoving they finally helped Simon Morris over for their first try . |
| 11 | This being so , the question has to be asked : Will the expected benefits of the internal market be sufficient to offset the costs of establishing and operating it ? |
| 12 | Such are the complexities of these relationships and the means of establishing and sustaining them , that they are the subject-matter of most stories and novels from Pooh to Proust . |
| 13 | These are habits of conformity to rules which have developed by a kind of convention or tacit understanding , based on general recognition of the utility of establishing and retaining them . |
| 14 | The objectives will be to explore in detail some of the key concepts in this field , notably work , parenthood , and health and consider the most appropriate way of operationalising and measuring them . |
| 15 | Then I remembered the £500-worth of photographic gear in my fishing bag , and the thought of damaging that galvanised me into action . |
| 16 | The Arts Council and Sports Council have enthusiastically welcomed the move , but all Roy Hattersley can do is trot out allegations of electioneering and say he 'll ‘ consider ’ keeping it . |
| 17 | Er er do you reckon we ought to have had , you kn you know we went over to gas , I toyed with the idea of fetching that do you know , you know when this house were built we went looking at a depot where they 've got all these grates and I took th funnily enough I took the measurements of the breast and er the only one we found was just that dead on look , right across |
| 18 | There is a rational means of deciding whether to accept them or not . |
| 19 | This procedure can be used by defendants , as happened in Coenen v Payne , to dispose of a plaintiff 's claim which is weak on liability but difficult and complicated on quantum , so that substantial costs of investigating and defending it may be thrown away , particularly if the plaintiff is legally aided . |
| 20 | It 's like er er but now I 've heard her telling this lie again , I mean , oh , I 'm thinking of going and seeing her again . |
| 21 | Of going and saying you 've clamped my car and who do you |
| 22 | But instead of prevaricating and procrastinating she came over all gooey , stroking my hand and squeezing my arm and saying she did n't want to lose me but she was frightened , frightened and confused , she did n't know what to do . |
| 23 | I have now , through your lordship 's favour , the satisfaction of seeing them cultivated in my neighbourhood , by the skilful hand of my friend , Mr. Miller , and shall take the first opportunity of describing and engraving them that the public may see how much they are indebted to your lordship . |
| 24 | One reason for the weakness of the Communist movement in Mexico is that intellectuals were effectively incorporated into the system until at least the late 1960s , the Mexican government ‘ preferring the price of appeasing or coopting intellectuals to the perils of ignoring or alienating them ’ . |
| 25 | It is the sense of striving that makes him interesting . |
| 26 | If he continued to get the engaged sound he 'd probably assume that Berowne was having an evening of telephoning and let it go . ’ |
| 27 | The main problem is that the cost of most new resistors and capacitors is now so low that it is barely worthwhile going to the trouble of removing and testing them . |
| 28 | A scientist may have an effect on behaviour in the act of observing or analysing it , and he must certainly take this effect into account . |
| 29 | Another might be to accuse the modern art museum of having neutered and sanitised ‘ radical ’ art by the simple act of collecting and displaying it . |
| 30 | Our task will be one of comparing and contrasting them . |