Example sentences of "a [noun] [v-ing] [noun sg] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | That , of course , is why the United Kingdom Government have been in the lead in pressing for the completion of the single market and that is why , in the current negotiations , we are arguing for steps to strengthen the observance of Community law to ensure that a level playing field is included in the single market . |
| 2 | A budget maximizing strategy is inconsistent with the aim of survival which is said to be the rational foundation for such a strategy ( Breton and Wintrobe 1979 ) . |
| 3 | A three-phase stepping motor is excited one-phase-on by its rated current of 2 A. |
| 4 | I mean , for you that big day , cos I mean it is , it 's a , it 's a nerve wracking occasion is n't it ? |
| 5 | To keep it simple , a data handling service is bundled in , so that Saunders Jeffries acts as the bridge between the retailer and the bank for credit card transactions as well as electronically updating the till 's list of stolen cards . |
| 6 | 1973 ) which emphasized the damaging effects of ‘ drift ’ in care , they came to constitute a formidable ‘ Permanence Movement ’ , campaigning for early decision-making over whether a child entering care was to return to parents or be placed in permanent substitute care . |
| 7 | Most decisions about a child following divorce are agreed by the parents , and the judge rubber-stamps them . |
| 8 | That is , a question involving calculation was deemed to be practical only if it involved a real-life situation . |
| 9 | The transistor bridge bipolar drive circuit requires four transistor/diode pairs per phase , whereas the simple unipolar drive requires only one pair per phase , so drive costs for a hybrid stepping motor are potentially higher than for the variable-reluctance type ; a two-phase hybrid motor drive has eight transistors and diodes , but a three-phase variable-reluctance motor drive has only three transistors and diodes . |
| 10 | I heard recently of a case where a director nearing retirement was advised to restrict his salary and pay higher dividends , purely on the grounds that this would save national insurance contributions . |
| 11 | The war was frozen by the ceasefire , which the United Nations ' special envoy Cyrus Vance negotiated in early January , and by the prospect of a UN peacekeeping force being deployed . |
| 12 | A clear example of a mutation altering development is the inherited genetic defect , sickle cell anaemia . |
| 13 | In all three , serum total , free , and acyl carnitine concentrations while on a gluten containing diet were lower in comparison with a gluten free diet . |
| 14 | A Punjabi speaking volunteer was suggested to sit in , but this was not acceptable as the family did not want to commit themselves to a regular time for the volunteer to call . |
| 15 | It is only necessary to add that a consistency checking procedure is also called . |
| 16 | A brass rubbing centre is situated in the old dining-room of the Manor House , to the left of the main entrance . |
| 17 | If the sum raised by a capital sharing tax was around £3.7 billion per annum , this would permit individual capital grants in excess of £2,400 . |
| 18 | It became obvious that to insert any metal object into a hole containing explosive was highly dangerous . |
| 19 | Clause 17 in the model agreement in Appendix 1 sets out a basic scheme which avoids any system of voting by proxy , putting the onus on individual partners to attend and vote in person ( with only a limited exception ( Clause 17.10.1 ) where a matter requiring unanimity is on the table ) . |
| 20 | Every half-hour , blood pressure and heart rate , the motor examination part of the unified Parkinson 's disease rating scale ( UPDRS ) , a modified abnormal involuntary movement scale , and a hand tapping test were assessed . |
| 21 | New small capacity dye vats and the repositioning of a bank scouring machine are also developments in the pipeline that make Douglas Reyburn a company confident of its future in a competitive market . |
| 22 | In order to implement and oversee the project as a whole , a Project Coordinating Team was established which consisted of the Principal Adviser for Educational Resources , the Assistant County Librarian ; Education and Special Services ( formerly the Principal Assistant Librarian : Young People and Education ( PAL:YPE ) , the Senior County Inspector ( English ) , and the Tutor in Charge , County Language and Reading Centre , Essex Institute ( Brentwood ) . |
| 23 | A letter requesting help was sent to Ringway , near Manchester , where airborne troops in Britain were trained , but no reply was received . |
| 24 | A cheese resembling Camembert was the glory of Cottenham in Cambridgeshire , where records for cheese making go back to as early as 1280 ; and production ceased only in the mid-nineteenth century with the enclosure of the common fen . |
| 25 | A monobuoy mooring terminal was to be established in the middle of Scapa Flow where the large tankers would load crude oil from storage tanks on Flotta . |
| 26 | Sitting at a table sipping champagne is club owner Lips Manlis ( Paul Sorvino ) , a hood with muscle one of those leftovers from Prohibition days who , despite his fancy clothes and expensive cigars , remains a lug . |