Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some heads of department involved other staff in producing their self-appraisal reports , either through discussing what was to be written at department meetings and/or asking members of the department to write parts of it . |
| 2 | Companies can meet these needs by internal financing-maintaining a liquidity cushion and/or retaining profits rather than distributing them to shareholders . |
| 3 | It is suited to large multi-divisional firms producing a wide range of products and/or operating across several countries . |
| 4 | For a module involving several different forms of assessment and/or having more than one member of staff teaching and assessing it , double marking is not normally required . |
| 5 | These new criteria will formalise overlapping conventions for subtyping anorexia nervosa into restricting and binge-eating/purging types based on the presence or absence of bingeing and/or purging ( ie , self-induced vomiting or the misuse of laxatives or diuretics ) . |
| 6 | Avoid strong tides , offshore winds , poor visibility or sailing in the dark . |
| 7 | Most of the game is mental — being able to keep your head clear and retain a certain outlook on life should mean that bad times are neither so frequent nor so lengthy as they would be if you start examining your technique or doubting your ability . |
| 8 | State enterprises may be converted into limited-liability companies or joint-stock companies , but financial institutions or saving co-operatives may only be converted into joint-stock companies . |
| 9 | If , at the same stage , the cost-leadership policy is being coupled with an aggressive pricing policy in order to gain market share , the benefits of that investment would not show up in ROI or accounting profit for some time . |
| 10 | It 's back to the stationary bike or jogging in the pool . |
| 11 | easy as riding a bike or walking the sea . |
| 12 | An SBU or divisional manager will be motivated to seek appropriate investments if he knows clearly what the generic strategy for his SBU is ( he would presumably have participated in determining it ) , is aware of what is expected of him in terms of building or maintaining competitive strengths , and knows that early-warning indicators will be set up to monitor how his investments are contributing to the improvement or maintenance of those specific strengths . |
| 13 | The answer is that greater corporate profits may be made by releasing assets by sale of machinery , land and buildings , and by investing them in another sector ( e.g. offices ) , or by building or re-equipping another , substitute factory elsewhere . |
| 14 | Example 2:1 Parcels clause of office suite ALL THAT suite of rooms on the floor of the building known as ( excluding the outer faces of the walls enclosing the said building and its roof and roof structure but including the structure supporting the floor of the said rooms ) and for the purpose of identification only edged in red on the attached plan Example 2:2 Parcels clause of open land ALL THAT parcel of land in and numbered on the Ordnance Map ( 1968 edition ) for the said district a copy of which is attached hereto ( including the entirety of the hedge and ditch on the western boundary of enclosure number but excluding the entirety of the hedges and ditches on the northern boundaries of the said enclosures and the entirety of the road on the southern boundaries thereof ) Example 2:3 Parcels clause of building excluding airspace ALL THAT building known as shown edged red on the attached plan but excluding the airspace lying above the existing roof of that building together with a right for the tenant with or without workmen to enter that airspace for the sole purpose of inspecting the building or carrying out any works for which the tenant is liable under this lease Example 2:4 Parcels clause with details of boundaries ALL THAT the floor of the building known as ( " the property " ) including ( i ) all non-loadbearing walls situated wholly within the red edging on the attached plan ( ii ) one half ( severed vertically ) of all non-loadbearing walls separating the property from any other part of the building ( iii ) all plaster or other decorative finish applied to any wall bounding the property and not included in paragraphs ( i ) or ( ii ) above or applied to any column or loadbearing wall within the property ( iv ) the whole of all doors door frames windows window frames ( including mastic joints or seals ) bounding the property ( v ) all ceilings bounding the property and any void between any suspended ceiling and the structural slat above ( vi ) all floor finishes and floor screeds including raised floors and floor jacks supporting such floors ( vii ) all light fittings and air conditioning units incorporated in any ceiling but not any other part of the air conditioning system |
| 15 | Around the end of the silent era and in the early sound days , the glass was actually in front of the camera during shooting , possibly adding storeys to a low building or giving a view of non-existent distant hills , or whatever was required . |
| 16 | This may mean demolishing the building or returning it to its original use . |
| 17 | It is true that many experienced abseilers will tackle the steepest descents without any protection or having tied the hanging rope ends together . |
| 18 | On the other hand , after a glance at ‘ Luck of the Legion ’ , I went about for a week with a white handkerchief tucked into the back of my cap , ordering the dog to about-face or wooing it with words of French culled from the strip ( ‘ Oo-ee , mon pet it ’ ) . |
| 19 | More specifically , in allowing certain individuals the benefits of incorporation the state is viewed as having made a concession or having bestowed a privilege on them . |
| 20 | The lungs which blow air through their vocal chords are still simple and relatively feeble , but many frogs amplify the sound of their voices with huge swelling throats or resonating sacs bulging from the corner of the jaws . |
| 21 | Ultimately , loans were granted to customers by means of issuing notes or crediting their accounts with deposits ( loans ) in excess of the gold stock held by the goldsmith . |
| 22 | Are we trying to achieve , erm unity or bringing children in to do something in a corporate way . |
| 23 | An alternative form of fundraising or obtaining support for the school is through sponsorship . |
| 24 | Indeed , many executives harbor misconceptions , believing it is merely a matter of adding extra engineering and design personnel or introducing the latest computer-aided design ( CAD ) technology . |
| 25 | This makes any comparative analysis of data recorded at different times or using different aggregation units problematical . |
| 26 | Perhaps there is some activity you have often thought you would try ‘ sometime ’ : Is now the opportunity to begin dog-training , Jogging , meditation , writing to The Times or writing for the radio ? |
| 27 | Each team specialises in a set of functions — eg , handling text or drawing graphs . |
| 28 | * Use the present tense for describing the content of a text or narrating the story . |
| 29 | For further advice on tactics for avoiding hidden agendas or surfacing them , see Games on page 71 . |
| 30 | Some rejected entirely any talk of self-government or treating the Ukrainians as an oppressed people . |