Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 There are also transaction costs involved in acquiring and/or disposing of the requisite foreign exchange .
2 Most of the above rules show stress tending to go on syllables containing a long vowel or diphthong and/or ending with more than one consonant .
3 Connery is n't playing with politics or toying with a party allegiance ; he opinion is founded on his life experience .
4 Before considering future development it would be advisable for those agencies already providing or assisting in the provision of day care to evaluate current service to determine its efficacy .
5 MAS 's role in advising on or assisting in the preparation of a client 's Information memorandum does not involve the issuance of a published report nor does it involve any association with the client 's Information memorandum beyond that set out in the terms of engagement , which should be appropriately limited .
6 The following procedures should be adopted when advising on or assisting in the preparation of an Information memorandum :
7 ( 3 ) A notice under this subsection shall give such information identifying or assisting in the identification of the person who committed the act or default or gave the information as is in the possession of the person serving the notice at the time he serves it .
8 The law section three of the criminal law act nineteen sixty seven reads a person may use such force as is reasonable in the circumstances in the prevention of crime or in effecting or assisting in the lawful arrest of offenders or suspected offenders or of persons unlawfully at large .
9 This group of people was recognised by the meeting in Tokyo over a year ago , and this is an issue that many people — both my friends and strangers that I come across in collecting or canvassing for Amnesty — ask me about .
10 Mr Wickens would not dream of handing selection or filtering to anyone else , whether the union or a local government .
11 These included conciliatory actions such as showing concern for , comforting , helping or apologizing to the other .
12 So , though the place was as ill-furnished as it was ill-lit , they hung around there , putting books away in lockers , glancing at newspapers , knocking out their pipes or whipping through the odd bits of marking .
13 The NFU plan aims to offer the farmer a choice between setting land aside and receiving the full , subsidised rate for produce , or producing at maximum capacity without support .
14 In almost all cases this venom is used as a means of defence , and most people are stung after handling or stepping on a fish .
15 — When going for country walks , one often comes across a railway line , and it is tempting to walk along either beside the rails or stepping on the sleepers between the rails .
16 You start moving men about from one job to another , and they start complaining , or demanding to be put on a higher grade .
17 There was nothing to do , or demanding to be done , but hang around ; to visit the market where gringos stoked up on alpaca jerseys much cheaper than in Cuzco .
18 Employers in this period were either providing from the resources of their businesses or demanding from the state such measures as pensions ( which it was hoped would remove from workers worry about their future in old-age , and would enable employers to dismiss less efficient older workers with clear consciences ) , sickness benefit and medical care ( which would enable them to recover more quickly and fully from sickness ) and , more occasionally , unemployment benefit , which it was also hoped would increase the workers ' sense of security .
19 As we noted before , one of the prime concerns of teachers is that they do not have enough time to carry out the day-to-day tasks and responsibilities of their jobs to their own satisfaction , let alone to invest in enhancing their own skills , or reflecting on their roles and priorities , to anything like the extent which they would like .
20 This leads to an immense amount of detailed design in terms of the location of every bolt , nut or fastening throughout the whole 17m boat .
21 It allows you to extract text to file or printer for later reading or including in your own word processing documents .
22 Such an order can prohibit the cutting down , topping , or lopping of trees except with the consent of the local planning authority .
23 The Food and Drug Administration has also hinted that it may revise a policy that does not at present require special safety testing or labelling for most biotechnology foods .
24 Marooned in that room or dawdling on the shore .
25 using last year 's bills as a guide if you still have a record of them ( try looking at old cheque book stubs ) , or trusting to memory , estimate how much you think you will have to pay in the coming year .
26 Suspicious documentation e.g. changes or alterations to estimates or invoices , same writing or typing on estimates or receipts as on claim form , no company logo on documentation .
27 When sideways movement or typing in a wide document reaches the edge of the window the text scrolls horizontally in steps to reveal parts of the typing line which had been offscreen .
28 AN INDEPENDENT Scottish government would remove any form of privatisation or franchising from the rail network , the Scottish National Party declared yesterday .
29 ‘ An early priority for an SNP government in an independent Scotland would be to remove any privatisation or franchising from the Scottish rail network and to expand the public service to meet the requirements of Scottish industry wishing to exploit the European single market . ’
30 This can take the form of assessing the situation or bringing into consideration other factors ( political climate , human values , competitors ' stance ) which can not easily be quantified .
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