Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was how it should be between ex-lovers meeting again , just normal , no animosity . |
| 2 | If you suspect that this is leading up to a tirade about vegetables suffering pain , flowers having feelings and ants being cleverer than humans , then I am sorry to disappoint you . |
| 3 | Of these 21 left of their own accord for reasons ranging from incompatibility to pregnancy . |
| 4 | In extreme cases they develop a real school phobia , for reasons ranging from bullying by classmates to schoolwork anxiety . |
| 5 | At least 114 wiretaps were requested for reasons ranging from suspected arms trading to terrorist links or presidential security , but it was not clear if all the taps were actually carried out , the left-wing daily said . |
| 6 | If it is thought to be preferable , this is for reasons having nothing to do with neutrality , such as a desire to bring the war to a speedy end or not to allow people to profit from wars . |
| 7 | Scientists take their side in the battle for reasons having nothing to do with the merits or lack of them of the issues but rather because of their politics . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , the process soon got out of hand , for reasons having less to do with student need or the demands of a rapidly advancing subject than with professional status , it seemed that every American academic ( the glossy-text phenomenon is almost exclusively American ) would have to have his ( seldom , if ever , her ) own textbook . |
| 9 | The livret does not say whether the oboes in the first entrée are the same performers as the harmonie rustique that accompanies the récit , but for reasons having to do with economy of personnel and continuity in the staging , it seems likely that they were . |
| 10 | Conversely , the observable spectrum function has a value at wavenumber κ χ influenced by all eddies smaller than ( for reasons arising from the fact that only one-dimensional spectra can be observed . |
| 11 | The competition left judges with the difficult task of choosing between projects ranging from video presentations , models and illustrated books to a site diary of the construction of a school . |
| 12 | In between projects allowing such personal statements as this , of course , Jordan has also worked increasingly in Hollywood , where he 's so far seen High Spirits cut to shreds and We 're No Angels ignored . |
| 13 | For personnel dealing with eg , short term investments , bonds and shares , small loans , mortgages , etc . |
| 14 | In 1954 work began on the deserted Das Island to build a base for personnel working on a mobile drilling platform in the Arabian Gulf . |
| 15 | Under the Environmental Protection Act , specific categories of companies are obliged to notify local authorities about activities causing pollution , obtain licences to continue them , and give indications how they intend to reduce their effluents . |
| 16 | I had always understood that quantum chemical ab initio calculations for molecules using gaussian orbitals were pioneered by S. F. Boys at Cambridge , but there is no reference to his work in Martin 's article . |
| 17 | The plan called for investments totalling US$6,831 million — a 56 per cent increase over the previous five-year period — and an annual 5 per cent growth rate . |
| 18 | The affinity of NCp7 for DNAs representing proviral DNA sequences was examined by determining its ability to protect the DNA from restriction nuclease digestion . |
| 19 | Last night ministers continued to look at a compromise prepared by the EC commissioner Sir Leon Brittan , incorporating a Dutch-led formula where the higher level would be the norm but governments would have the option of asking Brussels to intervene for mergers breaking £1.4bn . |
| 20 | Recent work has shown promising results for tablets containing melatonin . |
| 21 | Outside people talk about prisoners missing physical sex and the need for conjugal visits as if they were just animals who needed relief from tension . |
| 22 | A borehole 203 metres deep was drilled at Copper Hill , Ancaster , to establish a stratigraphical standard for strata lying between the Lincolnshire Limestone and the Lower Lias . |
| 23 | For those who would like to start , there 'll be a new class for beginners starting in September . |
| 24 | ‘ Watch out for adders basking in the sun , ’ warned John , ‘ this track is known as ‘ adders ’ path ’ . ’ |
| 25 | Montagu and Duppa attacked ‘ error ’ in all its forms , whether as birds nesting inside the neglected parish church of Lancing , or too much ‘ popularising in the pulpit ’ , the hour-long sermons by Puritan clergy unwilling to toe the episcopal line . |
| 26 | A relaxed expectancy permeates the silent quarters eyes glued to sonar screens search for mines lurking on the sea floor nearby giant American battleships wait to creep in . |
| 27 | A right ear advantage was found which was greater for those syllables differing in two articulatory features , voice and place , than for syllables differing in only one such feature ( " voicing " refers to vibration of the vocal chords ; " place " refers to the place of articulation of the sound in the vocal tract ) . |
| 28 | But the average fine for employers breaking the Health and Safety at Work Act last year was just £297 — much lower than fines imposed on large manufacturing companies . |
| 29 | The Inland Revenue , however , has acknowledged that the delay in receiving their Lordships ' decision could give rise to difficulties for employers completing forms P11D ( return of employees ' expenses and benefits ) for 1991/92 and 1992/93 . |
| 30 | The latter piece of legislation , the so-called Wagner Act , further established penalties for employers seeking to prevent unions from organising freely and set up a new federal agency , the National Labor Relations Board ( NLRB ) to ensure its provisions were enforced ( Wallace et al. , 1988 ) . |