Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not many children try solvents before the age of 11 , and it seems that the peak age for experimenting is around 13 or 14 years . |
| 2 | Talk about seeing is believing ! |
| 3 | everything basically comes down to numbers , er see , when I was talking to you earlier about about canvassing , right , I said basically you work on key words right now you do n't need you , one , one of the things that I talked to you about canvassing is that if you notice the difference between a good canvass and a bad canvass , at least we did n't in fact activity sort of work to do in it , now if you take a , take a activ activity as being , being a key word and you discuss activity with them , right , you can then look at , at activity right as a variation on activity as there is on to action , right , now sit and do my script and talking to a customer , right , and mouthing and mouthing and mouthing and mouthing and saying your bit to a customer , you 've got to sound like a parrot , now I know the way you canvass , the centre of action between you and the cu and the punter , do you see what I mean ? |
| 4 | Any part with life left in it or potential for reconditioning is set aside for cleaning and re-sale . |
| 5 | One legitimate reason for panning is to follow the action ; shots of beach football , for example , will need to pan to keep up with the play . |
| 6 | The other legitimate reason for panning is to relate one part of the scene to another , a situation which can arise as a natural part of the action in this day on the beach sequence . |
| 7 | However , even if this were permitted , the necessary expertise for contracting is unlikely to be available at the local level . |
| 8 | Specially worth noticing is the charming little house , built at the beginning of the sixteenth century , now the home of the only choir school in Scotland . |
| 9 | What is equally worth noticing is that Antisthenes of Rhodes was one of the historians Polybius disliked and attacked . |
| 10 | Some questions which need to be addressed are what the overall quality of memory for driving is like , what types of detail can or can not be remembered , and what variables , both psychological and environmental , are related to memory ? |
| 11 | Basically , all you need to grow flowers for pressing is a window sill or even a grow-bag ! |
| 12 | Not wishing to think about dying is a natural response for those who wish to direct their care and attention to the living . |
| 13 | The reason for timetabling is not to satisfy the Government and Opposition Front Benches , but to protect the interests of Back Benchers . |
| 14 | The timescale for sedimentation is H/v S where v S is the Stokes free-fall velocity ; the timescale for cooling is H 2 / , where is the thermal diffusivity . |
| 15 | If an order for costs or additional costs is required to be made , the time for applying is when an application is made for payment out of court . |
| 16 | up there , for walking is n't it ? |
| 17 | Horn regrowth after disbudding is far more common in the male goat |
| 18 | The considerably lower activity found in malignant ascites may explain why coagulopathy after shunting is less pronounced in this group of patients . |
| 19 | The stump where the umbilical cord breaks after foaling is a potential route for pathogens into the foal 's system . |
| 20 | For not only does it burn off on average up to 100 calories for every 15 minutes of activity , but the raised BMR can continue to burn off calories for several hours after exercising is over . |
| 21 | Most of all worth remembering is the trenchant declaration : ‘ … no art , major or minor , can be governed by the rules of social amenity ’ . |
| 22 | Another point worth remembering is that it is important to make sure that your parent 's larder is well stocked with the right kind of non-perishable foods to deal with any emergency such as extreme weather conditions , or times when you may be unable to visit her because of illness or holidays , unless a neighbour is doing her shopping for her . |
| 23 | Another point worth remembering is that many insurance companies give substantial discounts to mature drivers . |
| 24 | Worth remembering is the fact that it was offered here last year by Waddington for 20% more than that . |
| 25 | But roughly speaking , I , a figure worth remembering is that ninety decibels and above can cause permanent damage and under all circumstances situations above this level should be avoided . |
| 26 | The needle selection for patterning is electromagnetic . |
| 27 | Talking about acting is like boasting about pictures you 're going to paint . |
| 28 | As indicated earlier the most persistent of all stereotypes about ageing is that the later phases of the life cycle are a time of universal , and inevitable , biological decline . |
| 29 | Surprisingly , Daphne has found out that the best time of day for picking is midday . |
| 30 | I have always considered drama training to be based on simple precepts , for acting is not a complicated art . |