Example sentences of "[noun pl] [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 | It is suited to large multi-divisional firms producing a wide range of products and/or operating across several countries . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | This makes any comparative analysis of data recorded at different times or using different aggregation units problematical . |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | For further advice on tactics for avoiding hidden agendas or surfacing them , see Games on page 71 . |
| 10 | Many more left in the following months , either forcibly expelled by the occupying authorities or choosing not to live under Israeli military government . |
| 11 | Local authorities must be notified of private fostering arrangements and of children accommodated by health or education authorities or living in residential care or nursing homes on a long-stay basis ( see Chapter 18 ) . |
| 12 | Therefore it is fitting to remember that such houses are no substitute for fair rent housing from local authorities or housing associations ( Clark 1981 ) . |
| 13 | Will the Minister use his powers to enable local authorities to provide houses for homeless people , whether through local authorities or housing associations , jobs for redundant construction workers , and new business contracts for the building companies which are going bankrupt ? |
| 14 | All I have to worry about is designing , instead of production ETAs or trying to work out my taxes whilst being in a million meetings a day . |
| 15 | By manipulating the glove , the user can interact with the virtual world , handling and manipulating objects or using a repertoire of gestures as commands . |
| 16 | Either keeping personal creditors accounts or making sundry creditors adjustments can consume inordinate amounts of administrative and accounting time . |
| 17 | Mazmanian finds participation effective in such process goals as leading to public appreciation of the Engineers ' work , but not in what he calls ‘ product ’ goals , such as increasing public support for the projects or recommending courses of action . |
| 18 | Any sign of tingling fingers or triggering motion in the thumb or fingers must be taken as a warning . |
| 19 | But work door previously by the National Consumer Council 's suggests that although many people are reluctant to face a personal interview , the great majority of people in lower socio-economic groups prefer face-to-face contact to filling in forms or writing letters . |
| 20 | But the allusion to ‘ properly conducted ’ games or sports is vague , and the notion that such dangerous exhibitions as circus acts or trying to vault over twelve buses on a motorcycle are ‘ needed ’ in the public interest seems strained . |
| 21 | According to the report , the New York-based Lawyers ' Committee for Human Rights had obtained evidence that the 17 had been charged with " vague and broadly worded offences " under a 1965 government decree which outlawed actions " opposing any of the goals of the revolution , or advocating any disorderly acts or publishing false news with the aim of causing disorder " . |
| 22 | ( 3B ) A person shall not be guilty of an offence under subsection ( 3A ) above if he proves that he had reasonable grounds for doing the acts or withdrawing or withholding the services in question . |
| 23 | ( 8 ) In proceedings to enforce a liability arising by virtue of subsection ( 3 ) above , it shall be a defence for the defendant to prove that he believed , and had reasonable cause to believe — ( a ) that the residential occupier had ceased to reside in the premises in question at the time when he was deprived of occupation as mentioned in subsection ( 1 ) above or , as the case may be , when the attempt was made or the acts were done as a result of which he gave up his occupation of those premises ; or ( b ) that , where the liability would otherwise arise by virtue only of the doing of acts or the withdrawal or withholding of services , he had reasonable grounds for doing the acts or withdrawing or withholding the services in question . |
| 24 | As between 10% and 30% of consulting patients have mainly emotional problems the scope for increasing general practitioners ' counselling skills or referring patients to an in house counsellor is substantial . |
| 25 | Since these qualities are fundamentally expressions of values , attitudes and feelings within the persons , traditional in-service training approaches which concentrate on conveying new knowledge , imparting particular skills or prescribing certain patterns of behaviour are insufficient for headship development . |
| 26 | For the teacher who favours the process model , a development like study skills or reading for leisure would hardly be seen as extra to the curriculum , and for some , even the enhancement of the physical environment can not be divorced from those learning experiences in which education consists : that is to say , " the medium is the message " ( McLuhan cited in Postman and Weingarter , 1971 ) . |
| 27 | If you are using or considering any of these programmes ( eg Somerset Thinking Skills or Thinking Science/Cognitive Acceleration through Science Education ) I would be pleased to hear from you . |
| 28 | The medical analogy is of a patient either not being treated because of the cost of investigations or undergoing treatment in the absence of data showing which treatment , if any , is indicated . |
| 29 | Whether it was attitudes or setting or relevance to modern life , you know , to what extent are some of the stories relevant to their time and place , and not to our time and place , so that might be an interesting area to explore . |
| 30 | Others survive by begging , selling trinkets or scavenging on rubbish tips . |