Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These media were clearly better than the press in helping to combat loneliness and isolation , allegedly more common in the 1970s and 1980s than in the post-war decades , especially among an ageing population . |
| 2 | Pilots had little faith in the system and kept their heads and height down , preferring to risk prosecution by the CAA for low-flying rather than run the risk of killing themselves and another crew . |
| 3 | By making the income and capital gains from investing in such trusts free of tax , up to a maximum amount of 6,000 a year ( 1992 ) , it is hoped that such savings will be encouraged , thereby helping to channel investment into UK industry . |
| 4 | These reservoirs behave as imperfectly elastic containers , expanding and contracting to accommodate fluxes of melt . |
| 5 | The EMS , founded in 1979 , had not collapsed as had been predicted in many quarters , rather it had achieved some success in stabilising exchange rate fluctuations , and in helping to promote convergence of inflation rates . |
| 6 | Rycroft argues against relegating so much of our mental life to the status of pathology , preferring to liken dreams to waking imaginative activity , such as creative writing . |
| 7 | are putting in they have high attendance rates because they 're including explained absences you know , as justified you know , and putting them with the actual attendance |
| 8 | Allegedly the money was a back-hander to the PSI for helping to arrange loans . |
| 9 | ‘ Some women prefer seeing make gynaecologists because they find them more authoritative . ’ |
| 10 | In addition to his work promoting the Contagious Diseases Acts , in the 1860s he also served on the Parliamentary Bills Committee of the British Medical Association , helping to draft legislation on habitual drunkenness , infant mortality and the examination and registration of midwives . |
| 11 | And here was the man himself , scarred face , heavy limp , and impressive bearing , demanding to see Sally-Anne , but he gave away nothing of this , merely said , ‘ What is it , Baines ? ’ and then to the intruder , ‘ And who the devil are you , sir ? |
| 12 | Still , if he had not been called away he would have been up here , no doubt , demanding to see progress . |
| 13 | ‘ Then how do you explain the fact that the kidnappers phoned urgently , demanding to see Ubaldo in person , at a time when you were still in Rome and no one supposedly knew you were coming except the authorities ? ’ |
| 14 | CHESTER Tory MP , author and television personality Gyles Brandreth was helping explain Europe to the people yesterday . |
| 15 | It is business as usual for ENGLAND U21s , although it is saddening to see Martin Turner , a wonderful servant of English ( particularly English junior ) rugby , retiring as chairman of the England U21 panel in favour of Malcom Phillips with John Elliott continuing as team manager . |
| 16 | The first is a female spirit with long fair hair who travels from village to village by water , visiting farms and helping to tend cattle . |
| 17 | I had only pretended I did n't know , preferring to see things as I would like them to be , rather than as they were , imprisoning myself in a ramshackle edifice of lies because I could n't bear to knock it down and start again , shivering and alone in a great expanse of sand . |
| 18 | After a politburo meeting on Aug. 2 , it was reported that 21 of its 26 members favoured abandoning the controversial proposals , preferring to see ZANU use its current huge parliamentary majority — it held 116 of the 150 seats — to push through policies to combat the country 's pressing economic problems . |
| 19 | Maureen Sanderson , head of the SCS 's external therapy and advisory services , who is helping to treat Sheng , often in her spare time , said : ‘ It took a year to cut through the red tape and get Sheng here but we think it will be worth it . |
| 20 | According to ecologist Kathleen Keeler , of the University of Nebraska , the creation of new weeds is the most serious risk attaching to plant biotechnology . |
| 21 | This form of contract ensures that the model can not suddenly start demanding repeat fees on a photograph which is widely used . |
| 22 | Although it may seem like folly to invest in such buildings , many of them make perfectly good homes and buyers would be helping to preserve Britain 's heritage . |
| 23 | With 100 $500 grants already on their way to scientists working in Russia , the International Science Foundation ( ISF ) has taken the first step towards meeting its goal of helping to preserve research in the former Soviet Union . |
| 24 | British Tommies were helping to restore order and a small patrol of them were on duty at the crossing of Commissioner and Pagoda Roads when a busload of young ruffians armed with sticks and dahs came tearing into the city . |
| 25 | Particularly influential were the ideas of serving the feudal overlord , of fulfilling the obligation inherent in fidelity , and of helping to restore justice when the lord or his ally was deprived of what was justly his . |
| 26 | At Jordanstown , qualified nurses are available in the Health Centre on the ground floor of the Student Services Building to treat injuries , minor illnesses , and to advise on health matters in general . |
| 27 | At Jordanstown , qualified nurses are available in the Health Centre on the ground floor of the Student Services Building to treat injuries , minor illnesses , and to advise on health matters . |
| 28 | Remove the skin from chicken and poultry before eating it , if it has not been removed before cooking ( it is often kept on during cooking to impart flavour ) . |
| 29 | Eating to lose weight |
| 30 | Other techniques , such as using reflecting flakes , give overall information about the structure of the flow . |