Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he added , ‘ This will be the first time Ah 've visited the country , but havin' read Prescott myself Ah do n't think Ah 'm goin' to like the Spaniards and what they and the mestizos have done to it . ’ |
| 2 | The satisfaction of belonging to a worthwhile organisation and helping to promote the development of Medau work |
| 3 | Sun and water power in Toledo : BP Solar Espana is helping to connect a 1MW photovoltaic plant to the Spanish grid near Toledo in central Spain . |
| 4 | I 'm phoning to arrange a time … |
| 5 | However , it may be noted that overtly ‘ theatrical ’ pieces tend to have key schemes to match from the earliest French cantata collections onwards , copying now stage action scenes in helping to dramatize the text , now divertissements in functioning independently from it . |
| 6 | In addition , this company also contributed to the Association 's efforts on behalf of the ‘ Reach for the Sky ’ Appeal by helping to arrange a Royal Film Gala night at their Shaftsbury Avenue cinema . |
| 7 | In return , the Soviet Union pledges its support for the sanctity of Iraq 's own borders , promises to veto any attempt to impose penalties on Iraq , including any trial of Mr Hussein himself , and commits itself to helping to arrange a subsequent international discussion of regional issues . |
| 8 | Diseases in oilseed rape and winter beans , as well as wet soils after more than 180mm ( 7in ) of rain in June , are helping to paint a ‘ rather gloomy ’ picture this year , he adds . |
| 9 | In this way information is gradually built up , helping to paint a picture of the lives and lifestyles of the birds which appear so dramatically in the islands . |
| 10 | Daniel Carey returned to Frizingley as its Chartist Candidate entirely by chance , the gentleman who had originally been selected to fight the by-election having taken up a longish residence in jail on charges of plug-drawing and helping to demolish a workhouse near Rochdale . |
| 11 | This was certainly true of his year as social security minister , where Major would prefer to be remembered for dispensing fivers to freezing pensioners in the form of severe-weather payments ( even though they received only one each for one week ) , than for helping to draft the 1988 Social Security Act . |
| 12 | He continued to serve on commissions and committees , notably helping to draft the New Model Army ordinance ( 1645 ) , chairing the committee on church government ( 1645–6 ) , and agreeing to try the king , although he did not sit on the trial commission ( 1648 ) . |
| 13 | When the Secretary of State was helping to draft the declaration on the middle east peace process , did he have in mind the curfew that has been placed on the Nablus and Hebron areas and on the Al-Bireh area and did he have in mind the illegal occupation of the houses in the Silwan area of Jerusalem ? |
| 14 | ‘ Woman with a heavy period , demanding to see a gynaecologist before she bleeds to death . |
| 15 | The protesters were demanding to see a confidential document written by Anglian Water to the Scottish Office about the reorganisation of Scottish water . |
| 16 | The protesters were demanding to see a confidential AW document to the Scottish Office about Scottish water . |
| 17 | As pressure intensified , Mr Hurd contacted UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros Ghali , demanding to see the Cambodian representative to the UN . |
| 18 | They have already complained to the waiter without satisfaction , so they have descended on the reception desk demanding to see the manager . |
| 19 | The butler was arguing with a tall fair man , threatening to send for the footmen to turn him away physically if he persisted in demanding to see the person who was refusing access to everyone , and particularly to anyone answering to the name of Cochrane . |
| 20 | He performed well in the Gulf War , helping to glue the coalition . |
| 21 | The houses claimed , however , that they had informed the Ministry of Finance of the payments in 1990 , and that the ministry had chosen not make the information public , preferring to instruct the securities houses to discipline those personnel responsible . |
| 22 | Sandy Seymour was among drivers , managers and police officers helping to publicise the latest aspect of Operation Blade , the campaign by Strathclyde Police to clamp down on knife crime . |
| 23 | It was littered with ladders , pails and other decorators ' paraphernalia and the air was permeated with the odour of the chemical the workmen were using to strip the woodwork . |
| 24 | He tells the true story of a clergyman , Father Kleinsorge , who was helping to tend the wounded … . |
| 25 | So , Coward is elevated to join the likes of Greed ( 1923 ) and Paisa ( 1946 ) and Le jour se lève ( 1939 ) , but Manvell cautiously refuses to bestow individual plaudits , preferring to see the film as ‘ one of those rare films for which one can never be sure to whom the real credit is due … an example of the unity achieved by the cooperation of many creative minds ’ . |
| 26 | The excavator suggests that the positioning of the doors and the size of the buildings ‘ does not seem to indicate an agricultural function ’ ( Millett 1983 , p. 247 ) , preferring to see the stability of the layout as a reflection of social units , whether divided by ‘ kinship , sex or status ’ ( ibid . ) . |
| 27 | During Queen Victoria 's reign , many that had been formerly open to the public closed their gates , preferring to cultivate the sanctity of ‘ home ’ . |
| 28 | The latter role has received growing attention in recent years , with a trend towards extending the scope of public sector auditing to include an assessment as to whether departments and agencies manage their operations efficiently and whether their programmes are effective in terms of the objectives by which they were initiated . |
| 29 | The Government are helping to support the idea that coal is a pollutant but that nuclear power is green friendly and that gas is green friendly . |
| 30 | The knowledge that you are personally helping to support the future development of Medau work and the training of our teachers |