Example sentences of "of [v-ing] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his reflections on the religious census of London , Mudie-Smith insisted that ‘ the outstanding lesson of the Census is that the power of preaching is undiminished ’ . |
| 2 | His style of preaching is clearly seen in his books such as A Call to the Unconverted and The Saint 's Everlasting Rest which were prepared from sermonic material . |
| 3 | Above all , the congregation will hear the voice of the Lord through the preaching , but what kind of preaching is desirable in these new churches ? |
| 4 | The reason the sensation of seeing is so different from the sensation of hearing and the sensation of smelling is that the brain finds it convenient to use different kinds of internal model of the visual world , the world of sound and the world of smell . |
| 5 | But there is nothing to argue about here , as the act of quantifying is not intended to be predictive , explanatory or theoretical : it is a methodological tool that is used by those who wish to make accountable statements about the distribution of linguistic forms in real speech communities in cases where this is not evident without quantification . |
| 6 | Chapter 12 will examine the challenge to the notion that the shareholders are uniquely qualified to be holders of residual rights , and the argument that a form of productive organisation in which the trading surplus accrues to the employees rather than the providers of capital is capable of operating no less efficiently , at least as far as the control of shirking is concerned , than the existing corporate form . |
| 7 | This a cappella tradition of singing is flourishing . |
| 8 | that 's not a bad lot of singing is it ? |
| 9 | Sort of singing is she ? |
| 10 | The Eighties surf bubble has well and truly burst , and competition prize money for the sport side of surfing is on the wane . |
| 11 | The intensity of leaching is probably the major such kinetic control in most weathering environments ( Fig. 6.14 ) . |
| 12 | The intensity of leaching is never uniform throughout an entire weathering profile since the throughput of water normally decreases with depth due to compaction and the downward translocation of fine particles which reduces the size of voids . |
| 13 | The resulting reduction in the intensity of leaching is usually reflected in mineralogical changes with depth ( Fig. 6.15 ) . |
| 14 | The sensation of seeing is for us very different from the sensation of hearing , but this can not be directly due to the physical differences between light and sound . |
| 15 | The process of seeing is thus a combination of factors , both physiological and psychological . |
| 16 | And if this sounds crazy , you need to reflect that the concept of seeing is modified here . |
| 17 | A way of seeing is a way of not seeing . |
| 18 | Again , it seems to follow that the perceptual experiences that observers have in the act of seeing is not uniquely determined by the images on their retinas . |
| 19 | The sensation of seeing is , for us , very different from the sensation of hearing , but this can not be directly due to the physical differences between light and sound . |
| 20 | The reason the sensation of seeing is so different from the sensation of hearing and the sensation of smelling is that the brain finds it convenient to use different kinds of internal model of the visual world , the world of sound and the world of smell . |
| 21 | Martin Luther remarked , ‘ The art of doubting is easy , for it is an ability that is born with us . ’ |
| 22 | The purpose of this process of doubting is to strain off the dross of uncertainty and to leave behind a residue of knowledge — objective , certain , universal . |
| 23 | 7 Find out which method of suturing is most commonly used on your ward . |
| 24 | The other cause of binding is the wood swelling because it is wet . |
| 25 | A new way of jobfinding is being pioneered in the Cotswolds . |
| 26 | This means that the thankless task of nagging is of an elevated importance in the unknown band 's armoury of skills : the less notice they take , the more you need to pester them . |
| 27 | The success of the concept of franchising is self-evident as it has grown to encompass more and more business sectors . |
| 28 | ‘ The hours spend on the road are exhausting , and when you get tired the risk of crashing is very high . ’ |
| 29 | The extensive network of subcontracting is one important mechanism which preserves dualism in Japan and in the process cushions the impact of market fluctuations on larger companies . |
| 30 | However , the business of producing is , or is hoped to be , permanent . |