Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One advantage of the fly and inner going up together is that the inner is kept at a set distance from the fly , preventing the two from touching and allowing moisture to leak through to the inside . |
| 2 | The reception , in a vast lightwell running north-south , is constantly catching light reflected down on the arcade of shops and a cafe beneath where patients may , in effect , ‘ go out ’ . |
| 3 | Five Railway Cup medals with Ulster and representing Ireland stand out as the highpoints of Jim Reilly 's marvellous career . |
| 4 | After a brief wait and an exchange of pleasantries with Renee , Yanto carried the two brimming mugs back out into the sun and joined Selwyn on the bench . |
| 5 | I saw tombs open and the terrifying silhouettes of walking corpses set out on the road . |
| 6 | City will be kicking themselves for allowing Cranfield to get back into the game , but the visitors must be given credit for a spirited second half performance . |
| 7 | About Eddie ? ’ asked an anxious Phil Aldrich , when the frowning Morse walked back into the bar . |
| 8 | Ace snapped savagely , causing Benny to step back from the unexpectedly vicious tone in her voice . |
| 9 | Something resembling panic broke out among the ladies . |
| 10 | Each one can be thought of as a chemical factory which , in the course of delivering its primary product of usable energy , processes more than 700 different chemical substances , in long , interweaving assembly-lines strung out along the surface of its intricately folded internal membranes . |
| 11 | Picking Gwen Bear up from the bed , and hugging the soft toy to her for comfort , she stood at the window and stared out at the cloudy night sky . |
| 12 | In a gallery of stalactites , baobab roots seeking water winding down from the roof , we asked Sapan what the island was called . |
| 13 | When the fungus is finished with its host , large club-shaped fruiting structures punch out through the insect 's exoskeleton , leaving the lifeless husk grotesquely studded with bizarre outgrowths . |
| 14 | Those who prepare courses of initial teaching training must ( in addition to meeting conditions laid down by the CNAA ) also satisfy the requirements of the Government 's Advisory committee on the Supply and Education of Teachers ( CATE ) . |
| 15 | And sales at one of the country 's biggest marts could create traffic chaos , with more than 1,000 steers having to be put through a race at Borderway mart to check ear tags , causing traffic to back up onto the motorway . |
| 16 | Now Gwynedd Health Authority 's health promotion adviser , Melfyn Thomas , is urging people to face up to the challenge of accepting people affected by HIV and Aids . |
| 17 | Nor has the Department decided whether it is going to contribute towards the considerable capital cost of new computers , causing doctors to put off to the last minute a decision on which system to choose . |
| 18 | The stinging bee will release an alarm scent , causing others to pour out of the hive and join in the attack . |
| 19 | These swimming habits go back into the Palaeozoic , to the Carboniferous or earlier . |
| 20 | is the straightforward transaction reflecting cash flowing out of the authority ( assuming it is external loan repayment ) to repay loans . |
| 21 | Lewis , though , pushing apparent naivety to incredulous proportions , said : ‘ I could n't let the WBC down by allowing Bowe to duck out of the commitment he made . |
| 22 | In 1952 it adopted the practice of permitting deputies to stand in for the ministers : the deputies soon became permanent features , attending to all business except that deemed to be symbolically important . |
| 23 | With so much media space currently devoted to the heinous depredations the naked ape has inflicted on his habitat , it seems an inappropriate moment to celebrate the career of an artist whose entire work reflects his abiding faith in mankind ; an artist who gloried in presenting humanity dressed up in the paraphernalia of a glamorous performer , or as an honest victim of other men 's rapacity , so as to elicit for him the onlooker 's sympathy . |
| 24 | Sometimes Buddie stacked trays of eggs above the pipes to incubate , and after a few days there would be dozens of fluffy , chirruping chicks hatching out in the heat . |
| 25 | The most commonly-used light source is a discharge lamp , generally with a collimating capillary which allows a pencil of light to escape into the sample region without permitting sample to flow back into the discharge . |
| 26 | GEOGRAPHY lessons in Yugoslav schools used to start with the teacher pointing out that the first letters of the names of the states surrounding Yugoslavia added up to the word brigama , ‘ worries ’ . |
| 27 | On the first day the Champion Hurdle had been won by Kribensis ( owned by Sheikh Mohammed and trained by Michael Stoute ) from Nomadic Way ( owned by Robert Sangster and trained by Barry Hills ) — powerful Flat racing connections elbowing in on the jumping scene . |
| 28 | Changing approaches to resourcing issues arise out of the same organisational thinking , particularly the experimentation with rational techniques . |
| 29 | From here the route continues north , up through Hall Wood to reach Carron Crag , then north for ½ mile before turning south-east to arrive back at the centre . |
| 30 | THE pathetic objections voiced by the Lords to allowing peerages to pass on through the female line really rammed home to me how outmoded this institution is . |