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Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] the [noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1	As to direct selling , she believed that seeing off the threat of publishers was even easier : ‘ No publisher can supply all the books a school needs . ’
2	Section 7–4 examines the implications of the taxation of intermediate goods , allowing for the interdependence of industries ( via the input-output table ) , and describes a simple hierarchical model of production .
3	Extensive experience with decriminalisation in Holland shows that not only is there no accompanying surge in consumption — allowing for the inrush of addicts from more restrictive countries — but related crime falls when drugs are legalised .
4	For example , for Article 4 of the proposed directive to be implemented , Britain would have to introduce legislation allowing for the searching of premises to hold and seize items which another country says there are ‘ reasonable grounds for believing ’ have ‘ been unlawfully removed from its territory ’ .
5	By allowing for the distribution of results in random diversification , reductions in the overall risk of a randomly selected portfolio of shares may continue until the number of constituent securities reaches about thirty .
6	It is with Zerlina that Giovanni sings the enchanting duet ‘ La cì darem la mano ’ , which later composers , including Chopin , paid the compliment of using as the basis for variations .
7	It is an awful spectacle to see a ride galloping through the finish with reins flapping , bouncing around on the horse 's back .
8	We go on praying for the release of hostages and prisoners held without a cause ; and we pray for peace , and especially for the peace of Jerusalem .
9	And in further contrast , miles from anywhere , the odd experience of driving through the night with flames licking through the forest on either side of the long deserted road .
10	With a last desperate heave the steel door slammed shut , slicing off the row of fingers like falling skittles .
11	When she had chosen the least remarkable and staggered downstairs in a pair of high-heeled purple boots the others got their revenge by wheezing about the room in hysterics once more .
12	There were meadow browns , small skippers , and even painted ladies flitting among the tall flowering grasses on the canal bank , bending them over as they settled , knocking off the pollen in puffs of fine , yellow mist .
13	They may not be able to fly and one does n't like to enquire too deeply into how elegant they look below the waterline , but steamer ducks — their wings gyrating through the water like paddle-wheels — can make 12 knots , and more in a following wind .
14	However , the small number of implied covenants have a part to play in contributing towards the comfort of tenants and some have attracted the attention of Parliament .
15	Her voice was quivering beneath the pressure of tears .
16	At the time of the first interviews in June 1990 the authorities were grappling with the devolution of services to the units and the district 's attempt to come to terms with the new role of purchaser .
17	Wilmot also faces a separate trial at Southport on November 19 accused of driving under the influence of drugs .
18	Suddenly the earth was drumming and quivering with the beat of hooves , coming at a fast gallop along the grassy verges of the Roman road from Shrewsbury .
19	However , even by the middle years of the nineteenth century an industrial city like Manchester had not expanded so far as to prevent its mill workers walking in the country on Sundays .
20	In the days since her visit to me , her mind had become so used to the idea of walking in the vicinity of birds that it had seemed quite a natural thing to do .
21	The urge to empathise is strong , but the projection is often rewarded by understanding in the case of animals .
22	The latter are the main pigments occurring in the eye of insects from many orders .
23	any name which is the same as a name appearing in the index of names kept by the Registrar of Companies ( s. 714 ) ;
24	Now the taxation of the plaintiff 's bill of costs , came before master er and er in his taxation , it seems , and I 'm , I think I 'm right in saying it , it seems that erm there is no substantial dispute as to the particular items in the various bills of costs with which he was concerned , it maybe that if there were a discrepancy , he has , he dealt with it and nothing has been said before me today , er to suggest that the figures appearing in the bill of costs ought to be varied and accordingly I have not er have to consider the detail items in the bill of costs , the only issue I did n't decide is whether master was correct in disallowing interest for the period that he did , er Mr for the plaintiff says that he was wrong er that there was no good reason for disallowing him any interest and that accordingly I on this appeal should erm discharge or reverse that part of taxing order as disallowed interest .
25	Regis said : ‘ I do n't blame Linford one little bit — appearing in the number of rounds that he has would have taxed the strength of a superman .
26	The elders in the congregation will take careful note of what 's happening in the circuit with regards to these figures and the standard of er talks and so forth and the standard of teaching , well it 's not for us to quibble about it is it ?
27	It 's a comparison of of what 's happening in the county in terms of registrations of births and deaths , and what 's happening nationally .
28	Paradox 4 does n't ignore what 's been happening in the world of Windows , either .
29	It might seem odd that this kind of thing is happening in the age of Aids , but none of the home porn stars I interviewed seemed very concerned .
30	Whereas Belial Base had been built on the outer surface of a solid moon , Moloch Base was inside a hollow one ; a miracle of planetary engineering which , after five years , still had Bannen and his team groping in the dark for answers to questions they did n't even know how to formulate .