Example sentences of "[v-ing] [art] [noun] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A massive 1000 t steel rotor with 10 m long arms could be spun so that the tips moved at 1000 m s -1 , equalling the speed of sound in steel . |
| 2 | As he was a very intellectual artist , he was the ideal figure to take over from Metzinger the task of transmitting the principles of Cubism to the other painters ; and since he joined the group at a moment when the movement was striving for greater definition , his influence and importance can not be overestimated . |
| 3 | Though the system has now been modified for some years , local authorities still play a crucial role in the shaping of the local environment by , for example , forecasting the need for roads for travel to work or leisure , and thus plan on the basis of that need Planners seek to influence behaviour , for example , by deciding that particular zones will be devoted to industrial estates , others to shopping centres and residential use in order to harmonise traffic movement and so on . |
| 4 | He and others were not pursuing the Pill on behalf of women 's reproductive autonomy and freedom . |
| 5 | I take the view that the right to register a fishing vessel , as a precondition for pursuing the activity of fishing in another member state , likewise constitutes an element which is inseparable from the right of establishment in the sea-fishing sector and , on that basis , falls within the sphere of application of article 52 of the E.E.C . |
| 6 | However , as Patrick Parrinder has pointed out , most of these approaches — in their concern with methodology rather than with the aims and purposes of English studies — have led to changes in manners of interpretation rather than in the choice of texts : they do not usually lead to any significant reconsideration of the worth of pursuing the interpretation of texts as such . " |
| 7 | Mr Geddes added that his group was of the view that the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , had failed to consult the Scottish people about water privatisation and was pursuing the matter in spite of it not being included in the Conservative election manifesto . |
| 8 | The mayor of Dushanbe , Maksud Ikramov , issued what proved to be a highly controversial decree on the same day allowing the removal of statues of Lenin . |
| 9 | The ANC also rejected the call made by de Klerk that the ANC become a political party , saying that such a transformation could not take place until a constitution was in place allowing the participation of blacks at all levels . |
| 10 | Research methods will include visitor and other public attitude surveys , allowing the development of models of individual choice to be used as a basis for appraising future endangered habitats . |
| 11 | At this , Grachev was attacked for failing to carry out reforms , allowing the spread of corruption in the army , and hiding statistics about crime . |
| 12 | In 1543 , Knox joyfully recorded the effect of allowing the reading of scripture in the vernacular : ‘ Then might have been seen the Bible lying upon almost every gentleman 's table . |
| 13 | The day hospital facilitates prolonged observation , allowing the assessment of consistency of a patient 's behaviour and possible behavioural modification to be achieved . |
| 14 | It was Dom Pérignon who conceived of the idea that the stalks would act as channels through the relatively thin cake of grapes , allowing the flow of juice to be speeded up . |
| 15 | Opponents of the bill had argued that it amounted to " retroactive justice " by declaring illegal acts committed in another country and allowing the prosecution of people for offences committed before they became British citizens or residents . |
| 16 | At their recent meeting Nether Wyresdale Parish Council asked me to write and thank you for allowing the seat from Snowhill to be kept on your property after it had been removed from its base . |
| 17 | The Protocol also grant concessions to ‘ developing countries ’ , allowing the use of 0.3kg of CFCs per person , per year , for a maximum of ten years , but does not make it clear which developing countries are eligible . |
| 18 | The UN security council on Wednesday passed a resolution allowing the use of force against aircraft violating the zone . |
| 19 | Recent Secretaries of State for Education have been known to favour educational vouchers as a way of increasing parental choice and allowing the quality of schools to be judged by market forces though they have been unable to find a workable system . |
| 20 | Disability arts belong to Disabled people allowing the creation of art to be paramount , without the more usual digression into issues of inaccessibility . |
| 21 | This had included restricting the activities of middlemen ( factors or " badgers " ) who were suspected of enhancing prices and of allowing the fixing of prices by local justices . |
| 22 | At the same time the policy sets certain limits on house-building in rural areas allowing the erection of houses for agricultural workers , for family members working on a full-time basis on a family farm , and on a one-to-one replacement rule . |
| 23 | The ‘ organic ’ qualities are clearly important in allowing the adoption of systems of management which , in the absence of less effective leadership in gaining commitment , would hardly be viable . |
| 24 | In construing the Act without reference to the Parliamentary proceedings , he treats it as decisive that in this case the taxpayers ' children were only occupying surplus accommodation and that it lay in the discretion of the school whether to grant such benefit to the taxpayers . |
| 25 | He walked towards her then , nonchalantly , but with a determined gleam in his eyes that succeeded in halting the flow of complaint from Robyn 's lips . |
| 26 | It ushered in a new era in the history of mankind , inaugurating the construction of socialism in an area covering one sixth of the globe . |
| 27 | And religious leaders played their part too , with Imams preaching the call to immunisation from every one of Turkey 's 54,000 mosques . |
| 28 | Geologists and engineers have begun preaching the virtues of preparation in the central and eastern US as well , to a somewhat less receptive audience . |
| 29 | You can place YOUR order by contacting the House of Elder on |
| 30 | Price Waterhouse is contacting the managements of companies on the Unlisted Securities Market to find out how they feel about The Stock Exchange 's plan to close the USM and its effective merger with the Official List . |