Example sentences of "[v-ing] [art] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In encouraging the sharing of confidences the Profitboss takes care to ensure that the confidence is not abused , taking to task any team-member who betrays the trust . |
| 2 | Prohibiting the purchase of shares The Model Code applies equally to own-share purchases ( the Yellow Book , Section 5 , Chapter 2 , para 44 ) and so the company should not purchase any shares during any period when the directors would not be free to do so on their own account . |
| 3 | Despite the rapid increase in the number of large-scale excavations of settlements , only three have been published ( Bell 1977 ; Millett 1983 ; West 1985 ) ; a similar problem pertains with the number of cemeteries examined since the Second World War and which remain unpublished , denying a generation of researchers the data from modern excavations . |
| 4 | After passing the stage of infancy the education of the child takes a different shape , the child is taught how to sit and walk properly to avoid having bow legs , for a straight figure is admired by Gikuyu , especially amongst the warriors it is one of the qualities of handsomeness . |
| 5 | As reported on June 6 , the RPF had succeeded in capturing the town of Biumba the previous day but failed to hold it ; the official death toll was 24 rebels and three government soldiers killed . |
| 6 | They were searching the clinic in case the mother was hiding somewhere . |
| 7 | Couple 's joy : Alison Kitchen , 28 , and her husband David , 31 , who live in Hartlepool , are celebrating the birth of triplets the first test tube babies to be born at the town 's general hospital . |
| 8 | A scale was formed by simply scoring the number of times the respondent said that he or she was satisfied ; the resulting scale started with a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 6 , but it was dichotomized at the median value into a scale of political alienation with two values ( high and low ) . |
| 9 | The list of HMG-box containing proteins is growing rapidly , comprising a variety of functions the common activity of which seems to be their ability to bind DNA through this domain ( 3-9 ) . |
| 10 | After paying a deposit of £25 the buyer refused to pay the rest . |
| 11 | When building a corpus of text the general maxim is that bigger is better . |
| 12 | Despite being a launchpad for bands like Sweden 's Abba and producing a string of hits the Eurovision Song Contest has been panned by fans in recent years . |
| 13 | There are few diamonds to be found , nor is there much cocoa ; and considering the amount of space the Pacific commands it might seem a little odd ( unless one remembers the geology ) that only a fifth of the world 's proven oil reserves are there . |
| 14 | When considering the on-cost on stocks the builder must take into account the employment costs of storekeepers , stock lost owing to obsolescence and deterioration , insurance , interest on capital invested , and overhead costs associated with administration and floor space . |
| 15 | I replied that if Seius Oceanus ( to whom the estate ought to be made over when he reached the age of sixteen , under trust under the will of Seius Saturninus by the trustee-heir Valerius Maximus ) died before he completed the set period of time , the estate under trust belongs to the person to whom the rest of his property will belong , since the trust vested during his lifetime , that is if by postponing the time for payment the testator would seem rather to have granted the trustee-heir custody than to have imposed an uncertain term on the trust . |
| 16 | There had followed a brief but hotly acrimonious exchange over his reckless haste in the speedboat , versus her stupidity in not wearing a safety-line on board the ketch . |
| 17 | Using an example of e-mail the paper demonstrates the sorts of data that are lost to history . |
| 18 | By giving the Secretary of State the power this side of the general election , perhaps he intends to implement such a council after the election . |
| 19 | But er unfortunately those on the ground who have shown their skill at wrecking anything that does n't suit their purpose with the support of the Labour group , those on the ground will still be there and I do n't believe that er giving the director of education the executive powers is going to stop them continuing to take the sort of action they 've been taking . |
| 20 | In recounting his hero 's feats of ratiocination ( a word he invented ) he had an anonymous , somewhat credulous , narrator following him everywhere and asking the sort of questions the reasonably intelligent reader might want to ask ; the original Watson . |
| 21 | Gripping the chain with determination the ferry hauled itself bravely through the grey twilight . |
| 22 | ‘ We halved the time by doing the processing on board the vessel , and then further halved it by using a limited part of the data set — 12-fold as opposed to 30-fold — which was perfectly adequate for the purpose , ’ says Nunn . |
| 23 | ‘ I am to be questioned and interfered with and hounded , not to be left , doing a job of work the way I choose , a necessary job , a job our sister has made tediously inevitable , a job the result of which may save us from potential disgrace , even if we can not go so far as to expect it to improve our situation out of all recognition . |
| 24 | So are we doing a gig on May the tenth ? |
| 25 | After hering a summary of evidence the magistrate will decide whether to commit all or any of the defendants to trial at Crown Court . |
| 26 | After hering a summary of evidence the magistrate will decide whether to commit all or any of the defendants to trial at Crown Court . |
| 27 | 2 Circumstances importing an obligation of confidence The courts have found it difficult to determine a generally applicable test of the circumstances in which an obligation of confidence will arise . |
| 28 | Even in cases involving the interpretation of legislation the judges ' choices between competing or differential readings of the words of the statutory material involve judicial creativity or innovation . |
| 29 | Transition probabilities p(1) to p(4) in Table 6.2 are calculated by counting the number of times the business executive stayed in city a and subsequently ( i ) stayed the next day in city a , ( ii ) moved to city b , ( iii ) moved to city c , ( iv ) moved to city d . |
| 30 | Before reaching the town of Rock the path runs through the only sand dunes that we encountered on the whole walk . |