Example sentences of "[v-ing] [art] [noun sg] of [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1985 ) ; a similar problem pertains with the number of cemeteries examined since the Second World War and which remain unpublished , denying a generation of researchers the data from modern excavations .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 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | After paying a deposit of £25 the buyer refused to pay the rest . |
| 10 | When building a corpus of text the general maxim is that bigger is better . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Using an example of e-mail the paper demonstrates the sorts of data that are lost to history . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . |
| 18 | After hering a summary of evidence the magistrate will decide whether to commit all or any of the defendants to trial at Crown Court . |
| 19 | After hering a summary of evidence the magistrate will decide whether to commit all or any of the defendants to trial at Crown Court . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Before reaching the town of Rock the path runs through the only sand dunes that we encountered on the whole walk . |
| 24 | Even so , Finnis remains committed to the proposition that in determining the concept of property the legislator 's choice can not be regarded as wholly unfettered or arbitrary . |
| 25 | In determining the amount of grant the Minister will have regard to the general standards of the courses maintained by them , the needs of the areas , the activities of other bodies providing further education in the area and the fees paid by students . |
| 26 | The indignation of the trade union mounts ; there is the threat of a strike ; Government , which fears a strike more than the nationalised undertaking , sounds the call for retreat ; and amid paeans of praise for everybody 's wisdom in choosing the path of peace the claim is settled — more generously than it could have been in the first place ( Aubrey Jones , cited in Bell 1975 : 10 ) . |
| 27 | In a case involving a sum of money the property of a foreign state and whether it is proper that it should be paid to a firm of solicitors whose authority to act on behalf of that state is in question , the court should , with the assistance of an amicus if necessary , decline to make an order for the payment out of a sum in court to a firm of solicitors without being satisfied of the authority of that firm of solicitors . |
| 28 | In the period of drowsiness preceding the oblivion of sleep the quality of thinking changes to become less logical and sometimes bizarre . |
| 29 | A great many green ideas were produced by Labour that summer ; a ‘ green bill ’ to show up the deficiencies in Tory legislation ; making the quality of life the central theme in the 1990 local elections ; the mobilization of public opinion through the development of a network of environmental , countryside and energy organizations . |
| 30 | By specifying the class of interference the search becomes selective , and so certain parts can be located considering their type of attachment . |