Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each affix is obligatorily attached to a stem containing or consisting of an open set item : dis-obey , un-popular , central-ise , dismount-ed , long-er , etc . |
| 2 | Continuing on the subject of getting involved , the committee are always delighted to hear from anyone wishing to help in any way ( half an hour once a year on a stall or helping at an open coffee morning would be tremendous ) . |
| 3 | So , whether family cruising , club racing , or competing in an International Rolex Swan Regatta , there is a Swan 46 that will suit your requirements . |
| 4 | He looked at it quite philosophically , seeing poaching as an irritant but also as an inevitable occurrence ; in headhunting , all 's fair in love and war . |
| 5 | Many of the documents in the Archives were dated either not at all ‘ or according to an incomprehensible Emorian system invented by Richard ; and it sometimes proved impossible to link the events they recorded with events in the world beyond Emor . |
| 6 | Am I compounding a felony , or acting as an accessory before the fact ? ’ |
| 7 | Ten blocks from here Judith was about some early evening occupation : bathing , perhaps , or dressing for an evening on the town . |
| 8 | Pristine to the last , he would wear a tie and a suit , whether just pacing the house or going for an evening out . |
| 9 | Or going for an interview . |
| 10 | ‘ Part of a building ’ will include entering a building lawfully but then going into a part of the building as a trespasser , such as entering the private quarters in a public house which was entered lawfully in the first instance or going behind an unattended counter in a shop . |
| 11 | A problem shared is usually a problem halved , whether it is learning how to cope with rheumatism , wanting to lose some weight or caring for an elderly relative . |
| 12 | In the case of the MA(Honours) in Italian and those joint honours degrees in which Italian is the major element , the third year of study will be spent in Italy , usually at an Italian university or teaching in an Italian secondary school . |
| 13 | And although a green glow that is weaker than it ought to be might mean that some of the cells in the area are turning malignant , it might also mean that the operator has the end of the bronchoscope too far from the target , or pointing at an awkward angle . |
| 14 | The financial strain on the firm can be eased by : ( 1 ) effecting sufficient insurance cover ( see Chapter 5 ) ; ( 2 ) the inclusion of suitable provisions ( Clause 20 ) in the partnership deed clearly setting out the procedures to be adopted for the continuing partners to have the option to purchase the deceased 's share from his estate on an appropriate time scale or providing for an automatic accruer to the surviving partners ; ( 3 ) the inclusion of provisions in the deceased 's will enlarging the discretion of the personal representatives as to the time for realisation of assets in the estate and generally as to arrangements which may be concluded with the continuing partners ; and ( 4 ) where ( which is not unusual ) one of the personal representatives is a continuing partner , the inclusion in the will of specific authority for that partner in his capacity as personal representative and trustee to conclude agreements with the firm . |
| 15 | This has resulted in some members leaving these areas of practice , or having to face higher costs , or coping with an intrusion into their affairs that they resent . |
| 16 | Soon after this I embarked on another essay , under what stimulus I do not now remember ; but I had formed the habit , not of revising or tinkering with an unsatisfactory piece , but of writing something else instead . |
| 17 | A further aspect of the Sherif study concerned the effects of winning or losing in an intergroup competition . |
| 18 | In the event of a second conviction for a like offence , a member is liable , in addition to the penalties already named , to be adjudged to be for ever incapable of holding any public office , and to be incapable for five years of being registered as an elector or voting at an election either of members to serve in Parliament or of members of any public body . |
| 19 | When you suspect that someone is flattering you in order to manipulate , or responding in an artificial manner , ask for specific detail . |
| 20 | Below that the car risked bogging down in the mud or grounding on an obstacle , above it the tyres might lose adhesion on the continual twists and turns or cliff-like descents , or one of the vicious pot-holes or rock outcrops rupture the suspension or pierce the sump . |
| 21 | ‘ ( 1 ) A person shall not be excused , by reason that to do so may incriminate that person or the wife or husband of that person of an offence under this Act — ( a ) from answering any question put to that person in proceedings for the recovery or administration of any property , for the execution of any trust or for an account of any property or dealings with property ; or ( b ) from complying with any order made in any such proceedings ; but no statement or admission made by a person in answering a question put or complying with an order made as aforesaid shall , in proceedings for an offence under this Act , be admissible in evidence against that person or ( unless they married after the making of the statement or admission ) against the wife or husband of that person . |
| 22 | ‘ ( 1 ) A person shall not be excused , by reason that to do so may incriminate that person or the wife or husband of that person of an offence under this Act — ( a ) from answering any question put to that person in proceedings for the recovery or administration of any property , for the execution of any trust or for an account of any property or dealings with property ; or ( b ) from complying with any order made in any such proceedings ; but no statement or admission made by a person in answering a question put or complying with an order made as aforesaid shall , in proceedings for an offence under this Act , be admissible in evidence against that person or ( unless they married after the making of the statement or admission ) against the wife or husband of that person . |
| 23 | When back pain and arthritis are the problems it can help to take short rests or breaks from a long stint in one position — say sitting at a desk or standing at an ironing-table . |
| 24 | It was a source of great prestige to have one 's portrait painted while sitting on , or standing near an Anatolian rug , and numerous examples of this can be seen in the pictures of Simone Martini and other artists of the period . |
| 25 | fold bandage and if you want , pack it away like that , you bring the end in the centre , there , so and again the ends in to the centre , just so that they meet like this , like this the centre , just so that they meet there , again , start like this , ends just to meet in the centre do n't overlap them too much and again bend into the centre and you 've got a nice little pad , if you ever need a pad for plonking on a wound quickly , there you 've got a pad , or putting against an ear or anything you want it for and you open it up quickly and you 've got a bandage , two of those and you 've got a |
| 26 | Any individual act of self-denial or investment ( e.g. leaving small saplings to regenerate the forest , or investing in an improved method of cooking food ) is frequently not repaid — a classic tragedy of the commons does not respect individual and isolated remedial action . |
| 27 | But while on the subject of confessing ignorance , I must also state that I have so far made it through life without witnessing or participating in an Orange Walk . |
| 28 | This capacity is no more than a device to enable the organisation to act , and should not be seen as either creating or weighing against an agency relationship . |
| 29 | I still believe the real problem right now is in midfield where they are neither defending well or attacking with an confidence . |
| 30 | Everyone — whether self-employed or working for an employer — has the choice of continuing as they are or of switching instead to a personal pension . |