Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] [v-ing] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been shown to thrive on a diet of soluble uranium ions converting them into solid waste and thereby making them easier to remove . |
| 2 | Several studies have shown that the base pairs surrounding its GC-binding site affect the binding of actinomycin . |
| 3 | They have to attend enormous numbers of operations and watch experts doing it . |
| 4 | The courses consist of specially written course books taking you through a programme of work , mostly practical activity . |
| 5 | It is a bit like taking a poll of general election candidates asking them to state in public whether they think that they will win . |
| 6 | A questionnaire is being sent to all local General Election candidates asking them their views on the subject . |
| 7 | On the map it was pretty well blank space , save for the thin blue lines of creeks or marsh drains crisscrossing it . |
| 8 | Private hire cars also carry roof signs showing their telephone numbers , but are only allowed to carry passengers in response to telephone requests . |
| 9 | She was aware of nothing else but his compelling , mesmeric eyes , which were rooting her to the spot , setting a torch to her , the shooting flames searing her insides . |
| 10 | But they have the grave disadvantage that they must spend almost all their waking hours eating it if they are to obtain an adequate diet . |
| 11 | Will the Minister introduce in the near future proposals enabling us to have at least as many national holidays as other European countries ? |
| 12 | Referral by health professionals entails assessing a patient 's needs , monitoring changes in needs , and knowing the role of other agencies.2 However , significant unmet needs remained despite our study subjects consulting their general practitioners more frequently than subjects in other studies . |
| 13 | They arrived a good hour before most of the Californian sun-kissed audience and looked like a pale gang of spotty oik kids playing their hearts out . |
| 14 | They arrived a good hour before most of the Californian sun-kissed audience and looked like a pale gang of spotty oik kids playing their hearts out . |
| 15 | The Governments of the Federal Republic of Germany and Spain reached that conclusion , inter alia , on the basis of the judgment in Pesca Valentia Ltd. v. Minister for Fisheries and Forestry ( Case 223/86 ) [ 1988 ] E.C.R. 83 , 107 , para. 13 , on the one hand , and the obligation imposed on member states by Community rules , in particular Council Regulation ( E.E.C. ) No. 101/76 , to grant all fishing vessels flying their flags equal access to their fishing grounds , on the other . |
| 16 | After successfully excising a branchial cyst in the right neck the surgeon was faced with a deeper non-pulsatile cyst under considerable tension , with fine nerves and blood vessels traversing its wall . |
| 17 | But Mr Garrett said others who have taken only the three-hour assessment are responding to pursuits despite force guidelines prohibiting them . |
| 18 | The object of designing a national common core was in part to raise overall standards and in part to prevent the wastage of resources involved in each of the 22 NACAB areas designing its own basic training course . |
| 19 | But the Pill is not suitable for some girls , who have a lot of problems and side effects using it . |
| 20 | It is 19 7 ft 6in wide and 43 8ft long , the roof columns dividing it into four longitudinal bays . |
| 21 | Only the reflective coating of her suit had prevented the enemy weapons identifying her as a target . |
| 22 | Greater peace could be found on a boating pond in Regent 's Park than at the populated end of poor Loch Morar in summer , with speed boats raping its once enigmatic waters and queues of cars waiting for senior citizens in their caravans to unblock the single track road where they have parked in a passing place to brew up a cuppa . |
| 23 | I think its fairly unanimous that if any department needs improving its the defence . |
| 24 | His wrists up to his elbows were closely covered with coral bangles , so were his ankles … his breast was completely hidden from view by the coral beads encircling his neck . |
| 25 | But there will be other charges , too , including crematorium fees of £70 to £125 , or burial plots costing anything from £75 in the country to several thousand pounds in London . |
| 26 | It has all the advantages of a cannon plus the ability to rumble forward through the middle of enemy formations crushing everything in its path . |
| 27 | Just before Christmas , Sir Peter Levene , the head of procurement at the MOD , sent a letter to all defence industry suppliers asking them to postpone sending invoices to the department for a month : officials needed to remedy a £400m ( $780m ) overrun on their year-to-date budget . |
| 28 | Car owners needing their wheel or battery changed are now greeted by men clad in bright orange uniforms and natty caps . |
| 29 | Meanwhile , Novell chairman Ray Noorda is said to be circulating a letter among industry executives asking them to be expert witnesses in the FTC case against Microsoft . |
| 30 | This splendid achievement was due of course to exceptional wind conditions thrusting them along at the remarkable average speed of ninety miles per hour . |