Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Close attachments foster feelings of comfort and security , while investments in the well-being of others provides a rationale for one 's continued striving , a sense of continuity through time , and an opportunity for reliving and mastering unsatisfactory early experiences of one 's own . |
| 2 | Environmental Pollution reported in 1976 that ‘ there are very strong grounds for doubting whether dumping on this scale will be acceptable ’ . |
| 3 | Liverpool is , in turn , blamed by Wirralians for bringing and spreading all manner of evil across the region . |
| 4 | I confess that I am deeply pessimistic about halting and reversing the trend without legislative guidelines established by referenda which put limits on the growth of government expenditure or the growth of tax revenue . |
| 5 | The overweight person , on the other hand , is usually not so mindful of internal sensations as a cue for eating or abstaining , and is less likely to take exercise as an antidote to excess indulgence . |
| 6 | Find out what it is used for ( eg are the apples for eating or cooking with ? ) . |
| 7 | If you want cold hard-boiled eggs for eating or playing with , use either natural dyes or edible food colourings . |
| 8 | Most elderly people like to make a cup of tea for a visitor , and this should always be accepted with pleasure ; for eating and drinking with somebody else is another of life 's important shared experiences , of which they are deprived if they live alone . |
| 9 | Often it is better ( > ) for eating and comes on if they miss a meal ; headache with hunger . |
| 10 | This prevented the through draught which was valued for winnowing and meant that carts had to back out , so it was a less popular arrangement . |
| 11 | Cotton buds . for administering and wiping away surplus ointment , antiseptic washes etc . |
| 12 | Put together , they could be said to constitute more than the ‘ perhaps one or two opportunities ’ the discussion set out to find , but an outline strategy for reclaiming a grossly under-used source of much-needed brain-power in the boardroom : a strategy that now calls for sharpening and refining . |
| 13 | He was in demand for preaching and conducting retreats . |
| 14 | In his latter years , though plagued by failing eyesight , he gave considerable practical encouragement to the Oxford ‘ methodists ’ , whose predilection for preaching and catechizing accorded fully with his own . |
| 15 | And The Hound was rushing about sniffing and getting under everyone 's feet . |
| 16 | And Deviation 's ‘ Hammond Song ’ reminds one of the music they have in those appalling films about surfing that go on for ever , except with a dance beat . |
| 17 | In a new book , he claims the Victorians would be horrified by modern behaviour such as eating and smoking on the streets . |
| 18 | When golf clubs were originally formed they were used more as eating and drinking houses and the favourite tipple was claret . |
| 19 | Education officers are aware of many possibilities for using and interpreting the site , and can often pass on methods or good ideas that have proved successful with other groups . |
| 20 | Former taxi driver Paul Burrows , of Chandos Street , Darlington , discovered his talent for singing while convalescing from the life saving surgery last April . |
| 21 | Possibly it is better known for inaugurating and managing the Leven Wild Water Test which are the forerunner of all wild water racing in Britain . |
| 22 | An example of a custom built chip might be one designed to monitor the pressure in some continuous process operation such as steelmaking or papermaking , where the processor would fit into a particular part of the host plant . |
| 23 | VM Batch Sub-system ( VMBATCH ) for submitting and controlling batch processes under CP |
| 24 | France is planning to set up a national system for recovering and recycling packaging waste similar to that being implemented in Germany [ see ED 49/50 ; 56 ] . |
| 25 | EC environment ministers have moved closer to agreeing targets for recovering and recycling waste . |
| 26 | M2 is a Hepes-buffered medium ( pH 7.4 at 37-C ) for recovering and handling embryos out of the incubator ( based on the recipe in ref. 52 ) . |
| 27 | There have been cases reported of gonorrhoea being passed on within four or five hours of its having been acquired , so , unlike the case with syphilis , there is no ‘ safe ’ period between catching and giving the infection . |
| 28 | Similarly , other Rowdies who have been shown to have given long service through organizing or chant leading might also have a chance of making the grade . |
| 29 | She showed considerable talent for drawing and had two books on Christian art published in the early 1850s , Symbols and Emblems of Early and Medieval Christian Art ( 1852 ) and The Types and Figures of the Bible ( 1854 ) . |
| 30 | Training in skills such as singing or dancing often seems to involve not just acquiring technique , but opening a way through to the basic level of power so that it can ‘ fuel ’ the performance . |