Example sentences of "[coord] [v-ing] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cost of the Coniston ore delivered at the smelters was reckoned at 3s. 6d. a kibble , or more , which figure would improve or worsen depending upon output , and included " getting & shawdring & the carrieage . " |
| 2 | With the chance of winning these prizes it 's well worth booking a professional who is participating in the awards or suggesting that the photographer of your choice does so . |
| 3 | Occupations tend to be upgraded in status , for example , by implying possession of a special skill or suggesting that the work is in a supervisory capacity . |
| 4 | However , the Capital Taxes Office is likely to raise the following " standard " question : what discussions took place between the parties at or before the time of the deed of variation about how the assets which went to the spouse under the deed of variation were to be dealt with by the surviving spouse , ie was there some sort of plan or understanding that the property would be given to the children ? |
| 5 | At the outset I should emphasise that in the proceedings the only question raised is one of law , to be answered on the assumption that the assignments were genuine and valid transactions and that there was no arrangement or understanding that an assignee would hold for the assignor any compensation received by him from the fund . |
| 6 | Like VR as an instrument of state terror , or brainwashing or a virtual jail where you keep someone plugged in . |
| 7 | Not doubting your own sanity or believing that the problems are all your fault . |
| 8 | The good impression created by the writing of a first-class release will soon be dissipated if there is no contact for further information , no space for print marks or subbing and no indication that the release has ended and that there are no more continuation sheets . |
| 9 | There is no hiding or lying and no possibility of denial . ’ |
| 10 | Left-wing means this : asking for a fair wage , joining a political organisation , refusing to go into the army or complaining if the security forces kill your husband and torture your sons . |
| 11 | He did n't trouble with small-talk , or asking if the visitors were comfortable , or enjoying their stay . |
| 12 | Over the last few years I have also complained to the Press Council on a number of occasions , about various newspapers using such terms as ‘ Gay Plague ’ , or saying that the disease was spread by whispered conversations , or for exaggerating the amount of money spent by local authorities on gay issues . |
| 13 | Do n't you think he 's , he 's asking to much or , or saying that the peasants are doing too much . |
| 14 | Only a few months earlier he had , as she was soon to discover , been involved in a plot to murder her secretary and musician David Rizzio , believing or half-believing that the two of them were lovers . |
| 15 | Is the Home Office alleging or claiming that an emergency has arisen since the Conservative party conference , that the Bill must be completed in one day and that it is inconceivable that it could be improved in Committee ? |
| 16 | Important factors were : Farmers had no way of knowing or discovering that the seed was defective . |
| 17 | Is this just the state having been convinced by the academics ' own rhetoric about themselves , or hoping that the academics will actually be prepared to keep their own house in order ( for instance , by closing down a course of their own volition ) ? |
| 18 | The second half of the project is concerned really with how on earth we get such program to work , such programs are very complicated , they interact in various odd ways , and getting the bugs out , getting the problems out or debugging as the jargon has it , is a really serious problem and we hope to make some advance on the problem of erm developing programs for such distributed multi-processor systems . |
| 19 | There was no intention of converting Purley Depôt to a bus garage , as although of a more regular shape , its only entrance was on a busy part of the main Brighton Road and over the years there had been a number of near misses with other traffic , when trams were entering or leaving and the local press had conducted a campaign against its dangerous location . |
| 20 | You should aim to avoid inducing them to break their contracts by walking out without either giving that notice or agreeing that the notice period be shortened . |
| 21 | The council received letters from traders complaining of infringements of the Sunday trading legislation by other shops and intimating that the complainants would themselves feel obliged to open on Sundays in order to preserve their trade unless the Act was generally observed . |
| 22 | It was among out-working trades like weaving and knitting that the Combination Acts had most effect . |
| 23 | Professor Sean Freyne of Trinity College , a former Roman catholic priest , published an article in the Irish Times favouring the constitutional amendment , and suggesting that the Irish bishops ' attitude to marriage , despite some signs to the contrary , was eminently legal and contractual in orientation ( Irish Times , 5 June 1986 ) . |
| 24 | By using the relatively new and rather powerful transactions cost analytical approach , combined with conventional and radical approaches within organisation theory , and insights from the sociology of work , combined with the results from recent empirical work on the introduction of new technology , the intention is to set out some of the possibilities and choices about the use of new technology at work , indicating the different pay-offs to particular groups , and suggesting that the outcomes in specific cases will depend not just on the technology itself but on the strategy and power of the various interested parties . |
| 25 | She remained an indispensable member of William 's household after his marriage ( 1802 ) , sharing the vicissitudes of the family circle , and proving that the role of housekeeper and copyist was not incompatible with her own creative life . |
| 26 | One fight reported from Newton Heath in 1890 involved a pitched battle in Holland Street of between 500 and 600 youths , and shopkeepers were obliged to barricade themselves behind shutters to prevent damage and looting when a ‘ Scuttle ’ was announced . |
| 27 | Modern scholars have tended to see the Revolution in a more conservative light , stressing the key role of the Tories in bringing about the Revolution and maintaining that the powers of the Crown were not significantly redefined in 1688 – 9 . |
| 28 | Western trade and investment there were rapidly growing ; but the duties of western diplomats in Pekin remained essentially those of fostering these economic interests and seeing that no imperial power stole a march on its rivals in this respect . |
| 29 | Kennedy saw it in what he termed a policy of ‘ constructive repression ’ — which upon examination turns out to consist mainly in restoring the autonomy of the local official , who will be set free from bureaucratic control to go once again among the people , exercising ‘ sympathy ( in its true and not its debauched sense ) ’ , conducting his business in the vernacular , abandoning that ‘ cold aloofness ’ which is ‘ a vice in a ruler ’ , and seeing that the Crown 's Indian subjects are well-governed , harmless , and content . |
| 30 | see that the society returned to sane management , and elected only business men who would look after the society 's interests first , and seeing that the present majority favoured representation by socialists only , they should be fought one by one as they appeared for re-election , until the confidence of the membership , at present abused and outraged , was restored , and the society stood for co-operation pure and simple . |