Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The authors of LEAP 1 , Management of Education ( 1989 ) suggest that preparing a School Development Plan may be one of the most demanding management tasks of headship . |
| 2 | Some modern gardeners report that handling the leaves of this plant can cause a blistering rash on sensitive skin , so it must obviously be treated with respect , but there is a good chance that oil of rue would prove to be a successful repellent for most misbehaving cats . |
| 3 | We expect that increasing the energy range will also improve the image quality . |
| 4 | He thought for a moment and added : ‘ In fact , the further I get into it , and see all these boats and families aboard , the more I realise that crossing the Atlantic is no feat at all . ’ |
| 5 | In cases where , after considering all alternatives , serious and disinterested ecologists and the like say that culling the herbivores seems to be the only practical cure , is that legitimate or ought we to ban all killing ? |
| 6 | If we say that characterising the topic framework is a means of making explicit some of the assumptions a speaker can make about his hearer 's knowledge , we are not talking about the total knowledge which the speaker believes he shares with his hearer . |
| 7 | The prosecution say that following an armed robbery at a building society near Gloucester in 1988 White had been due to give evidence against Gardiner and implicating him in the crime . |
| 8 | People say that having no children was/is a blessing . |
| 9 | Students say that closing the college , or at best trying to move the facilities elswhere , would be a disaster . |
| 10 | Finally , your attitude will affect how successful you are in achieving what you want and achieving the plans that you have already made whilst working through this book . |
| 11 | As well as defining what you want and making a list of questions there are several additional steps you can take to ensure you get the best possible results from your appointment with a general practitioner . |
| 12 | If any message other than mentioned above appear whilst running the procedure the New OED Computer Group Manager , or his appointed deputy , should be informed . |
| 13 | My proposal will , I know , appear as selling the pass , to traditionalist teachers of English Literature , and perhaps upset them , which I am sorry for . |
| 14 | There is a vast fund of evidence to indicate that it is just not the case that the experience that observers undergo when viewing an object is determined solely by the information , in the form of light rays , entering the observer 's eyes , nor is it determined solely by the images on the retinas of an observer . |
| 15 | Put in blunt terms , many wives grumble that having a husband at home during the day means an extra meal to cook and inevitable disruption to their normal routine . |
| 16 | Some people worry that feeding the birds is somehow unnatural , but gardens are No more unnatural than much of the British landscape , and the birds which visit our gardens are merely demonstrating the natural behaviour of flocking to exploit the sudden abundance of a source of food , whether it 's a heavy infestation of caterpillars or seeds and nuts put out on the lawn . |
| 17 | The results , presented in Table 2 , show that allowing the extra sources of income to matter ( Model 4 ) produces very different results from Model 1 and Model 5 ( where the extra income is assumed not to matter ) . |
| 18 | They show that improving the vitamin A intake of young children in areas where xerophthalmia exists , even at low prevalence , should be a high priority for both health and agricultural services . |
| 19 | We hope that sharing the experience will encourage others to strengthen the bond with parents and to establish a working relationship which deepens mutual respect and understanding of each other 's worlds . ’ |
| 20 | Now I hope that recognising the problem is the first step to getting better . |
| 21 | ‘ I knew I could beat Robin Reid , who qualified for the Olympics , and I just hope that winning the title will show the selectors they have made a big mistake . ’ |
| 22 | I figure that wearing a suit makes you look like an estate agent or a bank clerk . |
| 23 | Add the stress factor and these parasites will begin to multiply rapidly , debilitating the fish further and causing the spread of bacterial and fungal infections to the sites of their grazing and attachment . |
| 24 | But if those forms of capital are n't available then the business has to raise capital by some other means and this is very often done by liquidated assets that they currently hold and releasing the capital for the new project . |
| 25 | It is not a good idea to sit in front of a warm fire and relax while having a quiet read as this may cause drowsiness . |
| 26 | It 's not only riding skills that count when considering a holiday , but the ability to cope in unfamiliar surroundings . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's not only riding skills that count when considering a holiday , but the ability to cope in unfamiliar surroundings . ’ |
| 28 | Some drivers stop when entering a roundabout which is obviously clear of other traffic . |
| 29 | Club-armed Goblins receive a +1 strength bonus and so count as having a strength of 4 . |
| 30 | He opened this and , from the darkness , picked up a long , narrow ladder , the type soldiers climb when scaling a castle wall , or a tiler might use when working on the roof of a house . |