Example sentences of "[v-ing] [art] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The futures price tends to fall over time towards the spot price , equalling the spot price on the delivery day , at which time the basis is zero . |
| 2 | The futures price tends to rise over time towards the spot price , equalling the spot price on the delivery day , so again the basis is zero at delivery . |
| 3 | In the late 1980s , the need for education about the dangers of transmitting the AIDS virus justified a degree of public explicitness which would have been unthinkable in previous decades . |
| 4 | The television experiment was given greater significance , however , by the recent radical changes in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union ; at the time when TV Martí began transmitting the Castro regime appeared more beleaguered and vulnerable to outside subversion than at any time since the early 1960s . |
| 5 | The structure of the animal 's behaviour will be adapted to all these features in ways that in past generations have been most successful in transmitting the gene complexes of individuals into the future . |
| 6 | Their methods of forecasting the way prices would go proved ad hoc and unconventional , unhampered by hard examination of figures and ratios , such as accountants might undertake . |
| 7 | But as in all aspects of forecasting the greenhouse world , the task of prediction is clouded by uncertainty . |
| 8 | Instead it will take a stab at forecasting the street price for its machines , giving the price it reckons that resellers will typically ask . |
| 9 | If you should get it wrong , you will probably find that switching on has the effect of short circuiting the mains supply through the on/off switch ! |
| 10 | ( 5 ) Pursuing the case expeditiously. ( 6 ) Readiness to go to trial if need be . |
| 11 | ( vii ) Pursuing the case expeditiously. ( viii ) Readiness to go to trial . |
| 12 | On March 13 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Tesfaye Dinka said that " almost immediately " after the Feb. 21-22 talks on Eritrea [ see p. 37996 ] rebel groups had launched the offensive on several fronts , although the government was " still committed to pursuing the peace process " . |
| 13 | The main thrust of Thatcherite social and economic philosophy was far from clear when she took office in May 1979 , so entrenched were key figures of the Heathite past in the party ; but the general thrust would clearly lie in pursuing the monetarist approach of the Chicago economist , Milton Friedman , in which control of the money supply through M3 indicators , and identifying inflation rather than unemployment as the central enemy , were the fundamental themes . |
| 14 | What it recommended , instead of simply pursuing the diet/cholesterol link , was a trial to control cholesterol , blood pressure and smoking all at once . |
| 15 | However , it appears that the plentiful supplies of sugar were not wholly unwelcome to Soviet leaders , who were still pursuing the consumption drive which was behind the February 1960 agreement . |
| 16 | Obviously as I say , we would support the additional bid of a hundred thousand for pursuing the poll tax er non-registers . |
| 17 | While the Government are rightly pursuing the pay review body , which I believe and certainly hope will result in a substantial rise in teachers ' pay , they are simultaneously engaged — not before time — in asking serious questions about some of the methods used in our schools , most recently in primary schools . |
| 18 | ‘ Said it was nothing to do with her professional integrity , just that she was pursuing the spying line a bit too vigorously . |
| 19 | All this activity led to a loosening of the earlier close relationships with the WEA and it was believed within the Federation that the new tutor was pursuing the Cambridge Board 's emerging policy for its rural areas programme . |
| 20 | The bank fraud aspects of this case have brought in the FBO who are also pursuing the sabotage angle . |
| 21 | It is equally true that Opposition Members seem obsessed with pursuing the business community with prosecutions and they frequently question me about that across a wide range of Government policies — something which I regret , but with which I have become rather familiar . |
| 22 | How often do you meet and how many people there , you 're showing interest but you 're also qualifying at the same time and it 's not padding , it 's actually useful information because you 're thinking well that 's worth pursuing the R N I , yes but there 's money there . |
| 23 | I have just discovered that Gaveston was probably poisoning the Lady Eleanor with a slow but subtle potion . ’ |
| 24 | In particular , the English dragons , known as Worms , were a menace to the countryside for they attacked stock and laid waste to villages by poisoning the water supply . |
| 25 | Led by a madman , the humans have been poisoning the water supply . |
| 26 | The lakes are poisoning the desert soil , and trapping — and killing — large numbers of birds and insects , as well as causing respiratory problems in nearby towns . |
| 27 | They confessed to such things as being in league with foreign powers , sabotaging economic projects , poisoning the workers food , causing railways accidents and plotting to assassinate Stalin . |
| 28 | But if some should be in food , the maintenance of a cold temperature can do a lot to minimise growth and thereafter the risk of food poisoning The Food Hygiene ( Amendment ) Regulations 1990 requires that , from 1 April 1993 , most short life food must be kept at 5°C or colder after manufacture and throughout distribution and display . |
| 29 | It then feeds on the prey by biting it with its jaws and sucking the body juices from it . |
| 30 | Soon the stern anchor had been paid out and the Ariadne was back to where she had started , the buoy nudging the midships port side . |