Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun pl] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The story that sparked the storm claimed Princess Anne was defying attempts to hasten her marriage to Commander Tim . |
| 2 | Most hair care worries can be sorted out by changing your basic routine or using products to suit your hair type . |
| 3 | At Dover they were greeted on the quayside by cheering crowds welcoming their heroes home . |
| 4 | A TYPIST 'S fumbling fingers won her city £37.5 million in grants . |
| 5 | Using graphs to analyse your data is easier than examining the data cell-by-cell . |
| 6 | Daily food was kicked into the huts as they lay in their own vomit and excreta , with suppurating sores exposing their bones ; large black beetles were eating their eyesockets . |
| 7 | But some children , either through their experience of using tantrums to get their own way or through general strong will and temperament , will take a lot of teaching and repeated experiences to realize finally that they can not always get their own way . |
| 8 | Music mightier than machine-guns A Scottish composer is helping Sarajevans save their city 's soul , writes Susan Nickalls |
| 9 | EC insists that carrots are classified a fruit to enable the Portuguese to continue using carrots to make their jam . |
| 10 | In America 26 of the 50 states have published ‘ shield ’ laws allowing journalists to protect their sources , with certain exceptions which generally apply only if the information is relevant , can not be obtained in any other way , and public interest is better served by disclosure than by keeping the source confidential . |
| 11 | She tackled the Himalayas at eighty-eight , occasionally allowing porters to carry her pick-a-back across impossible terrain . |
| 12 | Some people like the idea of using weights to toughen their bodies . |
| 13 | Unless interviewers can be accepting and supportive and skilled at helping clients explore their difficulties , little progress will be made . |
| 14 | They have a major part to play in helping clients get their rights from other social services . |
| 15 | HELPING CLIENTS TO CHANGE THEIR LIFESTYLES |
| 16 | In the preamble to the final version of the Declaration released by Egyptian officials , contracting parties reaffirmed their " rejection of the aggressive course and alignment that occurred during the Iraqi aggression and occupation of the state of Kuwait " and recognized that it had " destroyed many of the concepts and achievements of joint Arab action " . |
| 17 | Demobilisation was muddled and the government made no attempt to help returning servicemen resume their former employment . |
| 18 | S.9 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 ( AJA ) authorised the Council to make rules enabling solicitors to incorporate their practices . |
| 19 | On the basis of their needs assessment , which includes consultation with consumer groups and GPs , purchasing authorities adjust their priorities in terms of the balance of resources which should be devoted to particular care groups , and the balance between health promotion , prevention , treatment and care . |
| 20 | During these same months , Henry was also pursuing an alternative strategy to obtain the annulment by sending his agents to rifle through archives in England and on the continent in the hope of uncovering precedents to support his claim that the pope had no right of judgment over his marriage . |
| 21 | The increased capitation was seen as enabling schools to offer their pupils an enhanced curriculum . |
| 22 | Disbelieving parents shook their heads when they arrived at Overdale County Primary School in Northwood , Kirkby . |
| 23 | Disbelieving parents shook their heads when they arrived at Overdale County Primary School in Northwood , Kirkby . |
| 24 | Most accounts assume it 's a director 's medium , in which the writer merely provides raw material and the producer a certain amount of logistical backup , enabling directors to put their vision on the screen . |
| 25 | Renewed commitment to child welfare had the initial effect of inducing parents to desert their offspring at an even faster rate . |
| 26 | With her arms crossed over her breast , she rocked to and fro , while long , shuddering sobs twisted her face . |
| 27 | Isabel started to cry again , shuddering sobs racking her body . |
| 28 | Long shuddering sobs shook her slight frame as she poured out her hurt and misery . |
| 29 | Those returning Marines crashed their arms across their spreadeagle-painted chest plastrons , saluting Lord Pugh who stood up on a high balcony of traceried wrought tungsten . |
| 30 | One such interest might be autonomy , the rights of exclusive use and alienation inherent in private property enabling individuals to organise their affairs without the need to obtain the permission of others . |