Example sentences of "[v-ing] are [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those who can not write have less power than those who can : their acts of naming are restricted to those who will listen to them , those in the immediate locality . |
| 2 | The effects of the intercalating chromophore on platinum binding are probed by including cisplatin , 7 , PtenCl 2 , 1 and PtpropCl 2 , 4 , as monomeric comparators . |
| 3 | The more relevant LIFESPAN forms and outputs you will be seeing are shown in Figure 2.4 . |
| 4 | Details of wounding are given in the legend to Table 1 . |
| 5 | Many young stock for fattening are bought in the market at York from the upland farmers of Ireland , Wales , Scotland and the Pennines . |
| 6 | Indications that such processes are occurring are provided by the existence of molecules such as C 2 H 2 and C 6 H 6 , which can be produced from CH 4 through the action of solar uv radiation or thunderstorms . |
| 7 | Any bases where these little babies are operating are going to be way off our orbital paths . |
| 8 | Economic questions about ageing are seen by them to have an explicitly political dimension because the state , being the major determinant of the economic status of the elderly population , is regarded as capable ( and culpable ) of creating a new sort of deliberately structured dependency among old people . |
| 9 | However , where facilities are available for use over short periods of time , the rudiments of camera acting are taught in a structured way . |
| 10 | Brian Jenkins 's Out of Depth — in which photographs of himself swimming are located within frame-like tanks of water — is a thought-provoking exploration of limitation and freedom . |
| 11 | Swedish agricultural policy is principally directed towards the enlargement of farms and an overall reduction in crop acreage and farm labour , but rural communities which earn the major part of their income from agriculture or forestry and whose populations are declining are recognised as a national asset whose survival should be safeguarded . |
| 12 | So , the two golden rules when buying are to go for quality and buy the largest you can afford . |
| 13 | The research will investigate how the mechanisms of pre-verbal communication based on comprehension and production of gaze and pointing are related to each other and how they change between 6 and 18 months of age . |
| 14 | If only the head and deputies , on the other hand , can be involved ( a limitation which is sometimes unavoidable unless lengthy and massive planning subgroups are to be put to work ) then they , as managers , must make sure that the decisions about sharing are understood within their schools . |
| 15 | The campaigns that we have been conducting are moving in that direction because special constables have a particularly valuable part to play . |
| 16 | New proposals aimed at encouraging parents to take up teaching are expected to be criticized at an education meeting in Nottinghamshire today . |
| 17 | So what the pollen cells are doing are investing in mating success . |
| 18 | The advantages to management of so doing are claimed to be that wage costs are reduced , that the relatively powerful skilled craft union is replaced by the weaker general union , and , perhaps most importantly , management can exercise much tighter control over what happens on the shop-floor . |
| 19 | So essentially , what we 're going to be doing are going through er the lessons that are actually outlined in page eight and page nine of your booklet . |
| 20 | Cells that have a genetic capacity for hardening are stimulated by the environment to produce isoenzymes — alternatives to those normally in production — that change the phospholipid and sterol content of the cell membranes . |
| 21 | Some detailed examples of how this worked in hosiery and tailoring are described by Nancy Grey Osterud and Jenny Morris in the collection of essays , Unequal Opportunities , edited by Angela John , in which Felicity Hunt also analyses how mechanization affected women workers in the printing and bookbinding trades . |
| 22 | Diets for autoclaving are supplemented with nutrients to compensate for the inevitable degradation that occurs . |
| 23 | Very few galleries are bothering to make the trip from the States and the three or four that are coming are outnumbered by galleries from former East Germany . |
| 24 | The Hindu-Balinese calendar is annually calibrated by the astronomer-priests according to lunar and stellar relationships , so that the rites of fasting and planting , rejoicing and reaping , weeping and cremating are synchronized with the actual bio-rhythmic pulse of the island . |
| 25 | Many of the claims that we are debating are made by those with a mental handicap , people who almost by definition are unable to act by themselves . |
| 26 | Detailed guides for staining are given by Allman & lawrence ( 1972 ) and Friedman ( 1971 ) . |
| 27 | The pieces he is reading are adapted from the writings of playwright and author Michael Frayn . |
| 28 | To the extent that these ways of behaving are inherited from the mother , it can be hypothesized that they are not directly taught from mother to daughter : rather they are indirectly and unconsciously assimilated . |
| 29 | The sense in which they are natural is that such ways of behaving are grounded in instinctive reactions , and their prototypes are observed in some animals . |
| 30 | But before they do , perhaps I can say the most important thing , which is that the charges that we 're introducing are going to be underpinned with what we call a waiver scheme . |