Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [v-ing] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This , I would argue , though not all would agree , may tell us something interesting about the way the brain compartmentalizes different aspects of visual processing and it may tell us that subjects are more conservative about admitting to seeing a very degraded image than about trying to move their eyes to it , but it sheds little light on the actual experiences the patients are having when we show them a light . |
| 2 | Aggressive behaviour is defined as coming from a belief that your rights are more important than other people 's , and that in seeking to meet your needs you can violate those of others . |
| 3 | Congress ( I ) leaders accused the government of vindictiveness and of seeking to install its own supporters as governors , and further maintained that the actions also went against the spirit of the Constitution and against the recommendations of the Sarkaria Committee which had suggested that governors should be persons not too closely or recently involved in party politics and that governors from one political party should not be imposed on a state governed by an opposing party . |
| 4 | By not considering the results of case management practice and research in greater depth and learning more about the value it has for the most needy clients of the health and welfare system , we are in danger of failing to learn the lessons which others have learned , and of having to re-live their mistakes . |
| 5 | Thus we can charge those who refuse to participate in the lobby with hypocrisy ( they use unattributed stories from other sources ) , perversity ( they ignore perhaps the most important source of all ) and of failing to do their job properly . |
| 6 | He went on , however , to accuse the President of having been a habitual cocaine user in the 1970s , and of attempting to seduce his ( Pedro 's ) wife . |
| 7 | The new cars were a sensation when they first appeared , passengers let old cars pass in order to ride on them , and upon entering removed their hats and looked for a door mat ! |
| 8 | Substitute LoSalt for common salt , at the table and in cooking to reduce your family 's salt intake . |
| 9 | Because Hengistbury was a port , we were especially interested in identifying which pieces of pottery were local and which imported , and in trying to find their sources . |
| 10 | All of this suggests that , in responding to the new legislation and in adapting to meet its demands , we must not lose what has been so painstakingly developed . |
| 11 | by compulsory disclosure of the financial position in the company 's published accounts and by attempting to ensure their accuracy through a professional audit . |
| 12 | She was left feeling uncomfortably in the wrong , as if by trying to deny her femininity she 'd somehow denigrated herself . |
| 13 | Sometimes human intervention is not a question of changing the environment , but of seeking to prevent its change . |
| 14 | Chris Smalley had earlier come upon ML 2 alongside in the Entrance and scrambled aboard with his squad , but in trying to get her forward guns firing he was killed before she was afire and had to be abandoned about 0245 hours . |
| 15 | ‘ The proposed course would not result in doctors starving Tony to death , but in failing to avert his death , ’ he said . |
| 16 | But by failing to develop its comity analysis , the Court of Appeals left room for many of the old arguments to re-appear in a new guise . |
| 17 | Prisoners ( unless they are imprisoned because of failing to pay their community charge ) . |
| 18 | I wonder how many other smallholders there are who also feel the responsibility of going away too daunting because of having to leave their animals with under experienced friends or relatives . |
| 19 | She was grazed and grass-stained from her fall , even more dishevelled because of having to fight her way through massed bushes . |
| 20 | But it is suggested that even this is not possible , for in refusing to recognize their autonomy , men often effectively annihilate women from the start . |