Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rachel remembers walking into school assembly the first time , after everybody had found out : |
| 2 | That duty plays an important , indirect , role in shaping corporate objectives and in imposing pressure for high quality performance by protecting from management interference the company 's governance structure and the operation of the market for corporate control . |
| 3 | Peacock ( 1974 ) suggests that the appropriate view is that the current generation is choosing to sacrifice current consumption to internalize its concern for future generations and therefore can be legitimately viewed as gaining from capital expenditure the fruits of which they may not actually sample . |
| 4 | It was the first company to set up a coal depot to supply the capital , displacing with railway coal the hitherto pre-eminent ‘ sea coal ’ . |
| 5 | According to compensation theory the leisure society only arrives when people 's preference for extra leisure exceeds their preference for extra income . |
| 6 | According to Dwarf tradition the rampages of Urgok the Beard Burner occur about this time . |
| 7 | According to Datamation magazine the new company would be the world 's sixth largest computer and information systems company . |
| 8 | According to showbiz folklore the latter caused serious problems for a vicar in her home town who was delighted when the rapidly rising starlet agreed to return to open his church fête . |
| 9 | Nothing illustrates more dramatically the extent to which Nizan 's work fired the imagination than the spectacle of Sartre himself publicly criticising traditional " institutionalised " intellectuals for their lack of imagination , publicly insulting Raymond Aron for his failure to take note of the significance of the May events , and extolling by implication Nizan the youthful iconoclast , an exemplary dissident intellectual in tune with the spirit of the times . |
| 10 | As with numerous other offences dealing with road traffic the use of a motor vehicle without insurance is an absolute offence , i.e. no guilty knowledge is required . |
| 11 | Paragraphs classifying as Investment Business the acquisition or disposal of shares in a body corporate ( other than an open-ended investment company ) or relating to investment advice given in connection with the acquisition or disposal of such shares do not apply if : |
| 12 | If you are working in forum theatre the class can help in the creating the role for you : " How should I play this character ? " |