Example sentences of "[v-ing] [art] [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hastings claimed all the Lions points with six penalties , equalling the record for a Lion set by Tony Ward in South Africa in 1980 . |
| 2 | Hastings claimed all the Lions points with six penalties , equalling the record for a Lion set by Tony Ward in South Africa in 1980 . |
| 3 | Unable to stop , she collided heavily with the man ascending the stairs , only his strength and quick reflexes preventing them both from tumbling the rest of the way . |
| 4 | Given the most rapid detection possible , the most effective means of transmitting the call to the fire services and their most prompt attendance , it is reasonable to suppose that in the absence of an effective automatic fire extinguishing system or even the benefit of a conventional one , that the fire will have reached a well advanced stage on their arrival . |
| 5 | And a strong pelvic girdle with links was essential for transmitting the support of the fin/legs to a gradually strengthening spine . |
| 6 | If the information is accidentally overheard or intercepted in circumstances where the owner of the information utters it or transmits it by insecure means ( for example , by telling someone in a crowded room or by transmitting the information by a public telecommunications system ) an obligation of confidence might not be imposed on the person obtaining the information in this manner . |
| 7 | The process of transmitting the signal from the nerve to the muscle can be described quite simply . |
| 8 | Problems with forecasting the course of the epidemic |
| 9 | Such models were applied to the car market by several authors in the 1960s and early 1970s ; this research is intended to determine whether the principle can still be usefully applied in forecasting the size of the market . |
| 10 | This principal character is a " " poure scoler " " ( 3190 ) , a " " clerk " " ( 3199 ) , liable , therefore , to be living by his wits , including , it is hinted ( 3191 – 6 ) , by forecasting the weather on the strength of his astrology . |
| 11 | The visitors deservedly took the lead on 16 minutes when a fine move involving Gary McCartney and Mark Glendinning on the left ended with Jonathan Magee crashing the ball into the net . |
| 12 | When she insists on pursuing the case against the onlookers , her boss first ridicules her , then revealingly loses his temper , telling her she 's finished — win or lose . |
| 13 | Rather than pursuing the discussion at an abstract level , it seems sensible to give here a brief synopsis of a selection of French fabliaux which can be regarded as highly typical of the genre , and which represent a range of subtypes within the genre : tales of sensual appetite or greed , adultery and fornication , sexual naivety and sexual fetishism ; a tale of robbers , the macabre joke of the corpse that apparently either can not or will not lie still , and a lavatorial tale of turds . |
| 14 | The specified conditions as to the amount of supply that could be sold off , were ones to which we were asked to agree — conditions to be applicable to all bidders — before the Government would even consider pursuing the possibility of a private sale . |
| 15 | It has been suggested that these two projects could form a pincer movement to circumscribe the operations of hierarchic managements pursuing the profitability of the enterprises which employ them without regard to the interests of working people , and therefore to reconstruct the impersonal possession of the means of production in the direction of ( socialist ) social appropriation . |
| 16 | Coopers & Lybrand was most vocal on this point , saying that there was ‘ no point in pursuing the OFR as a set of recommendations that are extensive but non-mandatory ’ . |
| 17 | However , believing that the reforms do not go far enough , and backed by the National Council for Civil Liberties ( Liberty ) and The Independent , he is still pursuing the campaign to the European courts . |
| 18 | Algy said to her mother , stupidly pursuing the question of the trolley . |
| 19 | Highlander provided an educational forum where those who were interested in pursuing the idea of a ‘ participatory research ’ project on land ownership could swap experiences and ideas and together hammer out the details of what was known , what was wanted and how to collect the facts . |
| 20 | According to Soviet commentaries the United States ' commitment to these bases underlay its warnings to the ASEAN countries against pursuing the idea of a nuclear-free zone in Southeast Asia . |
| 21 | Pursuing the issue of the fieldworker 's social role , it is worth commenting on a very general and apparently reasonable assumption that the closer the fieldworker is matched to subjects in terms of various social attributes , the more successful he or she is likely to be . |
| 22 | At the beginning of his term as General Secretary , Brezhnev had been seen as a leader pursuing the art of the possible but by the end of his life , his leadership was seen , more pointedly , as the avoidance of the necessary . |
| 23 | ‘ Our solicitor believes it is a binding contract and we will be pursuing the matter through the courts . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ We are actively pursuing the matter with the contractor employed on its behalf to carry out this work . ’ |
| 25 | Since there are seven university departments involved , I find this difficult to understand and will be pursuing the matter with the Scottish Office . ’ |
| 26 | His unexpected decision made SLFP leader Sirimavo Bandaranaike conclude , when the House met on Oct. 9 , that there was no point in pursuing the motion of no confidence which she had tabled against Premadasa himself . |
| 27 | As with all our industrial estates land is made available for businesses who are seeking to create jobs and , in the event that you are interested in pursuing the allocation of a site I should be obliged to receive more details of your business activities and history ; the proposed use and development of any site ; the reasons behind your interest in a move ; and an indication of the prospects for the generation of employment . |
| 28 | By now , Avon and Somerset police were pursuing the car on the ground . |
| 29 | Without Gooch , the victim of food poisoning the night before the game , much depended on Mike Gatting if England were to escape with a draw following India 's first innings run-riot of 560 for six declared . |
| 30 | For instance , the smooth flowing curve of the soft rail encourages water to follow the line of the rail up around the board , therefore having the effect of sucking the board into the water . |