Example sentences of "[v-ing] the [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though the system has now been modified for some years , local authorities still play a crucial role in the shaping of the local environment by , for example , forecasting the need for roads for travel to work or leisure , and thus plan on the basis of that need Planners seek to influence behaviour , for example , by deciding that particular zones will be devoted to industrial estates , others to shopping centres and residential use in order to harmonise traffic movement and so on . |
| 2 | In pursuing the campaign for family allowances ( initially intended to provide the mother with a wage as well as allowances for children ) , mainstream feminists of the inter-war years were picking up one of the major demands of labour women 's groups prior to World War I and consciously taking on board social issues of importance to working class women . |
| 3 | Among particularly serious instances of pollution picked out in the report were the following : , Heavy use of pesticides polluting rivers across the crop growing areas of the Russian republic ; , Untreated industrial effluent from the Volga slowly killing off the marine life of the Caspian Sea ; , High levels of dioxin in mothers ' milk in Moscow ; , The continuing consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear accident , rendering much of the countryside of the Ukraine and Belorussia uncultivatable ; , Waste from aluminium factories in Uzbekistan , poisoning the land for miles around . |
| 4 | The High Court found that the General Commissioners had correctly concluded that the mezzanine platforms should be regarded as plant based on their findings of fact , but that they had erred in law in allowing the claims for capital allowance for the lighting . |
| 5 | Besides this , we asked about contacting the police for help . |
| 6 | A proactive stance is essential in terms of setting and maintaining the mood for change across the various agencies of justice . |
| 7 | Maintaining the impetus for change is brought about by nothing less than dogged determination . |
| 8 | Recovering the mercury for reuse . |
| 9 | It even staged the most expensive gimmick of all , building the House for Lovers in a park in the city , a Mackintosh design never realised in his own lifetime . |
| 10 | Shadow designer David Cook 's company CFM-Metalfax is building the aircraft for Trevor 's flight . |
| 11 | The FoE survey , based on water companies ' unpublished returns to the Drinking Water Inspectorate , showed that 14.5 million people received drinking water breaching the standard for pesticides and 3.5 million had supplies containing nitrate above the legal limit . |
| 12 | He has made a string of good speeches , written — unlike those of most ministers — mainly by himself , charting the future for Britain and its beleaguered Foreign Office . |
| 13 | Birds , especially blackbirds , like using the fibres for building nests . |
| 14 | Concurrent is currently working on integrating the system with its own real-time and multiprocessing technology , which goes beyond the simple symmetric multiprocessing features offered by the Unix Labs version — Concurrent customers using the machines for applications such as simulation , measurement and control , weather and aerospace and signal intelligence analysis often need more control over how applications use the multiple chips . |
| 15 | Concurrent is currently working on integrating the system with its own real-time and multiprocessing technology , which goes beyond the simple symmetric multiprocessing features offered by the USL version — Concurrent customers using the machines for applications such as simulation , measurement and control , weather and aerospace and signal intelligence analysis often need more control over how applications use the multiple chips . |
| 16 | On the whole invitations are limited as yet to churches with a traditional musical repertoire , using the organ for accompaniment . |
| 17 | He had decided not to make a habit of using the motorcycle for work . |
| 18 | A market segment may be identified and analyzed using the reasons for demand , whether these reasons are consumer or product orientated . |
| 19 | He set her down on the landing and she stood on one foot , using the wall for support while he opened his living-room door . |
| 20 | Due to a crowded hard disk on my Compaq LTE 286/40 , I decided to back up some of my files ( using the switch/S for subdirectories ) onto 3.5-inch floppies , and delete the directories to create more space . |
| 21 | Might not the Ketterings specify girl children only as reasonably as ‘ no pets ’ or ‘ using the premises for business purposes forbidden ’ ? |
| 22 | As Bob is using the premises for business purposes , the Unfair Contract Terms Act will apply . |
| 23 | ‘ People out in the business will be using the system for enquiry and cost management services , ’ explains Mr Richards . |
| 24 | The lateral extensions of its body enable it to remain aloft with only a small expenditure of energy using the water for support as gliders use air . |
| 25 | An engineer , Thomas Drummond of Edinburgh , saw the possibility of using the effect for illumination and in 1828 created the Drummond light , usually known as the limelight . |
| 26 | Slowly they moved on up the slope , using the trees for protection , watching and listening until they had reached the top , and open ground . |
| 27 | Guided by the agent , the pair approached with extreme caution , using the trees for cover , until they emerged from the tree-line above the valley . |
| 28 | ‘ Right , ’ he eventually whispered , ‘ we 'll advance slowly down through the forest , stopping every few yards to listen for the enemy , while at the same time using the trees for cover . |
| 29 | When we recalculated the activity of Ca 2 + at the same pH ( pH 7.7 ) using the formula for changes in PCO 2 , however , the difference between the two groups was still apparent , indicating that the difference in pH may have only a minor influence on the observed difference in the Ca 2 + activity when the pH changes are caused by variations in pCO 2 ( recalculating the actual activity in gall bladder bile from patients with gall stone disease and controls to a pH 7.7 gives an activity of 0.407 and 0.315 mmol/kg , respectively ) ( Fig 1 ) . |
| 30 | Boys are over-represented and girls under-represented in special schools , as compared with their numbers in the population as a whole ; this is illustrated in Figure 11.22 using the data for England . |