Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [prep] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although there is some experience of contracting in such services as catering and cleaning , the scale of the programme set out in the White Paper is of a different order . |
| 2 | N.B. A full deposit must be paid at the time of booking for all children , except infants , enjoying reduced price holidays . |
| 3 | Townsend says the aim of the book is to give enough information for people planning a trip and ‘ to try and capture at least some of the joy and excitement of walking in these mountains ’ . |
| 4 | The dryness of the colour leaving the brush gives the feeling of imprecision and confusion , reflected in the experience of walking in these conditions . |
| 5 | Dealing is now done electronically through SEAQ ( Stock Exchange Automated Quotations ) , which shows the share buying and selling price , records all deals in the most traded share within five minutes , and registers the volume of trading in those shares during the day . |
| 6 | The issue called for a great deal of understanding on both sides , which inevitably in many cases could not be guaranteed . |
| 7 | Certainly felt if Sri Lanka had any chance at all of knocking off these runs , they had to score big hundreds . |
| 8 | Tenders have also been called for 7,500 hp Co-Co two-voltage Railfreight locomotives capable of operating on both sides of the Channel , and BREL ( 1988 ) Ltd has already submitted initial designs . |
| 9 | The figure shows that the cost disadvantage of operating at half MES depends upon the gradient of the average cost curve . |
| 10 | The ministers agreed four key points : ( i ) minimal restrictions would be placed on surveillance flights ; ( ii ) a quota system would be devised to ensure equitable surveillance of all signatory states ; ( iii ) unarmed aircraft would be used , carrying surveillance equipment capable of operating under all circumstances and weather ; and ( iv ) other countries , in particular the European neutral and non-aligned countries , would eventually be invited to participate in the project . |
| 11 | Though residents find little change in the quality of living under these arrangements , they are generally pleased with the traffic calming that has resulted , though less so than those who live in the streets that have been completely rebuilt . |
| 12 | After two hours Ii managed to get David to sign the papers knowing full well that , after over 12 years of living in those conditions , I would probably want to die myself . |
| 13 | After years of living in several buildings scattered around Soho Square and Oxford Street , Fitch was looking for a permanent headquarters to physically unite its ‘ multi-disciplinary ’ practice . |
| 14 | As represented by anthropologists , such societies often appear to embody the Romantic conception of close social relations within highly communal environments ; but what is less often underlined are certain more difficult aspects of the actual experience of living within such conditions . |
| 15 | In fact , Parliament recognised this particular problem and expressly dealt with it in section 388 in the definition of the expression ‘ acting as an insolvency practitioner ’ in relation to the need for qualifications and the consequences of acting without those qualifications . |
| 16 | There is the added attraction that , since little is known of publishing in many places , items are not always recognised as rare or significant , and are therefore comparatively inexpensive . |
| 17 | That will give me an opportunity of passing on any messages — of a verbal nature only , I regret to say ! |
| 18 | Books and pieces of writing in all languages were regularly produced . |
| 19 | First impressions , and they are formed within a few seconds of listening to these headphones , are of an unveiled immediacy , very extended high-frequency response and seamless midrange . |
| 20 | If it is , it will be for reasons to do with overall levels of sentencing for many sorts of crimes , not merely those related to drugs . |
| 21 | I agree with you on his ambiguity and the danger of flirting with such issues — you 're not telling him what to write but , being an idol to many fans , he has to have sense of responsibility . |
| 22 | ‘ We English have often had a different way of looking at such things from the French , Mr Lewis . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Broadhurst 's Wager is the correct way round of looking at these things , an apt reversal of the sophistries of that anorexic apostate , scribbling on his Post-it notelets . |
| 24 | ‘ But it 's a case of looking at several options before deciding the team . |
| 25 | Instead of looking for more acquisitions , he is focusing on greenfield development in the bathroom and houseware sectors . |
| 26 | What is mandatory is nothing more or less than what Parliament requires as a precondition of according to such instruments the force of law . |
| 27 | An intensive bout of lobbying by both sides followed during the next month , both in New York and in capital cities all over the world . |
| 28 | Castleford were one of the clubs fined two seasons ago when an outbreak of brawling at several matches led to the League imposing new , stiffer penalties . |
| 29 | Since metastases of unknown origins are usually poorly differentiated the sensitivity of testing with these antibodies would also be reduced . |
| 30 | It is characterized by bargaining over indicative or strategic plans which depend for their success upon voluntary co-operation between elites who are capable of withdrawing from any bargains struck ( Shonfield , 1965 ; Crouch , 1982 ) . |