Example sentences of "of [noun] [conj] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The greatest value of all such bulk matter , however , is not in the nutrient content , but in its effect on the soil structure , its retention of moisture and harbouring of the bacteria . |
| 2 | ‘ Big , Bold and Beautiful , ’ Alex said , ignoring this piece of egomania and looking at Helena . |
| 3 | Their opponents have been through the mangle recently , going out of two cup competitions courtesy of Bangor and seeing their lead at the top of the table cut to a slender one point . |
| 4 | What is the solution to these problems of unity and sustaining interest ? I think it can best be found by looking at the visual arts , and having myself once been an architect I would like to use an architectural illustration . |
| 5 | A lively tour of continental culture , seeking for signs of unity and predicting a grim future . |
| 6 | A lively tour of continental culture , seeking for signs of unity and predicting a grim future . |
| 7 | ‘ We certainly wo n't be changing our style of play and getting involved in a forward battle . ’ |
| 8 | He rammed in the pitch , keeping his balance in the tossing pirogue , as only he could , he with his funambulist 's antennae , who might have scaled the ship on a free-floating ladder if it had been a parade , a feast , a time of play and rejoicing . |
| 9 | For a module involving several different forms of assessment and/or having more than one member of staff teaching and assessing it , double marking is not normally required . |
| 10 | For work which did not lead to examinations there was always the problem of assessment and standardizing that assessment between a number of teachers . |
| 11 | Where the issue of assessment and examining in the arts becomes problematical is in those instances where the justification can be seen to be overtly influenced by external factors . |
| 12 | With the introduction of National Vocational Qualifications , people undertaking training in the industry will have to become accustomed to new programmes of training and assessment , new City and Guilds numbers and new methods of assessment and testing as an essential part of their career pattern . |
| 13 | The court can give directions relating to medical or psychiatric examination or any other kind of assessment when making an interim order or at any time while an order is in force ( s38(6) ) . |
| 14 | It is arrived at by calculating the mean of a set of values and measuring the deviation between this and each value . |
| 15 | It is arrived at by calculating the mean of a set of values and measuring the deviation between this and each value . |
| 16 | But Harrison sees the recent rise in awareness of values as following from the realisation that they are the key to a good , effective school , with strong exam results and happy children . |
| 17 | These new criteria will formalise overlapping conventions for subtyping anorexia nervosa into restricting and binge-eating/purging types based on the presence or absence of bingeing and/or purging ( ie , self-induced vomiting or the misuse of laxatives or diuretics ) . |
| 18 | The good days were starvation days , and the bad days consisted of bingeing and vomiting . |
| 19 | Eventually , she was caught up in a vicious cycle of bingeing and dieting — when she was depressed she ate , when she was bored she ate ; a box of cakes and half a dozen Mars bars in one session was nothing unusual . |
| 20 | The part of me that is a lesbian has always had a lot of support and nurturing from friends around . |
| 21 | Mr Taylor 's considering his future — dividing his time between replying to three and a half thousand letters of support and nursing his mother , who , he revealed today , has suffered a stroke . |
| 22 | Because the techniques involved imply a separate implementation of the portability software on each different platform — they also mean that what users purchase and what they see on their screen are two different things — there are obvious questions of support and testing that need to addressed . |
| 23 | The main work-load on programming , the implementation of change and steering through the necessary mass of procedures and consultation to successful conclusion has fallen to my department 's team leaders , and in particular to Ruth in Personnel and training . |
| 24 | This was taken by a number of experts as showing that earlier estimates had been purposely conservative and that ultimately there will turn out to be far more oil in the North Sea than currently estimated . |
| 25 | It is suited to large multi-divisional firms producing a wide range of products and/or operating across several countries . |
| 26 | By this time the company was large , with many employees , and we were manufacturing a wide range of products and supplying a world market . |
| 27 | Because of this , only certain types of products and selling practices that the individual perceives as normal and acceptable to his particular culture will be acceptable . |
| 28 | Although it was their wood , a place where they often came , Libby felt herself to be an intruder , she did not want to disturb the figure by the water , who was now breaking pieces of stick and dropping them at his feet . |
| 29 | I wasted no time in entering the assembly area and rejoining the cheerful gang of visitors , buoyed up by the welcome infusion of champagne and looking forward to more . |
| 30 | Later that night she came into my room in her kimono , bringing me a glass of champagne and carrying a book . |