Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [v-ing] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shipments of products meeting their standards are expected in the first half of 1994 . |
| 2 | However , assuming the properties are significant assets , a full investigation of title is to be preferred to either reliance upon a certificate from the vendor 's solicitors that the vendor has a good and marketable title ( since certificates of title are qualified and their benefit depends upon the status of the firm of solicitors providing them ) or reliance upon warranties and indemnities alone since the purchaser would rather have problems disclosed before the purchase than have to rely upon a right to sue under warranties which will be subject to general limitations . |
| 3 | At last the parade of superstars plugging their ‘ secret ’ solutions to weight loss , eternal youth and drop-dead good looks has moved off centre stage . |
| 4 | Even then , the problem of seamen finding themselves disqualified for petty reasons remained an aggravating one . |
| 5 | We promptly bought the next two novels when they came out , and in the Bodleian catalogue I discovered Dolores , the early work of which no mention was made in the list of titles prefacing her later books . |
| 6 | The names of the little towns round about Valence ring like peals of bells compelling you to go and look at them . |
| 7 | Anglian Water Authority refused to attend the meeting of residents in Oakham because of rules preventing them discussing matters that might depress the share price during privatisation , and because there was little information available . |
| 8 | In Dunlop 's conception of an interdependent industrial relations system three principal actors , namely workers , managers — as well as their representative organisations — together with certain state agencies , all interact to establish a network of rules governing their relationship in the workplace , the rules being the output of the system . |
| 9 | The other is about the absorption of individual action by the system of rules governing it . |
| 10 | It is not unusual to be in this position , and it may be that there is an accepted procedure to follow in the eventuality of employers making you an offer . |
| 11 | The number of Germans registering their official exit from the church — the only way to avoid the charge — surged to a record last year as people sought to offset the one-off ‘ solidarity surcharge ’ imposed to meet the astronomical costs of unification . |
| 12 | Carpets , tiles and flooring , the Steamatic helps revive all sorts of surfaces leaving them more hygienic , cleaner and brighter . |
| 13 | For each of the 51 case children whose mother was interviewed at least one mother of a corresponding control was also interviewed : the numbers of cases having one , two , three , four , five , and six corresponding interviewed control mothers were one , three , three , 21 , 15 , and eight respectively . |
| 14 | For the 49 case children whose father was interviewed the numbers of cases having one , two , three , four , five , and six corresponding interviewed control fathers were one , three , five , 18 , 15 , and seven respectively . |
| 15 | The numbers of cases having one , two , three , four , five , and six controls with obstetric data were one , none , two , two , 11 , and 21 respectively . |
| 16 | Having spent a couple of hours checking his rabbit snares around the low Severn grounds , the two fat rabbits now secure in his waist bag would indicate that this could be his lucky night It was now one thirty a.m . |
| 17 | The Lotus , now quite a rare model , came into Gordon 's possession in 1981 and he spent thousands of hours restoring it to mint condition , despite it having done an estimated 200,000 miles . |
| 18 | I mean it was one thing standing up in front of my own group and giving a lecture , but it was quite another kettle of kippers doing it in front of a strange class . |
| 19 | I glanced round a couple of times expecting him to appear through the trees with a mouthful of oaths and a loud ‘ Come on , Boyo ! |
| 20 | The second has been the sheer number of institutions calling themselves tribunals . |
| 21 | And in an effort to keep up with the rival performance claims of manufacturers running its database for the purposes of TPC-A and TPC-B benchmarking the company has put together a comparison table : |
| 22 | It could be useful when we get the usual clutch of nutters claiming they 're the Whistler . |
| 23 | This perhaps overstates the case but at least reminds us that the modern child is provided with images of himself as a member of a distinctive category just as , a few years later , teenagers are presented with a variety of images defining what it is to be a teenager , each stressing a collective autonomy and independence . |
| 24 | ‘ As you read the story you found yourself punching up shots in your mind , and you got a strong set of pictures forming which you could then draw down . |
| 25 | I AM walking over hot coals , supended over a deep pit at the bottom of which are a large number of vipers baring their fangs . |
| 26 | ‘ I am walking over hot coals suspended over a deep pit at the bottom of which are a large number of vipers baring their fangs , ’ he said of the fight against anti-Europeans in his own party . |
| 27 | It 's understood Mr Bryan had been thinking of returning to Painswick this weekend to escape the hoarde of newsmen beseigning him in London … |
| 28 | According to Ali Akbar Rafsanjani , the powerful speaker of the Iranian parliament , ‘ The Americans started contacting us through scores of channels begging us to help them in the Lebanon ; through Japan , our neighbouring countries like Pakistan , our embassies , the United Nations and numerous arms brokers . ’ |
| 29 | Remember we are concerned eventually to account for the repeatable contribution constituents make to the significance of signals involving them ; this being of the essence when syntax is recursive , or creative . |
| 30 | Endill noticed that in the sea of heads surrounding him , no-one else liked looking upwards while eating and some pupils even put up umbrellas to stop the animals from staring down at them . |