Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last night both men were clinging to the vain hope of salvaging their jobs and refused to comment before today 's hearing . |
| 2 | But having in a somewhat cursory fashion quoted the authorities , he at once proceeded to the more congenial task of elaborating his argument , bringing forward considerations of individual psychology , the effect of various judgements on the penitent , and the necessity for prudence in the actions of confessors . |
| 3 | In May 200 struck on the Orlov-Vitebsk line on this account , declaring that instead of devoting its energy to extracting gold from the churches , the government should find ways of paying them better . |
| 4 | It occurred to Karelius to wonder whether the fräulein made a practice of confiding her problems to everyone as readily as in this instance . |
| 5 | The parallel between primitives and infants is the weakest part of Freud 's model , but to suggest that there are parallels between the responses of neurotics in modern societies and some primitive culture 's ways of handling their situation is sometimes enlightening . |
| 6 | We have not , as yet , introduced any satisfactory way of handling your experience of previous similar texts ( see discussion in 2.4 ) . |
| 7 | A Personal Current Account is the simplest , safest and most convenient way of handling your money , providing you with a cheque book , Highline or Cashline card , standing order and direct debit facilities , as well as expert financial advice from our staff . |
| 8 | These include a notepad , calendar , database and macro editor , and it 's capable of handling your fax and E-mail needs . |
| 9 | ‘ You thought your chance of handling my account depended on how well you handled my — ’ |
| 10 | What gave him pause was not lack of sympathy for the enterprise but the appalling difficulty of handling his grandmother in relation to Leon . |
| 11 | To provide a vehicle for self-help or consumerism ; that is , groups of families , dependants or sufferers who seek mutual support or a means of articulating their concerns . |
| 12 | Women did find a new means of articulating their experiences by publishing , yet it is a mistake to believe that the huge growth in women 's writing went hand in hand with equally momentous shifts in attitudes toward marriage . |
| 13 | Instead of centring his analyses on the knowledge derived from the experience of the subject , Foucault investigates the conditions of emergence of the subject as the basis of knowledge ; he argues that at the same time as it was widely proposed as the one saving good of human civilization it also facilitated a more sinister operation . |
| 14 | While it may seem harsh to leave out Wood , the decision marks the start of Durham 's policy of rotating their bowlers . |
| 15 | If we conceive of the least pleasant experience which is still a pleasure , then one way of quantifying its intensity would be by characterising the number of times more pleasant a pleasure is at a particular moment than that . |
| 16 | Bessey was sceptical of the whole approach as little more than revived natural history , and , in order to convince him that scientific ecology was possible , Clements and Pound looked for a method of quantifying their studies . |
| 17 | I admit to being guilty of slapping his face , in anger . |
| 18 | The gifts were his way of salving his conscience . |
| 19 | In a few years time the fundholders may have very little room to manoeuvre but will still have to cope with the burden of administering their fund . |
| 20 | Your executor is the person who takes charge of administering your estate after death . |
| 21 | The impulsive and irresponsible gesture had the effect of recovering her sense of identity , and now she sat waiting expectantly for Bicycle Thieves to begin . |
| 22 | As the company was neither a member of the Association of British Travel Agents ( ABTA ) nor of the Bus and Coach Council , customers have no prospect of recovering their money . |
| 23 | After all , at this end of the market where incomes are low and where applicants for credit may well have been turned down by other types of lender , lenders may feel that they have to discriminate particularly carefully to be sure of recovering their money . |
| 24 | They will offer package programmes at minimal cost , in the hope of recovering their outlay and , most importantly , providing an inducement for a sponsor to put up £6 million for world-wide exposure . |
| 25 | The most important example of this will be Bailees for reward i.e. a Marina or Repairer storing a vessel for a fee — if the vessel is damaged whilst in their custody and control there may well be a possibility of recovering our outlay from them . |
| 26 | In neither form of action could the plaintiff be sure of recovering his goods in specie since the judgment in trespass was for damages and in detinue gave the defendant the option of giving up the goods or paying damages but it is unlikely that this was considered a defect and it should be noted that the remedy of specific restitution of chattels has remained unusual right up to modern times . |
| 27 | Three young Africans have travelled six thousand miles to Swindon in the hope of realising their life 's ambition . |
| 28 | ( f ) the liquidity of the market in the target 's shares ( shareholders who have little prospect of realising their investment may be only too willing to sell to a bidder ) ; |
| 29 | Accepting an offer at market price may therefore be the only realistic way of realising their investment at its full value . |
| 30 | Predictably , he wanted above all else to be an actor but , when he had the chance of realising his ambition by working overseas , for some reason the Home Office refused an exit permit . |