Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Presentees were , however , not infrequently the objects of popular hostility whether for doctrinal differences , style of preaching or the fact that the people were not sufficiently involved in the choice . |
| 2 | They were suspicious of preaching and the personal interpretation of scripture by the laity , and placed great stress on the sacraments as sources of grace . |
| 3 | Rixi certainly had a voluminous ego , and thought nothing of confiding that a team mate was ‘ a selfish bitch ’ . |
| 4 | Others were men of ‘ petit état ’ who , out of daring or a wish to commit pillage , took to this way of life . |
| 5 | It is , in particulars the unnerving intellectuality of the life around him that Hölderlin attacks , the overvaluation of philosophizing and the promise of action that never comes , the substitution of books and words for deeds , the excessive introspection and lack of worldly competence ( the criticism has a special poignancy in that these are character traits he is intimately familiar with , which at times become part of his self-criticism ) When he speaks of Greece , it is not always clear whether he has in mind the fifth century or the timeless present in which Hyperion lives , but it is always Greece that provides the contrast . |
| 6 | But in the twelfth century , the house of Alsace could afford the high costs of their expeditions — Thierry went to Jerusalem four times , Philip twice — and the counts ' repeated absences in fact promoted administrative reform ; the baillis and the Grote Bref were as much the products of crusading as the English and Norman judicial system and exchequers were the product of the king-duke 's divided attentions . |
| 7 | There was the novelty of a Teacher of Singing and a Science Lecturer ( each at 10/6d a lesson ) . |
| 8 | The type of clay mineral produced during weathering depends on the composition of the circulating pore waters ( specifically the concentration of dissolved silica and the type and concentration of cations ) , the mineralogy of the bedrock , the intensity of leaching and the prevailing Eh-pH conditions ( Table 6.4 ) . |
| 9 | I remember the shock of realising that the two groups were not making any contact — the word DRAMA meant entirely different things to each side . |
| 10 | McLeish found himself on the verge of suggesting that a thoroughly unpleasant time in a New York jail might succeed in curing Tristram where all other methods , including exhortation , loving family support and a spell in a comfortable private hospital in Devon , had failed . |
| 11 | Where the evidence seems incontrovertible , it may sometimes be desirable to confront the persons concerned , even to the point of suggesting that a referral to the police might be made . |
| 12 | We do not wish to commit the mistake that Woolgar believes is widespread in social science : namely , of suggesting that the only knowledge which is not subject to the influence of contingent historical , cultural , and social processes is that which we ourselves have written ( Woolgar 1988b ) . |
| 13 | To take one example , the unavailability of Zaidie 's statement helped to lead Mr. Small , relying on the deposition , into the trap of suggesting that the witness had not previously alleged that the defendant had threatened the lives of Zaidie and Paulette , thereby giving the Crown the chance of introducing , as exhibits 3 and 4 , deadly extracts from Zaidie 's statement : Fox v. General Medical Council [ 1960 ] 1 W.L.R. 1017 and Flanagan v. Fahy [ 1918 ] 2 I.R . |
| 14 | The Council was charged with the task of seeing that the new courses were of degree standard , but was powerless to adjudicate on the wisdom or otherwise of there being so many arts-orientated courses in the first place . |
| 15 | The task of seeing that the Act is complied with is given to local weights and measures authorities , i. e. local trading standards or consumer protection departments . |
| 16 | It can be important for the purposes of seeing whether the settlor is liable for tax which is not paid by the trustees ( IHTA 1984 , s201 ) . |
| 17 | Scientists then take these unfinished , inexact hypotheses and present them to other scientists for the express purpose of seeing if the hypothesis will not in fact be shot full of holes , hoping almost that it will be so shot , because Knowledge and Truth are thereby served , if only negatively , in having one more tenuous , groping hypothesis about the nature of the world shown to be false . |
| 18 | At that moment , there comes a new way of seeing and the sensation of tears is felt and with it the ecstasy of seeing the eternal or divine . |
| 19 | 1.6.4 to permit any duly authorized representative of upon reasonable prior notice to enter into any of its premises where the Licensed Software or any materials relating thereto are stored for the purpose of ascertaining that the provisions of this Agreement are being complied with by ; |
| 20 | 5.8.1.1 to enter upon the Premises for the purpose of ascertaining that the covenants and conditions of this Lease have been observed and performed |
| 21 | 5.8.1.1 to enter upon the Premises for the purpose of ascertaining that the covenants and conditions of this Lease have been observed and performed |
| 22 | Norwegian freedom fighters had discovered the existence of the base ; but had no way of ascertaining whether the Dane was a collaborator or a forced worker . |
| 23 | Once again , faith is understood as offering certainty , in this case what might be called ‘ intellectual certainty ’ , the consequence of accepting that a particular line of argument is overwhelmingly convincing . |
| 24 | Instead of retreating instead of going underground instead of accepting that the situation had become extremely difficult and it was necessary to try and rebuild their organization and their influence gradually over a period of time , they committed their shattered forces to further battles and more or less completed er their destruction . |
| 25 | Increasingly , the physical effort of carving in stone provoked fits of coughing and the mess and the rubble annoyed Beatrice . |
| 26 | Another fit of coughing and the street-car lurched to a halt suddenly . |
| 27 | The pain of coughing and the blood that frothed up in his sputum . |
| 28 | This approach , he maintains , is different from other aspects of nursing when the nurse uses knowledge and expertise to advise and educate . |
| 29 | It is then not so much the distinction between names and descriptions as the distinction between the function of naming and the function of describing that gives some indication as to what is involved in positing something as an ontological existent . |
| 30 | It is a period in the history of cooking when the addition of truffles would make a poached mouse or a fricassee of donkey 's ears acceptable to those rich and great ones who flock to eat the creations of this famous chef . |