Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [prep] another " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thought of returning to another sparse lodging in a back-street of London , to the endless trudging back and forth to the Register Office , to the days of scant food and less warmth , filled her with dread . |
| 2 | What 's the use of practisin' on another horse ? ’ |
| 3 | Sociologists and social anthropologists now have a clearer understanding of the nature of their propositions , seeing them as attempts to provide interpretative accounts of one social group 's ways of living to another group , which has a different set of values and assumptions . |
| 4 | At the table sat a young Cistercian monk , and at either elbow sat Lucier and Gabriel watching him copy one page of writing from another . |
| 5 | Surely this must be Howard 's concern instead of looking for another striker . |
| 6 | He held on to his love of unregimented activity in the open air , away from encroaching London suburbia , and he cherished a sense of belonging to another country — Cambria or Gwalia , Glamorgan or Gwent — in addition to the still strange city he was slowly beginning to explore along both banks of the Thames . |
| 7 | Most people today are members of a nationality without choosing it , and that membership in the short term usually excludes by law the possibility of belonging to another nationality . |
| 8 | Language learners are social outsiders of a different kind , standing outside one community by virtue of belonging to another . |
| 9 | Nikau will remain until the end of the season with the option of staying for another . |
| 10 | After all , if he does n't like the future he has the personal possibility — and responsibility of moving to another outfit whose potential he thinks is greater . |
| 11 | The skills of miners … are not easily transferable to other industries ; protest is less likely to take the form of moving to another industry . |
| 12 | ( The only alternative would be to put , with in the pre-initial category , again with very limited possibilities of combining with another consonant . ) |
| 13 | Although it might be objected that Skocpol 's analysis courts the danger of falling into another version of functionalism , since it postulates some inherent functions of the state , it has the benefit of drawing attention to processes within the state and the specific logic which guides them . |
| 14 | Another noteworthy aspect of his success has been that throughout his career he has rarely enjoyed the luxury of playing alongside another bowler of similar pace . |
| 15 | Thus male mink show no paternal care of their young : the risk of investing in another 's offspring is just too high . |
| 16 | This can lead to fervent acceptance or rejection uninformed by understanding , the imposition of one mode of thinking on another . |
| 17 | In chapter 1 , for instance , we considered the effect which different theories of understanding might have on certain sceptical arguments ; and a theory of understanding is only a theory of meaning under another name . |
| 18 | She had a horrible vision of collapsing in another helpless heap at his feet , and the prospect brought a fresh surge of anger to rescue her . |
| 19 | Before the anniversary I had intended to try to mark every hundred days of John 's captivity in some way , but the prospect of battling through another summer of silence seemed impossible . |