prépositions > GN + to reprise (préposition)  + GN / -ING (gérondif)

reprise / reformulation d'un déjà dit,

d'une séquence connue, attendue, non problématique

BV + -ING (gérondif) : forme nominalisée.

-ING  nominalise le verbe et ses compléments.

Fonction grammaticale : la forme nominalisée en -ing fonctionne comme un GN.

Being a solo artist (1) pourrait être sujet : Being a solo artist is not easy.

Ne pas confondre to viseur -> BV

(structure qui marque la fiction du jamais dit, de l'inédit)

avec to préposition + GN / -ING.

1 -    There are advantages to being in a band

and advantages to being a solo artist.

   Don't hurry, be happy, GE2, p. 14, 19.9.2002.

Syria's Assad takes steps towards reforms

Thu, Mar 31 2011
DAMASCUS | Thu Mar 31, 2011
12:43pm EDT

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, facing a wave of protests demanding greater freedoms,

took steps on Thursday toward addressing grievances including lifting emergency law and granting disenfranchised Kurds rights.

Assad, who drew international criticism for failing to spell out reforms in his first public comments on Wednesday since unrest swept Syria,

also ordered an investigation into protest deaths in the flashpoint city of Deraa and the port of Latakia.

[ . . . ]

Syrian officials in Assad's inner circle had said last week a decision had been taken to abolish emergency legislation.

But Assad, in a speech to parliament on Wednesday, made no reference to rescinding the law,

[  rescinding the law reprend a decision had been taken to abolish emergency legislation.

comme c'est souvent le cas, le marqueur - ing signale un déjà dit dans le texte ou le contexte ]

or set a timetable for mooted reforms including legislation on political parties, media freedom and fighting corruption.

    Syria's Assad takes steps towards reforms, R, 31.3.2011, http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/31/us-syria-idUSTRE72N2MC20110331

Obama Against a Compromise on Extension of Bush Tax Cuts

September 7, 2010
The New York Times
By JACKIE CALMES

WASHINGTON — President Obama on Wednesday will make clear

that he opposes any compromise that would extend the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy beyond this year,

officials said, adding a populist twist to an election-season economic package

that is otherwise designed to entice support from big businesses and their Republican allies.

Mr. Obama’s opposition to allowing the high-end tax cuts to remain in place for even another year or two

[ reprise / reformulation en -ing de any compromise that would extend the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy beyond this year ]

would be the signal  many Congressional Democrats have been awaiting as they prepare for a showdown with Republicans on the issue

and ends speculation that the White House might be open to an extension.

Democrats say only the president can rally wavering lawmakers who, amid the party’s weakened poll numbers,

feel increasingly vulnerable to Republican attacks if they let the top rates lapse at the end of this year as scheduled.

    Obama Against a Compromise on Extension of Bush Tax Cuts, NYT, 7.9.2010, http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/08/us/politics/08obama.html

Liverpool could tonight be a step nearer to becoming the first city in the UK to ban smoking in public places.

    City to vote on smoking ban, G, 20.10.2004, http://society.guardian.co.uk/publichealth/story/0,11098,1331593,00.html

The Foreign Office was thrown into turmoil yesterday after the British ambassador to Rome,

Sir Ivor Roberts, described President George Bush as "the best recruiting sergeant ever for al-Qaida".

    Al-Qaida would back Bush, says UK envoy, G, 21.0.2004, http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections2004/story/0,13918,1309154,00.html

The Treasury last night gave its strong backing for the Bank of England to raise interest rates tomorrow

when Ed Balls, the chief economic adviser to Gordon Brown,

said a pre-emptive strike was needed to maintain economic stability.

    Treasury backs interest rate rise, G, 4.2.2004, http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,3604,1140318,00.html

A radical change in medical law to allow the NHS to buy organs from live donors in Britain and Europe will be debated

in closed session today by the British Medical Association, the powerful organisation representing doctors throughout the UK.

It took an age to extract them from the stadium but,

as Lawrence Dallaglio - no stranger to having a good time - said later, they were off to celebrate with a vengeance.

    England on top of the world:
    Kevin Mitchell in Sydney sees the Poms hailed by the old enemy
    as England snatch a dramatic victory in the Rugby World Cup, O, 23.11.2003, http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1091514,00.html

Duncan Smith takes novel approach to playing by the book

    Headline, G, 4.11.2003, http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/politicsphilosophyandsociety/story/0,6000,1077125,00.html

Scott, Macpherson: Richard Norton-Taylor is no stranger to turning exhaustive public inquiries into plays.

But his latest, about Hutton, posed very different problems

    Courtroom drama, G, 4.11.2003, http://media.guardian.co.uk/huttoninquiry/story/0,13812,1077131,00.html

Conrad added, "There are consequences to spending more money than you take in."

    New drug scandal shakes sport : Olympic champions among athletes accused of cheating, G, 18.10.2003, http://sport.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,10488,1065865,00.html 

"If a car is stolen, it can be fitted with a computer to enable it to be tracked

- so why not apply the same principle to finding missing children?" she said.

    Girl to get tracker implant to ease parents' fear, GE, 2002-3.

There's a real art to landing a creative job

    Headline, DM, p. 59, 15.5.2003.

While there are still some militia hiding in the city,

British soldiers have already started to shift attention to controlling crime.

    British Turn to Calming the Unruly Streets of Basra, NYT/Le Monde, p. 1, 13/14.4.2003

The new archbishop is set to lead opposition to attacking Iraq

    Blair's holy war on the home front, sub headline, GE, p. 10, 4.1.2003.

No country attaches such importance to winning Nobel prizes as Japan, and Mr Tanaka's victory,

together with that of Masatoshi Koshiba, a Japanese physicist, has created huge excitement in the media.

    Nobel Prize for Chemistry 'given to wrong man', T, p. 13, 10.12.2002.

Since the 1936 Popular Front,

Socialist governments have given priority to reducing the hours spent at the factory and office and lenghtening paid holidays.

   French end working hours revolution, GE, 4.9.2002, p. 2.

« This action has been taken with a view to commencing legal proceedings against Roy Keane and his employers Manchester United. »

    Roy Keane and Man United sued by City rivals, GE, 17-8-2002, p. 1.

Some Israelis believe settlements are barriers to reaching peace with the Palestinians.

   Despite violence, Settlers Are Thriving, NYT digest/Le Monde, p. 3, 6-5-2002.

Being willing to take on jobs outside her remit,

as well as showing enthusiasm, taking the initiative and contributing her own ideas,

has been the key to securing a better position and salary.

    Make hard work to pay, DM, p. 63, 31-1-2002.

This is Lenny Kravitz’s moment :

his hippy look is in style, his retro-rock mish-mash is strangely popular,

and he’s well on the way to finding inner peace.

   Lenny come lately, O, p. 3, 24-3-2002.

But he made clear that Mr Blair did not see

any objection to ending the principle that child benefit was a universal payment to all mothers.

   Blair links benefits to social behaviour, DT, p. 1, 2.5.2002.

Demonstrating that England’s unpredictable weather is not necessarily

a bar to making a successful business out of English wines,

Charles Cunningham was a popular member of the new generation of English wine producers.

    Charles Cunningham obituary, I, p. 22, 2.5.2002.

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