Example sentences of "[conj] switching " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tests show that eating lots of fibre or switching to polyunsaturated fats has about as much chance of prolonging your life as wearing a wig , but a kipper two or three times a week will have your life assurance rep collecting the premiums for ever . |
| 2 | ABBEY National is offering to meet up to £250 of legal and mortgage valuation fees for customers who are remortgaging or switching to Abbey National . |
| 3 | Removing stale , moist air from inside the house may be brought about deliberately — by opening a window or switching on an extractor fan — or may occur fortuitously — air passing up chimney flues , for example , or finding its own way out through one or two small gaps in the house structure . |
| 4 | Can a chimp perceive a movie as representing a second individual trying to solve a problem , like reaching bananas or switching on a heater ? |
| 5 | Switching On or Switching Off ? |
| 6 | In this case it 's mine , and meant for launching or switching between applications . |
| 7 | He could have been warning his receptionist off the line or switching off — or on — a recording device . |
| 8 | The Commission argues that switching from zero-rating to tax-paid exports would provide the only way of scrapping checks on traders at borders without inviting fraud on a massive scale . |
| 9 | There is a common belief that switching off lights increases energy consumption and also reduces the life of fittings . |
| 10 | If you should get it wrong , you will probably find that switching on has the effect of short circuiting the mains supply through the on/off switch ! |
| 11 | Remember that switching off both idle-up functions will give you normal throttle control for starting . |
| 12 | There is no evidence that switching to lower tar cigarettes reduces coronary heart disease risk ( see also Factsheet no. 5 in this series , ‘ Tobacco , the Heart and Circulation ’ ) . |
| 13 | Post-landing checks while taxying required little other than switching off lights and radios . |
| 14 | It 's much better than switching the light on in the middle of development and hoping for the ‘ effect ’ . |
| 15 | It 's much better than switching the light on in the middle of development and hoping for the ‘ effect ’ . |
| 16 | In that incomparable verse Racine surely articulates the classical and terrible conception that underlies also Virgil 's treatment of Dido : sexual passion , the erotic , understood as one undifferentiated energy running wild , fastening itself seemingly at random on this person or that one , and switching from one to another in a way that discredits all human vows of constancy . |
| 17 | The team of non-professional drivers reached the high point of 109 mpg and a low of 94 mpg , merely by accelerating smoothly , braking gently , and switching off the engine in traffic jams . |
| 18 | But over 18 months ago , the company shocked the fleet world by announcing that , after carrying out an independent study , it was reversing its decision and switching to cars equipped with catalytic converters running on unleaded petrol . |
| 19 | In practice the tactical manoeuvring may become less relevant if Westminster Live continues its recent practice of leaving the Chamber after the Prime Minister has finished and switching to studio interviews . |
| 20 | First and foremost was the rise in the price of oil and its products which provoked both more efficient usage and switching to other , cheaper fuels . |
| 21 | Oil consumption will continue to decline due to efficiency improvements and switching to cheaper , cleaner power supplies such as electricity and gas . |
| 22 | These would include practising counter-thoughts in which alternative ways of viewing the situation are entertained , and switching to prerehearsed thoughts of circumstances in which the patient has felt particularly relaxed . |
| 23 | One further adopted measure thus was to offset the carriageway or create a chicane by using planting on one side only and switching the right-angle parking from one side to the other ( Figure 6.50 ) . |
| 24 | Turning the amp up louder ( and getting those bottles working ) provided part of the solution , and switching to a humbucking guitar completed the transformation . |
| 25 | Below the sober exterior , though , one suspects that there 's a bit of an animal lurking — and switching in the graphic equaliser and voice filter ( after having connected up the sub-woofer extension cabinet ) opens the cage door fairly wide . |
| 26 | The ‘ mid EQ ’ preset on channel 2 has the effect of tightening up the sound while adding a little more in the way of mid/top frequencies — a bit like playing a Strat and switching between neck pickup only and middle'n'bridge . |
| 27 | Have several light points and keep a good general level of lighting at all times , using fairly high wattage lamps and switching on early , well before dusk and twilight . |
| 28 | Finally , if the model is low and slow and you think you have made a mess of things , remember that ‘ chickening out ’ and switching off the ‘ hold ’ will probably just produce a more expensive crash ! |
| 29 | In this case , you have to go through the full manual routine as outlined above , stopping on play-pause and switching back to record-pause when you reach the desired edit-out point on the previous recording . |
| 30 | Doctor Finlay is making a comeback after 26 years and switching to ITV with the coveted role of the Scottish medic going to actor David Rintoul . |