Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And sand will provide a stable base providing rainwater can not reach it . |
| 2 | To the Gaijin rear Jotan 's five hundred were a solid mass cutting off the line of retreat . |
| 3 | This is caused by energy from a weak field pulsating in harmony with the resonant frequency of ion motion in a steady magnetic field . |
| 4 | It could not be otherwise if literary intelligence was to make itself available in drawing-rooms to administrative and political decision making . |
| 5 | There is no necessary connection between political decision making and moral change : politics is not a simple reflection of changes in society . |
| 6 | However , one of the important themes in this book will be the developing de-democratization of local political decision making and consequent administration . |
| 7 | Firstly , the council had a large Labour majority with political decision making often restricted to the Labour group and with little debate in committees . |
| 8 | A third kind of analysis conceives some sections of the middle class ( technicians , managers , engineers , professional employees in the public service and in private industry ) either as constituting an important part of a ‘ new working class ’ which is likely to participate in its own way in a refashioned socialist movement ( Mallet , 1975 ) , or as forming one element — alongside the old industrial working class — in a new class , which is becoming involved in a new type of struggle , directed against those who control the institutions of economic and political decision making , and who reduce it to a condition , not of misery or oppression , but of restricted and dependent participation in the major public affairs of society ( Touraine , 1971a ) . |
| 9 | The Presidential Council initially appeared designed to supplant the CPSU central committee politburo as the main centre of political decision making in the Soviet Union . |
| 10 | This diversity led to confusion among observers as to whether the Council would indeed become a significant centre of political decision making , or would be a much less important and purely consultative body . |
| 11 | erm in political decision making . |
| 12 | But he 's got no , as far as I can see he 's got no convincing argument that democracy will do better , but that does n't matter because he thinks that the decisive criticism of enlightened despotism is that it wo n't improve the moral or intellectual well-being of the citizens , but if people are excluded from political decision making , they will have no incentive to educate themselves or morally improve themselves , or he thinks if they do , if a despot does allow for the moral improvement of the citizens , then citizens will no longer accept despotism so that despotism is in a way self-defeating here and if it one of the proper functions of government it ca n't survive . |
| 13 | The embroidery , a pattern of golden lily-flowers dotted here and there , each one at a fair distance from the other , would be confined to the shoulder band and to a broad sash fastening at the back in as large a bow as Miss Dallam would tolerate , its ends falling to the hem of her skirt . |
| 14 | IBM 's Pennant Systems last week announced the extension of its Advanced Function Printing into the AIX/6000 environment and WISIWYG viewing on PS/2 screens under Windows . |
| 15 | Certainly the driver seemed satisfied enough , she accorded with relief as with a smile he pointed to an illuminated notice indicating that her hotel was at the end of a narrow passageway leading from the main street . |
| 16 | Notice the narrow snout extending beyond the mouth which helps it to seek out small rodents , reptiles and invertebrates . |
| 17 | There are extra shopping centres and the Lady Godiva statue now has a marquee-like canopy swamping it . |
| 18 | Fifthly , in the arena of foreign affairs , Hitler was commonly regarded as an upholder and a fanatical defender of Germany 's just rights , a rebuilder of the nation 's strength , a statesman of genius , and for the most part , it seems , not as a racial imperialist warmonger working towards a ‘ war of annihilation ’ and limitless German conquest . |
| 19 | The main spasm of the Alpine orogeny came in Oligocene and early Miocene times , with the African plate grinding against Europe and the alpine chains spreading out to north and south like an opening fan . |
| 20 | It seduced his imagination : woolly wisps streaming past told him nothing ; he could be flying into a mountainside … or diving … or two seconds away from a collision … |
| 21 | She squinted at Madeleine 's thin ankles , arched foot swinging a high-heeled slipper . |
| 22 | The strong fingers peeling the nightshirt upwards , the exploring hunger of the hard mouth on her stomach , her breasts , her lips , it felt as if she 'd been waiting for ever for these feelings … |
| 23 | With a soft groan , Rohan pulled her into his arms , holding her close against his body , the strong fingers stroking her hair with surprising gentleness . |
| 24 | The feel of his strong fingers enclosing her small palm came as something of a shock to her system . |
| 25 | This sort of task is very common in process control situations where the operator often makes a preliminary three-way decision corresponding to the worldwide system of red , amber and green traffic lights . |
| 26 | NatWest 's 275 instant dealing branches offer immediate settlement with a contract note and cheque on the spot from December 18 . |
| 27 | NatWest 's 275 instant dealing branches offer immediate settlement with a contract note and cheque on the spot from December 18 . |
| 28 | He laughed , a warm , comfortable sound that reminded her of homely , rustic things like sleek cattle and woolly sheep grazing on a West Country hillside . |
| 29 | This consists essentially of a group of nurses specially trained in diabetic care , and exclusively devoted to that specialty providing a seven days a week , 24 hour per day service . |
| 30 | MOST people would agree that drug dealing inside Buckingham Palace is a pretty serious crime by any standards . |