Example sentences of "[adj] [v-ing] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Greengross ( 1986 ) suggests , that using this as a basis , there should be a general power |
| 2 | A society of extreme altruists , each devoting most of his attention to the welfare of others , would not be the ideal community it might seem ; since each would be poor in self-awareness , he would be still less aware of the actual needs of those he was trying to benefit . |
| 3 | Very high storage rates are possible using this type of technology . |
| 4 | And mum always used to say that 's what gave you that hernia that walking all the way for food ! |
| 5 | Nine smaller parties , each gaining less than 1 per cent of the total vote , were accorded a total of 11 seats in the Assembly ; they included the Social Democratic Party ( 0.53 per cent ) two seats ; Centrist Democratic Forum ( 0.48 per cent ) two seats ; Germans ' Democratic Forum ( 0.28 per cent ) one seat ; Bratianu Liberal Union ( 0.27 ) one seat ; Romanies ' Democratic Union ( 0.21 per cent ) one seat . |
| 6 | Among the other parties each gaining less than 1 per cent of the total vote were the Social Democratic Party ( 0.50 per cent ) ; Centrist Democratic Group ( 0.47 per cent ) ; National Reconstruction Party ( 0.38 per cent ) ; Bratianu Liberal Union ( 0.26 per cent ) ; Romanies ' Democratic Union ( 0.14 per cent ) and the Germans ' Democratic Forum ( 0.14 per cent ) . |
| 7 | Perhaps not — but there 's precious little risk of that happening these days , and anyway , what happened to speed up the return to ‘ normal ’ after birth ? |
| 8 | It is unfortunate , therefore , that launching such trials can be a lengthy affair because of protracted discussions on ethical issues that are often misunderstood . |
| 9 | Meyer are claiming that a number of competitive snowboarders are switching to this binding this winter . |
| 10 | The literature on dieting reinforces this notion by publishing diets that certainly do work and giving case histories of dieters who have succeeded in getting slim using these methods . |
| 11 | And I told him that er all about it , but I said do they make , do they do this puddling these days , he says yes at West Bromwich they still do it , but er they used to do it up on |
| 12 | If you 're planning to do some wallpapering this month but are dreading the thought , do n't panic — help is at hand . |
| 13 | Their ability to demand high wages was by 1790 causing some employers to dislodge their hold by introducing machinery : " we are determined to destroy all sorts of Masheens for printing in the Kingdom " , runs one of the milder sentences in an anonymous letter from the journeymen received by one employer . |
| 14 | You practically needed a mortgage to buy a mobile phone of any description , some costing several thousand pounds . |
| 15 | Typical of many such letters sent to the Laird of Grant was one written by Lord Kinnoull in 1780 seeking such a bursary for John Duff , a son of the minister of Tippermuir . |
| 16 | The government estimated that nearly one in three businesses would pay rate increases of more than 50 per cent over the first few years , with some paying more than double their previous bill . |
| 17 | He can be deft and funny describing such varied personalities as Cecil Beaton , J. Carter Brown , and Joan Whitney Payson , an unusually sharp , no-nonsense trustee ( informed of Wildenstein 's role as the Met 's auction representation in buying the Velasquez , she remarked , ‘ What if they cheat ? ’ ) . |
| 18 | I said to him well where the receipts to prove this paying this taxi , right |
| 19 | These fellows for fun would pinch one and put it on another step , and do this going all down the road . |
| 20 | We are going to do some miming this afternoon . |
| 21 | It is from the chaos of spontaneous analogizing that creativity breaks into the ordered by closed realm of analytic thinking . |
| 22 | 2 TESTING THOSE BRAKES |
| 23 | Under this heading some arguments will be considered to the effect that corporate power can be legitimated by reference to the rights of the corporators . |
| 24 | SCRE Practitioner Award 1993 Calling all Teacher-Researchers |
| 25 | These varieties are complex and changeable : at times of rapid social restructuring such changes are also more rapid . |
| 26 | He and Wednesday were very careful removing all the broken ladders , teapots and lampshades , expecting anything to happen . |
| 27 | ‘ I ca n't see this breaking any records at the box office . ’ |
| 28 | Er , accompanying this accompanying this frequently not himself , which it occurred throughout his life , through his childhood as well , and his general |
| 29 | After this beginning some light relief must have been welcome . |
| 30 | The status of his work for some approaching that of the sacred book . |