Example sentences of "[det] [subord] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh do , is that where forging ahead comes |
| 2 | It 's better this than wasting a load of money that carpets we 're gon na bin anyway |
| 3 | And there is transparently more to this than knowing the meanings of individual units of expression ; we have to grasp the syntax . |
| 4 | A project in which the children 's desire to acquire information will engender high motivation would seem a far more appropriate way of achieving this than putting them through special library lessons , divorced from any meaningful context . |
| 5 | Sean was reportedly less chuffed about doing this than doing an ‘ ollie shove-it ’ , a very hard skateboarding manoeuvre — however , he did go on to break his leg in two places soon afterwards when he fell off said contraption . |
| 6 | and true to form the champ won this round of racing too … but there 's more to this than winning … excitement … adventure … a true test of driving skills |
| 7 | What better way to achieve this than starting with our new recruits . ’ |
| 8 | Infact it is alot easier doing something like this than going into the ring because you see all their fresh faces and all they care about is having their quetions answered . |
| 9 | But that figure could be cut by half if falling sales and paper closures are brought into the equation . |
| 10 | The railway engineer , therefore , provides a transition curve to ease the engine from one radius to another while adjusting the superelevation , or cant , to counter the centrifugal force . |
| 11 | Because of the way that the two animals stand in relation to one another while grooming is going on , it is these vertical lines that are placed slap in front of their ‘ nearside ’ eyes . |
| 12 | There can be nothing but hubris in a position that substitutes one moral absolutism for another while pretending to offer humility . |
| 13 | Uli Edel has forged a remarkably coherent whole , cross-cutting from one story to another while retaining a precise delineation of character , picking out threads of compassion and love from a bleak tapestry of pain . |
| 14 | People who asked her why she did n't make use of her talent and give singing lessons had perhaps not tried to do this while living in two rooms over a greengrocers , and looking after young children . |
| 15 | But they are brought together , in successive books , by the force of this preoccupation , and the reader has to make what he can of the resemblance between two figures quite remote from one another in any coarser understanding of the matter , to do this while adjusting his sight to a vista of copycats , impostors and successive interpretations — a vista which is far from unfamiliar now and can be caught , for instance , in the productions and reproductions of contemporary literary theory . |
| 16 | Still less could they do this while trying to disperse the economically powerful German population of the east among the various neighbour states without aggravating the problem still further . |
| 17 | In particular I would like to know about your own background rather than having to guess at this while reading about a set of fictional characters . |
| 18 | ‘ I would remind you both , ’ said the abbot gently , ‘ that if she has been all this while consulting her own wishes , and imposing them upon us mortals , Saint Winifred is again on her own altar in our church . |
| 19 | Corfu gets better every year , and still manages to do all this while retaining its charm and identity as a Greek island . |
| 20 | We shall do this while continuing to increase spending on the essential public services on which we all depend . |
| 21 | Writing this whilst hopping up and down to stir lemon marmalade on the stove ( and it seems reluctant to ‘ gel ’ ! ) and to the accompaniment of wonderful J S BACH fugue and prelude and tape . |
| 22 | ( Oh , yes , I had learnt to play this whilst spending a few months in a rotting gaol due to one of the many misunderstandings which plagued my life . ) |
| 23 | Some pupils of secondary school age who have special educational needs may continue to display some literacy skills within the lower levels associated with key stages 1 and 2 , so the teaching they receive in English will need to cater for this whilst incorporating material with a range and degree of interest , and in some cases intellectual demand , more appropriate to their chronological age . |
| 24 | Someone once described this as sorting out the knots in the knitting and then taking pride in wearing the jumper . |
| 25 | But liberationists like Regan and Clive Hollands ( 1985 ) , as we saw in earlier chapters , scorn this as requiring no more than kindness towards animals ( Hollands , for example , dismissed it as ‘ a Victorian concept ’ ) and demand a great deal more . |
| 26 | It is not uncommon for different members of the same court to be in agreement as to the contents of the procedural duty , but to differ as to whether they describe this as resulting from natural justice or fairness . |
| 27 | An animal does indeed strive instinctively to keep alive , much as it will forage for food ( plants in unconscious and less mobile ways do also ) , but , lacking language , it is unduly anthropomorphic to describe this as hoping or aspiring to live to a ripe old age ; except perhaps as a joke . |
| 28 | Similarly in France in the eighteenth century writers such as Mably and Morelly , who believed passionately in the idea of equality , saw this as involving the transference of private property to the state , which could then use it to satisfy the needs of all . |
| 29 | The circuit judge translated this as implying that the ‘ greater stress and pressure ’ of an arrest made a confession more likely . |
| 30 | I 'd doubt he 'd like this as outpacing fast full back would not be his strongest point . |