Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adj] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | G. is pleased with the response at the company — not only do they report as soon as possible when they 've got a pollution , they let him know about the progress they make : ‘ I 've got them so well trained now they 'll be phoning half an hour before they have a discharge . ’ |
| 2 | He found another Brahmin cultivating half an acre of land which Ragu had laid claim to and beat the man up with a stick , causing arm fracture , hospitalization and a court case . |
| 3 | By adopting such an approach , the deterrent purposes of Rule 10b-5 are still capable of being achieved . |
| 4 | The proposal is to investigate the potential advantages of applying modular design concepts to pump and valve design ; to evaluate commercial advantages to be gained in international markets by adopting such an approach and to introduce the indicated changes of design philosophy and practice to the British pump and valve industries . |
| 5 | Senior Tories believe the MP for Carshalton and Wallington must have had a very pressing reason to leave after staging such an unexpected comeback . |
| 6 | Malvolio 's treatment , in Shakespeare 's Twelfth Night , when he was supposed to be mad explains the desirability of keeping such an affliction quiet . |
| 7 | Who indeed could have forecast that the Provincial sector would be announcing such an improvement in their financial situation resulting from rapid but targeted investment in new trains , with the prime objective of cost reduction ? |
| 8 | It is not difficult to see that in understanding such an exchange we make a great number of detailed ( pragmatic ) inferences about the nature of the context in which ( 32 ) can be assumed to be taking place . |
| 9 | This decision , being one of property and not only matrimonial law , would extend to anyone acquiring such an interest — mistresses , friends , parents , children : anyone . |
| 10 | The very fact that multimedia is becoming such an intense area of activity today suggests that , at least in the view of hardware and software developers , the technological capability has arrived . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's a sad thing to see someone who had an important job in the navy becoming such an irresponsible old soak . ’ |
| 12 | You could say it is envy , and indeed that is partly true , And I wo n't pretend that a factor in one 's accepting such an invitation is not the thought of spending a week in a grand hotel . |
| 13 | But a number of qualifications need to be made before fully accepting such an analysis . |
| 14 | One might imagine , perhaps wrongly , that there would have been few craftsmen who either alone or in a group would at any one time have been capable of producing such an item because of the variety of skills required in its production . |
| 15 | I must therefore confine myself to expressing the hope that the Law Commission might look at the subject to see whether there is in fact any good reason now for maintaining a rule which operates to defeat contractually agreed arrangements between the parties ( of which all successors in title are aware ) and which is capable of producing such an extraordinary result as that in the present case . |
| 16 | What is the point of producing such an utterance ? |
| 17 | That is why the social anthropologists are justified in devoting such an inordinate amount of attention to the field of kinship . |
| 18 | In articulating such an ideology , the fascist groups are continuing a political tradition with its own classic texts and mythology . |
| 19 | Andrew Seybold , a respected US analyst , recently wrote an open letter to Jobs and Novell CEO Ray Noorda suggesting such an alliance . |
| 20 | Also relevant may be the greater density of children in west Thurso , given the evidence suggesting such an effect ( table V ) and its importance in epidemics . |
| 21 | Financing such an enterprise should be possible since James 's Pharmaceutical Proteins and Scotgen both raised several million dollars of venture capital — admittedly from American and French sources . |
| 22 | Simon criticised Jesus for allowing such an immoral woman to touch him . |
| 23 | It took the desire of the Americans to possess an ancient parish church to prompt the authorities concerned to realise its worth and the importance of not allowing such an historic treasure to decline to the state of dereliction and so be lost from our heritage . |
| 24 | However they will understand the difficulties of using such an unpredictable material as wood , and make due allowance for minor defects . |
| 25 | Using such an arrangement of hardware and software it is possible to construct a computer-based designing system that meets all the needs of the design and manufacturing process . |
| 26 | She was still trembling half an hour later , as she huddled beneath a small gateway , trying to keep her footing on the wet grass of the embankment . |
| 27 | The society now moved from the rather passive position of regretting ( as it did on 5 August 1789 ) that ‘ there was no appropriate educational establishment in England for the desired improvement of farriery ( in this context comprehending the medical treatment of horses , cattle and sheep ) by a regular education in that science on medical and anatomical principles ’ , to a positive position of recommending such an institution as had been established in France , Germany and elsewhere on the Continent , as being necessary in this country . |
| 28 | investments not readily disposablehave regard to the client 's knowledge and experience before recommending such an investment ( eg buying shares in a private company ) |
| 29 | She knew that he would be hurt even though she hoped that he had stopped loving such an undeserving , self-serving shrew , because anyone would be hurt by such a scene . |
| 30 | Quite clearly it was for me to initiate action to ensure that all aircraft of that type were checked for similar fractures at the earliest possible moment , but the responsibility for ordering such an inspection lies with the airworthiness authorities of the States in which the aircraft were registered and not with the accident investigation authorities . |