Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christina Muir recalls the shock of seeing badly burned airmen being treated in the Radcliffe when doing her ‘ war-work ’ as a ward maid in the hospital . |
| 2 | Many of New York 's bridges are made using inadequately reinforced concrete . |
| 3 | Cities & Deserts : Travels in Oman , Jordan & Libya , portraits and landscapes by Ann Jousiffe which reflect the cultural diversity of the Arab world , including rarely seen images of Libya ( 4–29 Feb ) . |
| 4 | Like all aquatic plants , waterlilies can be planted successfully from spring until late summer , using properly designed baskets and good garden soil ( Fig. 12 ) . |
| 5 | Not only then is subcontracting widely practised but the small firms are so dependent on a limited range of buyers that they have little alternative but to accommodate to tight kanban schedules . |
| 6 | The viaduct was built by Thomas Brassey to a design by Lewis Cubbitt , using locally made bricks , in 1848–50 . |
| 7 | At each visit , a detailed interview was conducted about the occurrence on each day of the week of 21 listed symptoms , signs , and conditions , using locally defined terms where appropriate . |
| 8 | The earliest attempts were made in Canada around the turn of the century , using locally caught mink to get the breeding colony started . |
| 9 | Using loosely coupled multiprocessing imposes a few limitations , both on programmers and hardware . |
| 10 | This increased revenue was needed to meet the dramatic costs of assisting the war effort [ see below ] and of financing vastly increased domestic defence spending , including arms purchases from the United States to the value of US$6,750 million , approved in November by the US Congress . |
| 11 | One client referred for counselling eventually admitted that she was starving herself as a way of preventing conception ; she did not want another child , but her husband had pressurised her to become pregnant . |
| 12 | At the inquiry , called by the stewards after Willie Carson had driven Iywaan home along the rail , Eddery explained that Alhamad had been hanging badly left throughout the last half-mile . |
| 13 | The food is well-balanced and freshly prepared , using organically grown produce wherever possible , and there are qualified dieticians on hand to advise you . |
| 14 | But some of the information takes months to emerge , let alone learn , and the pain of joining is the pain of gathering enough written , verbal and non-verbal information to ‘ learn the ropes ’ . |
| 15 | Five men maybe and that time … ’ she counted on her fingers , naming long remembered names , ‘ Three women . |
| 16 | At this stage the Collector seemed to be sparing only occupied beds and charpoys , his own desk and chair , and the Louis XVI table from the drawing-room . |
| 17 | By pursuing only known sale opportunities , there is greater chance that the reactive approach will lead an acquiror into a formal sale process , where the vendor has appointed professional advisers to handle the transactions on its behalf . |
| 18 | By analysing these shifts , using econometrically estimated demand curves , it is hoped to identify which countries have improved since 1970 , and those that have suffered as a result . |
| 19 | But manufacturing only accounted for 36% of business investment in the last fiscal year . |
| 20 | Our friendly staff of highly trained mechanics , offer a full range of services covering all major UK and foreign vehicles , using only approved spare parts . |
| 21 | The whole interior is of primitive , peasant standard and style , its colour and drawing charmingly handled ; a superb example of the period . |
| 22 | The dinner menu is interesting and varied with many dishes incorporating locally caught fish and shellfish and all the vegetables are locally and organically grown . |
| 23 | Existing products , such as the Object Design Inc ObjectStore object database are already becoming widely adopted . |
| 24 | Existing products , such as the Object Design Inc 's ObjectStore object database are already becoming widely adopted . |
| 25 | With regard to the audience for children 's project work , it is becoming widely agreed that it is important for children to learn to take into account their potential audience when they are producing written work . |
| 26 | As such they are highly suitable for the brewing industry , from plant to road tankers , and are becoming widely used as glass washing agents in the licensed trades . |
| 27 | Today , mixed herbs , including chicory , yarrow , burnet , rib grass , and sheep 's parsley are becoming widely used in long ley mixtures . |
| 28 | David acknowledged the complexity of Peru 's problems yet he remained an optimist , becoming most heated when he talked about those who repeated endlessly that Peru was a poor country . |
| 29 | He should be brushed daily to prevent his coat becoming badly knotted again . |
| 30 | I had just had my forty-first birthday and had been going through a very unhappy time , not eating properly because I was economizing so much , and becoming properly run down . |