Example sentences of "[v-ing] [num ord] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather does the future have an imperative claim upon the present , alerting all men to the urgency and exclusiveness of seeking first the Kingdom of God . |
| 2 | As the gap slowly widened , a mass of land drifted eastward , forming first a peninsula and then an island . |
| 3 | In two dimensions the diagram is more picturesquely called the ‘ drunkard 's walk ’ and r f is estimated by considering first the simplest case of two links . |
| 4 | We begin this chapter , accordingly , by looking at the different types of literary essay it is possible to write , considering first the variety of focus they give to their subject matter and the different modes of argument they adopt . |
| 5 | For convenience I will split the sociolinguistic field into two , examining first the ‘ quantitative paradigm ’ in which variations of pronunciation and grammar are studied using statistical analysis , and then the more ‘ holistic ’ study of communicative strategies which usually goes under the general name of ‘ discourse analysis ’ . |
| 6 | examine with reference to their general compliance with these conditions , the several drawings bearing the numbers given in the enclosed list ; and to prepare a statement , giving first the Conditions which they assume to be required in the cases of each of the three classes of designs and secondly , showing whether any and which of the several sets of drawings selected fail to comply with such conditions ; and also in what respect , and to what extent , these conditions are neglected or departed from . |
| 7 | Reaction diffusion could provide a series of chemical waves generating first a wave with a single peak , followed by one with two peaks , and then one with three peaks . |
| 8 | I was able to clean off excess acrylic from the brush hair readily , using first a cold rinse of water , followed by warm water and a little soap as necessary . |
| 9 | If we have ( say ) two circuits then the forces upon each other may be calculated by determining first the magnetic field over all space and then applying eqn ( 3.90 ) . |
| 10 | Taking first the behaviour of individual Members , it seems that initially they were very conscious of the cameras when speaking and prepared their speeches accordingly , but the effect wore off , particularly when the House was not being covered live . |
| 11 | Taking first the retirement pension of a single person at £52 and of a couple at £83.25 , the single person 's pension as a percentage of the couple 's pension is 62 per cent . |
| 12 | The book opens with a narrative passage evoking first the scenes in a typical day early this century , leading up to the arrival of the first train at Craven Arms , and then a poignant shorter evocation of the way things looked shortly after the closure . |
| 13 | The rage of the Iceni spread through the south-east , affecting first the Trinovantes who had been simmering in discontent for some years . |
| 14 | Let us clarify by giving some examples , assuming first a speaker who wishes to give linguistic expression to some part of the world which is perceived as an entity . |
| 15 | As outlined in Figure 6 , the most parsimonious model for the evolution of this region is a process involving first the build-up of a ZNF gene cluster by local gene duplication events , followed by a duplication of at least part of this cluster , and finally a pericentric inversion which distributed a portion of the duplicated region to the other chromosome arm . |
| 16 | His ironic protestations — " " My wit is short ; ye may well understonde " " ; " " Blameth nat me … " " — serve only to remind us of the fact that here we have a court poet playing first the pilgrim-narrator " Chaucer " and then playing a churl . |
| 17 | I did not know what to say in reply , so I took his hands and held them beside my own , showing first the backs , then the palms , then measuring them one against the other , palm to palm — something the Japanese would often do in comparing their smaller , lighter hands with my grosser ones . |
| 18 | After obtaining first the engaged tone and then the unobtainable tone — that would not happen now after privatisation — the caller was finally connected to an answerphone which said : ‘ This is Tim and Bridie Wallis 's number . |
| 19 | In this section we have seen that it is usually possible to reduce the number of accesses to synonyms by loading first the records most frequently accessed . |
| 20 | Woodland routes and paths following first the River Cardew , then a railway line , lead you to Carlisle . |
| 21 | The royals have been virtually the only gossip among their delegations following first the news that Anne and Tim were to marry and then the bombshell that Diana and Charles were to separate . |
| 22 | Following next the River Lune , the Way goes into the Lake District . |