Example sentences of "[conj] switching [adv prt] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can a chimp perceive a movie as representing a second individual trying to solve a problem , like reaching bananas or switching on a heater ? |
| 2 | Removing stale , moist air from inside the house may be brought about deliberately — by opening a window or switching on an extractor fan — or may occur fortuitously — air passing up chimney flues , for example , or finding its own way out through one or two small gaps in the house structure . |
| 3 | The team of non-professional drivers reached the high point of 109 mpg and a low of 94 mpg , merely by accelerating smoothly , braking gently , and switching off the engine in traffic jams . |
| 4 | Huckerby , a worried-looking , balding man , had a responsible position which basically involved overseeing editorial expenditure and running the paper day to day , but was best known for fussing round the office collecting old coffee cups and switching off the lights last thing at night . |
| 5 | Such a process may be comparable to the experience one has when switching on the radio in the middle of a discussion programme and trying to understand the discussion through a partial reconstruction of what must have been said already , who the participants must be , and so on . |