Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The money will also be used to provide better signposting for existing access points to the towpath . |
| 2 | His work has proved to be perhaps the most widely influential cultural criticism of the 1980s — and it has direct bearing on photographic image-making and diffusion . |
| 3 | Owner-occupiers in different social classes have similar achieved family size and intended family size , although among council tenants , family size differs more according to social class ( Cartwright 1976 ) . |
| 4 | A brisk antipodean , she moved with speed and efficiency , despite being weighed down by the most magnificent chest Amiss could remember ever seeing in real life . |
| 5 | The man and wife arrested with him have been bailed but probably face further questioning about suspected harbouring of an escaped prisoner . |
| 6 | One may agree that the expression which Firth dismisses as nonsense has a curious ring to it but this seems to be due to the choice of lexis which results in a particularly inconsequential proposition which it is hard to imagine ever figuring in actual use . |
| 7 | MAKING YOUR MONEY WORK ABROAD Investing in offshore tax havens is not just for expatriates — there are certain tax advantages that will appeal to UK residents as well |
| 8 | The two of them move from room to room and stand there nodding in apparent admiration of Tod 's handiwork . |
| 9 | However to judge by the veteran abolitionist Lushington 's intervention in the 1831 debate the powerful demand for immediatism from abolitionists in the country was still somewhat muffled in parliament ; he approved of it if understood as , measures immediately brought in now and adopted which might lead to the gradual extinction of slavery' ; Buxton had avoided completely talking of immediate emancipation . |
| 10 | A fee of one penny a week was initially charged to attend the night classes but after objections from the 18 to 20 year olds the teaching was provided gratuitously resulting in improved attendance with the " boys " advancing rapidly . |
| 11 | Unlike Ireland , where English practices were imposed , the continental possessions of the Plantagenets were treated as inheritances , not as conquests , and were administered strictly according to local custom . |
| 12 | His recreational hours were invariably spent either driving at great speed down country lanes or in the public bars of Herefordshire , engaged in uncomplicated conversations with local farmers . |
| 13 | PARSYTEC APPLIES PARALLEL PROCESSING TO OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION |
| 14 | The aim was , through the conjunction of good quality paper and inks , to eliminate a certain deadness and flatness inherent in the lithographic process and to replace it with a velvety depth and richness of colouring often lacking in English lithography . |
| 15 | In field bear uphill aiming for double electricity posts . |
| 16 | Instead of a tantrum and the ensuing row that prove so reinforcing of defiant behaviour , the mother 's words of approval increase the likelihood of future co-operative behaviour . |
| 17 | After 63 minutes Martin had to stretch yet again , this time from Bannon 's well-directed header , but play remained terribly lacking in imaginative incident . |