Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] [adv] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Causality is Granger causality , which is based on the idea that , if past values of the variable × improve predictions of the current value of variable Y , relative to predictions made using just the past values of Y , while past values of Y can not improve on the predictions of the current value of X made using past values of X , X ‘ causes ’ Y , in the special sense that X leads Y . |
| 2 | Given that the group is expected to have made profits for the current year , the net assets will be higher than at the last account date and as the company is being purchased on a multiple of earnings we should consider stripping out the excess assets . |
| 3 | To achieve this aim involved driving out the small importers . |
| 4 | Suddenly the night had erupted into a confusion of fire , noise and light , as first the house had erupted in flames and then five heavy vehicles had come roaring up the twisting driveway , headlights blazing . |
| 5 | IBM STARTS HANDING OUT THE PINK SLIPS IN KINGSTON |
| 6 | AS THE title of his admirable autobiography — Jousting with Giants — admits , Jim McLean has always enjoyed taking on the Scottish game 's major forces . |
| 7 | Nor had it been mentioned in Parliament since the previous April , when Hall proposed setting up the Select Committee and holding an international competition . |
| 8 | An archaeologist who has transformed the way people think about his area of study ; a communicator who can make an enthralling TV programme ; a lover of contemporary art who has persuaded the Fellows of his Cambridge college at least to tolerate biannual sculpture shows ( one of which involved digging up the hallowed lawns ) ; and now , since his peerage which gives him the forum of Britain 's Upper House , a politician , with strong views on how to preserve the world 's history as encapsulated in its archaeology : Colin Renfrew at fifty-five has an enviable career and range of interests . |
| 9 | In larger agencies they may have one or more assistants : the assistants ' tasks may include working out the minor details of a layout or storyboard , and providing paste-ups ( see page 177 ) and other material for production once the basic idea is approved by the client . |
| 10 | Supporters may enjoy working out the other members of the group ! |
| 11 | Nor has it made building up the industrial base an objective . |
| 12 | Just as many equality feminists opposed shoring up the traditional family at the beginning of the century , so present-day Labour has been challenged internally time and time again — and externally by the women 's and lesbians and gay liberation movements — on its sexual politics . |
| 13 | Your trousers , which can carry braiding down the outside seam as decoration , should be supported , however , and by braces . |
| 14 | The four men looked up as he came scrambling down the steep bank . |
| 15 | Kalchu came rushing up the notched-pole ladder . |
| 16 | I made 400 before great arcing beams of light snaked out above the eastern-bounding ridges of the valley and I had to stop as blocks and slates came hurtling down the softening snow . |
| 17 | ‘ Madame ! ’ she called , and Miranda quickly bundled up her clothes and streaked across the landing , as the proprietress came heaving up the curving stair , the rail quaking in her grasp . |
| 18 | Never begin filling in the real form until you have practised at least once on a photocopy . |
| 19 | I 'm going going back the other way . |
| 20 | The minister had , in fact , outlined a programme of some 1,823 new houses , including corporation , NIHT and private developments , but 1,300 of these were to replace houses which were to be demolished in redevelopment , so that the plans did not envisage wiping out the existing demand for houses . |
| 21 | Breathless , she said tightly , ‘ Would you mind switching off the overhead light ? ’ |
| 22 | It is now possible to investigate whether it is ‘ just ’ extra DNA sequence , with no apparently defined hypersensitive sites , which leads to position-independent expression of the transgene by designing a minimal ‘ Long ’ construct containing only the defined DH sites ( experiments in progress ) . |
| 23 | I also enjoy ripping up the rejected drafts of this manuscript . |
| 24 | First , it concerns creating just the right atmosphere in the classroom for learning to take place at all in a human way . |
| 25 | ‘ I enjoy taking on the big battalions , ’ he says . |
| 26 | He would always remember handing over the final payment , because it was on the same day as the first big aeroplane raid over London and he spent most of that night hiding under his father 's bed , with both Sal and Kitty clinging on to him for dear life . |
| 27 | On the other hand ( or foot ) , consider putting on the right shoe ( R ) and then the left one ( L ) . |
| 28 | Note that some types of motorised valve can not be serviced and have to be replaced ( a job that will entail draining down the entire system ) , but on many newer models it is possible to replace the valve motor and free the valve spindle if it is jammed , without having to interfere with the plumbing . |
| 29 | This technique involves spreading out the pastel dust with a tissue as an exceptionally thin film into which delicate variations can then be introduced , either by dabbing on more dust , perhaps of different colours , or by lifting it away with a putty eraser . |
| 30 | However the Velcro entrance to this compartment is only 3in long which can make stuffing back the bivvy bag a bit of an effort . |