Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] [adv prt] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | To achieve this aim involved driving out the small importers . |
| 3 | IBM STARTS HANDING OUT THE PINK SLIPS IN KINGSTON |
| 4 | Kayley Desmond , 14 months , had suffered three respiratory attacks where she suddenly stopped breathing over a few hours , Nurse Maxine Motley told Nottingham Crown Court . |
| 5 | The proposal for National Parks , however , received further support in the Dower report , published in 1945 , and that of the Hobhouse committee , which proposed setting up a National Parks Commission paid for out of public funds . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Supporters may enjoy working out the other members of the group ! |
| 9 | I also enjoy ripping up the rejected drafts of this manuscript . |
| 10 | ‘ I enjoy taking on the big battalions , ’ he says . |
| 11 | Juliette bent down and began picking up the smashed pieces of china . |
| 12 | People began filling up the empty seats . |
| 13 | He was still grinning when he left the centre and as Rachel began clearing up the soiled dressings she strained her ears to hear what was being said in the office . |
| 14 | ‘ If you 're going to start trotting out the right answers for the wrong reasons you 'll go down great with my grandfather — what are you doing now — practising ? ’ |
| 15 | The second consideration is that batching implies holding up the first enquiries to be received . |
| 16 | Miners would start digging out the new supplies in 1985 . |
| 17 | Ravenous Geac Computer Corp Ltd , Markham , Ontario , hyperactively busy buying up the foreign subsidiaries of moribund computer companies , has now bought NBI Canada Inc for under $800,000 ; the networking company does some $1.6m a year . |