Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In about half of all cases hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is familial , the remaining cases presumably arising from sporadic mutation . |
| 2 | Percentages are based on a total of 46,652 solicitors altogether working in private practice . |
| 3 | there could occur a case where the issue raised was so sensitive and the revelations necessarily following its decision so damaging to national security that the court might have to take special measures ( for example sitting in camera or prohibiting the mention of names ) . |
| 4 | Now , you , for instance , " she said , her vague look suddenly sharpening into pinpointed attention , " you , I should think , do . |
| 5 | He raised his hands in the air in mock surrender , backing away , grey eyes suddenly dancing with genuine enjoyment . |
| 6 | Now he looked savage , his eyes still glittering with deadly ferocity . |
| 7 | Their search took them to six countries , with the contract finally going to Toronto-based Lovat . |
| 8 | ‘ You wish to speak with my secretary ? ’ he enquired coldly , his tones suddenly clinking with icy hostility . |
| 9 | What on earth , come to that , was the old fool still doing in general practice ? |
| 10 | The seminar , to be organised in Santiago , Chile , 4–8 October , will draw on the rich variety of communication experiences and social movements currently flourishing in Chilean society . |
| 11 | There are signs that Japan is heading for a downturn and the European Community too is in trouble , with Germany possibly heading for deep recession . |
| 12 | I suppose that in a few countries like Nazi Germany in nineteen-thirty-six the erm the nation 's amateur champions were given a special backing because of the force of nationalism erm national focus of attention on them at that date , but it , it still was , they were amateurs still meeting on equal ground . |
| 13 | It involves defects in hemidesmosomes possibly resulting from defective interaction between the integrin and its ligand . |
| 14 | A simple clash of information will be found if books published ten years ago dealing with modern technology ( computers , etc. ) are compared with those published since 1980 . |
| 15 | Basically it was about certain British officials allegedly colluding in drug-test avoidance at some meetings in the early eighties . |
| 16 | Chicago was , of course , the leading capital of organised North American crime , with rival ethnically-based groups repeatedly engaging in open warfare . |
| 17 | Insanity was , and still is , a complete defence to crime , as we saw in Chapter 6.2 above , but its confines are narrow , and some persons obviously suffering from mental disorder came to be sentenced to death for murder before 1957 . |
| 18 | One slight annoyance came when I tried to procure the sound of a valve amp just on the edge of distortion , like an AC30 or a Vibroverb just going into mild overload . |
| 19 | Dealers reported some overnight selling from Japan and the Middle East but the currency recovered its poise during the day before plunging in late trading as a result of heavy switching into German marks . |
| 20 | More and more families are living inadequate homes with 190 families currently living in temporary accommodation in Preston , most of which is in bed and breakfast hostels . |
| 21 | In April , the demands on farm labour peaked with lambing often coinciding with other spring work . |
| 22 | ‘ What do you think you 're doing McAllister ? ’ asked Dr Neil as she walked towards him , just at the moment when the girl began to moan and thrash about , her pains suddenly returning in full force . |
| 23 | It was one of those moments when we can actually see whole new groups of people just walking into social history . |
| 24 | I have no doubt myself that a man or woman earnestly seeking in grown-up life to be guided to wide and suggestive knowledge in its largest and most uplifted sphere will make the best of all the pupils in this age of clatter and buzz , of gape and gloat . |
| 25 | Theatre plays an essential part , and his paintings show a striking similarity to those of Chagall , with characters often flying in weightless space , but there is also a striking difference : where Chagall 's view is romantic , Pakenham concentrates on the bare-bones of reality on his own world stage . |
| 26 | Wrangham writes that in his observations the mounter could be either older or younger than the partner and that approaches were made in situations commonly lacking in social tension . |
| 27 | Both Capital Radio and LBC in London , the former geared to pop music and the latter to talk , made near-disastrous starts and recovered under new Canadian ownership ( a reflection of the north American style most appealing in local radio ) . |
| 28 | The uprating , like its predecessors , betrays a Department on autopilot — a Department and a Secretary of State both suffering from advanced anaemia . |
| 29 | Below this bridge are fine cascades ; above it the descending stream is crossed by a new bridge , the road then keeping in close company , the stream being tunnelled in places to prevent encroachment on the highway . |
| 30 | I did not go to playschool or kindergarten so going to primary school was a big event in my life . |