Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [conj] [v-ing] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | So step two becomes , probably , reversing that vote and inserting instead a further amendment to the bill allowing for the social issue to be addressed , in line with the earlier decision of the House , after the treaty is ratified . |
| 2 | Preece beat the keeper again five minutes later , controlling a pass from the right wing and rifling home a right foot shot from 10 yards out . |
| 3 | Our most up to date probing of Intel Corp 's P5 or Pentium architecture — given that the company is sending different messages to different parts of the industry — has the processor running at only two thirds of its promised speed and needing both a heat sink and fan to dissipate the heat it is producing . |
| 4 | Once again it was the Club Secretary Eddie who came to the fore maintaining his good form and romping home a clear winner . |
| 5 | In essence ( although we have rephrased and restructured his argument to some extent ) , Bottoms sees the penal system as suffering both a crisis of legitimacy and a crisis of resources . |
| 6 | Among the former are many participles , both present and past : ( 26 ) the watching crowd started to laugh he was greeted by smiling well-wishers the injured man had been feeding the orang-utan but participles do not exhaust the possibilities : ( 27 ) the angry bartender slammed the drink down five empty tumblers were standing by his elbow Notice , too , the clear ambiguity of : ( 28 ) a flashing light as meaning either a light which is flashing on some particular occasion , or one which normally has this characteristic . |
| 7 | Thirdly , regulatory agencies are specialist enforcement authorities , having a finite domain of control , consisting of particular behaviour and involving only a segment of the population at large , defined by the kind of economic activity subject to regulation . |
| 8 | Incessant organising and campaigning over a quarter of a century of turbulent activity had taken their toll . |
| 9 | The use of restraint must be within a narrow context and affecting only a very small number of residents , he said . |
| 10 | The man entrusted with the steering this year is Ray Cochrane , who proved that 20 days on the sidelines had not dulled either his skills or competitive edge when driving home a double at Wolverhampton on Monday , his first day back , and adding another winner yesterday . |
| 11 | In particular , can we move one piece into a desired position while disturbing only a few others ? |