Example sentences of "[adj] [v-ing] [prep] [art] [det] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Essentially , however , a muscle is composed of a number of long fibres , each measuring from a few hundred µm in diameter .
2 The problem is that a good gimmick is contagious — everyone in Hollywood gets it all at once , and then you get a rash of movies all suffering from the same big idea .
3 Although all separate entities , they do co-operate with each other as , naturally , they are all working towards the same ideal .
4 This means that when they watch another group 's work they are affected by what they do , they 're all working within the same fictional context .
5 A more valid comparison would be between Black and White arrest rates of those living in the same small areas , because their living circumstances are more likely to be similar , as is their policing .
6 Comparisons between the three race groups were between those living in the same small areas i.e. in roughly the same circumstances , rather than over a whole city or London borough .
7 When Hazel and Fiver reached the floor of the hollow they found Blackberry waiting for them , crouching on the peat arid nibbling at a few brown stalks of sedge-grass .
8 Wetlands transitional to wet pastures were also noted but in spite of considerable travel in these areas , I noted only two active drainage schemes , both consisting of a few open ditches mainly to facilitate surface water runoff .
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