Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [v-ing] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here , an allergy to chloroform was successfully treated using a homoeopathic preparation of chloroform . |
| 2 | The pupils can manipulate the data or screen image , experimenting and taking risks which can be swiftly deleted leaving a professional image on screen unspoiled by scratchings and rubbings out . |
| 3 | The drafter may sometimes be tempted to leave something deliberately vague in order to mask its meaning , perhaps to avoid frightening a potential contract partner . |
| 4 | Yet the other day I was listening to an eminent conductor whose Bruckner is often much praised reaching a triple forte long before what is to me self-evidently the work 's pivotal climax . |
| 5 | The surveys we have discussed so far in this chapter have all involved taking a single cross-section sample of a particular population . |
| 6 | This does not necessarily mean spending a great deal of money on it , but careful and considerate planning of the whole day . |
| 7 | Maintaining the countryside in a pristine ‘ rural ’ state merely means consigning a substantial section of its population to a level of material existence which those who propound such policies would not themselves tolerate . |
| 8 | And in twelve years as an experienced shop steward , I can only recall having a full time officer in I think on three occasions . |
| 9 | The phonetic information is manually input using a special keyboard having 21 keys . |
| 10 | They responded differently to moral dilemmas they were likely to encounter themselves : they were reluctant to report drug dealers and did not think shoplifting a serious crime . |
| 11 | Polgar is against conventional schooling , he says , because ‘ it did not make learning a beloved activity . ’ |
| 12 | She was er I mean was a pop s ex pop singer , I 'd only just stopped singing a few weeks before I started to work with Sybil and she could not have been more gracious and generous in helping me get through it . |
| 13 | A pregnant woman and her three-year-old son have been injured in a head-on crash involving a stolen car . |
| 14 | Putting burglars in the spotlight is always a good way of deterring them , so why not consider installing a passive infra-red ( PIR ) sensor . |
| 15 | Barratt soon made tubbing a semi-mechanical process though the dross still had to be scraped off at regular intervals ( perhaps for further jigging ) , and also the copper ore for further concentration . |
| 16 | If you have dry skin , you may wish to mix the essences with a few teaspoonfuls of vegetable oil ; that is , if you do not mind cleaning a greasy bath afterwards ! |
| 17 | However , many women in this position do not like having a feminine title . |
| 18 | Figures of this kind can not avoid concealing a great deal . |
| 19 | As ever , little was done to conceal anything from me as I went in and out of the various rooms in which these gentlemen sat deep in discussion , and I thus could not avoid gaining a certain impression of the general mood at this stage of the proceedings . |
| 20 | I just remember having a great time and then feeling tired and going off and having a sleep . |
| 21 | Split bamboo , shaped to a near round section as possible by scraping with the sharp edge of a piece of glass , or glass fibre rod of 2 or 3mm diameter , would be perfect ( GRP rod is best cut using a 3-corner file around its perimeter ) . |
| 22 | A good telephone voice does not mean having a middle class or ‘ posh ’ accent — it means developing a friendly , happy and interesting tone , and adjusting the pitch of your voice to suit the situation . |
| 23 | Honouring someone does not mean turning a blind eye to weakness . |
| 24 | Merleau-Ponty 's argument thus meant acknowledging a certain equivocalness in Marxist claims to truth , which could no longer claim exemption from critical examination , and led inevitably , therefore , to an early form of what , even then , was characterized as ‘ post-Marxism ’ . |
| 25 | It is therefore possible , in theory at least , for a court to find that a trader has complied with the code but that such compliance nevertheless involved giving a misleading indication . |
| 26 | This does n't just mean doing a sedentary job but refers rather to the type of person ( who could well be a housewife , doing a basically non-sedentary type of job ) who calls the children to bring something from the next room rather than getting up herself , or who goes to great lengths to avoid journeys up and down stairs , or who will drive round for five minutes to find a parking spot near the exit of the car park rather than walk for two minutes … |
| 27 | Dad and Pop had built a garage and had just finished laying a concrete drive . |
| 28 | I had just finished building a 16-track studio in my house and asked him to come and have a go on that equipment that even the very big studios did n't have . |
| 29 | These were men who had just finished fighting a global war — a war which , it must be remembered , Britain had won — and global habits of mind naturally persisted . |
| 30 | Naturally , losing an order is a serious matter , but with job production it normally means waiting a short period before being asked to quote again for a different job , whereas with flow production it might be two years before the model is changed and the opportunity is provided to quote again ( by which time the buyer might have forgotten the existence of the salesperson ! ) . |