Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Drug abuse is spreading alarmingly fast according to recent government figures . |
| 2 | We 've taken all this into account , erm I 'm not sure all groups have tried to do that , erm but we have tried to please everyone , we do have some particular priorities and we do want to make significant improvements in service where we can and not necessarily looking for cheap publicity by increasing in lots of places as some people are supposed to of done so where one concludes sometime a significant amount of money in but will have a noticeable difference to their essential service . |
| 3 | It 's important to him that everyone knows he is the champion , that he is better than anyone else and not necessarily looking for easy pay days . |
| 4 | This means not only looking for good practice in the present but also looking for indicators for the future . |
| 5 | Regan makes no secret of the fact that he is not merely indulging in theoretical philosophy . |
| 6 | Leading the commission group , Patricia Hewitt , a former aide to Neil Kinnock , explains they are not just looking at social security , but at barriers to economic opportunity and how to help local people and local groups to overcome those barriers . |
| 7 | When Aragon asserts that he has become " an entirely new man , he is not simply engaging in literary rhetoric , but referring quite explicitly to social and political events which have had a profound effect on his life-style . |
| 8 | He has command , but he is closed to everything which is not exclusively pertaining to military order . |
| 9 | The Baikal-Amur Mainline railway ( BAM — see pp. 33476-77 ) finally entered into commission in November 1989 , although it was not yet working at full capacity and much of the infrastructure around it was still being built . |
| 10 | The old system had been removed , but the new ones were not yet working at full power . |
| 11 | Poverty is only relative , and it must be remembered that Mozart , although frequently ‘ financially embarrassed ’ , was not actually living in real hardship . |
| 12 | There 's an ambiguity I suspect it it 's a in my mind rather than yours about the nuclear role , did I understand you to say that Eurofighter two thousand would not have the capability of carrying for instance the W E one seven seven , we know that the is not going to be er taken any further according to recent announcement but will Eurofighter two thousand have the capacity to carry W E one seven seven ? |
| 13 | He stared back up at them and , still almost giggling with repressed panic , said , ‘ Can I help you , gentlemen ? ’ |
| 14 | Although the party had secured only 8,360,000 votes compared with the 8,664,000 who voted Conservative , it had won most seats in parliament and it became inevitable that it should form a second minority government , once again relying upon Liberal Party support to keep it in office . |
| 15 | Others , did studies of ‘ youth ’ generally , but it is evident from their writing that they were really only talking about male youth . |
| 16 | You have to bowl line and length , often just relying on natural variation , and wear a batsman down . ’ |
| 17 | Or should it seek weaker competitors or new entrants who are often more accommodating to local policy , but may lack the resources to keep up with the pace of change ? |
| 18 | This is why this account will follow Guillaume ( 1990 : 99 ) in postulating that the support of the infinitive is a " generalized person " not yet defined explicitly as either first , second or third , nor even necessarily calling for ordinal definition ( cf. ( 10 ) above ) . |
| 19 | Far from commanding respect they were the object of widespread disdain and , although a few magnates became major patrons of the arts , they were in general almost wholly lacking in cultural influence over the wider educated public . |
| 20 | The growth of tree roots and their penetration and enlargement of incipient rock fractures can contribute significantly to the break-up of rock which may have experienced relatively little weakening through chemical alteration . |
| 21 | I was not quite so lacking in worldly wisdom , however , as to accept his invitation , whereupon he gave me his card — but I did not pursue the acquaintance . |
| 22 | But the ward was no longer shining with peaceful light . |
| 23 | Exhibition hall reopens in a city very slowly warming to contemporary art |
| 24 | The other difficulty , of course , is that the observed and expected numbers are rather small ( despite the large number of cases and controls ) and the study is therefore somewhat lacking in statistical power . |
| 25 | The bureaucracy is the means by which inequalities are enforced without too often resorting to physical coercion . |