Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [prep] a [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In the majority of the villages occupied during the sieges of Newark , there are traces of the earthworks thrown up by the besiegers , most consisting of a few eroded banks or ditches . ’ |
| 2 | Due to the pilot nature of the scheme it is only operating in a few selected areas initially , which is why your parish has not been contacted . |
| 3 | This was an entirely false statement , obviously damaging to a thriving professional musician . |
| 4 | His elbows were on the table edge , his heavily ringed fingers idly scratching at a thick black beard as though it aided his concentration . |
| 5 | The four of them were just climbing into a long red two-seater sports car standing double-parked almost in the middle of the roadway . |
| 6 | The natural meaning of that term is ‘ not acting as a reasonable local authority would act , ’ as opposed to ‘ behaviour so unreasonable that no reasonable authority would countenance it ’ . |
| 7 | We started off just looking for a few cuddly toys and a few pounds to send them across to the folk in Roumania because we were all very touched by the need of the children there . |
| 8 | I 'm not asking for a few soothing words to calm my conscience ; if I can , I want to help . |
| 9 | Although probably not suffering from a serious psychiatric illness , he is likely to feel confused , angry , and ( above all else ) hopeless . |
| 10 | We are not talking of a few fanatical terrorists , we are talking of a nine million-strong nation in the heart of the Balkans . |
| 11 | You 're not talking about a few thousand pounds but millions , millions I shall be borrowing from various banking concerns who are willing to lend that money on the strength of my reputation . |
| 12 | As stressed earlier , I am not arguing for a revived regional geography per se , but rather for ‘ a regional perspective that informs all geographical activity ’ Johnston , 1990b , p. 135 ) . |
| 13 | They 're already planning for a new MOT-type inspection for small boats . |
| 14 | Some 20,000 researchers at the base are already working on a top secret new THStyme product set for launch next spring , which Peddle promises ‘ will change the way that people use computers ’ . |
| 15 | The winner carried the famous ‘ Teaplanter ’ colours of owner Richard Russell who missed the ride as he is still recovering from a bad early season fall . |
| 16 | There is a sweet old chestnut about the JAL jumbo mistakenly landing on a tiny nearby private airfield in smog . |
| 17 | Perhaps he was still groping towards a fully-formed constitutional blueprint . |
| 18 | It 's like living with a cantankerous old man ! |
| 19 | His Queensland team-mate , Michael Doohan , the winner in Japan , set the qualifying pace ahead of defending champion Wayne Rainey , on a Yahama , and Kevin Schwantz , the Suzuki team leader , who is still looking for a first major title breakthrough . |
| 20 | The winter sales may be coming to an end … but Gloucester 's rugby men are still looking for a few late bargains when they head north to Sale this weekend . |
| 21 | I am rapidly turning into a ghastly old queen ogling rent boys . |
| 22 | Over the linear ( spreading ) region this gradient will decrease to a minimum , and will then increase in the flooding region , possibly rising to a new greatest value when complete flooding is achieved . |
| 23 | Prof Gerbner emphasised the ‘ sharing of experiences , lessons and recommendations , and gradually moving toward a realistic democratic agenda . ’ |
| 24 | This complex web includes : a ) local and regional offices of central government departments , such as the DSS and DOE ( see Young 1982 ) ; b ) non-departmental public bodies usually dealing with a single specialized function , such as health and water authorities ; c ) decentralized units of public corporations , such as electricity boards ; d ) innumerable autonomous and semi-autonomous official and quasi-official organizations , each with its part to play in the policy-making process , such as tenants ' liaison committees and youth service advisory councils ( see Cousins , 1982 , 1983 ) ; e ) elected local government ( see Figure 8.2 ) . |
| 25 | Quickly slipping into a sleeveless straight shirt-waister dress of pink shantung , Laura was just fastening the last button when she heard the sound of the doorbell . |
| 26 | In any event , the proposal came close to being passed , and failed only because of last year 's legislative jam-up , Helping it along were the customary health-lobbying tactics , such as having Senator Barry Goldwater , still recuperating from a double hip-joint replacement , hobble into a hearing room on crutches to testify on behalf of the proposed institute . |
| 27 | For most of the Eighties , Punjab has been wracked by vicious conflict between the security forces and half a dozen incoherent but well-armed groups ostensibly fighting for a free Sikh state of Khalistan , the Land of the Pure . |
| 28 | For most of the Eighties , Punjab has been wracked by vicious conflict between the security forces and half a dozen incoherent but well-armed groups ostensibly fighting for a free Sikh state of Khalistan , the Land of the Pure . |
| 29 | In the long term , all West Germany 's Western neighbours and partners would feel a great deal more relaxed about a coming-together of the two Germanies if her immediate neighbours to the East were capitalist democracies , themselves gradually integrating into a larger Western European community . |
| 30 | It is also experimenting with a hybrid telemarketing scheme called WinCentralDirect that fits in with the company 's plug-and-play attempt and puts customers in contact with NT-certified technical and business consultants . |