Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As between the two heavyweights , Reed and Pearson , Reed has been added to at the start of the period ( financed from the sale of Pearson shares ) ; the additional Reed shares were sold off in the autumn of 1991 , thereby realising a tidy profit for the Portfolio . |
| 2 | The whole emphasis is placed on the terms being negated , thereby reflecting a profound bias towards aggression as the norm . |
| 3 | It has two functions : ( a ) it acts as a point of orientation by connecting back to previous stretches of discourse and thereby maintaining a coherent point of view and , ( b ) it acts as a point of departure by connecting forward and contributing to the development of later stretches . |
| 4 | However , feeding weekly mashes with different ingredients from the daily feeding routine is effectively producing a sudden change in diet , something we are continually told not to do because of the potentially harmful results . |
| 5 | Besides handling a substantial slice of Syria 's drug revenues , Haser and the Magharians also laundered drug profits for the Colombian cocaine cartels through a number of Swiss banks controlled by Arab interests . |
| 6 | These will be issued to students successfully completing a single area of study or a short course involving two or three areas of study , but not to those following a full certificate or diploma programme . |
| 7 | The Dohnányi comes off particularly with the Toronto Orchestra revelling in their tongue-in-cheek opening tutti , and Ozolins successfully keeping a straight face in the solo part : an enjoyable alternative to the classic recording by the composer and Sir Adrian Boult ( on EMI and mid-price ) . |
| 8 | European Community ( EC ) Foreign Ministers agreed at a meeting in Brussels held on Feb. 4 to unblock an ECU146 million ( nearly US$205 million ) loan package to Syria , thereby ending a four-year freeze on financial co-operation following accusations of Syrian support for terrorism . |
| 9 | From the outset however they set themselves the objectives , not only producing a comprehensive study of land ownership in the region which would be of use to local groups and also capable of influencing regional and National land policy , but equally importantly , of reaching these goals through a very specific manner of research . |
| 10 | Uncle Philip broke the armour off a pink battalion of shrimps and ate them steadily , chewed through a loaf of bread spread with half a pound of butter and helped himself to the lion 's share of the cake while gazing at her with expressionless satisfaction , apparently deriving a certain pleasure from her discomfort , or even finding that the sight of it improved his appetite . |
| 11 | If this was a civilian rather than a military operation , it must indicate a short hiatus between the military and civilian sequences in Kingshams Field , perhaps suggesting a post-military phase of settlement contraction . |
| 12 | The bastard chattered pleasantly for a while before suddenly producing a small viol from a bag hanging on his saddle horn . |
| 13 | A teacher calling the names of pupils from a register will often do so using a level tone on each name , and the pupils would be likely to respond with yes when their name was called . |
| 14 | All elements which represent links or associations between one element and another do so using a common set of attributes , and are thus regarded as forming the attribute class pointer . |
| 15 | Finally , in sentence ( 4 ) the parallel between Eliot and Fitzgerald is drawn explicitly , and the way the motif works in the novel is explained , so completing a miniature demonstration of what was promised in the paragraph 's opening , topic sentence . |
| 16 | Because poisonous animals are often brightly coloured , as a warning to would-be predators , there is a startle value in a prey species suddenly flashing a bright patch of colour , even if it is not poisonous . |
| 17 | Most of the , what has happened I think , over the last two and half years , that I 'm aware of , erm , is basically happening a long time before that , I , I ca n't say yes or no . |
| 18 | When it has done this , it replaces the worst few strings with new strings , formed by randomly blending a random selection of the best strings . |
| 19 | He was reviled as a so-called atheist but otherwise his thought received little attention , only becoming a main force in philosophy when it was rediscovered by German philosophers in the nineteenth century . |
| 20 | It was never clear whether they were carrying out a routine sample spot check on the facilities or merely seeking a quick meal before a meeting . |
| 21 | If the Maronites had taken a similar path , perhaps seeking a confederated state within a Greater Lebanon , the catastrophe that befell their grandsons might have been averted . |
| 22 | The wavefront of mist rolled over the Marines in a billowing carpet , though once the first rolling wave was past , the mist was much thinner , merely causing a watery distortion in everyone 's vision . |
| 23 | The preview for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels shows con man Steven Martin suavely pushing a hapless granny into the sea , but the final film does n't : perhaps it was too funny to be included . |
| 24 | Another exceptional service available to Harvey Nichols customers is Personal Shopping offering individual consultation and advice on every aspect of your image and wardrobe , with total respect for your own budget , so saving a great deal of time and indecision . |
| 25 | ‘ Last night ? ’ she echoed faintly , before suddenly recalling a dim memory of being held within a pair of comforting arms . |
| 26 | The 1983 election , although a significant Conservative success , was not a realigning one , nor one necessarily presaging a long spell of Conservative rule . |
| 27 | Nearly out of fuel , it landed on a previously uncharted islet , inadvertently adding a new outpost to the Philippine republic . |
| 28 | It could involve a civil engineering student considering the social effects of a new construction — in other words , taking on a sociological perspective ; it could be a student of English trying to answer the question ‘ What is literature and why do we assume that it is a good thing ? ’ — and so embracing the thinking of moral philosophy ; it might be a student in the performing arts trying to understand how and why a particular tradition had evolved — so embarking on a historical study ; it could be a chemistry student being invited to consider the effects on the natural environment of industrial or agricultural chemicals — so adding a biological approach to the subject ; or it might be a social science student keen on human perspectives being encouraged to look at underlying statistical patterns . |
| 29 | Congress responded to grass-roots pressure by only permitting a maximum cut of 37,600 in reserve and national guard forces , whereas the Pentagon wanted a reduction of 105,000 . |
| 30 | A little after the end of the war when people were beginning to relax and reminisce about blackouts and air-raids , yesterday 's terror and agony only adding a little zest to the stones . |