Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] and [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he made a number of management changes which reinforced the impression that Eurotunnel had become a company capable of acting in the best interests of bankers and shareholders and standing up to the demands of the Anglo-French contracting consortium . |
| 2 | Local authorities have been notoriously lax in projecting aims and policies and facing up to weaknesses . |
| 3 | Teachers who are unused to the behaviour of pupils with severely defective sight can be surprised by the way in which such children can move about within a setting in which they feel secure , negotiating stairs and corridors and moving along at speed with the stream of pupils going from room to room ; but unfamiliar settings and unexpected obstacles can cause difficulties or even be hazardous , and such hazards should be minimised . |
| 4 | Catch a man bitching about healthhazards and conditions and going out on strike over no papertowels in the toilet or nagging over the lack of day nursery facilities |
| 5 | The sun sank lower on my left and the blue shadows of dusk began gathering on the pines and firs and creeping in among the sapling branches and the alders . |
| 6 | Councillor Mrs Brereton stated that planting of trees and bulbs and tidying up of paths had been carried out in Bloomiehall Park b ) the Railway Inn would be closing on the expiry of its lease and c ) further planning applications had been made by Lorimer House . |
| 7 | Thereafter it monitors the quality of the incoming electrical supply , smoothing out peaks and troughs and cutting in for real if the power cuts out completely . |