Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [adv] in [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although occurring naturally in the soil , for fish feeding , they are best cultured . |
| 2 | Although existing mainly in the form of essays , Michael Oakeshott 's work nevertheless constitutes a systematic theory of human conduct and politics . |
| 3 | Surely that 's better than fading away in a hospital bed somewhere ? |
| 4 | From a spy to a slimy toad and from this to a serpent Satan moves , crawling on his belly in the dust rather than standing upright in a pool of fire . |
| 5 | So I do think that the , I do n't think it actually does necessarily come down to glossy brochures , but I think it is a management attitude erm , in terms of mark developing a very much more pro-active marketing approach to going out and competing aggressively in the market place for the contracts . |
| 6 | Our cat , and I 've really watched her makes a point of going and walking slowly in the road . |
| 7 | How this approach works will become clearer when we come to discuss acquired disorders of reading and spelling later in the chapter ; but we will give one example relating to disorders of spoken language — specifically , to contrasting patterns of disordered sentence production . |
| 8 | The realism of the old heads seems to me strictly in early classical taste , and the raising and overlapping exactly in the spirit of contemporary developments in wall-painting ; and there can be no doubt at all that the design of this gable is directly and powerfully influenced by those developments . |
| 9 | Some are undoubtedly produced when ropy strands or shreds of sticky lava are flung up out of the vent , twisting and turning slightly in the air before falling back to earth ; these are known as rope or ribbon bombs , and they may be as much as one metre long . |
| 10 | These , although they must be travelling very fast initially , seem to move quite slowly , twisting and turning lazily in the air and tracing out elegant parabolic paths as they fall back to earth round the vent . |
| 11 | Since that moment of truth , I have been perfectly happy , making my preparations for leaving England and going abroad in the service of God . |
| 12 | And that 's 4 weeks cutting , shaping and piecing together in the workshop using techniques , both old fashioned and up to date . |
| 13 | I like joining friends for lunch , and getting together in the evening for talks and discussions . ’ |
| 14 | The only other course of action for a tree-nester is to hop about in the tree , squawking and screeching noisily in an attempt to break the attacker 's concentration . |
| 15 | The two soldiers carrying the wounded Officer dropped him and got down flat , leaving the Officer bleeding and moaning loudly in the middle of the road . |
| 16 | It was now November , and coming home in the blackout caused me a little nervous anxiety at first . |
| 17 | Nic has flu , is exhausted and is sulking , pouting and staring blankly in the corner . |
| 18 | Between the parallel ranges lie a series of polja extending for over 640 km ( 400 miles ) and reaching inland in a belt 100 km ( 64 miles ) wide . |
| 19 | Christmas came , and the German officers celebrated it by singing ‘ Heilige Nacht ’ and drinking heavily in the Casa Gandini , which they still occupied . |
| 20 | Nevertheless he made a few feints out of sheer exuberance , suggested a turn with his hips , moved at right-angles to his forward path with no loss of speed , changed step three times in successive strides , kicking hard on the last change and accelerating away in the joy of being able to run for ever . |
| 21 | While Fiona was still on her way the medics stuffed Harry full of antibiotics and other palliatives and put stitches where they were needed , and by the time she 'd wept briefly in my arms he was warm and responding nicely in a recovery room somewhere . |
| 22 | People moving , people speaking , children laughing and playing somewhere in the distance . |
| 23 | Working , living and playing together in the knowledge that this may continue for many years to come increases the pressure to conform to the wishes of the group . |
| 24 | Out of the Regal Trophy and falling behind in the League where they had already lost four games , Wigan players and coaching staff held a meeting to iron out problems caused by a lengthy early season injury list and the loss of Ellery Hanley , to Leeds . |
| 25 | He pulled it off and felt the cold air bite into his hot skin , his scanty hair standing up and waving gently in the breeze . |
| 26 | There was no mistaking it : bright red , like a little cherry , on the end of a long white stalk and swaying gently in the breeze . |
| 27 | The blindfolded man has to preempt an attack as soon as he feels it coming by blocking and striking lightly in the direction that he senses it is coming from . |
| 28 | She remembered the tea-time throng before the war , when she was ten and working illegally in the Biscuit Factory near Bridgeton . |
| 29 | Although he is unwilling to specify in advance any privileged source of power , there nevertheless underlies his work what has been described as a ‘ philosophical monism ’ , a conception of a ‘ will to power ’ forever expanding and bursting forth in the form of a will to know . |
| 30 | Shot and shell rained in on the village , orchard and chateau grounds , tearing up the earth , smashing roofs and rafters , but causing little in the way of casualties . |