Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [adv] [prep] [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Poppa , you 're not even within trotting distance of your dotage . |
| 2 | The third term reforms to local government , the ‘ inner-city ’ policies , were much less about doing good for the poor and arresting decline and decay than about undermining Labour 's power bases . |
| 3 | What he discovered is that these ‘ disciplines ’ were not really about uncovering truth for its own sake ; the ‘ knowledge ’ they generated was inseparable from and instrumental in ‘ techniques of domination ’ . |
| 4 | As we witnessed in the examples with which this chapter opened , cultural negotiation is not merely about amassing information but about interpretation of texts which , of necessity , are obliged to adopt constantly shifting devices ( to recall the terms of Wyatt 's sonnet ) . |
| 5 | , Hairspray is a versatile styling product — it 's not just for adding hold to a finished look . |
| 6 | On this diet it was not long before spawning activity was underway . |
| 7 | In spite of his strict interpretation of the principles governing selection , Stirling , as we shall see , was not entirely above using politics to serve his own long-term aims . |
| 8 | In the case of a person missing ten years before who had never been reported missing , what hope was there now of establishing identity ? |
| 9 | It was too much like facing darkness . |