Example sentences of "[v-ing] [coord] extending [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adopting and extending the Gothic taste for punctuating walls with large windows , he built a skeletal structure depending for its stability on the skilful use of flying buttresses . |
| 2 | The central objective of that method is to exploit research into second language learning , and to equip students with a practical mastery of speaking , listening , reading and writing skills , whilst maintaining and extending the intellectual demands on the learner . |
| 3 | In the Netherlands , the task of refining and extending the revolutionary concept of the Woonerf and separately applying its most valuable elements continues more than a decade after its inception . |
| 4 | Far more than a ‘ companion ’ to the Hornblower novels , clarifying and extending the historical background and arranging the events of the hero 's life in chronological order instead of in the irregular order imposed on readers by the dates of publication of the books , Parkinson 's book is related in intention , though not in style and tone , to the amiable pamphlets published from time to time summarising the relationships and activities of the fictional inhabitants of Coronation Street . |
| 5 | Parliament legislated extensively against the combination of workers but the judges also , through their power of interpreting statutes and of making and extending the common law , were a powerful source of constraint on the emerging trade union movement in the industrial society of the nineteenth century . |