Example sentences of "and making [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Dr McNab has omitted to mention certain post mortem appearances which refute his view of cholera and support mine , " cried Dr Dunstaple waving his arms violently in his excitement and making thrusting gestures as if about to spear a particularly fine pig . |
| 2 | Whilst lacking serious revolutionary intentions or any clear revolutionary strategy , Largo Caballero and the Socialist left thus played their part in heating up the political atmosphere and making strong Republican government impossible . |
| 3 | A lifetime of measuring men 's inside legs and making weak jokes about dressing on the right side or the left — ‘ of the bedroom , I mean , sir ! |
| 4 | This is not a government which likes to ask fundamental questions , nor does it like thinking on its feet and making strategic policy decisions almost overnight . |
| 5 | Very dazed and making awful noises . |
| 6 | Again this is not a view which has been endorsed by all , but it does provide an explanation as to why the government 's proposed reforms are largely confined to measures concerned with speeding up the investigatory process and making existing policy more efficient . |
| 7 | As the electoral time-bomb ticks away , there is every danger that politicians will stoop to new lows in exchanging tawdry personal insults and making outlandish claims . |
| 8 | Test running , and making final adjustments to the newly installed hank scouring machine is Duncan Dawson . |
| 9 | The debate should not be distracted from the main issue of giving ordinary people easier access to the courts and making legal aid available to the 10 million people no longer eligible for it , he said . |
| 10 | This can be an economical way of running a multi computer organisation , reducing the number of powerful machines required and making fuller use of peripherals such as printers . |
| 11 | By plotting the areal distribution of marine strata and making reasonable inferences from facies distributions about the location of former shorelines , it has been established that for long periods of time in the Phanerozoic , especially in the early Palaeozoic and late Cretaceous , the continents have been inundated by up to two thirds of the present area by epicontinental seas . |
| 12 | It is about 100 km diameter , and making reasonable assumptions about the impact speed would have been excavated by a rocky body about 10 to 20 km diameter . |
| 13 | In the workshop , theory and practice are more easily linked by displaying and making available material and practical work , side by side , each depending upon the other for full understanding . |
| 14 | Variations of units having the same name meant that sometimes there was easy money to be made , buying big chauldrons and selling small ones ; but usually this was only a minor nuisance , entailing conversion tables and making international communication a little more difficult . |
| 15 | They can also be seen in the popularity in France of the idea of attacks on British commerce as a means of forcing the traditional enemy to her knees , the belief that a guerre de course of this kind , avoiding large-scale engagements and making extensive use of privateers , would be more effective than a strategy which aimed at securing effective control of the seas . |
| 16 | Wan na see a dirty movie with Muppet look-alikes taking drugs , dying of Aids and making blue movies ? |
| 17 | Brunel made the broad gauge because he saw the advantage of stability , and making extra room for passengers |
| 18 | I hope you wrote some of them down and have started thinking very creatively towards achieving some of the short-term ones and making long-term plans for the more ambitious ones . |
| 19 | St Louis would be a nearly two-hour flight , and then getting to the university and making polite conversation … |
| 20 | you are , eh the basically eh if you were doing your own thing and making decent money |
| 21 | Who is going into schools and colleges and making real sense of ‘ sex ’ education ? |
| 22 | I bear this in mind for my next visit and reflect that I am already learning and making mental notes about this hitherto unfished — by me at any rate — stretch of river . |
| 23 | Woodforde was himself meticulous in keeping account of his outgoings and making prompt payment to tradesmen . |
| 24 | So it 's really about keeping his spirit alive and making sure people get a chance to hear this album and see it performed live . |
| 25 | Correction : the Semiconductor Industry Association is famed for putting a positive spin on the most downbeat news and making over-optimistic forecasts , so it is as well to check their announcements closely — the $1,771m recorded for chip shipments in April was actually a decline of 19.5% on the figure recorded for March ( CI No 2,166 ) . |
| 26 | Dear Julie gets drunk and for some bizarre reason suddenly starts feeling you up under the table while we 're nibbling our cheese and biscuits , and making pathetic double-entendres , and attacks you outside the bathroom ; totally unprovoked , of course , and it 's all just the drink talking . |
| 27 | But just because Club 18–30 is a great place for meeting people and making new friends of either sex , it does n't mean to say that those people who already have someone special in their lives ca n't come and join in the fun as well . |
| 28 | Do you enjoy being stupid , having a laugh , parties , good music ( no Bros fans please ! ) and making new friends ? |
| 29 | The only drawback to the course was the way my calves refused to move first thing in the morning ; the pluses ? — meeting and making new friends and returning home refreshed and energised in mind and body . |
| 30 | Often she would also spend hours designing and making new clothes for herself and sometimes for Dannii and friends . |