Example sentences of "[art] [det] [adv] [v-ing] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Although the electrodynamometer is free of hysteresis , it is insensitive unless the coils have a large number of turns which makes both the resistance and inductance high , the latter severely restricting the frequency range of operation .
2 Analysis of Merovingian gold coin and early Anglo-Saxon gold artefacts has made it clear that they have a similar composition , the latter accurately following the debasement of the coinage ( Hawkes , Merrick and Metcalf 1966 ) .
3 Combined with this went an active physical life — fencing , rowing , and above all riding , the latter perhaps reflecting a feeling that he looked better on horseback than on foot , for his body was rather too long in proportion to his legs .
4 Even the lighter songs ‘ Ständchen ’ and ‘ Der Abschied ’ have their own individuality with Reimann 's clipped playing in the former exactly conveying the timbre of a guitar .
5 They had acquired Isvik at a knock-down figure , spent about the same again completing the fitting of her out to their requirements , and Iain Ward had picked her up for not much more than they had originally paid for her .
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