Example sentences of "[adj] [v-ing] [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you consistently — and by that I mean once or twice daily — follow this waist plan you will feel and see a definite toning up of the whole line . |
| 2 | They spurn any subjective dressing up of the naked data . |
| 3 | Under the auspices of a previous coming together of the same organisations found in HOG ( plus one or two others ) , the Forum has already put together a set of Open Management Interoperability Points — OMNIpoints — which define interoperable network management products . |
| 4 | Similarly , as more attention is paid to CAE , engineering and testing costs become more significant and need to be incorporated into product costs rather than left floating around as a general charge ‘ below the line ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's all very fine sitting around on a sunny morning sounding confident . |
| 6 | The most famous teaming up of the two brothers was in 1973 , with the chart single Frankenstein , a testimony to Johnny 's ability to adapt to a variety of different styles , an ability , in fact , which he insists was born out of necessity … |
| 7 | Never looks good going out on a falling tide . |
| 8 | The grounding could be the beginning of the end for the Wessex — with a gradual phasing out over the next few years : |
| 9 | The gradual phasing out of the married woman 's option has been accompanied by the introduction of credits towards the basic state pension for those who are out of the labour market because of home responsibilities . |
| 10 | The Marquess of Salisbury had become Prime Minister in 1895 , and in 1889 his government introduced death duties which were to lead to the gradual breaking up of the wealthy estates , which previously had passed from father to son — or some other relative — without any loss . |
| 11 | It was odd coming over as a tragic heroine . |
| 12 | The march and joint rally mark an historic coming together of the Black and Irish communities . |
| 13 | Time went by until a whole hour had passed but it was restful sitting there in the homely room with its smell of damp wool . |
| 14 | What is more , any forecast about the way in which industry will develop within the United Kingdom and the European Community in the remainder of this century suggests that national prosperity will depend to an increasing extent on the successful skilling up of the national work force to meet the new demands that will be made by industry , technology , the professions and academia . |
| 15 | Heath and his colleagues next abolished the parliament and constitution of Northern Ireland in defiance of all Commonwealth constitutional precedent and despite the fact that the action was a unilateral tearing up of an international treaty registered at the League of Nations . |
| 16 | The royal couple 's individual humanity , rather than their status , has made most impact ; Charles 's unflagging curiosity , reports of Diana shaking hands with a leper in Indonesia , her instinctive picking up of an old woman 's dropped walking-stick . |
| 17 | They will find it extremely difficult going outside on a bright day and may see very little on a sunny day . |
| 18 | It was surely great to be an American going up in the greatest company in the world and in the greatest country in the world . |
| 19 | He thought that this solved the problem , but it did not — it was a silly , thoughtless and trivial glossing over of the essential differences in the text . |
| 20 | So the wax doll sat all night with its eyes wide open staring ahead like a small dead child . |
| 21 | Already their affair was like marriage , with its own dispiriting routine , this shabby coming together for a few hours in the shabby office . |
| 22 | ‘ IT 'S been disappointing coming here for the last 20 years — so let's not get carried away with this defeat ’ . |
| 23 | I appeal to the Government to think again , this is going down the wrong road , we do not need these appointed , these appointees appointed by the Home Office and they know how it 's done , they know this new method , but there is the list of the greater the good , and if there 's of course there will be a bias one way or the other arising out of the very method by which it is done . |
| 24 | It is sent to our secretary , who has the considerable task of arranging the pages into a form suitable for photo-copying , inserting photographs , and if necessary reducing then to the correct size , etc. for insertion into the gaps left in the text . |
| 25 | Bumbling John Major dropped one clanger after another yesterday as Britain 's economy took yet another hammering and last night he was reeling as two new opinion polls showed Labour verging ahead to a five point lead , enough to put them into Westminster with an overall majority . |
| 26 | The main features that any such model has to explain are a slight warming of the world ( at least , of the northern hemisphere , for which good records are available ) from the late 19th century up to the 1940s. and a subsequent cooling up to the 1970s . |