Example sentences of "[noun pl] [v-ing] and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although concentrating mainly on Britain , the study will also make reference to LFS data for France and Germany — countries where public policies promoting and facilitating early withdrawal are more developed . |
| 2 | The Teams can assist groups developing and implementing new ideas which will benefit the area , but depend largely on the initiative and drive of local people . |
| 3 | The chances of a 400mph aircraft at 250 feet seeing and avoiding other aircraft are slim . |
| 4 | Often she would also spend hours designing and making new clothes for herself and sometimes for Dannii and friends . |
| 5 | I have had a lot of pleasure over the years keeping and breeding tropical fish , and cichlids in particular . |
| 6 | Susanna spent five years developing and writing this book . |
| 7 | Observers from Russia , Portugal ( Angola 's former colonial master ) and America , who had spent much of the six weeks drafting and redrafting endless versions of the ‘ Abidjan protocol ’ — the peace agreement that never was — worked until the last minute trying to reformulate this point to make it acceptable to both sides . |
| 8 | Or , in mystic vein , an order of being was glimpsed in which the 1840s , the 1860s , nihilism , Bazarov , found themselves apocalyptically and teleologically disposed — those two polysyllabic adverbs embracing and transcended all nature , including futurity . |
| 9 | Siting in a valley or , as in one case , between two slag heaps can result in eddies forming and prevent effective dispersion . |
| 10 | Particularly harrowing are the reports that De Klerk 's political liberalisation ( as far as it goes ) has resulted in many police officers resigning and joining right wing commandos . |
| 11 | All around the smoking room , gentlemen seemed to be standing in clusters laughing and clapping each other on the shoulder . |
| 12 | Major and minor shows alike have been forced to broaden their appeal to keep the turnstiles clicking and cover rising costs . |
| 13 | Benita Parry argues that the most influential recent analysis of colonialist discourse encounters certain problems inseparable from its anti-essentialism and anti-humanism ; in particular its tendency has been to obscure ‘ the role of the native as historical subject and combatant , possessor of an-other knowledge and producer of alternative traditions , , and to ‘ limit native resistance to devices circumventing and interrogating colonial authority ’ ( Parry , ‘ Problems ’ , 34 ) . |
| 14 | Guests rose from their seats , men pushing and shoving each other . |
| 15 | Nearby was expensive Kensington , where rich ladies shopped , and a walk from that was Earls Court , with its baby-faced male and female whores arguing and shoving each other in the pubs ; there were transvestites and addicts and many disoriented people and con-merchants . |
| 16 | If your Mob is taking high casualties you could be forced to take a panic test , resulting in your archers fleeing and panicking other Goblins . |
| 17 | YE FLIG TOT A group of men smiling and congratulating each other |
| 18 | Sewell was a dedicated surgical operator , although he was sometimes greatly inconvenienced by the disorderly conduct of students crowding and jostling each other for even a glimpse of what was going on . |
| 19 | There was a short silence now in which anyone with good enough hearing to detect a pin-drop would have detected the sound of hundreds of little grey cells jostling and barging each other in frantic efforts to arrive at a perfect understanding of the day 's events . |