Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [prep] [art] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | If nothing else , the Christmas editions of NME , Sounds , and Melody Maker are a barometer of hip opinion , although not so revealing as the readers ' polls which follow a couple of months later . |
| 2 | Now , she lay panting by the fire , warming her flanks and apparently listening to the humans ' conversation . |
| 3 | He imagined a policeman with nothing more to go on than a tiny , once brightly embroidered , label , a square inch of bloodstained , earth-stained , half-rotted cloth , hawking it round boutiques in Kilburn and West Hendon , narrowing the field , finally coming to an importers ' warehouse … |
| 4 | The N.C.M.A. thinks that a minimum of £17 a week per child for full-time care is reasonable , but you could charge more depending on the parents ' earnings and the number of meals provided etc . |
| 5 | The erosion has created a fan of scree which is rapidly encroaching on the Lovers ' walk path . |
| 6 | Even if the matter were still proceeding before the justices ' court , either for the purposes of committal for trial or for trial of an information , it would be my opinion that neither section 5(1) nor section 10(1) of the Act of 1980 would apply to give the justice hearing a proceeding under section 7(5) of the Bail Act 1976 a power to adjourn that proceeding . |
| 7 | A spokesman for the Northern Polar Institute claimed that nuclear tests on the Arctic archipelago of Novaya Zemlya were also contributing to the seals ' deaths . |
| 8 | Bonn is a handsome town but , far as it is from the historic centres of German power , it seems an odd choice for a capital , even allowing for the Allies ' post-war policy of de-centralisation . |
| 9 | Mr Roh 's advisers had urged him to delay any cabinet reshuffle to avoid the impression that he was simply responding to the students ' demands . |
| 10 | In ballets such as Petrushka and Rodeo they are wandering around , watching and occasionally responding to the dancers ' efforts . |