Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] in [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result most contracting in the first year was in the form of unsophisticated block contracts . |
| 2 | Another way to get the flavour of Japan , but requiring a little more courage than merely eating in a local café , is to stay in a Japanese-style hotel . |
| 3 | Over the years the number of grade Vs has quadrupled , with much over-crowding in the top end . |
| 4 | ( This exchange system enabled some universities to establish very large collections of theses , but it was very costly , since it depended on the production of multiple copies of theses , and the practise was only operating in a small number of American universities by the start of Worl War II . |
| 5 | In the same period , kin links were an important mechanism for recruiting labour , and so living in the parental household would have given young people increased chances of finding work , as well as providing them with accommodation which they might not have been able to afford on their own . |
| 6 | Not only is there a lack of research evidence to support this view , but it has been argued that many children do better remaining in a single-parent family than in having to make further adjustments to a third form of family life — the step-family ( Richards and Dyson , 1982 ) . |
| 7 | Each layer or sheet , of which there may be 50 or 100 altogether , contains fibres of the protein collagen all pointing in the same direction within the plane of the layer , so that each sheet has a readily ( if you have an electron microscope ) discernible direction or polarity associated with it . |
| 8 | ‘ So many separate bits of evidence all pointing in the same direction . |
| 9 | Built in the hybrid style which has been dubbed ‘ artisan mannerism ’ , the house is exuberantly detailed and entirely lacking in the Italianate sophistication of the court style of Inigo Jones [ q.v . ] . |
| 10 | During this period Churchill took over the coal negotiations and displayed a vigour for settlement which had been entirely lacking in the Prime Minister . |
| 11 | I did n't say much at those early stewards ' meetings , but realised very quickly that many of the very excellent people present were somewhat lacking in the ordinary muscle a steward requires to carry out his job quietly and efficiently . |
| 12 | Royal aides were stunned to be told yesterday of what Morton is apparently saying in the new chapter . |
| 13 | The house had seemed less threatening in the cold light of day , and it became obvious that a pretty establishment had been rendered hideous by neglect . |
| 14 | The implication is that he has not only been deeply disgusted by the political and social oppression in capitalist and colonial France , but has also been fatally attracted to the entirely new set of social relations apparently emerging in the post-revolutionary situation in the Soviet Union . |
| 15 | The reindeer come from a herd living wild in the Scottish highlands , so arriving in a built-up area caused a few problems , as Ken Goodwin reports . |
| 16 | By just merely putting in an additional point , or turnout , here , er to er to make that say double track . |
| 17 | When last heard of — in the early Seventies — he had returned to the United States and was apparently working in a fast food restaurant . |
| 18 | He 'd been merely indulging in an amusing diversion to pass the time . |
| 19 | She saw the flowers gently swaying in the light breeze , the lichen-covered gravestones that hid their contents from the world , and was overcome with sadness . |
| 20 | He was still fishing , the line plumbing the depths of the water , gently swaying in the light breeze . |
| 21 | Unfortunately , in modern society , our ‘ own ’ are rarely living in the same town or even in the same county as us , which makes the ideal situation very difficult to achieve . |
| 22 | Having gently and efficiently helped Luce into a loose cotton nightdress , the housekeeper was just tucking in the light counterpane when another knock heralded the doctor . |
| 23 | The 400m medley is one of the most physically demanding in the Olympic programme but Davies refutes any suggestion , that at 29 , she may be too old to cope . |
| 24 | All this training for a game that does not seem to be exactly demanding in a physical sense ! |
| 25 | These cover all lifting tasks , and should n't be thought of as just applying in an industrial environment . |
| 26 | Such a man is already living in a different world . |
| 27 | Mr referred earlier to the views of the Association for the Disabled on proposals and that is very very important and I think increasingly it will be the committee 's concern to if you like have very s acute listening ears to , to what is needed and what is , what is wanted in the community and organizations like this can be very important in not just lobbying in the crude sense but providing a real medium of communication and I think that that would be helpful . |
| 28 | One afternoon I was bundled on to an open lorry where about 40 others were already shivering in the late autumn frost . |
| 29 | Three UK members of parliament from the opposition Labour Party had visited Iraq the previous month in one of a number of other attempts by prominent Westerners , generally acting in an unofficial capacity , to persuade Iraq to release foreign nationals . |
| 30 | if I may give you a word of advice , you may think it 's rude , but when Mr is asking questions try not to turn down towards him , if you try and face across the jury , that 's what carries the voice if you 're looking at them , if you turn to your left , a bit of your head goes down a bit , it 's only natural , you 're not as used to courts as Mr is , er , he , he , your , it , your voice smothers , it 's not a question of shouting it 's just looking in the right direction , yes Mr go on |