Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [v-ing] [adv] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A café curtain is an ideal way of giving privacy if you are overlooked , or for blocking out an unwanted view , as this type of curtain covers the lower half of the window permanently , leaving the top half uncovered . |
| 2 | ‘ I have no intention of wiping out the WPBSA or of setting up an alternative governing body , ’ Hearn said . |
| 3 | ‘ He does n't approve of satisfying one 's curiosity or of seeking out the notorious . |
| 4 | A disagreement between D and E could be referred to B ; whereas a disagreement between D and F would need to be settled either by B and C together ( using their pooled authority ) or by appealing up the scalar chain to A. |
| 5 | When seen , they are all worth trying to preserve , perhaps by postponing cutting back until the eggs have hatched , or by hitching up the egg-bearing leaves among the remaining foliage . |
| 6 | The four RJ-45 connections can be configured so that the unused wires carry an additional four 10BaseT connections by using the MiLAN MIL 4084 Expansion Module or by punching down the extra lines . |
| 7 | The system is very smooth , with actions selected either by moving the cursor to the top of the screen , or by clicking down the other mouse button which scrolls through the actions . |
| 8 | We shall have to live with it , because er I I do n't think that any hope of any redress next year , but the got to be established of a different system , of me a different methodology for the foreseeable years , if we 're going to get those schemes through that you supported wholeheartedly and congratulated us and for bringing forward the new road schemes for er the that that that that you so approved so warmly yesterday . |
| 9 | They undoubtedly deserve them for being flexible enough to listen to the people and to bodies like the Royal Fine Arts Commission and for thinking up the innovative scheme itself . |
| 10 | You are responsible for maximising performance by supporting and developing your people and for carrying out the full range of managerial duties and checks as prescribed . |
| 11 | We often reached our overdraft limit because of a sticky cashflow — and after taking on a large mortgage to pay for a new factory we could n't raise any further borrowing for the second production line we needed much sooner than expected . |
| 12 | From the moment he arrived in Korea , Hodge was concerned with the maintenance of order and of developing quickly a viable framework of control . |
| 13 | In spite of the social dislocation and consumer privations that Stalinism wrought , it must be said that the ruthless and heavy-handed mobilisation of human and economic resources did succeed in achieving impressive growth rates and in building up a solid industrial infrastructure in what , with the exceptions of Germany and Czechoslovakia , had been largely agrarian countries . |
| 14 | Additional benefits of tree-lined streams , in reducing the effects of nitrates and phosphates in the water and in shading out the choking growth of summer weed in a river bed , which may otherwise necessitate further expensive dredging , have been recognized by Dutch and German scientists for over a decade . |
| 15 | The more dedicated among them combed both the cultivated and wild places of the world in search of novelties and in doing so a good number of them lost their lives , in some cases in tragic circumstances . |
| 16 | Bishop Brewer has assured the local Anglican communities of our prayers and support during these difficult times and reaffirms our commitment to continuing dialogue with the Church of England and to tackling together the serious obstacles to full communion between us . |
| 17 | The goods always cost more than the mere monetary price ; and it is the object of the system to externalise these costs , by passing them on to the poor or to the impaired resource-base of the earth , and by inviting even the rich to live in collusive dissociation from the costs they , too , must pay . |
| 18 | In the UK the only practical , and politically acceptable , way of creating such ‘ wilderness areas , , would be by freehold purchase ( e.g. by NCC or NT ) involving buying out any existing tenancies or rights and by fencing out the whole unit . |
| 19 | In the UK the only practical , and politically acceptable , way of creating such ‘ wilderness areas ’ would be by freehold purchase ( e.g. by NCC or NT ) involving buying out any existing tenancies or rights and by fencing out the whole unit . |
| 20 | Apart from adding a starter , you can add bacteria and ‘ seed ’ ; the tank by adding water from an already sound tank ; by adding media ( say gravel from the undergravel or half a filter sponge ) to the filter ; and by washing out a mature in-use filter in the new tank . |
| 21 | Until now its speed had been so great that it had grown into a ravening monster , capable not only of swallowing the Residency , but of gulping down the banqueting hall as well . |
| 22 | Whether one agrees with the sentiments expressed by Wilson and Morgan on the one hand or the President 's Commission and Braithwaite on the other is not a matter of blind prejudice , but of weighing carefully the relevant evidence . |
| 23 | However , we are shown that success does n't only depend on technical skill , but in selecting just the right view to paint . |
| 24 | Physical injury was frequent , not only in notoriously dangerous places like mines , where gas explosions added to the threat of rock falls , gun powder mishaps and shaft falls , but in grinding where the huge wheels sometimes shattered into flying slivers . |
| 25 | It seems that we would be much better off if we spent money not on constructing a barrage but on cleaning up the various sewage works that I have castigated over the years . |
| 26 | Six weeks later she reported back that she had been very well on holiday with no travel-sickness or stomach problems but since returning home the digestive symptoms had gradually increased in intensity . |