Example sentences of "[vb pp] and [v-ing] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Different large-scale multi-divisional enterprises may exploit these advantages in different degrees , according to the form and degree of diversification they have developed and according to the particular effectiveness of their management , but the general point here is that these advantages can not be written off as financial/speculative considerations . |
| 2 | With the words had come the fleeting impression of dark , sinuous creatures who could slither out of the shadows and wind their cold , serpentine fingers about you , so that you were trapped , who could twine about your entire body , so that you were smothered and suffocating from the cold embrace … |
| 3 | All those aged 16 — 64 are gainfully employed and contributing to the social welfare support of the two age extremes of the population . |
| 4 | So , we can think of different modules from Dennett 's flow-chart as being stored and functioning in the same place in the machine , just as we can think of different levels of translation of programming language as being carried out in the same place in the machine . |
| 5 | The optimum situation would be a policy that would force the TNCs to train young people rather than entice away those already trained and working in the domestic sector . |
| 6 | Unsuitably dressed and squealing in the nippy air , the girls ran round like chickens before fleeing back to the cars . |
| 7 | Dorothea wiped her eyes and blew her nose and looked around her , at the overcoated figures , huddled and sneezing about the table-tennis table under the Vestry lights . |
| 8 | ‘ I am admittedly a little taken aback , Wilson , ’ Mrs Browning finally said , her eyes lowered and concentrating on the empty cup . |
| 9 | ( 4 ) In this paragraph ’ financial year ’ means the period beginning with the date on which the Funding Council is established and ending with the second 31st March following that date , and each successive period of twelve months . |
| 10 | Stoddard 's Engineering and Tuners will be well practised at crossing the Atlantic by the time these matches are established and running on the other side of ‘ the pond ’ . |