Example sentences of "[v-ing] in the [adj] [noun sg] we " in BNC.
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| 1 | After trudging disconsolately round a few bars , I went back to our cheap hostel , where to my relief I found Dana snoring in the double bed we were to share . |
| 2 | Although there are many agencies operating in the domiciliary sector we have detailed utilization data for only a minority of these : home helps and the mobile meals services ( meals on wheels ) . |
| 3 | When we speak of budgeting in the public sector we are not referring to the Chancellor of the Exchequer 's spring Budget statement . |
| 4 | With the war now raging in the Middle East we might feel tempted to question such certainty . |
| 5 | In the case of a Japanese company wishing to invest in this country , whereas hitherto the attractions of the United Kingdom economy , along with the English language , which is important in Japanese investment , have been significant , for the future we are issuing a warning to the Japanese investor to be careful ; he may not be able to price across Europe in the future , he may experience high interest rates in this country and he may find it much harder to trade into the Community , because if we are not participating in the single currency we may not get all the benefits of the single market either . |
| 6 | For good measure , and , presumably in case anybody thinks he is indulging in the negative campaigning we have all been hearing so much about , he praises the Lib Dems as offering a ‘ more egalitarian , democratic and ecologically responsible [ manifesto ] than Labour 's ’ . |