Example sentences of "[v-ing] the [noun] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 By February the Attorney General and the Lord Advocate were advising that ‘ the Directive is capable of applying to transfers from government departments into the private sector ’ , a view which undermined the government 's previous approach of ‘ construing the Directive as narrowly as possible ’ ( The Guardian , February 16 , 1993 )
2 With experience gained in using the microcomputer both in and out of school , the school librarian should , before presenting the report , be confident enough in using the microcomputer to be able to demonstrate its uses and suggest potential uses to staff such as the school 's Head of Resources .
3 ‘ Miss Emerson , ’ Travis McKenna returned smoothly , easing the chair sideways so that he could cross his legs .
4 The disbanded National Advisory Committee reformed unofficially in December 1936 as a National Activity Committee , controlling its own journal Advance and organizing the League as far as was possible without official Party sanction .
5 Normally , one is rather relieved to see the opposition bringing the ball back inside but at Rubislaw it set the alarm bells clanging .
6 Last month , our sister paper Unigram.X hears , Intel Corp was still sending out Pentiums in quantities of one via a car delivery service — and demanding the things back again once they 'd been installed and tested in the prototype boxes of less favoured customers .
7 Last month Intel Corp was reportedly still sending out Pentiums in quantities of one via a car delivery service — and demanding the things back again once they 'd been installed and tested in the prototype boxes of less favoured customers .
8 He did it in the classic manner , by pitching the ball well up and bowling very , very quickly , and the fact that he needed help from his colleagues for only two of those wickets shows just how accurate he was .
9 I do not blame the Opposition for not understanding the issues as fully as we might hope , but , given their new-found support and desire for everything European , I thought that they might have developed a better understanding .
10 Shevardnadze visited the Abkhaz capital Sukhumi on Nov. 11 and assured local reporters that the new Georgian parliament was committed to ending the conflict as soon as possible .
11 Quietly , Connor crossed the room , opening the door cautiously so as not to waken his parents in the big bedroom at the other end of the landing .
12 Slipping off the bed she crept across her room , opening the door as silently as possible .
13 As an owner will have been interested in keeping the value low so as not to pay a high export premium , the State will be ideally placed to acquire valuable works of art on the cheap .
14 I am driving the ball really well and my irons are good .
15 Employing crews composed largely of Africans he systematically explored the rivers flowing into the Gulf of Guinea , ascending the Niger as far as Raba , 400 miles from the coast , on more than one occasion .
16 If you ask me , he 's one of those chaps whose marriage was so close and idyllic that he 'll never get over his wife 's death : he 's just passing the time as usefully as he can .
17 The briefest of smiles took flight from her lips to her eyes , and away , leaving her portentously grave again ; and with careful , frowning concentration she said in English , her bright , light , child 's voice forming the words as gingerly as a novice using an untried weapon : ‘ Oh , no — I am only Catherine . ’
18 ‘ Arrangements have also been made to consult the judiciary about those discretionary life sentence cases where the first formal review has not yet been set , with a view to fixing the date as soon as possible .
19 She had been completely open about testing the waters as far as a change of job was concerned .
20 yes , I was supposed to be going the morning well up until ten o'clock off , to go and see the assembly because er the lady I 've been replacing is back , so that means we have somebody spare around , but we 've got two people off this week
21 When fitted , the glass fibre rod will compress into a curve , forcing the sail both backwards and upwards from the cross-spar .
22 Christopher 's outstretched right hand was running slowly through her hair , touching her head at the roots and pulling the hair outwards so that it fell back like a fan .
23 Rehang the appropriate shoulder of the first piece you knitted from its waste yarn on to the needles you have just emptied , with the right side towards you and pulling the needles out so that the stitches are just behind the latches .
24 The World Wide Fund for Nature ( WWF ) , Friends of the Earth ( FoE ) and Living Earth are all environmental action groups involved in preserving the rainforests as far as possible .
25 He wanted to contribute actively to governing the country once more and have influence in policy making .
26 Carefully turning the mirror aside so as not to be trapped again , Mait examined the intricate network of rods .
27 Once you 're used to the lack of feel coming through the rim of the steering wheel , you can chuck the G40 into a corner , stabilise the understeer with a balanced throttle and belt round , gradually turning the power back on as the exit opens up .
28 There was a " deep harmony " between Wagner 's thinking and Schopenhauer 's , but even experts in Schopenhauerian philosophy would mostly be incapable of grasping the connection either intellectually or emotionally .
29 The German was wearing the coat properly now as would be expected on a night as cold as this .
30 In the 1930s fears of bombing casualties in a future war led to government plans for the dispersal of the population ; dispersal , it was felt , would not only remove civilians from the highly vulnerable urban conurbations where blitzkreig bombing would be concentrated , but would also minimise casualties by spreading the population as thinly as possible .
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