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 | ‘ Miss Emerson , ’ Travis McKenna returned smoothly , easing the chair sideways so that he could cross his legs . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Slipping off the bed she crept across her room , opening the door as silently as possible . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I am driving the ball really well and my irons are good . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | She had been completely open about testing the waters as far as a change of job was concerned . |
| 15 | When fitted , the glass fibre rod will compress into a curve , forcing the sail both backwards and upwards from the cross-spar . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | He wanted to contribute actively to governing the country once more and have influence in policy making . |
| 19 | Carefully turning the mirror aside so as not to be trapped again , Mait examined the intricate network of rods . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The German was wearing the coat properly now as would be expected on a night as cold as this . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | This training officer was teaching the course internally even before he had passed the examination himself , as did later one of the directors of his firm . |
| 24 | Blood from my arm came streaming back into my face , in spite of the fact that I was holding the stump as tightly as I could . |
| 25 | Holding the gun very still and steady , pointed at her , he said , ‘ Could you shoot me ? |
| 26 | Holding the glass tightly so that her hand would n't shake , she sipped the cool water , then met his gaze . |
| 27 | Formulations of definitive tests are always dangerous , but it seems to me that , without claiming to expound an exhaustive guide , the following provides a satisfactory working test for whether , in any given case , a covenant touches and concerns the land : ( 1 ) the covenant benefits only the reversioner for the time being , and if separated from the reversion ceases to be of benefit to the covenantee ; ( 2 ) the covenant affects the nature , quality , mode of user or value of the land of the reversioner ; ( 3 ) the covenant is not expressed to be personal ( that is to say neither being given only to a specific reversioner nor in respect of the obligations only of a specific tenant ) ; ( 4 ) the fact that a covenant is to pay a sum of money will not prevent it from touching and concerning the land so long as the three foregoing conditions are satisfied and the covenant is connected with something to be done on , or to in relation to the land . |
| 28 | Classical acting is really quite a recent thing for me so it 's a case of speaking the verse as naturally as possible but observing it ‘ s rhythms and structure . |
| 29 | The point of the heel crushed the tip of his index finger , splitting the nail as far as the cuticle . |
| 30 | Experiment with moving the hands closer together or further apart , again noticing how the pressures change . |