Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] and [verb] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The modern actuary is far more likely to be a well-rounded individual , meeting people and advising on vital aspects of corporate development , than buried in a statistical department . |
| 2 | Using pencil and paint on cardboard shirt boxes and other scrap material he painted scenes from his world . |
| 3 | With respect to BACKUP , the safest way to handle the use of pseudo-devices , especially if you may be mixing saves and restores on physical devices and pseudo-devices , is to always place yourself in the [ 000000 ] directory ( whether it physically exists , or is only a notional location , as is the case with a pseudo-device ) and use the syntax [ * … ] |
| 4 | Since they will not be viewing the whole picture comprehensively , since they will perforce be selectively choosing values and acting on limited information , it is all the more important that the reasons why they have chosen a particular course of conduct should be articulated . |
| 5 | The erstwhile ubiquitous road men , always in couples , bent double when you were not looking and sucking pipes and leaning on long-handled spades when you passed , were locals you knew and waved to . |
| 6 | She was given pain relieving drugs and placed on intravenous drips to replace vital blood plasma and fluids . |