Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [adj] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may even feel , as certainly I do , that some of the later cantos are of such a nature that it 's hard to conceive in any age of a way of encountering them other than the way we 're here embarked upon . |
| 2 | For what we should be doing is taking a bit of the real world and imagining it existing while the rest is blocked off , and the activities of a postman in the real world involve this sort of belief . |
| 3 | Without speaking , she crooked her hand round the back of Cissie 's head , pulling her close until the girl 's head nestled in the dip of Beth 's shoulder . |
| 4 | If you have ever tried growing anything taller than a lettuce in a grow-bag , you will have encountered the problem of floppy stakes . |
| 5 | This reflects the fact that several kinds of considerations may lead to different and incompatible policies all of which are commonly regarded as policies of neutrality , because all of them demonstrate an even-handed treatment of the parties either by not helping one more than the other , or by not helping one more than the other to take special measures to improve his position in the conflict , and so on . |
| 6 | He had been speaking nothing less than the truth when he put it well down the list of those he had seen . |
| 7 | This time with a light plastic bag containing nothing more than a sketchpad and a book ( Sleeman 's Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official ) I set out to have a look at Roscommon Town . |
| 8 | For some , as indeed for T. E. Lawrence , this entailed not just the rejection of a repressive social order , but a disidentification from it requiring nothing less than the relinquishing of the self as hitherto constituted and inhabited by that order . |
| 9 | The business was established quickly and holding its own as the country plunged into recession . |
| 10 | The man was now attacking Mr Pitt , calling him worse than the devil , cursing Parliament for being too feeble against him , raging — though it had to be admitted as a fine rage , a rage which at least convinced the speaker — against the law , the constitution , the King — ; |
| 11 | These elements provide the " opera " with authenticity and a resonance which suggests that we are viewing nothing less than the destiny of the human race in the 20th century , and afterwards . |
| 12 | Was it the Virgin rescuing her own or the Devil showing he was beaten ? |
| 13 | Maxim hoped it sounded as if he were hiding something more than the fact that Blagg had n't been able to tell what they were . |
| 14 | An occupier is in such a case liable only where the injury is due to some wilful act involving something more than the absence of reasonable care . |
| 15 | We were not used to drinking anything more than a glass of watered wine with our meals , and the effect on us , while not immediate , was catastrophic . |
| 16 | In these circumstances , it is probable that both transactions will be regarded as interdependent so that the part exchange element may be construed as a sale subject to a condition subsequently , thereby , making it determinable if the financier does not accept the transaction . |
| 17 | Despite the lack of axonal degeneration in the transected optic nerves of C57B1/6-WLD mice ( which we confirmed by labelling with the RT97 monoclonal antineurofilament antibody ) , the decrease in mitotic cells after transection was not significantly different in these mice than in normal C57B1/6 mice ( Fig. 1 c ) , making it unlikely that the loss of an axolemmal mitogen is the cause of the decrease in proliferation . |
| 18 | Many of the collaborators in L* have been invited — making it clear that the quarrel was with Dr Ting , not his colleagues . |
| 19 | For instance , rather than The Buyer shall pay the price within 30 days of delivery the terms could provide that The Buyer shall pay the price within a period of 30 days commencing on the date of delivery making it clear that the date of delivery is included in the period or The Buyer shall pay the price within a period of 30 days commencing on the date immediately following the date of delivery if the date of delivery is to be excluded . |
| 20 | Thus it is that the company is halving its prices , making it clear that the competition with NT will be serious . |
| 21 | Hence the company is halving its prices ( see front page ) , making it clear that the competition with NT will be serious . |
| 22 | Total orders for the second quarter , to April 30 , were 28.5% up at $5,370m ; orders for computer products rose 32.9% to $4,120m , making it clear that the company , where computers accounted for less than half of the business only a few years back , is continuing progressively to become more and more a pure computer company . |
| 23 | Total orders for the second quarter , to April 30 , were 28.5% up at $5,370m ; orders for computer products rose 32.9% to $4,120m , making it clear that the company , where computers accounted for less than half of the business only a few years back , is continuing progressively to become more and more a pure computer company . |
| 24 | ’ To give examples , he suggests that a kayak should have a jettisoning pod to prevent entrapment situations without making it clear that the buyer is unlikely to find one on the market . |
| 25 | Secondly , the treaty itself embodies the vital principle of ’ subsidiarity ’ , making it clear that the Community should only be involved in decisions which can not more effectively be taken at national level . |
| 26 | In some cases a party may effectively exclude liability by including a comprehensive list of the duties it undertakes and making it clear that the list is exclusive . |
| 27 | The resolution was ambiguous in not making it clear whether the ROK was being recognised as ‘ South Korea ’ or as the government of the whole of Korea . |
| 28 | As Feldman told him : ‘ ( It was ) making it obvious that the Establishment and the outrageous could meet on some level . ’ |
| 29 | Dust hung in the air now , making it yellow and the sun orange . |
| 30 | One year later there was some indication that the control sample carers were finding it harder than the action sample to talk in terms of a simple preference for home care . |