Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [to-vb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is nothing more annoying than a computer system that works beautifully , say , in a library , and then one goes in at nine thirty in the morning and you ca n't get books out because the power has gone off , and if we are sure to go on having a society with industrial disputes , we want a system that is not capable of being completely ruined by one small section of workers deciding not to work on a particular day , and so I think while we 're putting them in , while we want to put them in in a way which that is compatible , we also need to think of having a kind of fail-safe system , particularly in the sort of more serious applications such as medicine and transport and so on , whereby we ca n't be held to ransom by very a small group of people , or indeed by just some technical fault , such as a power failure or something of this kind . |
| 2 | ‘ You wo n't be going back to work for a few days , I 'm afraid , Francisco . ’ |
| 3 | Going back to work in a different job helped for a while , however . |
| 4 | But the pace was much too hot for Beris , and when he peeled off after five laps Hupsith toiled on alone , slowing noticeably to finish in a modest 14 mins 20.3 secs . |
| 5 | After 1,908 days of terror Joe was looking forward to living a normal life and getting back to work as a senior administrator with the American University . |
| 6 | Moreover , there is such a difference between one man and another that the man of 70 may still be at a higher level than the man of 20 at his peak : although the latter , starting so to speak from a lower level , will normally reach the later age at a much lower point than the former . |
| 7 | He would be coming round to collect in a few minutes ' time . |
| 8 | Instead , it suggests that the balance of curriculum elements should be reversed , with the student learning how to practise as a professional , and that the ‘ theory ’ should be derived by inviting the student to reflect on the practice to tease out the principles embedded in it . |
| 9 | Although the President promised to use his second term for a new " crusade " to secure peace and prosperity within the USA , he offered few new prescriptions for the ailing economy , preferring instead to concentrate on a broad agenda which included less government and lower taxes . |
| 10 | The building society grapevine is buzzing with rumours of foreign predators queuing up to bid for a large British society . |
| 11 | Those setting out to look for a new home after April 4 will have the questionable benefit of the Property Misdescriptions Act 1991 , which comes into force on that day . |
| 12 | A dark interior greeted her and she blinked , trying hard to focus on a handsome young brown-skinned man coming towards her . |
| 13 | I hunched down in my pouch-seat , trying hard to think of a good argument against heading for Fraxilly . |
| 14 | We might say that the corporation was liable , meaning only to summarize in a convenient way the responsibilities we ascribed to each of the shareholders . |