Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unless something in other parts of the legislation discloses such purpose , the courts are forced to adopt one of the two possible meanings using highly technical rules of construction . |
| 2 | The glowing consumer reports about cycling the peaks and television commercials for aftershave showing hunky men rattling down sheer slopes of scree on bikes made me suspicious . |
| 3 | Even using apparently direct measures of morbidity is problematical , as reporting may be different between social groups , especially in response to general questions such as the ‘ limiting longstanding sickness ’ item in the general household survey and 1991 census . |
| 4 | Catching sight of the transistor radio , he clicked it on and fiddled with the tuning , encountering only heavy bands of static interspersed with the twittering gibberish of machines . |
| 5 | He was already gathering together various pieces of paper . |
| 6 | After he had eaten he lit a small oil lamp to dispel the gathering gloom , and by its light fought off the silence by indulging in some desultory tidying , which consisted of gathering together assorted scrolls of papyrus and articles of clothing scattered about , and dumping them into two chests — one for each . |
| 7 | Scott stood motionless for long moments , sucking in deep lungfuls of air . |
| 8 | Mr Mellor will continue to be responsible for bringing in new laws on privacy and press intrusion if necessary . |
| 9 | MacDonald 's rescue plan for Norton involves bringing in new sources of finance , selling the German FUS subsidiary ( he says he 'll get £100,000 — Norton paid £8 million ) , and designing ( personally ) a new , lower-cost bike to replace the F1 . |
| 10 | This year , with an eye to future continental competition , they 're bringing in new standards on value for money . |
| 11 | The military council had re-established control in Kutaisi by Jan. 17 , setting up new headquarters in the city and bringing in major reinforcements without resistance . |
| 12 | This was done by bringing in large quantities of fill . |
| 13 | Shadow lace is formed by knitting every needle on bed 1 , and knitting only certain needles on bed 2 and transferring all or some of the stitches from bed 2 to bed 1 every so often as required by the design . |
| 14 | A substance , histamine , is produced by injured cells ; it causes capillaries in the area to dilate thus bringing greatly increased amounts of blood to the site of injury . |
| 15 | The Commission said , however , that it would be up to member states to propose and enforce measures protecting environmentally sensitive areas from shipping , as this was a matter of national , rather than Community , jurisdiction . |
| 16 | Other evidence of the amorphous state of the electorate in 1980 was to be found in poll data revealing rapidly shifting tides of support for various candidates . |
| 17 | Although some farmers are adopting more intensive systems of production this is not yet at a fast enough rate to generate the large increases in marketed output necessary to feed the towns , where the population is growing at over 6 per cent per year . |
| 18 | Mr Patten said the Government was proposing tough new standards for the knowledge and skills new primary teachers needed and opening up new routes into teaching . ’ |
| 19 | During Elizabeth 's reign the English had been concerned , as Hakluyt explained , with trade and with opening up new lines of commerce . |
| 20 | Publishers grow thick skins against negative reviewing , but I remain puzzled at the volume of abuse directed at this particular book , by an author who has spent many years working on his subject , opening up new areas of research , and who has arguably contributed more in recent years ( viz Orwell : The War Broadcasts , Orwell : The War Commentaries and The Larger Evils ) to the study of Orwell 's work than any other scholar . |
| 21 | The railway acted as a great consolidator , confirming strategic power and opening up new areas for settlement , industrial markets , mineral extraction , and the production of raw materials and foodstuffs . |
| 22 | There are several interesting new developments in the pipeline which could lead to the introduction of more advanced grades of acrylic plastics , opening up new fields of use to them and increasing the rate of growth appreciably . ’ |
| 23 | Beyond that , we are into the final , open stage of adult or continuing education , which may go on intermittently for many years , compensating for missed opportunities , updating and extending existing skills , or opening up new fields of interest and expertise altogether . |
| 24 | The horn is fitted with three valves or pistons and it is the function of these valves to lower the pitch of the instrument in varying degrees by opening up fresh lengths of tube . |
| 25 | He staggers and bumps his way to the toilet for a cold wash and rough up with some semi-absorbent paper towels , all the while discovering and tweeking out small splinters of wood and metal from his face . |
| 26 | I 'm disturbed that one or two suppliers of environmentally-friendly products seem to be adopting conventionally unscrupulous tactics in order to sell their goods . |
| 27 | Merger control and competition law are becoming increasingly important factors in business acquisitions . |
| 28 | From the primitive ‘ animism ’ ( a word invented by him ) the road led to the higher monotheistic religions , and eventually the triumph of science which , capable of explaining increasingly large areas of experience without reference to spirit , would ‘ in one department after another substitute for independent voluntary action the working out of systematic law ’ . |
| 29 | And at times of new issues , they will often be committed to purchasing very large amounts of stock which they can only expect to sell over a period of weeks ; during which period they are exposed to the risk of capital loss if prices fall . |
| 30 | Your metabolic rate will fall ; eating just average amounts of food will tend to make you fat . |