Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [pron] [vb base] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , it is accepted that , appearing as they do in a penal statute , they fall to be construed narrowly rather than widely . |
| 2 | ‘ I want to make it absolutely clear , ’ said Angalo slowly , as a great feathery head nabbled in the water a few inches away , ‘ that if you 're suggesting that we ride on a geese — ‘ |
| 3 | Homology between DRP and dystrophin extends over their entire length , suggesting that they derive from a common ancestral gene . |
| 4 | Meanwhile we should stop pretending that we live in a golden age of literary biography , an art form that all too frequently seems to be founded not so much on spite , as on a fundamental lack of interest in its subject . ’ |
| 5 | Then , assuming " phantom " chains , the change in free energy per chain as the end-to-end vector R changes to is Averaging over all chains and remembering that we have For a network of n chains per unit volume the change in free energy will be n times this . |
| 6 | With a few exceptions , they said , most hornbills in captivity are not breeding , and many are given little chance to , living as they do without a mate or a nestbox . |
| 7 | Surely you know that , living as you do with a child-woman ? |
| 8 | You know if you 've , erm do you know if you 've erm recorded it , if you 're like speaking if you like in a group do you put all their names down ? , or just put a group ? |
| 9 | They may be worth considering if you live in a high-rise flat , or have infrequent refuse collection , but they do take up space . |
| 10 | Possibly a little touch like this has more meaning for us belonging as we do to a mechanical age , than it would have had for our ancestors , who were unaccustomed to the click of an electric switch and its attendant results ! |
| 11 | I know people have written saying that I look like a nun , or could have been a nun , but that 's the last thing I would want to be . |
| 12 | And I mean he took a lot of rehousing cos he come from a a a family that had n't really cared for him . |
| 13 | ‘ You can not always guarantee that you will always be in control of what you are doing as we live in a culture that is soaked in violence , and so it seems to think that violence is acceptable , even normal . ’ |
| 14 | The old lady would have walked back to her villa , but Miguel stopped her by closing the door , and insisting that she wait for a golf cart . |
| 15 | It is much easier for Amnesty to help members to do more specialised campaigning if they belong to a group — in particular , we have systems for providing group members with training , and for getting feedback from them — but there may be new types of groups we could develop , and even ways of offering more personalised approaches to campaigning to individual members . |
| 16 | Working as I do for a technically based industry , I hope I may be forgiven for believing that almost anything can be achieved through technology , if we are dear enough about what is needed . |