Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] it [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Explosives experts were planning to set off mines to destroy the underground conduits which keep the lava from cooling and solidifying before it reaches inhabited areas farther down the mountain . |
| 2 | It is also , more generally , the essence of what the Barclay Report ( 1982 ) was seeking when it characterized social care planning as one of the core roles in which community social workers should be engaged . |
| 3 | ‘ Flags & Emblems ’ suggests he could be right , boasting as it does ten numbers that are every bit as abrasive and sharply barbed as their predecessors . |
| 4 | DELL PLAYS THE FIELD LOOKING AS IT REVIEWS ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF CASH |
| 5 | The company called it the most significant announcement in its personal computer history , adding that it had two aims : firstly , to become the number one in personal systems in Europe ; second , to be the number one supplier and implementor of choice for client-server technology . |
| 6 | The opening pages are ravishing : exquisite cor anglais and oboe plaints , the tenderest of string bass solos , and an organ so discreetly reassuring that it sounds locked deep in the subconscious . |
| 7 | She says as I say I 'll have to wait and see what she says , because she said , you know when weather gets better , oh I says you 're better off waiting while it gets better weather |
| 8 | On the clean sound , reverb really does make a difference , adding as it does greater depth to any guitar 's tone . |
| 9 | Under her direction , the squad became a very close-knit affair comprising as it did four cousins , six nephews and a younger brother ( 42 ) . |
| 10 | Their jit jive music keeps the listener moving as it blends high energy , finger-picking good guitar melodies with deep African rhythms and percussion . |
| 11 | Never before , and probably not for a very long time again will it be possible to recreate such an exhibition , containing as it does important paintings from major Western and Russian museums and private collections , as well as outstanding works from circa fifty provincial and specialised museums in the former Soviet Union . |
| 12 | Respondents welcomed the document , clearly indicating that it gave Religious Education parity of status with other areas of the curriculum . |
| 13 | From Philips ' point of view , DVI looks threatening because it enables full frame full motion video to be accessed from a standard CD-ROM . |
| 14 | A recent addition to the Cichlid world is the albino form of our old favourite the Oscar Astronotus ocellatus , about which I receive many queries , mostly asking whether it has special requirements . |
| 15 | What ‘ Back In Denim ’ is really saying as it launches spiteful attacks on Duran Duran and mourns David Cassidy 's retirement , is that Pop Music Is Important , as much a part of our lives , our personalities as the polluted air we breathe and the clothes we choose to wear . |
| 16 | There is no understanding of religion without appreciating that it concerns this second kind of expression and communication . |
| 17 | 1.15 In Gregory 's case the plaintiff , who was injured in a way that could have been avoided by wearing a seat belt , suffered a 40 per cent total reduction since he was also travelling as a passenger in a car knowing that it had defective brakes . |
| 18 | Thus the subject matter of this chapter , combining as it does both practices in the teaching of the arts and LEA 's INSET policies , has hitherto been virtually unresearched . |
| 19 | The Department of the Environment has rejected the report , claiming that it contained misleading information and that the existing statutory framework was effective in controlling pollution . |
| 20 | Iraq had previously refused to destroy the complex , arguing that it served civilian purposes . |
| 21 | Orrell are content to keep Wasps guessing but it seems likely Kimmins will play — a line-out challenge for Kinsey , O'Leary and Ryan . |
| 22 | Any festival would be proud of a comment such as that above , showing as it does that Nikolai Demidenko 's first great success in the West was with us . |
| 23 | Timothy crossed the car-park , glad that the publican was whistling since it suggested good humour . |
| 24 | Following as it did two years of bitterness caused by the government 's political intervention in food distribution , the tax provoked an immediate and direct response from large sections of the movement . |
| 25 | The document noted that foreign debt was a threat to social peace and the stability of democratic systems in Latin America , restricting as it did social services budgets . |