Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [art] [adj] and [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It suddenly moved , walking in an uncoordinated and jerking movement , straight towards her . |
| 2 | Eventually some 26 bills , including those relating to the military and broadcasting industry , were approved in a matter of minutes on July 14 amid scenes of protest and chaos . |
| 3 | Between 50 and 80 per cent of broiler chickens ( selected for fast growth and meat ) raised under intensive conditions have leg and bone defects , according to the Agricultural and Food Research Council . |
| 4 | They were certainly very clear twenty years ago according to the regional and county data analysed by Coates and Rawstron ( 1971 ) . |
| 5 | ‘ We 'll look at that when we 're looking at the commercial and marketing risk . |
| 6 | Just one more thing that may have been mentioned yesterday when Jess was going through the legal and underwriting session , this applies to both Covermaster and living assurance . |
| 7 | Those voices sounded like some dreadful surf breaking on a lost and faraway shore . |
| 8 | What grade of oil should I be using in the main and transfer boxes of my 1972 Range Rover ? |
| 9 | When you 're slogging your way uphill , chances are you 'll need a layer less than when you 're cruising along the straight and level . |
| 10 | Although many of the studies collected in G. Sankoff ( 1980a ) fall within Labov 's standard quantitative paradigm ( see 7.4.2 ) , others resemble Lavandera 's approach in focusing on the stylistic and discourse preferences of the speaker . |
| 11 | The row came just as talks were starting on the environmental and labour safeguards that the Clinton administration wants before asking Congress to ratify the North American Free-Trade Agreement involving the United States , Mexico and Canada . |
| 12 | ALL over Britain , office , shopping and road projects launched in the sunny days of the late 1980s are drawing to a close and building workers , their companies and shareholders are facing the economic equivalent of deep mid-winter . |
| 13 | As harvest time was drawing to a close and autumn would soon be upon them , Tamar admitted what she had tried to deny for the last few weeks . |
| 14 | Check , recharge and/or change as required any ion exchange media that you may be using on a frequent and routine basis . |
| 15 | The task of mission , while depending on the empowering and guidance of the Holy Spirit , also requires human planning . |
| 16 | Pipe a line of icing along the lower and centre edges of the ‘ card ’ ( left ) and ‘ card ’ ( right ) . |
| 17 | Patrick Milligan would sigh despairingly as if God had deserted him , before wandering drunkenly off to his own , now single , bed , where he lay cursing his miserable lot before falling into a deep and whisky sodden sleep . |
| 18 | He was sitting on the counter in the shop , now , playing with the fiddling and fluting monkeys with his good left hand . |
| 19 | He performed a variety of roles in both councils and played a large part in steering through the regional and district reorganisation in 1974 . |
| 20 | ‘ Young Timothy is sleeping like a top and Mum seems quite happy . |
| 21 | Thames Water Utilities , which handles half of Britain 's sewage dumping into the Irish and North seas , has announced plans to build two giant incinerators in east London . |
| 22 | This book will be of great use as a reference text , both to students studying aspects of drug analysis and toxicology , as well ass scientists who are already working within the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries . |
| 23 | The words written by Hinrich Medau in 1933 continue to guide our work today : ‘ The all-important inspiration of Medau work still remains the close connection between movement and music and we are constantly working at the deepening and widening of our knowledge in this as in other spheres ’ . |