Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] a [noun sg] [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once a viewpoint has been selected , the subsequent CATWOE analysis is made easier by first considering the transformation that could be taking place in the selected system , using as a starting point a simple sketch of the conversion process , ie input-transformation-output ( Fig 15. 1 ) . |
| 2 | He invested his business gains in building up an estate , purchasing as a country seat the former Carmelite priory of Aylesford . |
| 3 | In tracing characteristic source-specific sub-populations of sediment passing through a river system the closest possible spacing of sieves may be required . |
| 4 | Cereal farmers are using less nitrogen fertiliser and have changed the way that they apply it in direct response to concern over nitrogen pollution , according to a report form the Home Grown Cereals Authority . |
| 5 | According to an Interfax report an Azerbaijani attempt to cut the Lachin corridor [ see p. 39109 ] was repulsed on Oct. 4 . |
| 6 | Often , a flash of azure draws you eye to a kingfisher , speeding like an Exocet missile a couple of feet above the water . |
| 7 | So it our recommendation that it is premature at this pro frozen moment of time particularly with the additional thoughts of the inner northern relief road to be considering in a structure plan a western relief road . |
| 8 | Typical bioelectromagnetic procedures utilise instruments capable of displaying on a video screen the changing patterns of the EM fields . |
| 9 | Straight ahead and aiming at a silver moon the tarmac is a dark rich salmon colour , burnt orangey in places and patched with indigo . |
| 10 | Plymouth Argyle player-manager Peter Shilton is rocking under an injury crisis the like of which he has never known . |
| 11 | Special effects for this show were highly inventive , achieving on a shoestring budget a look comparable with many much more expensive feature films . |
| 12 | There are also seven special symbols identifying with a code number the type of plastic used in the packaging . |
| 13 | One single man lived in lodgings and his landlady was in the habit of putting in a pudding basin the lunch she had prepared for that day , for him to have warmed up on the morrow . |
| 14 | There was a moped leaning against a mud wall a few feet away . |
| 15 | Hartz et al showed that in about 12 000 American women aged 20–39 years participating in a slimming programme the degree of obesity and waist-hip ratio were independently and positively related to the prevalence of reported irregular menstruation , oligomenorrhoea ( cycles longer than 36 days ) , and hirsutism . |