Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] a [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even allowing for a more diverse class-composition , this village inhabits another world from that other . |
| 2 | Conversely , Henry VII 's shell is more tubular , probably allowing for a more natural appearance of majesty when positioning the funerary sceptres in the hands . |
| 3 | I literally stopped seeing for a very long time . |
| 4 | In the meantime Emilia was in her room still , fussing for an unconscionably long time over her appearance . |
| 5 | ‘ At issue is a major part of the transmission system catering for a very substantial part of the country 's generation capacity . ’ |
| 6 | As a result of more able children taking up integrated placements or moving into school , the Beacon was now catering for a very small number of multiply disabled children , who were highly segregated as a result . |
| 7 | ONCE described by Judi Dench as ‘ disgustingly talented ’ , he has been entrusted — aged 28 — with running the revamped Donmar Warehouse , opening as a fully commercial West End venture in the autumn . |
| 8 | The random production might be regarded as the normal state of affairs , periodic production occurring through a rather special mechanism . |
| 9 | There are a number of studies which suggest that it is sensible to think of subjective risk when driving as a continually fluctuating quantity which may be related to both estimated and objective risk . |
| 10 | Competition meanwhile pushed bidding for a very fine pair of still lifes by Anne Valayer-Coster , ‘ Vase de fleurs et fruits , fleurs dans un vase ’ of 1776 to FFr4 million ( £425,531 ; $846,808 ) on 7 July at Drouot . |
| 11 | The dilemma facing Ray Gasson , is that after decades of being encouraged to expand and produce more , the message from Brussels now is to cut down production , while environmentalists are pressing for a completely different approach to farming . |
| 12 | It is a conversation between equals , even if you are applying for a relatively humble post . |
| 13 | Wee Jocky was apparently steaming after a particularly hospitable Hogmanay and played a blinder . |
| 14 | I went slowly , and presently found myself walking towards a most spectacular sunset . |
| 15 | It became an extremely successful series , done with Professor Chris Kiernan , with a special agenda for mentally-handicapped children but appearing like a rather glossy children 's comic . |
| 16 | Spartak defender Victor Onopko smacked Rushie while in the penalty box , but instead of pointing it out to the referee and then playing it by the book , we had David Burrows tearing into an absolutely scandalous tackle and the tone was set . |
| 17 | Rupert went over in his mind the unattached women he knew , beginning with Esther Clovis , the formidable secretary of the Foresight Research Centre , and ending with a pretty young typist who worked in the department of the University where he lectured . |
| 18 | before a final all-embracing italicized section , looking back in its typography , placing , and , most importantly , its rhythm , recalls the opening nursery rhyme chorus , but gives it a universal voice which seems to include all that we have heard before in what is now a ritual chant ending with an appropriately childlike sound , |
| 19 | Toiling up the slope from Falmer railway station , you had the Kafkaesque sensation of walking into an endlessly deep stage set where apparently three-dimensional objects turned out to be painted flats , and reality receded as fast as you pursued it . |
| 20 | The toxicity of EAP is considerable with grade 3–4 myelosuppression occurring in an unacceptably high proportion of patients . |
| 21 | I share my hon. Friend 's analysis of the issue and later this afternoon I shall be announcing in a more detailed answer an increase in the RUC manpower establishment of 441 extra policemen . |
| 22 | Chief Black Moon and a thousand braves attacked the station at Huntly , Montana , only a few years before they were appearing in a more peaceable guise there . |
| 23 | There had been no previous tradition of visiting or decorating these wells , so it is interesting that here is an example of an old custom appearing in an entirely new location . |
| 24 | He was immediately seized and thrown into prison , where he remained in chains for a further seventeen years , finally falling sick and dying before a suddenly contrite Alfonso could order his chains removed . |
| 25 | The MIT-originated Sparcle CPU project described at Hot Chips ( UX No 395 ) proved to be an old LSI single-execution 40MHz Sparc CPU simplified for fine-grain multiprocessing in a highly parallel MIT system called Alewife . |
| 26 | Time seems to have stood still here and the only people who seem to be in a hurry are those passing through — driving in a typically Mediterranean style . |
| 27 | ‘ You terrified these people , both the staff and public in this fast-food outlet and you are lucky not to be appearing on a more serious charge ’ . |
| 28 | We visited Meiktila by plane and continued by air to Mandalay , landing on a very rough airstrip . |
| 29 | Lisa had been fully occupied explaining to a rather elderly lady why she could n't pick out the exact blooms that were to be delivered to her daughter-in-law in New Zealand . |
| 30 | Referring to widespread stresses Hare reviewed the carrying capacity of the earth , and planetary air pollution and climatic change with considerable vision and in ending on a fairly optimistic note commented : |