Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [vb -s] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Since the speaker is discussing the possibility and not the reality of daring , he feels that there is no real daring occupying the before-position that daring normally occupies with respect to the event dared , and consequently does not use to in these contexts .
2 Thus , it is not surprising that interaction between the two can result in cumulative movements in income for example , if income is rising at an increasing rate , both investment and consumption will be rising , causing further rises in income in the next period .
3 Accounting usually focuses on measurement of the financial impact of events as they affect a particular business entity such as a sole proprietorship , a partnership or a company .
4 The bandicoots and the wombats are both diggers , excavating long burrows in search of their food .
5 Moreover , it seems that their motivation to perform behaviour such as wing flapping and wing stretching actually increases during confinement in a battery cage .
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