Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unless something in other parts of the legislation discloses such purpose , the courts are forced to adopt one of the two possible meanings using highly technical rules of construction . |
| 2 | Even using apparently direct measures of morbidity is problematical , as reporting may be different between social groups , especially in response to general questions such as the ‘ limiting longstanding sickness ’ item in the general household survey and 1991 census . |
| 3 | Catching sight of the transistor radio , he clicked it on and fiddled with the tuning , encountering only heavy bands of static interspersed with the twittering gibberish of machines . |
| 4 | He was already gathering together various pieces of paper . |
| 5 | After he had eaten he lit a small oil lamp to dispel the gathering gloom , and by its light fought off the silence by indulging in some desultory tidying , which consisted of gathering together assorted scrolls of papyrus and articles of clothing scattered about , and dumping them into two chests — one for each . |
| 6 | Evidence of American interest in drawing together new alliances in areas of regional tension in the Third World in the early 1980s and of extending the competence of existing ones came , therefore , as a shock to Soviet leaders . |
| 7 | Shadow lace is formed by knitting every needle on bed 1 , and knitting only certain needles on bed 2 and transferring all or some of the stitches from bed 2 to bed 1 every so often as required by the design . |
| 8 | A substance , histamine , is produced by injured cells ; it causes capillaries in the area to dilate thus bringing greatly increased amounts of blood to the site of injury . |
| 9 | Cassowary behaved like the ruffian that he was , tearing away whole clusters of berries and gorging them all at once , champing and crashing among the bushes . |
| 10 | The Commission said , however , that it would be up to member states to propose and enforce measures protecting environmentally sensitive areas from shipping , as this was a matter of national , rather than Community , jurisdiction . |
| 11 | Other evidence of the amorphous state of the electorate in 1980 was to be found in poll data revealing rapidly shifting tides of support for various candidates . |
| 12 | Although some farmers are adopting more intensive systems of production this is not yet at a fast enough rate to generate the large increases in marketed output necessary to feed the towns , where the population is growing at over 6 per cent per year . |
| 13 | I 'm disturbed that one or two suppliers of environmentally-friendly products seem to be adopting conventionally unscrupulous tactics in order to sell their goods . |
| 14 | Merger control and competition law are becoming increasingly important factors in business acquisitions . |
| 15 | From the primitive ‘ animism ’ ( a word invented by him ) the road led to the higher monotheistic religions , and eventually the triumph of science which , capable of explaining increasingly large areas of experience without reference to spirit , would ‘ in one department after another substitute for independent voluntary action the working out of systematic law ’ . |
| 16 | And at times of new issues , they will often be committed to purchasing very large amounts of stock which they can only expect to sell over a period of weeks ; during which period they are exposed to the risk of capital loss if prices fall . |
| 17 | Your metabolic rate will fall ; eating just average amounts of food will tend to make you fat . |
| 18 | I want you to know of our interest in promoting vastly improved opportunities for transport by cycle , both to enhance pleasure and health , but principally as part of a sustainable approach to future transport provision . |
| 19 | In spite of the attractions , Guide has not adopted this uniform approach , mainly because unifying rather different types of object does not make for simplicity . |
| 20 | Match reports purr with pleasure , capitalising especially brilliant feats for emphasis . |
| 21 | Laura herself was in any case developing more pronounced tendencies against commercialism . |
| 22 | On the one hand , the two mainstream right-wing parties , the neo-Gaullist RPR and the centre-right UBF , have succeeded in stealing some of its thunder by themselves espousing more extremist positions on immigration and by adopting a more overtly nationalist and populist tone on other issues like Maastricht . |
| 23 | As we shall see , the real advances have come not from research specifically directed towards cancer , but from discoveries made in quite different fields , as wide ranging as electrical discharges in gases , heredity in banana flies , analysis of the spermatozoa of salmon , and the development of instruments of chemical warfare . |
| 24 | As the use of equity based financing mechanisms reduces the degree of inequality of allocation nationally the potential benefits to be derived from developing increasingly elaborate models for allocation are likely to be small . |
| 25 | He was equally busy with his nature walks ( frequently with Arthur Hardy ) , writing papers for acceptance or rejection by the Globe , the Academy and the Speaker ( earning 22&½ guineas by June ) , but , most significantly of all , as he later obliquely confessed in ‘ How I Began ’ , writing almost daily letters to Helen . |
| 26 | Image capturing and processing techniques have enabled some North Sea platform designers to use electronic communication techniques for virtually instantaneous updating of multiple copies of design ‘ drawings ’ at scattered sites , thus saving very large amounts of money . |
| 27 | Nor was I drawn to two lofty and leafy exters resembling very tall thistles on legs . |
| 28 | Rather than taking over or adapting old forms of psychology , these feminists hope to create a psychology of their own , which , by addressing specifically female aspects of subjectivity , will empower women . |
| 29 | Many firms now buy in rather than make components themselves , and overcome the problems of controlling quality and delivery by forming very close relationships with suppliers sometimes in return for single-supplier status . |
| 30 | There is no virtue in producing socially well-adjusted members of society who are unemployed because they do not have the skills . |