Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun pl] [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ravi Shankar 's score , drawing elements in from a wide range of sources , is both seductively lyrical and at times rhythmically complex . |
| 2 | Slowing things down on a busy Wednesday afternoon on Trent F M. |
| 3 | Indeed , holding prices down to an inefficient level of costs may be inferior in its effects to a form of control in which prices are high but costs are low . |
| 4 | The Powell Duffryn Company came into its own , buying pits up for a few thousand pounds , shutting them down , throwing hundreds out of work . |
| 5 | Strewing guts about is the same as letting squibs off in a public venue , all comes under Fireworks byelaw . ’ |
| 6 | For several years the market playing was limited but early in 1988 , finance officers began taking options out on a massive scheme . |
| 7 | ‘ An ’ then he prosecutes us for cuttin' animals up in a public place , ’ Jake went on . |
| 8 | They can be the ‘ power behind the throne– , using what power they have to its fullest potential : analysing situations , forming appropriate alliances and putting messages over in a palatable way to the right audience . |
| 9 | Along the South Coast , Meridian is playing things down with a ten-minute introduction to new faces and programmes followed by a movie . |