Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun prp] as the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | DEC and Microsoft , neither of whom could ever be accused of being the least bit friendly to Unix , look for all the world like they 're ganging up to try and kill it off once and for all , using NT-on-Alpha as the blunt instrument . |
| 2 | In the late Middle Ages the West Riding of Yorkshire , particularly the Leeds-Bradford area , emerged as a major centre of the woollen textile industry , as it was to remain , overtaking York as the major centre of the cloth trade in the North ( 82 , p.152 ) . |
| 3 | Whatever windfall profits might be earned from minor wars and international tensions , there was little doubt in the City that their interests lay in sustaining Britain as the free trading capital of a world-wide empire of finance , rather than retreating into the protectionist bloc envisaged by proponents of Imperial Federation . |
| 4 | Pendrich has also qualified for the sprint freestyle , but currently lies in eleventh place and has little chance of replacing Sheppard as the new champion . |
| 5 | The Economic Development Board ( EDB ) reported in January 1991 that Singapore had attracted a record US$1,410 million in manufacturing investment in 1990 , with the United States surpassing Japan as the principal source . |
| 6 | Market share was up to 12.6% , ranking Airtours as the third-largest tour operator in Britain behind Thomson ( 32% ) and Owners Abroad ( 12.9% ) . |
| 7 | On another occasion he went to the extreme of adulation , describing Mosley as the greatest man God had ever created . |
| 8 | On May 19 the parallel Assembly of Kosovo issued a statement recognizing Mesic as the constitutional President , while on May 21 the Alliance of Reformist Forces for Montenegro and Serbia urged the Presidency to confirm Mesic in office . |
| 9 | Hyde will inevitably prevail , with South-Central standing in for Willie Horton in the autumn campaign , and a continuing sideline in denouncing LBJ as the prime cause of urban collapse . |
| 10 | Major earners were again garments and textiles , tea ( a record crop in 1990 and exports of 215 million kg , outstripping India as the leading world exporter ) , refined petroleum products and gemstones . |
| 11 | Shortly after Jardine retired from Canton in 1839 , leaving Matheson as the managing partner , imperial commissioner Lin Tse-hsu confiscated foreign inventories of opium , and forcibly detained sixteen merchants , including Matheson . |
| 12 | His brother Jean died in 1668 , leaving Martin as the sole heir to his father 's estate . |