Example sentences of "[v-ing] [coord] [verb] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should also be remembered that anyone , married or single , who is maintaining or accommodating a dependent relative over 65 ( or a mother or mother-in-law on her own ) is entitled to claim a tax allowance . |
| 2 | In this spirit , and doubtless moved by these very arguments , early in 1987 Kenneth Baker set up his committee under the chairmanship of G. R. Higginson , the Vice-Chancellor of Southampton University , to recommend principles that should govern A level syllabuses and their assessment ‘ in the light of the Government 's commitment to retain GCE Advanced level examinations as an essential means for setting standards of excellence , and with the aim of maintaining or improving the present character and rigorous standards of these examinations ’ . |
| 3 | In both ulcerative colitis and Crohn 's disease , immunological mechanisms seem to play a role in either perpetuating or increasing the inflammatory response . |
| 4 | The reader can hope , all the same , that the writer will give an account of the special merits of key pictures , and it is these art critical passages which can be of most help in enjoying or appreciating the chosen artist 's achievement . |
| 5 | He sent a transcript of the testimony to Colombo , where it was perused by a secretariat official who might ask for more evidence before accepting or changing the local recommendation . |
| 6 | It is often said , persuasively , that men entered into social relations in the course of using or transforming the non-human material world . |
| 7 | The democrats generally favoured single-chamber or unicameral legislatures , as the most direct way of reflecting or embodying the popular will . |
| 8 | It 's not worth dying or having a slashed face . ’ |
| 9 | This is to counter the transfer of assets through a newly acquired ‘ surplus ACT ’ company under the no gain/no loss rule in s 171 , TCGA 1992 , which are then sold out of that company , thus eliminating or reducing the taxable gain ( s 245B ) . |
| 10 | Nerves were a problem he always found difficult to combat and the full glare of the spotlight made walking and singing a tall order that day . |
| 11 | As the guns were still being fired , a Syrian tank came lunging up the shattered street where we had just been walking and entered the tiny square . |
| 12 | Real maids are quite different , moaning and wailing and kissing the local bobby between the dustbin and the outhouse . |
| 13 | Some lectures were some way even from this loose definition of science : John Ruskin lectured on Verona and Italian art in 1870 , and Richard Westmacott , who was both a Royal Academician and FRS , on art five weeks later — but he talked particularly on the question of assembling and conserving the Greek sculpture in the British Museum . |
| 14 | Finn senior was convicted of criminal damage , wounding and possessing an offensive weapon . |
| 15 | The important thing is to recognise that it is happening and take the relevant action . |
| 16 | We were ordinary seafaring men and founding and running a national union was , to say the least , a job for which we had had no training . |
| 17 | Yassin , arrested in May 1989 , had confessed to founding and directing a hostile organization , as well as to homicide , incitement and the possession of firearms . |
| 18 | The new party is also dedicated to ‘ fighting for the right of self-determination of the Tamils and Muslims ’ and ‘ protecting and preserving the geographical identity and integrity of the traditional homelands of the Tamils and Muslims ’ . |
| 19 | Adopting and extending the Gothic taste for punctuating walls with large windows , he built a skeletal structure depending for its stability on the skilful use of flying buttresses . |
| 20 | Some few may write a Declaration , others may sign it , but they are stating what has been God 's law from the beginning , ‘ That all men are created equal … that … ’ ’ he paused and consulted his watch again , opening and closing the engraved case with a brisk snap . |
| 21 | But compared , say , to a President of the United States or France , the tasks of cultivating and presenting the Prime Minister 's personality are probably less demanding . |
| 22 | He looked across at the other two , who were laughing and taking a long time to get Maggie 's drink . |
| 23 | Mandy was sitting at a table with other staff , all of them laughing and having a wonderful time . |
| 24 | She was laughing and relishing the delicious feeling of her breasts exposed to the warm night air . |
| 25 | Since that date certain material implications have followed for those subgroups and school subjects promoting or representing the academic tradition . |
| 26 | This process , whilst seemingly disruptive , is more akin to unravelling or undoing a complex structure in order to better understand its make-up , but in doing so to express differences in terms of juxtapositions or comparisons , rather than seeking a unitary , univocal dimension based on hierarchical values . |
| 27 | The weakness of the system lay not so much in the Exchequer 's faulty handling of the business for which it was intended , as in the absence of any institution responsible for developing or supervising the whole field of royal finance . |
| 28 | Dearlove considers the whole pressure for increased scale simply as a cover for regaining or maintaining the influential position of business interests in local government ( Dearlove 1979 ) . |
| 29 | Faxing or telexing a 60–70 page document is a time-consuming and therefore expensive process , and always with that nagging uncertainty that one or two pages might not have transmitted properly . |
| 30 | Within their firm containment , he can slowly learn about holding mixed feelings — loving and hating the same person . |