Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] [noun sg] in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In view of the fact that eye testing is important in picking up illness in the elderly and that we are in the business of preventive medicine rather than treating illnesses when they occur , will my hon. Friend keep an open mind ? |
| 2 | And I 'm glad the Chancellor has been fairly tough on public spending and holding down pay in the public sector . |
| 3 | He made himself over by taking up body-building in the Scottish style — which is long and lean rather than pillows of bulk — and changed his name from Thomas to Sean ( in Edinburgh , he 's still universally known as ‘ Big Tam ’ ) . |
| 4 | From travelling around I get the impression that , although they say they want to , most branches have other concerns which prevent them from taking up recruitment in an effective way . |
| 5 | But now , on the city 's 350th anniversary , after a decade of preparation , the MAC has moved to the city centre , taking up residence in a new C$33 million building on the Place des Arts , the centrally located cultural centre already home to the city 's orchestra , opera and the Grands Ballets Canadiens . |
| 6 | Valerie Archibald has kept the West Coast moving the Medau way since taking up residence in the mid '80s . |
| 7 | the transaction , even if internal and concluded between persons carrying on business in the same State , produces effects in another State ; |
| 8 | Three main developments should be noted : ( 1 ) the opening up overseas of branch offices of English or Welsh partnerships ; ( 2 ) the creation of new partnerships overseas carrying on business in the English firm-name and involving some , or all , of the English partners together with foreign lawyers ( the counterpart of the multi-national practices which will shortly be set up in the UK ) ; ( 3 ) associations between English and foreign ( typically from the USA ) firms to carry on business together in a third country or as a regional or transnational grouping . |
| 9 | ‘ I ask myself , why is this secret sect which flourishes in the Middle Sea , carrying out murder in the cold and sombre chambers of the Tower of London ? ’ |