Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [pos pn] [noun sg] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The procession moved through the prison at a leisurely pace , Nicholson answering the visitors ' questions with the minimum of elaboration , constantly struggling to hide his contempt for some of the more idiotic queries they presented him with . |
| 2 | The main exchanges are already competing to establish their stake in pan-European futures and options contracts such as the ECU bond and the euro-index contracts . |
| 3 | His sister Elizabeth had preferred not to attend the ceremony for fear of appearing to condone his alliance with one of her housemaids , and the Bradfords ' staff had been equally disapproving of one of their number presuming to move up into such illustrious circles . |
| 4 | in the way she is afforded access to opportunities for promotion , transfer or training or by refusing or deliberately omitting to afford her access to any such opportunities ; or |
| 5 | It is inevitable then that repressed racial anxiety seeps out of the edges of these texts , returning to defy its containment in liberal discourse . |
| 6 | The opening of ‘ The Age of Angkor ’ comes at a time where Australia is endeavouring to raise its profile among Asian countries . |
| 7 | The two control sample carers ( Mrs Mitchell 's daughter and Mrs Wilkins ' nephew ) were both still quite definite about wanting to see their relative in institutional care ; Mrs Mitchell 's daughter said that she was becoming more and more anxious about her mother being at risk at home ; and Mrs Wilkins ' nephew saying that she was more than ever in need of care , and the strain upon him of having to cope with her difficult personality was making him wish even more acutely for institutional care . |
| 8 | With the ground sorted out , Breeze will now be looking to bolster his team for next season . |
| 9 | Thereafter , it may be looking to increase its stake to 29.99 per cent by purchases pursuant to the tender offer which , as mentioned above , are exempt from the SARs . |
| 10 | As heir to the Disraelian belief in elevating the condition of the people and as a party seeking to enhance its image among working class voters , the Conservative Party could claim both a principled as well as a practical motive for maintaining the innovations of its predecessor . |
| 11 | The incident suggested that the movement was seeking to extend its campaign for political dominance beyond the province of Natal . |
| 12 | The fund is aiming to raise $50m from investors initially and a further $200m from banks looking to reduce their exposure to Eastern Europe . |
| 13 | ‘ A comprehensive compilation of alternative products for gardeners , horticulturalists , farmers and foresters wanting to reduce their dependence on synthetic chemicals ’ . |
| 14 | Looking to expand its business into other growth areas , Pyramid is currently formulating a fault-tolerant strategy that will go beyond its current Reliant series , in which two Pyramid systems are siamese-twinned to deliver a claimed 99.975% availability . |
| 15 | You may be an experienced manager seeking to update your knowledge through formal training . |
| 16 | These topics fall into three main groups : ( a ) recognising the pattern of variation and seeking to correlate its occurrence with some environmental factor ; ( b ) seeking to find some differences in ability or behaviour between morphologically-different animals ; ( c ) searching for evidence of selection . |
| 17 | The news appears to scotch rumours that Sybase was looking to spend its money on fellow database vendor Unify Corp , which over recent years has also majored on database independent development tools , although more geared to character-based and transaction processing applications . |
| 18 | Further evidence that it is not all plain sailing for individuals seeking to make their mark in this recession is provided by the experience of Graham Chapman , latterly finance director of fashion retailer Kookai . |
| 19 | ‘ I am not going to lose my credibility on this train by being caught coming out of the help 's bedroom . ’ |
| 20 | It might be attempting to bluff its way through this chapter . |
| 21 | And we hopefully are going to manage our business in such a way that we can accept that a Mini is , is a quality result . |
| 22 | And if you 're going to use your stove in chilly conditions , you 'll need to pick a model which uses a fuel capable of coping with the cold . |
| 23 | The Moran training camp never materialized in quite the form Windley envisaged , the Masai , as usual with administrative projects , declining to extend their co-operation beyond token financial contributions . |
| 24 | She has the sort of smile that makes you think that any minute now she 's going to put her head on one side , but she never does . |
| 25 | The same consideration stopped me from butting the animal ; I was n't going to put my face near those teeth . |
| 26 | I 'm going to put your shoe on any second . |
| 27 | Obviously he 's never going to get his chair up serious hills on his own , but is it too much to ask for the planners of country parks and the like to consider less able users when planning level routes such as nature trails ? |
| 28 | And there will be opportunities to apply for support from the British Film Institute and elsewhere erm in order that we can expand er what we 're doing in that area and I , I just wanted to let the board know about that and to say that erm er this is the route that I 'm currently taking and erm I will be reporting to them when there are specific developments and that I hope that you approve of er me attempting to expand our provision in this area . |
| 29 | Juliet was getting a strong feeling that this party was going to change their relationship in some way , but she did n't know how . |
| 30 | Moreover , the dependence of their prosperity on the status quo discouraged merchants from attempting to end their exclusion from overt political power and social pre-eminence . |