Example sentences of "moving a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was again as if she had been struck , her hands barely moving along the surface of the dresser she had been wiping clean of dust , her head going low , and when she finished she went to put the damp cloth carefully beside the sink , moving a simmering saucepan from the hotplate . |
| 2 | Because of the way that the Moon moves in its orbit around the Earth , its place of rising on the horizon varies a little , each night moving a tiny amount further north until its position of rising seems to come to a halt ( a standstill ) before moving back southwards again . |
| 3 | But the deal has stalled after Caldaire management claimed a Government clause would make moving a financial impossibility . |
| 4 | Bus company management claim that any offer below £3.7m makes moving a financial impossibility . |
| 5 | But the deal has stalled because Caldaire management claim a Government clause would make moving a financial disaster . |
| 6 | But the deal has stalled because Caldaire management claim a Government clause would make moving a financial disaster . |
| 7 | Th th that we er we , we are moving a long way away from this egalitarian position , we 've abandoned that and we 've said right we , we are |
| 8 | Boots ( retail division ) also gives a guarantee to employees moving a second time if property prices are rising . |
| 9 | Think in terms of putting a one in front of that and then moving a decimal point two places and it 's one point four five . |
| 10 | Under water , the world of sound signalling takes on an additional significance since sound in water travels much further than light , moving a great deal faster than it does in air . |
| 11 | And when the program is ready , the student enters it simply by moving a light pen across the bar codes . |
| 12 | Keep your ropes tight chaps , it 's moving a little bit now . |
| 13 | You can feel the brake and then you pick up the feel of the tyre and it starts moving a little bit . |
| 14 | The other thing that 's been done , erm , and has been ongoing now for some months without too much success , but things seem to be moving a little bit , at least we 're told they are , is that I I pressed for , not really a presentation but a technical meeting , I wanted to get there there product engineers |
| 15 | I think it is moving a little bit |
| 16 | Tony Allis , from Middleyard near Stroud in Gloucestershire , was moving a disputed fence in woodland behind his home when he was shot by a neighbour . |
| 17 | Tony Allis , from Middleyard near Stroud in Gloucestershire , was moving a disputed fence in woodland behind his home when he was shot by a neighbour . |
| 18 | The company is also said to be having difficulty moving a significant amount of lower-end Sparcstation series 10s out of the channel and into end-user sites . |
| 19 | The company is also reportedly having difficulty moving a significant amount of lower-end series 10s out of the channel and into end-user sites . |
| 20 | It was assumed , reasonably enough , that the murder had taken place in or near the gazebo by the pond , because of the difficulty of moving a heavy body . |
| 21 | Virginia Woolf defined it inimitably when she wrote that ‘ for pages at a time he writes that terse springy prose which is the natural speech of a school of writers trained to the business of moving a large company briskly from one incident to another over the solid earth ’ . |
| 22 | Shop around for a reasonable estimate , or hire a van and the services of some friends and do it yourself , it is much cheaper , and worth while if you are only moving a short distance . |
| 23 | Overwhelmed by the devastating revelation , she sank to the floor , crying jerkily while Lucenzo watched imperviously , not moving a single muscle . |