Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] [v-ing] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Her shoulders are not dipped suggesting a refusal to adopt a submissive role , ’ says psychologist Dr Peter Trower . |
| 2 | Cos we 're still continuing designing a Caernarvon link . |
| 3 | The disk is round , up to 8 mm in diameter , covered with glassy spinelets , which are basically elongated trifids often elaborated with secondary points , sometimes one of the points may be greatly enlarged resembling a rod . |
| 4 | The old cladding can be easily removed using a claw hammer |
| 5 | it into a substance that can be easily removed using a detergent . |
| 6 | This allowed the oligonucleotide and the proteins binding to the DNA to be rapidly enriched using a magnet to separate the beads and the DNA/protein complex from the rest of the nuclear extract . |
| 7 | The overall effect on the payroll of salary/wage increases , changes in holiday arrangements or hourly rates , pension contributions and so forth can be precisely predicted using a computer model . |
| 8 | A tangle of twisted metal is all that remains of the giant oil tank that fuelled the power station at the edge of the Bulmers factory site.It 's believed the man who died was welding a measuring gauge on top of the tank when it exploded , scattering debris over a wide area.The man died before he reached hospital.After the first explosion , there were further blasts creating a pall of smoke over Hereford.Bulmers Director Terry Watts was in an office nearby : |
| 9 | Finally , ls6 responses were readily detected using a peptide restimulation method that appears less efficient at growing CTL than conventional viral restimulation methods ( ref. 39 and our unpublished data ) . |
| 10 | The most popular ‘ class readers ’ are briefly analysed using a list developed by the International Reading Association Committee on Sexism and Reading ( 1977 ) and adopted for use by the Equal Opportunities Commission . |
| 11 | message to be communicated is best conveyed using a variety of visual and aural techniques |
| 12 | ‘ What , that bloke down the pub who 's always fancied writing a novel ? ’ |
| 13 | Finally , an aluminium coating is applied which is partly evaporated using a mask , leaving behind the interconnections between components formed in the semiconductor layer . |
| 14 | A further generalization of the solution is also obtained using a Neugebauer-Kramer involution . |
| 15 | BELOW Clearing the modern deposits from an archaeological site is often done using a machine , with an archaeologist keeping watch in case anything is uncovered by the machine . |
| 16 | Hercules is often depicted holding a club and draped with a lion 's hide . |
| 17 | This information base is then manipulated using a font descriptor file to generate a particular font . |
| 18 | A nylon webbing strap is wrapped around the frame and is then tightened using a ratchet action of the clamp head . |
| 19 | Sir Ranulph is currently occupied writing a book about the Antarctic expedition . |
| 20 | Only one is commonly noticed , the silverfish that glides smoothly across cellar floors or is occasionally discovered making a meal of the dried glue in the bindings of books . |
| 21 | Despite this , Nozick 's account can be used to show that you do know that you are currently sitting reading a philosophy book ( please sit down first ) . |
| 22 | Bedrooms are beautifully furnished featuring a bath , shower and loo , minibar , fridge , telephone , TV and radio . |
| 23 | The recent Lipid Research Clinics primary prevention programme ( Lipid Research Clinics Program , 1984 ) , in support of other studies ( Dayton et al , 1969 ; Committee of Principal Investigators , 1978 ) has demonstrated a significant reduction in the incidence of all coronary artery disease events among patients in whom serum cholesterol was effectively reduced using a combination of diet and cholestyramine . |
| 24 | After the first eight days of action — during which 19 of his 31 officers were killed and seven wounded , and the battalion was reduced to 40 per cent of its original strength — he himself was badly wounded leading a counter-attack . |
| 25 | He dozed but woke with a start , dreaming that the Hell-hounds he had just visited were snuffling at the door , but it was only Ranulf dragging a stool across the dusty rushes . |
| 26 | The subsequent ‘ sale ’ was apparently transacted using a transparency , which was not provided by Feigen 's gallery , and Hildenbrand 's ability actually to get hold of the painting later was , according to Feigen , ‘ something of a fluke . ’ |
| 27 | Minerva , like Athene , was usually depicted wearing a helmet and armour and carrying a lance and shield . |
| 28 | A deal was even signed allowing a telephone company to carry a hologram picture of Kylie on credit cards used in Japan 's public phone boxes . |
| 29 | She was about to start painting a waterfall scene which would adorn the poolside of a new apartment complex in Praia do Carvoeiro and the special wave-embossed tiles which were to form the base of the picture had arrived . |
| 30 | A public telephone was then installed providing a Freephone link to Lowestoft CAB . |