Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [prep] the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could n't go back now , not after all the planning and scheming of the last few months . |
| 2 | During January , six planets are visiting your sign , so to say that life 's likely to be busy , fun and demanding for the next few months is an understatement . |
| 3 | It was nice to be alone with him in Faye and Bill 's room , even though they were only doing the most mundane of jobs — stripping bed linen , dismantling head- and base-boards , and struggling with the big double mattress . |
| 4 | The third constraint is observed by controlling the design process at sub-assembly stage , echoing the relevant design data into component part technical sub-files and the geometric size and spacing into the relevant spatial files . |
| 5 | Cardiff saw its wildly thrashing and monstrous arms , beating and tearing at the dented grey metal of the cabinet . |
| 6 | The light , clearing and brightening to the pure pale gold of primroses where its slanting rays could reach , still left the gatehouse and the court within the gates in shadow , and Tutilo kept his eyes on the cobbles and trod carefully , as though he could not see his way clearly . |
| 7 | ( 4 ) In this paragraph ’ financial year ’ means the period beginning with the date on which the Funding Council is established and ending with the second 31st March following that date , and each successive period of twelve months . |
| 8 | The target 's circular to shareholders must disclose purchases and redemptions made over the period commencing 12 months prior to the offer period and ending with the latest practicable date prior to the posting of the document . |
| 9 | Liberal Democrats believe that expanding and utilising to the full scientific and technological talents offers the only chance of improving our performance and reversing the long tale of our relative economic decline . |
| 10 | Barth and Brunner moved on from that position and came to focus their attention on the re-working and re-stating of the main classical Christian doctrines , especially of christology , in which they believed the meaning and content of the revelation was explicated . |
| 11 | He passed Caballeros and Bugner as they were holing out at the 15th and driving at the short 16th . |
| 12 | While some such questions have featured in this examiner 's papers , many of the questions set attempt to test a breadth of knowledge and understanding across the whole financial accounting syllabus . |
| 13 | Increasingly , these forest resources have become the focus of competing uses and understanding among the various interested parties — local communities , West African governments , international conservation and development agencies , private timber companies , etc . |
| 14 | Developed through having had this magazine of my own since the age of six , and listening to the Top 30 every Tuesday only to run off instantly to the typewriter in order to compile my own personal Top 30 which totally conflicted with how the world really was . |
| 15 | I became an expert at putting my rollers on in the dark and listening to the Top Twenty under the sheets . |
| 16 | It is not difficult to see how role play and drama can be used to achieve many of the Attainment Targets for Speaking and Listening in the English National Curriculum documents . |
| 17 | I was looking down at my plate , licking my finger and picking off the last few crumbs , transferring them to my mouth . |
| 18 | Another possible official building , constructed of wood and dating to the late first or early second century , was discovered lying within its own ditched enclosure near Keays Lane . |
| 19 | So I was looking at the slide sitting on the strings , and looking at the major third on the fretboard , and then I said , ‘ If only I could get this note here . ’ |
| 20 | Stepping back and looking at the other two nuns , the Mother Superior said , ‘ Take her to her cell . ’ |
| 21 | And according to the American National Cancer Institute , one of the major causes of lung cancer is ‘ neighbourhood air pollution from industrial sources of inorganic arsenic ’ ( Reiman 1979 : 78 ) . |
| 22 | We call upon all Arabs each according to his potentials and capabilities within the teachings of Allah and according to the Moslem Holy War of Jihad to fight this , this U S presence of non-believers . |
| 23 | We camped on a terrace above the lake and had a splendid bathe , swimming and splashing in the fresh clear water . |
| 24 | Avoid rigorous vacuuming and shampooing during the first few weeks after your new carpet has been fitted . |
| 25 | Does the Secretary of State agree with Duncan McNeill , whom he appointed to promote his hospital trusts , that trust status provides an alternative to operating and remaining within the mainstream national health service ? |
| 26 | SHORT , SWEET AND RELAXING For the busy professional , weekend breaks may be more feasible than longer holidays . |
| 27 | The sample breaks down into three clear sub-groups , and adding in the other fourteen boys would not change this picture . |
| 28 | Yes , it was rather apt , and going into the cold little room where the piano stood , I played it over — stiffly , and with many mistakes — the words , nevertheless , bringing their own gloomy comfort . |
| 29 | Having been closed out of the Pentium/NT market until the chip appears , Corollary Inc is back dusting off its 80486/Unix technology and enhancing its Cbus 1 product , making it meaningful for 486DX2s , adding 1Mb of cache at each CPU and going with the latest symmetric APICs . |
| 30 | Now aged 38 , Harwood has been making things , perfecting techniques and designing for the last twenty years but is barely known outside a small group of cognoscenti . |