Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The role of the museum is to present the collection in a fresh way , both showing unfamiliar paintings and hanging them in natural light ’ . |
| 2 | He said that he will be continuing with Mary 's work of dealing with residents ' worries and complaints — ‘ pointing them in the direction of the right person to help them ’ — and assisting them with official forms , etc . |
| 3 | This is for the future but we propose to move quickly to integrate income tax and National Insurance into Broad Income Tax : treat all savings equally with regard to tax liability ; pay all pensioners a decent level of pension adequate for subsistence , restoring the link between pensions and earnings ; increasing child benefit and indexing it in future years . |
| 4 | It is not necessarily a soft option to tame wild animals , for to do so involves understanding their nature , being at one with it and drawing it into new forms of behaviour . |
| 5 | It seems right to see Hubble 's greatness in recognising splendid opportunities and pursuing them with utmost devotion and superb vision . |
| 6 | The leaflet accused the Moslem of kidnapping children and using them for ritual purposes . |
| 7 | Guy Hunt , the Governor of Alabama , was indicted on Dec. 28 by a grand jury in Montgomery on charges of appropriating US$200,000 from his inaugural fund and using it for personal purposes . |
| 8 | She furnished Eliot with the title and central concept of his poem , but was otherwise more important for summarizing and reminding him of other people 's ideas , such as those of E. K. Chambers speaking of literary forms encompassing ‘ fragments of forgotten cults ’ . |
| 9 | The present research involves making extensive video recordings in the homes of eight carefully selected families and submitting them to various forms of analysis . |
| 10 | Then steam or boil the vegetables in a small amount of salted water , before draining and tossing them in melted butter . |
| 11 | Considering each of the quadrants in turn and relating them to various types of work , we arrive at the following conclusions . |
| 12 | The appraisal of staff in the context of development and motivation is concerned with managing individual perceptions and relating them to organisational needs . |
| 13 | The process of learning words , learning their grammatical categories and acquiring them in correct combinations is very much a two-way affair . |
| 14 | By adopting such beliefs and applying them to contemporary society both found sustenance in elitist moral and ethical beliefs which were far removed from contemporary reality . |
| 15 | The emphasis within this degree is on acquiring analytic techniques , and applying them to real-world problems . |
| 16 | It involved thrusting a lighted taper into little glass jars and applying them in great haste to Jean-Claude 's back , which would bubble up under them in balloons of skin . |
| 17 | There is indeed a skill of craftsmanship in applying technology ; knowing just how far to go in programming the machine and what to do by hand ; selecting from the materials and technologies and applying them in different ways ; deciding exactly what one should attempt to achieve through technology . |
| 18 | Data General Corp is moving into document imaging and forms management in an effort to move hardware , taking what it learned in the minicomputer business and applying it to current events . |
| 19 | Data General Corp is going into document imaging/forms management to move hardware , taking what it learned in the minicomputer business and applying it to current events . |
| 20 | This involved designing a questionnaire and applying it to quantitative observations of a sample of companies in the same type of industry in each country . |
| 21 | The judiciary has the function of interpreting the law and applying it to specific cases . |
| 22 | Manucci was wary of him , fearing and disliking him in equal proportions : |
| 23 | They were especially critical of the assumption that one can explain a form of behaviour simply by observing its incidence and correlating it with other variables . |
| 24 | She had always tried to emulate Isabelle , too , in buying the best clothes she could afford , and keeping them in pristine condition , making sure she was well-groomed at all times . |
| 25 | Thereafter , re-modularisation can take place systematically , by booking out the necessary modules and reconstituting them into new modules as required . |
| 26 | It may be noticed that insensibility both to moral appeals and to appeals to one 's future interests , imprisonment within both ‘ I ’ and ‘ Now ’ , are often combined in the same person , and that the combination is widely accepted as the strongest criterion for classing him as ‘ psychopathic ’ and exempting him from moral judgment . |
| 27 | By the reign of Richard I the industry was so important to the nation that the ‘ Stannary ’ towns ( from the Latin stannum for tin ) received their own charter , awarding them their own courts and parliament and exempting them from ordinary taxes . |
| 28 | Now , as she prepared to close the window , the robin returned , standing only inches from her hand and eyeing her with great deliberation , his tiny head cocked to one side and his bright eyes glinting in the sunshine . |
| 29 | His head went back and he laughed at her mutinous expression , the glint in his eyes deepening , before leaning forward again and addressing her with quiet insistence . |
| 30 | As a change and to provide more nourishment , try pouring yogurt over them and topping them with fresh fruit . |