Example sentences of "and [v-ing] a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he allows for the effects of a ‘ propagation mechanism ’ ( see section 5.1(a) ) by adding the lagged value of to equation ( 6.2 ) and attaching a positive coefficient to it , giving : |
| 2 | Nevertheless , visiting the Company was an important occasion in Mary O'Dell 's calendar ; when her husband was the landlord , she always fussed over him beforehand , ironing his best shirt , starching the collar , sponging his blue serge suit and tucking a clean handkerchief into his top pocket . |
| 3 | They are also extremely vocal , calling and bellowing a good deal of the time . |
| 4 | During the 1930s the world had seen considerable political and military changes , already the dictators of Europe were making territorial gains , and the Japanese also had designs on mainland Asia , invading Manchuria and waging a savage war on China . |
| 5 | If you seriously wish to lose your weight then it is most sensible to do it by looking carefully at your diet and eating a good balance of carbohydrates and protein with a reduced fat content . |
| 6 | Ella Burrows , ever the angel of mercy , organised the girls Into baking tins of biscuits and cakes , and knitting a constant supply of jumpers and balaclavas for the menfolk . |
| 7 | He saw him in his mind 's eye , running through the wood wearing Uncle Walter 's helmet and firing a make-believe gun at the spy planes . |
| 8 | The first of these approaches has resulted in a programme called the ‘ Management Charter Initiative ’ , which is currently planning a nationwide training initiative with a highly flexible approach — bringing together in-house provision with higher education provision and suggesting a laddered approach to management development throughout the whole careers of those involved . |
| 9 | The House will be grateful to the right hon. Gentleman , because he has been making a clear statement and drawing a clear distinction between the two sides of the House . |
| 10 | If you are over 60 and drawing a full pension in your own right , this will not be affected by divorce . |
| 11 | Whilst this representation provides a very compact method of holding and handling a wide range of the common geometric forms found in engineering , it can result in a long processing time when real model edges have to be determined in complex models . |
| 12 | Mr Holmes took the Best Kept Tractor award with a unit that 's no wallflower , ploughing 2,500 acres per year with a 16in 5-furrow plough/press combination , foraging 200 acres with a JF machine , baling 5–6,000 Hesston big square bales and handling a fair measure of subsoiling and cultivation besides . |
| 13 | I also recognised that I was expected to take responsibility for the interpretation of the utterance , exploring a wide range of contextual assumptions ( about hospitals , illness , operations , and convalescence ) and deriving a wide range of contextual implications — not only a wider range than I would have derived had the newsreader just produced [ 14b ] , but a wider range than I would have derived if I had realised that the speaker was talking about the pound . |
| 14 | Looking after the customer is , therefore , very important ; a lot depends on building and maintaining a good relationship with your customers . |
| 15 | Checking a positive climb and flicking up the quick-retracting gear I concentrated on the slow process of building speed , getting the flaps in at 130 and maintaining a gentle increase in height with steady acceleration to 170 knots , when the nose can be raised for 3,000 fpm to show on the VSI as she really starts to go . |
| 16 | Reciprocating coalitions are an important feature of these multi-male groups and particular friends at the top of the hierarchy can effectively ‘ police ’ the unit , reducing the frequency of quarrels and maintaining a low level of disturbance of pregnant and lactating females . |
| 17 | John Bowlby , the man who pioneered what has become known as ‘ attachment theory ’ , drew a military analogy to underline the importance of establishing and maintaining a secure base in handling unfamiliar and threatening situations : |
| 18 | and perhaps rationalising a certain tier , keeping the teachers and assistants who are actually in the schools as our top priority and maintaining a careful balance between schools with very high needs and schools with isolated children who are actually even more in need of support and know how . |
| 19 | The Turbary Road continues the fell road as a cart track free of constricting walls and maintaining a level contour with an uninterrupted view ahead . |
| 20 | And to what extent will top management have to accept as its top priority making and maintaining a common vision across professional specialties ? |
| 21 | The brilliant pebbles concept was intended to replace the original SDI proposal of 300 larger orbiting stations , housing about 10 interceptors each and using a complex system of lasers and mirrors . |
| 22 | In my first few months I made some real gaffes — sitting in the wrong part of the dining room , for instance , and using a commanding manner with staff who were n't used to it . |
| 23 | It recommended doing away with juries in complicated fraud cases and using a special tribunal of a judge and a couple of chaps who understand what 's going on in court . |
| 24 | Choosing and using a cold frame through the year |
| 25 | This role , of locally providing and administering a wide range of public services , from planning and transport to housing and education , was deeply embedded in the postwar political consensus , and local government seemed to have found a safe and secure niche with the coming of a fully fledged welfare state . |
| 26 | After experience of observing and administering a practical circus in their own schools , teachers in one liaison group travelled to schools in second-phase LEAs * and instructed other teachers in the administration of the test . |
| 27 | This lovely Victorian house is quite blissfully situated amongst a cluster of houses , in the village of Alnmouth , right on the banks of the river estuary , with only a small garden and a ‘ no through ’ road between it and the beach — it is brilliant for tumbling out of bed and enjoying a long walk on almost deserted sands . |
| 28 | THE TITLE says it all : the ‘ stolen continents ’ were the lands in North , Central and South America where gentle loving souls lived in some sort of earthly paradise , happily harvesting luxuriant crops and enjoying a stable regime with only ‘ low-key ’ wars . |
| 29 | Jackson had been in Singapore since Saturday , giving two concerts and enjoying a final day of relaxation that included a visit to the zoo and a meeting in his hotel with six orang-utans . |
| 30 | In effect she was working harder than ever and enjoying a supreme burst of creative energy since she could now release her talents into producing fabrics and accessories for every aspect of the home , while leaving Deborah in charge of garments . |