Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also in New Guinea are sympatric birds of paradise apparently dealing with fruit in a similar way , staying in the trees for only a few minutes , perhaps through fear of predators . |
| 2 | The Lele are subsistence cultivators , growing maize , ground-nuts , and raffia palms from whose fronds they weave mats which are used as a special currency — a rare case of money really growing on trees . |
| 3 | Did she imagine a faint degree of tension suddenly evaporating from Guy Sterne 's cool , enigmatic expression ? |
| 4 | Another consequence of reorganization apparently detracting from job satisfaction has been a depersonalization of relationships within the organization . |
| 5 | So while the expectation of altruism mathematically relating to kin relatedness is almost inevitably doomed to be disproved in human societies , there is now considerable evidence that sociobiology identifies some broad relationships and tendencies which are incontrovertible . |
| 6 | They were incapable of experiencing any emotions , their bloodstreams devoid of blood yet flowing with drugs to sustain their pitiful physical states until he received the call , the dreaded call to wheel them into the lift and press the green button . |
| 7 | For these countries , the impacts of what has been dubbed the ‘ forced adjustment phase ’ ( Mentre , 1984 ) were reflected internally , with the main burden of adjustment often falling on wage-earners . |
| 8 | More than usually generous credit terms may have to be offered , and although we did not allow for introductory discounts in our example , these may have to be offered to induce custom , with the degree of generosity perhaps varying by assessment of likelihood of payment and repeat orders . |
| 9 | I do n't think they 've had a lot of trouble really speaking with Walsall supporters over the years because they seem to be er go to support the club not to fight and er |
| 10 | ( I was well aware that the man in the bushes was not Mrs Browning 's only worry , and that she lived on interest from a small amount of capital fast diminishing in value . |
| 11 | He has earned the congratulations of many anti-tobacco campaigners : David Pollock remarked that ‘ after years of the Secretary of State either acting as referee between the industry and the anti-tobacco movement , or actively joining the industry side , it is good news to have a Secretary of State for Health joining the anti-tobacco side . |
| 12 | This is the detached voice of reason judiciously intervening without allegiances into a debate in which it has been for the most part silent.3 The intervention reinforces the distinction between what Proust 's text does to itself and what de Man does to it , positioning him with the reader at a critical distance from , and therefore in shared judgement of , his own argument . |