Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore even in a fused profession , the barristers in chambers in the Inns of Court and elsewhere would undoubtedly enter into partnership as specialist trial advocates and do agency work for other solicitors , whose own staff were unable to act as advocates in every case or where the complexity of the case justified bringing in a specialist advocate . |
| 2 | True to his belief in the efficacy of competition , he avoided building up an extensive chain of outlets , and preferred to thrive by vigorous marketing . |
| 3 | Causality is Granger causality , which is based on the idea that , if past values of the variable × improve predictions of the current value of variable Y , relative to predictions made using just the past values of Y , while past values of Y can not improve on the predictions of the current value of X made using past values of X , X ‘ causes ’ Y , in the special sense that X leads Y . |
| 4 | In October 1990 a network of Baptist Church planters was officially formed gathering around a hundred ministers and aiming to hold a first residential conference in 1991 . |
| 5 | What 's Karen got hanging on the washing line erm are we up are we up for erm the Bare Naked Ladies there I think we are . |
| 6 | Perfectionist in all things , he declined to continue painting once a slight deterioration in eyesight precluded the extreme clarity he sought . |
| 7 | The Junkers , predictably , wanted none of this and their interests in the government , civil service and the military persuaded the government to continue shoring up the ailing Ost-Elbian estate system through continued tariff protection , artificially high grain prices and a policy of grants and loans . |
| 8 | As regards the current European Communities-European Free Trade Area negotiations [ see p. 37906 ] , the programme avoided ruling out the possibility of an eventual application for EC membership . |
| 9 | Knocker suddenly stopped mopping down the bar and looked at Yanto . |
| 10 | Fist fights at the team 's base camp at Dunblane Hydro , a bender in Perth where two players were caught pissing up a close next to the town 's ‘ Shanghai Takeaway ’ , a euphoric send-off at Hampden Park , followed by defeat against Peru , a disgraceful match with Iran , a drug scandal and a piece of eleventh-hour magic which nearly overwhelmed the beaten finalists Holland . |
| 11 | If you are a reasonably good rider and can get experienced help , you may enjoy bringing on a just broken four-year old — though youngsters with potential ( whether obvious or in the current owner 's imagination ) can carry big price tags . |
| 12 | These included speeding up the confinement of government troops and agreeing to an election timetable . |
| 13 | It was , of course , by far a situation too good to last and in time , gazing down the glen , a solitary figure was spied struggling up the brae — without a kit-bag — the WAAFs identified their squadron officer ( known as Belladonna ) apparently about to make her first call on her troops in the wild , I was never able at first hand to witness this airmen 's paradise but it is a story that passed the rounds at Kinloss . |
| 14 | Given that the group is expected to have made profits for the current year , the net assets will be higher than at the last account date and as the company is being purchased on a multiple of earnings we should consider stripping out the excess assets . |
| 15 | In the pauses , I tried totting up the words Vern had spoken since we 'd arrived . |
| 16 | The session was short , the smile fading from the face of the accused as Mrs Balanchine described in detail how the car had come storming around a blind corner and swung in close to the wall where they were waiting to cross . |
| 17 | To achieve this aim involved driving out the small importers . |
| 18 | Now as he comes out of the roundabout he starts overtaking down the offside of those vehicles . |
| 19 | DRIVER Ian Sharpe reported knocking over a girl and was told by police : ‘ That 's a ghoul . ’ |
| 20 | This involved costing up the advantages and disadvantages of each of the proposed courses of action and selecting the preferred option on the basis of the balance of each calculation . |
| 21 | POLICE have appealed for information in a bid to identify an elderly woman found wandering along a busy road . |
| 22 | This involved looking up the ailments common to exotic animals in order to be prepared for any searching questions by the proprietor . |
| 23 | After that , you can expect Leeds mail to come surging down the wires to your computer every day of the week , and aim to join in the talk whenever you can . |
| 24 | erm , I mean people who spend their entire Saturday doing something that they , I mean , I do n't enjoy going out every Saturday ! |
| 25 | The budget proposed selling off an estimated US$1,300 million worth of state-run enterprises ; expanding stock and bond markets ; and rationalizing the tax structure , with the reduction of the top tax rate from 62 to 52 per cent , and further projected cuts the following year . |
| 26 | Well if you rung you could always say oh I 'll have to go cos somebody at the door if she starts going on a bit long . |
| 27 | ‘ Anyway , ’ Yanto continued , ‘ Selwyn starts pulling out the bucket from under me . |
| 28 | As I recall , I had conveyed a plea to Miss Kenton for assistance — via a messenger , naturally — and had left M. Dupont sitting in the billiard room awaiting his nurse , when the first footman had come hurrying down the staircase in some distress to inform me that my father had been taken ill upstairs . |
| 29 | From the customer 's point of view , buying now on credit does save any increase in price that would take place between now and ( say ) whenever he finishes paying off the loan . |
| 30 | I stopped going there a season ago too difficult to get a drink . |