Example sentences of "[verb] and [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dust-wreathed propellers turn overhead , twisting and turning the grime of centuries into the crannies of the moulded ceiling . |
| 2 | Just keep on walking and ringing the bell . |
| 3 | Nerves were a problem he always found difficult to combat and the full glare of the spotlight made walking and singing a tall order that day . |
| 4 | Ideal centre for walking and visiting the coast . |
| 5 | Real maids are quite different , moaning and wailing and kissing the local bobby between the dustbin and the outhouse . |
| 6 | This was an especial worry in Ireland , where the peasantry left the mounds alone as the tombs of former kings and queens ; if enthusiastic archaeologists took control , in no time they would be sacrilegiously interfering and flourishing the thighbone of some ancient Irish king . |
| 7 | I tried to take over the kitchen , but in this I was thwarted by my father who had his own ideas about food , and who would keep interfering and making a mess , whereas I preferred to clear away and wash up as I went along . |
| 8 | I was booing and hissing the bad guys with the best of them , and I usually hate audience participation . |
| 9 | Your first efforts at hearing , transcribing and producing the sounds of a new language are bound to be subjective an biased according to the languages you have previously had experience with . |
| 10 | If the supplier goes beyond the mere supply of the equipment and carries out some work such as assembling and installing the equipment , the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 will apply , as discussed above . |
| 11 | Is the evidence so complex or specialized that the average lay person could reasonably wish for expert help in assembling and evaluating the evidence and in testing or interpreting it ? |
| 12 | Backstage staff assembling and building the set are looking for a 1930s-style upright wheelchair , and a male ventriloquist 's dummy . |
| 13 | Assembling and Carrying the Equipment |
| 14 | Some lectures were some way even from this loose definition of science : John Ruskin lectured on Verona and Italian art in 1870 , and Richard Westmacott , who was both a Royal Academician and FRS , on art five weeks later — but he talked particularly on the question of assembling and conserving the Greek sculpture in the British Museum . |
| 15 | DEC , which held the Dutch introduction to its new Alpha machines here , and Hewlett-Packard , had both spent a lot of money on assembling and staffing the stands , and were less than happy with the trickle of visitors descending from the various sessions down onto the show floor . |
| 16 | — ie transformative activity , above all design activity , allows and recognises actuality in its equation , understanding and transcending the usually antithetical worlds of the given ( the posited ) and the " would be " ( the act of positing ) . |
| 17 | With an estimated total cost of over £300 million , these could include purifying and decontaminating the soil and re-equipping the plant with modern , low-polluting technology . |
| 18 | It looked afresh at the elements in the established balance between the CNAA and its institutions , retaining standards at the centre of debate , defining a continuing role for the CNAA , justifying and describing the process towards greater institutional autonomy , conceding the need to take account of different stages of development , and looking towards possible implications for the whole of higher education . |
| 19 | This will help as the experienced school librarian will already have gone through the process of justifying and acquiring a microcomputer and can anticipate the types of questions which might be asked by senior staff in the school . |
| 20 | Now , it is by becoming and remaining the counterparty to contracts that LCH ensures performance by its own commercial strength and integrity , under the supervision of the Securities and Investments Board ( SIB ) , the regulatory agency under the 1986 Act . |
| 21 | All the key people that Reagan has appointed to protect the US environment have had close financial involvement with companies that are polluting and destroying the environment . |
| 22 | But it 's not a simple process , the ewes can reject the lambs , so she 's held in this restraint while the lamb is introduced , giving it a chance to suckle and allowing the mother to get used to it . |
| 23 | Our small friendly Hotel centrally located and overlooking the sea in Regency Square has recently been totally refurbished and offers superior accommodation with easy parking . |
| 24 | An experiment could be conducted by taking a largish group of electors , splitting them into two at random , telling half that the polls indicated one candidate would win and telling the other half that they showed a rival would win . |
| 25 | Instead they are destined to become ‘ enabling authorities ’ , purchasing and managing the services provided by other statutory , voluntary and private sector agencies and supporting informal carers in their role as the primary care-givers : |
| 26 | Finn senior was convicted of criminal damage , wounding and possessing an offensive weapon . |
| 27 | This was never articulated directly , a variety of subtler means were employed ; humour , to engage an audience and convey an important message without alienation ; sensuality , in a particular response to materials and experimentation , a need to manipulate materials and accepted methods of doing things in order to extend traditional boundaries , blurring and redefining the nature of art , craft and commercial design . |
| 28 | Unfortunately despite the wide range , the stock did not include paste so they were up until the early hours , matching and fastening the wallpaper on with drawing pins . |
| 29 | She ventured upon deck the first morning , and was approached by not one but three potential beaux , each with his hair curled and exuding a powerful odour of bergamot . |
| 30 | Suddenly his voice dropped and tapping the doctor 's arm , his face hardening , he said , ‘ D' you see what I see ? |