Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [adj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the projected examination schedules are retained in the computer , printouts can be obtained of the examinations scheduled for the next day or week , so rendering unnecessary the use of a manual diary for the control of test schedules . |
| 2 | The 1973 Act provided for community councils to operate at a similar ‘ grass-roots ’ level , and in so doing introduced a new concept into British local government — a statutory body without statutory functions . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm not leaving you forever , only making sure the servants have no reason to talk . ’ |
| 4 | Perhaps making sure the same number of people came out as went in ! |
| 5 | Time-keeping was out of the question , structure was notable largely by its absence , and at the end of the weekend someone stole the funds , thus breaking even the bond of collective trust which was assumed to exist . |
| 6 | This ‘ outward-sainted deputy ’ , as Isabella calls him ( in words that recall Christ 's ‘ whited sepulchres ’ ) , who imagines that he has enjoyed the sister and killed the brother — thus breaking even the corrupt contract he had himself proposed — listens with composure to Isabella 's accusation that he is ‘ a murderer , … an adulterous thief , /An hypocrite , a virgin-violator ’ ( V.i.39ff ) . |
| 7 | Most opinion polls had predicted a closely balanced parliament , generally giving Labour a lead . |
| 8 | Hitachi says it has already done a lot of work on the application of image recognition techniques , including the development of a method of automatic Table of Contents generation , which uses the detection of changes in colour distribution to distinguish different frames , thus making possible the automatic analysis of camera work . |
| 9 | Finally , it should be noted that s.14 of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971 , restating a rule first contained in the 1958 Act , provides that no provision in legislation prior to 1958 should be taken as ousting the supervisory jurisdiction of the High Court , thus making clear the Government 's intention that all statutory tribunals should be subject to this jurisdiction regardless of whether other remedies are provided . |
| 10 | If you want to be actively involved in the work of The Ramblers ' Association , there are 300 groups throughout England , Scotland and Wales , many of which organise practical work — clearing paths , raising signposts , opposing path closures , reporting obstructions and generally making sure the countryside can be walked . |
| 11 | No I was just making sure the tape was still going . |
| 12 | The Captain also knew that mining the shallows was an unlikely precaution and technically difficult , thus leaving open a side entrance to the port . |
| 13 | It will be apparent that much of this discussion has concerned emotional support given to women rather than men , because there is far more empirical evidence about women 's close relationships , largely leaving invisible the question of where men derive their emotional support . |
| 14 | In the meantime there 's more and more going bust every week ! |
| 15 | The brilliant spell of weather was still holding good the following morning . |
| 16 | This is as far as you can get from Cupitt 's picture of a reactionary , static super-tyrant [ in his Taking Leave of God ] always making sure the universe remains the same and conforms to the old unchanging laws . |
| 17 | Proofreading means reading each word of your work carefully and also making sure the layout is right . |
| 18 | In addition to increasing diocesan income , the very tight controls on expenditure are also showing positive a result too , and I can assure you of continued vigilance in this essential aspect of financial control . |
| 19 | The pages of the charge were folded back leaving open the page on which she was to sign . |
| 20 | The competition looks poised to produce a digital HDTV system years before anyone thought possible , immediately making obsolete the analogue systems promoted with lavish subsidies and much arm-twisting by government officials in Europe and Japan . |
| 21 | But even standing still the Flying Scotsman is impressive , especially to those who 've never known a steam train . |
| 22 | The solution lies in removing from the fourth head the bulk of cases which are charitable in spite of the fact that a particular group is primarily benefited , namely gifts in relief of distress , and thereby making possible a more limited definition of the general sections which can be regarded as benefiting the community and a more sweeping rejection of gifts which though benefiting the community do not do so directly . |
| 23 | By the application of good marine logic — tasting the water and finding it salty , then making sure the ebb — and flood-tides were of equal strength ( both tests which argued against this body of water being a river ) they realized that they had , indeed , discovered the way through . |