Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time he arrived at school-leaving age , he had realized the value of education for his career and so enrolled on a day-release college course , eventually completing a Full Technological Certificate , whilst training to be a painter and decorator . |
| 2 | This reflected the view that the uncertainties then facing financial markets were such that it would be better for the chips to be cashed in — thereby realising a useful profit — rather than to bank on better times in the ensuing two to three months . |
| 3 | As between the two heavyweights , Reed and Pearson , Reed has been added to at the start of the period ( financed from the sale of Pearson shares ) ; the additional Reed shares were sold off in the autumn of 1991 , thereby realising a tidy profit for the Portfolio . |
| 4 | The whole emphasis is placed on the terms being negated , thereby reflecting a profound bias towards aggression as the norm . |
| 5 | Article 1 sets out its purpose , viz. ‘ to ensure the continuation of farming thereby maintaining a minimum population level or conserving the countryside in certain less-favoured areas … ’ |
| 6 | ‘ In order to ensure the continuation of farming , thereby maintaining a minimum population level or conserving the countryside in certain less-favoured areas the list of which is … ’ |
| 7 | It has two functions : ( a ) it acts as a point of orientation by connecting back to previous stretches of discourse and thereby maintaining a coherent point of view and , ( b ) it acts as a point of departure by connecting forward and contributing to the development of later stretches . |
| 8 | However , feeding weekly mashes with different ingredients from the daily feeding routine is effectively producing a sudden change in diet , something we are continually told not to do because of the potentially harmful results . |
| 9 | Update Baseline allows a user to incorporate a specified list of approved modules into a hierarchical package structure , thereby allowing a new approved baseline to be automatically defined . |
| 10 | On 1 March , 1986 , the 29.9% ceiling on the outside ownership of Stock Exchange firms was abolished altogether , thereby allowing a single non-member to own 100% of a member firm . |
| 11 | Besides handling a substantial slice of Syria 's drug revenues , Haser and the Magharians also laundered drug profits for the Colombian cocaine cartels through a number of Swiss banks controlled by Arab interests . |
| 12 | These will be issued to students successfully completing a single area of study or a short course involving two or three areas of study , but not to those following a full certificate or diploma programme . |
| 13 | Trout are being helped to breed more successfully using a high powered water jet . |
| 14 | Instead it qualifies the property inherent in the noun used ( see Chapter 1 ) , thereby producing a complex property which is different both from the simplex properties and from their simple sum or union ; and it is this property-complex which is relevant to the relation of identification . |
| 15 | Yes sir , the , you 'll recall that carrying out this re this particular review to finalise the er fire safety review and members have accepted the recommendations from that in which sought to ignore that although we have an limited number of specialists inspecting officers that we widened the remit of all employees in the Fire and Rescue Service so that all er operational fire fighters carried out some form of inspection , thereby producing a higher work output than before . |
| 16 | The Director of Public Prosecutions had conceded in June 1990 that the convictions were unsafe , thereby halting a judicial inquiry begun that March by Sir John May [ see pp. 37536-7 ] . |
| 17 | In many places this molten material was then injected into the fractured rock formed by the thrusting movements , and later , when it solidified , a veinwork of pseudotachylite occurred throughout the gneiss , ‘ welding ’ it together and eventually producing a resistant rock which , in some areas , gives rise to higher hills as at Eaval in South Uist . |
| 18 | However heartless and unfair this may seem to human eyes , the end result is more likely to achieve the parent owl 's purpose of successfully launching a new generation . |
| 19 | This project examines the decision making process involved in successfully launching a new electronic product within the health care market . |
| 20 | The Dohnányi comes off particularly with the Toronto Orchestra revelling in their tongue-in-cheek opening tutti , and Ozolins successfully keeping a straight face in the solo part : an enjoyable alternative to the classic recording by the composer and Sir Adrian Boult ( on EMI and mid-price ) . |
| 21 | Though he was n't to know this , it was a gesture of defiance that was slowly becoming a sexual need . |
| 22 | Ivars has built over the years a series of light aircraft , most employing a faithful Cirrus Minor I engine . |
| 23 | She hopes to put this year 's experience to good use by eventually becoming a primary school teacher . |
| 24 | I think a number of us were becoming very concerned indeed that this was eventually becoming a political area and this this is dealt with in this way |
| 25 | Although its Foreign Affairs Minister , Anatoly Zlenko , reiterated his government 's commitment to the Ukraine eventually becoming a nuclear-free state , he said that all four nuclear republics " should have the option of participating in the ratification and implementation of the treaty " . |
| 26 | From her first class in Morden nine members went on to train as teachers , with Jean Parmiter eventually becoming a Senior Trainer . |
| 27 | Financial support was also given to the Royal Academy of Music 's ‘ Communication through Music ’ course on which students at the Academy perform in hospitals , hospices and homes for the elderly , thereby gaining a deeper awareness of the therapeutic and rehabilitative powers of music . |
| 28 | European Community ( EC ) Foreign Ministers agreed at a meeting in Brussels held on Feb. 4 to unblock an ECU146 million ( nearly US$205 million ) loan package to Syria , thereby ending a four-year freeze on financial co-operation following accusations of Syrian support for terrorism . |
| 29 | I hope that this book provides others with insights , thereby enabling a scientific consensus to emerge . |
| 30 | To undertake more redistribution the government will have to increase tax rates , thereby driving a larger wedge between the price paid by the purchaser and the price received by the seller of the good or service . |