Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But patrons with deep pockets will not forever carry on subsidising an organisation seen by the local parties as so ramshackle . |
| 2 | Only when the means of production are communally owned will classes disappear , thereby bringing an end to the exploitation and oppression of some by others . |
| 3 | Aquino 's choice was criticized in some quarters for threatening the possibility of splitting her support — between those who would remain loyal to the LDP and those who would support Ramos — and thereby allowing an opposition candidate to win . |
| 4 | The drama student , on successfully completing an acting or stage management training course at an NCDT accredited school registers with Equity , thereby becoming eligible for membership of the union if offered an engagement in any of the areas of work listed above . |
| 5 | Recently , nine members of Windscale Judo Club achieved a higher level in the sport after successfully completing an upgrading contest . |
| 6 | Finally , after some ‘ agonizing ’ , he agreed ‘ on the grounds ’ , as he wrote in the introduction to the catalogue , ‘ that I have a passion for Italy , her people , her countryside and the way in which art quite naturally seems to invade every aspect of life , thereby producing an atmosphere that is totally irresistible ’ . |
| 7 | After a common two years , some students undertake industrial or professional placement in their third year , thereby gaining an awareness of current professional practices and emerging industrial and commercial developments . |
| 8 | After a common two years , some students undertake industrial or professional placement in their third year , thereby gaining an awareness of current professional practices and emerging industrial and commercial developments . |
| 9 | After a common two years , some students undertake industrial or professional placement in their third year , thereby gaining an awareness of the artist in a community and industrial context . |
| 10 | After a common two years , some students undertake industrial or professional placement in their third year , thereby gaining an awareness of current professional practice and emerging industrial and commercial developments . |
| 11 | After a common two years , some students undertake industrial or professional placement in their third year , thereby gaining an awareness of current professional practices and emerging industrial and commercial developments . |
| 12 | Oblige , like force , evokes more than merely producing an effect and it too is followed by the to infinitive : ( 164 ) … servants , whom he had obliged to accompany him . |
| 13 | Sometimes , of course , the backgrounds are more important , even the main point of the ride , perhaps suggesting an atmosphere of exotic glamour . |
| 14 | Ranulf and Dame Agatha were waiting for him near the Galilee Gate , the young nun apparently enjoying an account of one of his manservant 's many escapades in London . |
| 15 | There was an interesting comment in the Guardian this morning , suggesting that Leslie Silver is only professing an interest in Gazza as a kind of public relations exercise , to try to convince us that he is still ambitious for the club after the Batty business . |
| 16 | Or is Bailey merely articulating an ideology of Bohemianism for the arts and of undirected radicalism for social and political thought in general ? |
| 17 | The analysis gives a maximum condition so generating an envelope of certainty ( see Figure 5.12 ) . |
| 18 | For a town of this rank it seems almost incredible until we recall that Walsingham enjoyed a lucrative tourist trade as far and away the most popular resort of pilgrimage , the shrine alone deriving an income of £250 a year from the pious offerings of the faithful , compared with the meagre £36 to which that of St Thomas at Canterbury had by then shrunk . |
| 19 | The most pointed criticism is that the angle of the bevel is not rounded off or taken back far enough , so producing an elbow that hinders the smooth entry and flow of cut . |
| 20 | The dilemma can be expressed as follows : the more accessible teachers seek to make themselves to all their pupils as individuals , the less time they have for direct , extended and challenging interaction with any of them ; but the more time they devote to such extended interaction with some children , the less demanding on them as teachers must be the activities they give to the rest ; and the less demanding an activity is of their time and attention as teachers , the more the likelihood that the activity in question will demand little of the child . |
| 21 | If I had to describe her , I would say that she was a sensible , down-to-earth woman , dressed plainly and cleanly , understanding what I was experiencing , yet sighing at my folly and patiently keeping an eye on me till I was in a stronger state again . |
| 22 | The main dissent came from conservative Republicans who saw the compromise as merely disguising an administration capitulation on affirmative action and quotas . |
| 23 | and er I suspect most people would be only keeping an eye on the foreign exchange page , you know , when they were thinking about buying |
| 24 | Because it 's been that long keeping an eye on them that they could be supplying half the business on our time with and then a hundred per cent the rest of the time . |
| 25 | ‘ We are constantly keeping an eye out , and are aware of the public 's concern . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ We are constantly keeping an eye out , and are aware of the public 's concern . |
| 27 | At Colchester , however , this format has been developed , ( by enlarging the central panel and reducing the eight-lozenge stars , so forming an octagon ) . |
| 28 | These rays are refracted by the material of the lens in such a way that they are brought to a focus on the retina , so forming an image of the viewed object . |
| 29 | She 's apparently writing an article about ‘ Successful Women in the City ’ . ’ |
| 30 | So obvious are these vertical shafts and so compelling an attraction that it is usual on a fine day to find a line of cars parked along the roadside and people of all ages timidly visiting each one to peer into the depths . |