Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since rhetoric involves argumentation , then a basic question should be asked of any political discourse which appears to be using a rhetoric traditionally associated with the critics , rather than supporters , of the discourse : is the speaker or writer actually arguing against their own ideological tradition , or are they using a complex rhetoric to conduct an argument within their own tradition ? |
| 2 | In the meantime , I made inquiries with the old-folk of the village to see if they remembered any house or cottage ever standing on that particular field . |
| 3 | A new concept or product just entering the life-cycle may require intensive distribution to start with to launch it onto the market . |
| 4 | If you 're anything like me ( and with due apologies to the ladies ) you will have arrived home and found either your wife or husband desperately trying to shove a six foot sofa into a five foot ten inch space between a door and a wall . |
| 5 | The grounds for relief were , inter alia , that Lautro failed to comply with the rules of natural justice and to act fairly in that it failed before the service of the notice to inform the applicant or Winchester of the allegations being made therein , failed to allow Winchester or its controllers , directors , senior management or authorised company representatives the opportunity of answering or responding to the allegations made against them , failed to take into account the interest of Winchester , its controllers , directors , senior management or authorised representatives when deciding to exercise the notice ; that Lautro acted unreasonably and came to a decision such that no person or body properly directing itself on the relevant law and acting reasonably could have reached in that it acted with bias against Winchester and its officials , issued the notice at a time its investigations were incomplete and on the basis of findings which were erroneous and provisional , and failed to conclude its investigations before serving the notice ; and that Lautro acted ultra vires and in error of law in that the rights of appeal applied to any person subject to the rules of Lautro whether or not members . |
| 6 | Start your holiday or day out planning with this quick guide . |
| 7 | I have no doubt myself that a man or woman earnestly seeking in grown-up life to be guided to wide and suggestive knowledge in its largest and most uplifted sphere will make the best of all the pupils in this age of clatter and buzz , of gape and gloat . |
| 8 | A firmer Hong Kong stock market pushed HSBC Holdings 2p ahead to 608p , with Mercury parent Cable & Wireless also benefiting by 5p to 733p . |
| 9 | An example of the first type is found in Morris ( Herbert ) Ltd v Saxelby [ 1916 ] 1 AC 688 where the defendant was bound for seven years after employment not to work in the UK or Ireland in the sale or manufacture of pulley blocks , hand overhead runways , electric overhead runways or hand overhead travelling cranes . |
| 10 | I did not go to playschool or kindergarten so going to primary school was a big event in my life . |
| 11 | For example , if we have raised our body temperature by exercise or effort then cooling ourselves by taking a cold shower , a swim , or a cold drink makes us more comfortable . |
| 12 | The authority was opposed to the use of the equipment by its force and was ‘ very concerned that such weapons should not be used to quell public demonstrations or riots because of the likelihood of serious personal injury or death thereby resulting to individuals ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ The purpose of the administration order is to allow the company an opportunity of finding an investor or partner thereby allowing it to survive , ’ said Jason Elles . |
| 14 | However , having read the notes accompanying the application form , it seemed that the work we wish to carry out does not require the formal Consent , since the work falls under Section ( a ) of Class III of the exceptions listed in paragraph 2 , ie. works of repair or maintainance not involving a material alteration to a monument , and this opinion has been confirmed verbally by British Waterways themselves . |
| 15 | And then to lie there , the flesh warm and satisfied , but the mind calculating that soon one would have to get up , dress again , and drive Doreen home ; worry and responsibility rapidly replacing the excitement of pursuit and conquest . |
| 16 | There was a small wood behind it , climbing up the slope of the hill , with oak and beech just beginning to turn orange and yellow with autumn colours . |
| 17 | Her contemporary works are energetic , vibrant in colour and convey to the viewer the simultaneous simplicity and complexity so compelling in her early horse paintings . |
| 18 | I thought the two rivers both rising on Plynlimmon and then flowing their separate ways like brother and sister then meeting down under the Severn Bridge — I thought that provided a very nice theme for this beautiful border country |
| 19 | The effectiveness of these centralized procedures is demonstrated in the management of the major programme of changes in curriculum and assessment currently taking place in Scotland . |
| 20 | Norbert Wu is a marine naturalist , author and photographer currently working out of San Diego . |
| 21 | Fearless and aggressive , Jack become one of Palace 's youngest captains when he took over as skipper in 1956 , his determination and enthusiasm admirably suiting him for the role . |
| 22 | If this reserve army is always with us , so is social reaction to it : an ‘ immovable preoccupation ’ with ‘ the awesome spectre of crime and violence perpetually spiralling upwards ’ . |
| 23 | A mother of twelve , just had another still-born , stifled by the caul , he came out feet first and upside down facing up , the cord was around his neck , marks of sinfulness , twelve children with how many men ? |
| 24 | There was some confusion as to who was to be left behind , as ever all wanting to be in at the action , the Steward and Moray flatly refusing to stay . |
| 25 | They would be trapped in sun and light enough crossing the great unwinking glare and oven breath on their journey home . |
| 26 | She imagined Merlyn watching with her cruel eyes and Oliver being silently attentive and Cobalt quietly playing whatever game he was playing . |
| 27 | All three write that he went on the pilgrimage in 822 , al-Makrizi saying that he had gone by way of Damascus , Ibn Hajar and al-Sayrafi possibly implying that he went from Jerusalem since they write that he " returned " there after the pilgrimage : the two versions are not , of course , mutually exclusive in any case , and the latter two authors may well mean no more than that he returned [ from the pilgrimage ] to Jerusalem . |
| 28 | Hall ( 1981 ) has described the deprivation and disadvantage now characterizing the inner city , confirmed by a series of reports commissioned by the Economic and Social Research Council ( Cherry , 1987 ) . |
| 29 | Family historians need to be aware that long after the Reformation people continued to observe the prohibited periods of Lent and Advent when arranging their wedding day . |
| 30 | The playing has a freedom and spontaneity sometimes lacking in his recent work . |