Example sentences of "[noun pl] [v-ing] into [det] " in BNC.

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1 In fact , unknown to the traveller , who was no more a geologist than a naturalist , he was about to step over the geological phenomenon of two prehistoric ages crunching into each other as noticeably as jagged waves hitting a large smooth stone .
2 If two vowels combine , they form a diphthong , the two shapes blending into each other in quick succession .
3 So we have research branches looking into that .
4 Is it , can we attribute this sort of thing to the erm areas of drought , the areas of flooding that are occurring in various parts of the world at the moment , and all these sorts of things , and we have branches looking into this .
5 It 'd be a real pleasure to feel my fingers sinking into that plump throat .
6 On each occasion they claimed to have inflicted casualties running into several hundreds killed , and also that the supposed Libyan-backed Islamic Legion was involved .
7 number of visitors falling into these categories , and this was taken into account when the response rate was calculated .
8 From there , after a change of buses and yet another lunch-time fast , the road climbed up into a bare landscape of mountains sweeping into each other , before it settled into the endless vistas of the high altiplano , a treeless puna 3,962 metres above sea level ; home for llamas , alpacas and the Aymara Indians .
9 Eubank resisted attempts to be draw on whether he resented the prospect of some of his taxes going into another property , the repair of Windsor Castle .
10 The complex bureaucracy of capitalism could be replaced with a simple-to-operate ‘ workers ’ administration' run by elected soviets , and with ordinary workers rotating into any remaining functionary positions .
11 Councillors are hoping for a settlement without the need for court action but are prepared for a legal battle which could take several years during which time both sides could run up massive costs running into many tens of thousands .
12 Since this study was published , the number of families coming into these categories has greatly increased as a result of deteriorating economic conditions and changing social circumstances .
13 While there have been a few , if any , import restrictions on EC goods coming into this country , our community partners have astutely managed to find ways to restrict the flow of British goods into theirs .
14 Several UK banks have already put this philosophy into action and written off bad debts running into several thousand million pounds .
15 Vaughn and Leff ( 1976 ) found the relapse rate to be 92 per cent compared to 12 per cent for patients falling into these two extreme groups over the same nine month period .
16 As Table 17 shows , although the number of items falling into each group varied considerably — with items in their publishers ' hardback ( cloth ) bindings making up the largest single group — most of the groups contained a percentage of defective items which was broad comparable to the figure of 6% already recorded ( above , 3.3.2 ) as the overall percentage for all monographs .
17 Then , at the edges of her consciousness , outside the explosive heat of the passage of his lips about her neck , of his fingers reaching into some recess of her costume to make her bare flesh tingle , she heard the faint echo of Hector 's bark .
18 What is unclear is the effect of the Federated States entering into such a treaty in defiance of their contractual commitment , and against the wishes of the United States .
19 For the most part , therefore , they have conceived major political changes as being produced in a more autonomous way , and less abruptly , with the various stages merging into each other ; for example , in their accounts of the growth and consolidation of individual liberty , or of the development of modern democracy .
20 Second , there is the overlay on to this map of the 1981 Census ward boundaries and summation of pixels falling into each of the recognized land-cover types .
21 However , because it is the weight distribution rather than the frequency distribution which determines sediment behaviour during transport and deposition the weight of the pebbles falling into each size class should be used for the purposes of comparison .
22 I heard it — a terrible sound of vehicles crashing into each other .
23 It is difficult to see the National Curriculum requirements fitting into this sort of timetabling pattern .
24 These form a group of double silicates made up of varying pairs of minerals grading into each other without necessarily showing sharp boundaries .
25 Orthopaedic surgeon Lawrence Freedman warned : ‘ These are not just the innocuous bruises caused by children bumping into each other .
26 THERE has been much comment in Blackpool about the way John Smith claps his hands , elbows out from his side so that his arms form a bar across his chest , hands thundering into each other with short , sharp smacks .
27 The PA consulting group works in two areas — technical consulting and management consulting — with environmental services falling into both areas .
28 Indeed , six of the seven women falling into this category were not admitted at all , and one was admitted informally .
29 It is likely to be frightened in the dark , and there is always the possibility of exhaust fumes leaking into this compartment , sometimes with deadly effects .
30 They were very small , one up one down , their front doors opening into this narrow courtyard .
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