Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have seen that recognised SROs are not expressly given rulemaking power by the FSA . |
| 2 | Until recently it also supplied M & N Norman Timber , but this company has since stopped taking mahogany from Maginco on environmental grounds . |
| 3 | Many London factories worked a twenty-four-hour day , and their chimneys only stopped belching smoke on Sundays . |
| 4 | Although these odours are not discernible by the human nose , the highly developed scenting ability of the dog means that it can detect the flavour easily . |
| 5 | The list is endless and a good receptionist will seize every opportunity to sell the services of the hotel without over-selling and appearing pushy , so that the highly developed selling technique becomes an art . |
| 6 | While the government later indicated that it had merely given drafting assistance , it is abundantly clear that its influence on the Bill was much more than one would normally associate with drafting assistance . |
| 7 | Oldham only looked threatening Id imagine because I had victor on my shoulder telling me they were bound to score . |
| 8 | I have worked with a cook , a caretaker , a community policeman , a coach driver and an athletics coach — all of whom greatly enjoyed taking part in our drama and working with the children . |
| 9 | The growing demands to satisfy the appetite a greedy organization — the wider , more highly regulated sampling programme to be followed , the increasing numbers of reports and data analyses to be produced — are held to be unwarranted interference from headquarters , irrelevant impediments to the practical business of pollution control work . |
| 10 | I wondered why Americans always called a spade a manually powered entrenching instrument . |
| 11 | Tender green beans grow in soil which could be better employed providing food for Kenya 's peasants . |
| 12 | But it 's been claimed that the cost of the visit would have been better spent easing student poverty . |
| 13 | The general manager of the DPTC is Luis Caycedo , a highly experienced drilling engineer who used to work for ARCO . |
| 14 | We have been developing , since the mid-1960s , an ever more highly trained teaching force . |
| 15 | My six-year old daughter has ominously started making paper aeroplanes and dividing them into teams . |
| 16 | long passed enforcing playnesse , |
| 17 | He returned to his much loved reciting career . |
| 18 | My abiding memory of that first encounter is of a slight , pale yet exceedingly determined looking woman whose high pitched voice was that of a female George Formby . |
| 19 | With 2 cm plexiglass the shielding was slightly better than with 1 cm ( 95.57±0.08% vs 94.07±0.06% , p<10 -6 , shielding 1 vs 2 ) , but efficient shielding was only obtained using lead ( shielding 3–6 ) . |
| 20 | River dolphins have highly specialised feeding behaviour . |
| 21 | Thus in a few years a mere convenience for keyboard players had developed into a widely adopted performing practice which revolutionized musical textures and was to remain in use for two centuries . |
| 22 | Recently-released figures for visitor numbers to Italy 's monuments and galleries in 1991 show no change at the top on the previous year : the most visited free-entry attraction is still the Parco di Capodimonte , Naples ( 2.6 million visitors ) and the most visited paying venue is Pompeii ( 1.4 million ) . |
| 23 | Linseed oil is used in a greater proportion for most colours , although colours such as blues and particularly whites are most made using poppy , safflower of sunflower oil because they are less yellow than linseed . |
| 24 | Linseed oil is used in a greater proportion for most colours , although colours such as blues and particularly whites are most made using poppy , safflower of sunflower oil because they are less yellow than linseed . |
| 25 | Although the six cased their announcement as marking the end of the Unix GUI wars — and Sun chief Scott McNealy was finally heard uttering support for the dreaded ‘ M ’ word — reaction to the news was mixed . |
| 26 | Once your water is soft it is easily acidified using peat filtration . |
| 27 | The Bookish Portfolio , having just missed buying News Corporation at its low of under A$4.00 early in 1991 , achieved an unenviable record in terms of consistency by failing to participate in the 232% advance of that share during the period under review . |
| 28 | Sainsbury 's felt it could not justify investment at either of these locations and instead surprised everyone by buying land at Parc Menai which has already got planning consent for a hotel and conference centre . |
| 29 | And so we bring er a special sort of er expertise I suppose to the talks but also the experience of retirement which we think is is really good by someone who has already retired enjoying retirement to be able come to talk to people . |
| 30 | The Tour de France photographs in this guide are by Graham Watson , Britain 's best known cycling photographer , who has followed the Tour for more than a decade . |