Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It also has three heated public glasshouses and a small propagation unit which concentrates mainly but not exclusively on bringing on plants for amenity planting . |
| 2 | The campaign reaches its climactic phase with astrologers warning both Mr Kinnock and Mr Major of trouble on Tuesday and Wednesday , with a lot hanging on Mercury on Thursday . |
| 3 | With just a few basic materials , I now have paintings hanging on walls in relatives homes . |
| 4 | Invariably jet-black and headless ( though sometimes having the heads of human beings ) Black Dogs have been reported for centuries as loping along lanes by ancient churchyards . |
| 5 | I recognise the dangers of lumping together people with quite different cultures but the problems I am concerned with are experienced by members of all minorities in Britain . |
| 6 | Supplies of sea trout , known as sewin in Wales , are increasing and bringing down prices to around £5 lb . |
| 7 | Anderson was booked in the first half for bringing down Marin on a night when the Germans again showed their propensity for going down theatrically under straightforward challenges . |
| 8 | Mark McNally followed for bringing down Kiwomya in full flight and then Slater left referee Morrison no option after tripping Wieghorst , having been previously warned for a similar offence . |
| 9 | Mark McNally followed for bringing down Kiwomya in full flight and then Slater left referee Morrison no option after tripping Wieghorst , having been previously warned for a similar offence . |
| 10 | But their aim was as errant as his own , and the hail of bullets ricocheted off the top half of the door to whine viciously into the ceiling of the room , bringing down chunks of plaster in a choking dust cloud . |
| 11 | Out of it came an imperative on women , as well as men , not to be swayed by traditional culture and educational choice into seeing only obstacles to advancement . |
| 12 | Suppose that , in a typical sexual species , a strain of parthenogenetic females arose , producing only daughters like themselves . |
| 13 | So far in this chapter I have been gathering together pieces of analysis . |
| 14 | Again , therefore , Truman had to be satisfied with pursuing only parts of his reform programme . |
| 15 | Tapes of local examples can be put together quite simply , by editing together selections from appropriate recordings . |
| 16 | Jesus , he 's sucking in air at the back and wuffing it out at the front . |
| 17 | The nineteenth century was also the era of the Great City , sucking in population from the countryside to staff factories , shops , and homes . |
| 18 | Still sucking in lungfuls of air and wincing at the detonating roar of Duvall 's automatic pistol , Cardiff began to haul himself to his feet again by one arm , his gun hand hanging limp . |
| 19 | After three dormant years it began humming like a computer , sucking in information of which it had been starved , until my head began to hurt physically with the effort . |
| 20 | Indeed , while the process of innovation is itself multidisciplinary , the technological insights at the root of innovation often involve bringing together knowledge from a number of different fields of science . |
| 21 | After ‘ The Greek Miracle ’ leaves the Met , the next special exhibition will be of Hellenistic and Roman cameos , bringing together objects from the Met collection and from the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna . |
| 22 | BiC has the objective of encouraging the growth of enterprise agencies and ‘ bringing together groups of local companies to work in partnership , together and with their local authorities ’ ( quoted in King , 1985 , p. 206 ) . |
| 23 | Multimedia is bringing together companies from diverse sectors , including the computer business , publishing , broadcasting and consumer electronics , making them new collaborators or competitors . |
| 24 | Sun and HP then secretly allied , bringing together expertise in the operating system and user interface respectively . |
| 25 | Those who hold elected positions are not ‘ representatives ’ so much as ‘ brokers ’ bringing together coalitions of interests . |
| 26 | Jahrhundert ’ is another historical exhibition , bringing together images by thirty photographers , including Diane Arbus , Bernd and Hilla Becher , Paul Strand and André Kertész . |
| 27 | This one was more highbrow than most , bringing together economists from all over Eastern Europe and the West as well . |
| 28 | In 1980 a Family Forum was established bringing together representatives of many of the voluntary bodies involved in family welfare . |
| 29 | Already established as a meticulous organizer , a good platform speaker , and an activist with a flair for publicity , he was instrumental in October 1920 in bringing together representatives of unemployed groups in the capital into a London district council of unemployed with himself as organizer . |
| 30 | On Jan. 23 , in an attempt to produce a consensus , a temporary " consultative council " was created , bringing together representatives of all major political forces in Georgia , including the leaders of the military council , to work with Sigua and his ministers . |