Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Alderney he finally and grudgingly got to work on his autobiography , Basingstoke Boy , using only the third person . |
| 2 | The effect , therefore , of only the first limb applying , ie before the change in the law bringing in the second limb , could be seen by the following example . |
| 3 | He appeared in July ‘ 85 , ambling down the 18th fairway at Royal St George 's . |
| 4 | By trimming down the first act , they kept the pace going , and the second act benefited . |
| 5 | Super Sally joined an exclusive club by becoming only the fifth British girl athlete to strike gold and only the second ever on the track , following Ann Packer in Tokyo 28 years ago . |
| 6 | The difference in the bowling attacks then became rather noticeable ; by soon after tea on the third day , West Indies had rattled up 411 for 5 when Lloyd declared , with 50 from Fredericks , 135 from Richards , and Greenidge becoming only the second West Indian after Headley to score a century in each innings against England . |
| 7 | A searing fire of elation bathed him suddenly , driving away the last vestiges of fear . |
| 8 | distinguish between the Tunguska terminal explosion and energy released by ablation and deceleration during atmospheric entry , with the explosion representing just the last 1% of the bolide 's energy . |
| 9 | To begin with , consider the subset unc comprising those polynomials ( i.e. sequences ) whose every term , excepting possibly the first , is zero . |
| 10 | Traditionally , the centre-half , under the offside law as it then was , played chiefly as an attacker , but even before the offside law was changed in 1925 to increase goal-scoring chances , and thus bring about a need for stronger defence , he was becoming more a third defender . |
| 11 | Britain 's Paul Curran escaped as the race entered Liverpool but after opening up a 10-second gap , he was caught by Illingworth , Australia 's Patrick Jonker and Denmark 's Kim Marcussen as they entered the circuit with 11 miles to go . |
| 12 | Denis , he supposed , keeping up the first son tradition . |
| 13 | A break during the middle of the day and a return to the stables — apart from the question of distance from the field where the work was being done — would have meant unyoking and yoking up a second time for another stint in the afternoon ; and this would have lengthened the day without appreciably lengthening the working time . |
| 14 | It is a familiar , yet penetrating , criticism of free market economies that the imperatives companies face to satisfy the adolescent greed of the financial markets and the escalating expectations of shareholders — or else prepare for predators — has diminished the scope of strategic planning to buffing up the next set of interims . |
| 15 | As soon as she closed her eyes a dark , austerely handsome face filled her mind , crowding out the last of her lingering fright , and when she eventually managed to get back to sleep it was to dream of Michele Lorenzo once more . |
| 16 | LUF breakthrough Mrs Doris Ledger , left , and Mrs Jenny Metcalfe , members of the fund raising committee , signal the start of building work by knocking out the first brick . |
| 17 | After the therapist has introduced him/herself , explaining something about their profession , and the actual referral process , they might continue by explaining how the first session will proceed . |
| 18 | Intent on reducing costs by around $400m , Apple Computer is considering sacking around a tenth of its 15,600 workers . |
| 19 | Financing just the first instalment of Labour 's spending plans would raise basic-rate income tax by 3½p in the pound if the entire burden was not to be loaded on to the better-off . |
| 20 | Or coming to consciousness in the coffin , tons of silent earth pressing down , his own lungs sucking away the last of the air . |
| 21 | Photo : Suttons Looking down the 15th hole in the early 1970's . |
| 22 | The German Ideology is often seen with the Theses on Feuerbach , which was written just before it , as forming together the first formulation of Marxism . |
| 23 | A fine copy of Pride and Prejudice in original boards , uncut , and with paper labels , can take the buyer into four figures ; a beautiful set in calf or morocco costing perhaps a tenth of that , and one in cloth considerably less still . |
| 24 | Work your way to the end of the plot — top spit into the bottom , bottom to the top — filling in the last trench with the barrowed soil . |
| 25 | The idea is simple : a group of people with different building skills team up to build each other 's houses , saving perhaps a third of the cost of a ready-made home . |
| 26 | His report noted the benefits of the machines for enhancing safety and costing just a tenth of ‘ live ’ training , saving millions of pounds . |
| 27 | At present , truckers can take a load from one country to another but face obstacles , as do airlines , in picking up a second load to take on to a third country . |
| 28 | Then , on her hands and knees , she worked her way methodically across the floor , picking up every last piece of broken pottery or glass she could find . |
| 29 | The classic one involves picking up stitches with your transfer tool , knitting about seven or eight rows , picking up the next three stitches and repeating along your edge . |
| 30 | The program proceeds by incrementing POINTER , picking up the next delay value from the acceleration table and waiting until the step interval is complete , before generating the next excitation change . |