Example sentences of "[v-ing] [art] [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whenever Robinson struck for a grip he moved quickly and broke it , never allowing the older man to settle . |
| 2 | For instance , if loan stock is issued with warrants when profits and share prices are rising , the exercise of the warrants will introduce further equity funds into the company whilst maintaining the higher gearing which the loan stock provides ( as distinct from convertible loan stock which has the effect of withdrawing the cheaper gearing on conversion into equity ) . |
| 3 | Later neolithic houses were normally built on a stone footing and this system — building the lower part of the walls of stone , the upper part of mudbrick — became standard in the bronze age . |
| 4 | The effect of this accounting on a stepped interest bond is that the overall effective interest cost will be charged in each accounting period : an accrual will be made in addition to the cash payments in earlier periods and will reverse , partially offsetting the higher cash payments , in later periods . |
| 5 | When knitting the water-lily pattern as an all-over design , I actually like black as the background and white or a pastel colour for the contrast , using the paler colour for the welts and details , as illustrated . |
| 6 | Things get even worse using the simpler network benchmarks found in both the Norton and PC Tools 8 Sys Info programs : the Kamco lagged even further behind the other two servers we looked at . |
| 7 | Put the curlers in , using the larger size at the front and at the crown . |
| 8 | When it did become available , it was possible to repeat some of the earlier investigations with the CED and OALD using the larger sample size that was recommended , and to include the LDOCE as a further choice of dictionary . |
| 9 | A question which is often asked is , ‘ Are there any risks involved in using the quicker procedure of submitting a Building Notice rather than depositing full plans ? ’ |
| 10 | At first , no doubt , it was in the nature of an exercise just to see if he could still write : he was working very closely to the structure of " Burnt Norton " and seemed to be using the earlier poem as a model from which to draw inspiration . |
| 11 | Rabbani , he said , had violated the Peshawar Accord by using the smaller Leadership Council [ see p. 38915 ] , made up of mujaheddin leaders , as a personal power base . |
| 12 | Made some fatuous comment about using the smaller car . |
| 13 | However , the z-score for the newly indexed definitions ( using the longer lexicon ) is almost double that of the earlier version . |
| 14 | Using the broader measure of the proportion of the population living in a household headed by a NCWP-born person , the South East headed the regional averages in 1981 , closely followed by the West Midlands region , but again the main contrasts are more local in nature . |
| 15 | His mouth moved hungrily , devouring hers , his tongue darting , flickering , suggesting the deeper intimacy to come . |
| 16 | The mayor of Tamworth was there to officiate the opening of the facilities , and was encouraging the younger generation to help the environment by recycling . |
| 17 | Later in the report local authorities are enjoined to ‘ maximise choice and competition by encouraging the further development of private services ’ . |
| 18 | If we accept Massey 's ( 1984a ) argument regarding ‘ layers of investment ’ as the mechanism through which places are constantly being remade , then we are similarly accepting the longer-lived view of the landscape as a palimpsest , a parchment on which several ( perhaps many ) layers of human occupance have been laid , with the nature of each layer influencing that of the next . |
| 19 | In La Paz , social status is marked by altitude , with the well-to-do preferring the balmier climate at the bottom of the city basin . |
| 20 | The average group however choose private provision when G is low or medium , hence preferring the lower level of state spending , but switch to public provision when G is high , this being their overall preferred level . |
| 21 | These US estimates tend to emphasize direct rather than opportunity costs , partly reflecting the lower level of welfare support especially for the higher education of children . |
| 22 | In 11 out of 16 industries the concentration ratio declined , reflecting the greater degree of competition as European and Japanese firms began to match US firms for size . |
| 23 | The New Survey of London Life and Labour agreed with this assessment and reported that whereas in the 1880s homework had been done primarily to supplement wages , in the 1930s women tended to work in order to buy extras , reflecting the greater regularity of men 's employment , together with a more efficient social security system for the families of the unemployed . |
| 24 | At six months ' duration , the new scheme will be half as long as RTS , reflecting the greater maturity and experience of the staff taking part . |
| 25 | The end of the decade saw more comfortable , functional footwear , reflecting the simpler silhouette of clothes — shoe heels became chunkier and wide-strapped sandals complemented the ubiquitous kaftan imported from the East . |
| 26 | Also in Germany it has been claimed that cartelisation ( reflecting the later date , and a particular mode , of industrialisation ) gave rise to strongly structured employers ' organisations which attained an authority over their members that was never to exist in the smaller diversified and undercapitalised industrial enterprises in France ( Maurice and Sellier , 1979 ) . |
| 27 | To do this , an ideal model based on the equality paradigm was constructed and then compared with a neutral model reflecting the further education system as it existed before the Act took effect . |
| 28 | Begin by stitching the longer length on the left hand side , bringing it under Teddy 's chin and tucking the shorter length under it as it crosses his shoulder . |
| 29 | The pion is unstable and decays , producing the lighter muon in the process . |
| 30 | A rock lay in his way and in revenge he kicked at it , catching the lower eye of one of his boots against its sharp side , and ripping his nearside instep as a result . |