Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adj] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a dull , snowy night , with heavy grey clouds hanging low in the sky , the kind of night when hopes are destroyed and love is lost . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , he will not be proving that in the Derby . |
| 3 | He said : ‘ This tragedy could have been avoided because the method of decanting used in an enclosed space with a direct source of ignition available and the use of an unsuitable type of hand lamp did not constitute a safe system of working . ’ |
| 4 | Leland 's firm made the engines , transmissions and steering gear and Cadillac went from building two cars in 1902 to producing 1895 in the year between March 1903 and March 1904 . |
| 5 | Stepping high in the light gravity and brandishing the bag before her , she ploughed her way out into the open air . |
| 6 | ‘ Listen for the hawfinch , ‘ ptik ’ … and a garden warbler singing high in a beech tree where an opening in the trees overlooks the valley . ’ |
| 7 | Rice paddies stretched away endlessly on either side of the ship , and they saw crowds of Annamese in cone-shaped hats of palm leaf already at work , sometimes wading waist-deep in the muddy water . |
| 8 | ‘ I wonder if we 're handling this in the right way , ’ he said cautiously . |
| 9 | I think the idea of using this in the foreground er , as I was saying , with landscapes , and the same thing applies to seascapes as well , it 's nice to have a bit of detail lower down , but I do n't think that the the background , the sort of , main part of the photograph is terribly strong . |
| 10 | Now erm this is this is archetypical group behaviour , but whatever it is , it can not necessarily reflect erm that individual 's own erm peculiar self as it were using peculiar in the in the strict sense and proper to them , because as we 've seen what happens in a group is , is , is the individual . |
| 11 | John Keats called it ‘ negative capability ’ and it is akin to Ernest Hemingway 's ‘ becoming strong in the broken places ’ . |
| 12 | Matsutakes and chanterelles need undisturbed forest , something that is becoming scarce in the much-logged north-west . |
| 13 | Some plants and animals are becoming scarce in the intensely farmed parts of East Lothian but here is a chance to ensure that you will see them . |
| 14 | ‘ Unless there is a change , Britain is in jeopardy of becoming entrenched in a system of almost permanent one-party Conservative government ; elected by a minority but able to exercise the exclusive power of a majority . ’ |
| 15 | In America the problems of faith in God were becoming acute in a universe of Darwinism and decreasing availability of energy , with materialism perceived as leading to the collapse of civilization . |
| 16 | Sears is challenging this in a case now before a Denver appeals court . |
| 17 | ROHITA looked special after blasting clear in the final furlong for a three-lengths win in the Payne and Gunter Fillies Stakes at Goodwood and it may take a good one to stop her in the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot . |
| 18 | If you are talking about more general studies or if you did a non-vocational course at college or university you should show how this demonstrates that you are capable of becoming interested in a wide range of subjects and could bring the same enthusiasm to your work . |
| 19 | This led to Gibson being seconded in 1928 to work with Michels on the properties of gases at high pressures , and to ICI becoming interested in the chemical effects of high pressures , the theme of Gibson 's work on his return to Winnington in 1931 . |
| 20 | More and more people are becoming interested in the Darlington Wildlife Trust , formed last month , and membership is growing . |
| 21 | It 's good to see that so many children are becoming literate in the ways of the countryside and gaining knowledge of their responsibility for the planet . |
| 22 | The man , a stocky , greying fifty-year-old in a navy raincoat over a suit , his hair cut short , was attended by a uniformed policewoman , hair smartly set under the cap , her eyes watchful in the wide , flat , placid face , and both of them were standing square and stolid . |
| 23 | And this time , without the distraction of her friends giggling in the background , she actually listened to what was being said , becoming absorbed in the detached examination of her character by a stranger . |
| 24 | But those Who are courageous enough to face their singleness and their feelings honestly are free to discover , in the words of a Roman Catholic priest , that celibacy ‘ is not a matter of uprooting sexuality but of becoming sexual in a different way . |
| 25 | Becoming old in a strange country |
| 26 | They are most likely to occur because of a jerk in the cable causing an overrun , with the rope becoming tangled in the main wheel of the glider . |
| 27 | With a heavy sigh she lay back on the pile of beach cushions , closing her eyes against the early-morning sun , already climbing high in the sky . |
| 28 | Within seconds she was shivering , her lightweight clothing no protection against the bitingly chill wind , her hands and feet quickly becoming numb in the icy cold . |
| 29 | No longer used for England selection purposes , the event has been trimmed , condensed and diminished , and apart from upholding a vestige of regional pride is now becoming lost in the mists of tradition . |
| 30 | No longer used for England selection purposes , the event has been trimmed , condensed and diminished , and apart from upholding a vestige of regional pride is now becoming lost in the mists of tradition . |