Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adj] an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | G. is pleased with the response at the company — not only do they report as soon as possible when they 've got a pollution , they let him know about the progress they make : ‘ I 've got them so well trained now they 'll be phoning half an hour before they have a discharge . ’ |
| 2 | He found another Brahmin cultivating half an acre of land which Ragu had laid claim to and beat the man up with a stick , causing arm fracture , hospitalization and a court case . |
| 3 | By adopting such an approach , the deterrent purposes of Rule 10b-5 are still capable of being achieved . |
| 4 | The proposal is to investigate the potential advantages of applying modular design concepts to pump and valve design ; to evaluate commercial advantages to be gained in international markets by adopting such an approach and to introduce the indicated changes of design philosophy and practice to the British pump and valve industries . |
| 5 | Malvolio 's treatment , in Shakespeare 's Twelfth Night , when he was supposed to be mad explains the desirability of keeping such an affliction quiet . |
| 6 | Who indeed could have forecast that the Provincial sector would be announcing such an improvement in their financial situation resulting from rapid but targeted investment in new trains , with the prime objective of cost reduction ? |
| 7 | It is not difficult to see that in understanding such an exchange we make a great number of detailed ( pragmatic ) inferences about the nature of the context in which ( 32 ) can be assumed to be taking place . |
| 8 | This decision , being one of property and not only matrimonial law , would extend to anyone acquiring such an interest — mistresses , friends , parents , children : anyone . |
| 9 | You could say it is envy , and indeed that is partly true , And I wo n't pretend that a factor in one 's accepting such an invitation is not the thought of spending a week in a grand hotel . |
| 10 | But a number of qualifications need to be made before fully accepting such an analysis . |
| 11 | What is the point of producing such an utterance ? |
| 12 | One might imagine , perhaps wrongly , that there would have been few craftsmen who either alone or in a group would at any one time have been capable of producing such an item because of the variety of skills required in its production . |
| 13 | In articulating such an ideology , the fascist groups are continuing a political tradition with its own classic texts and mythology . |
| 14 | Andrew Seybold , a respected US analyst , recently wrote an open letter to Jobs and Novell CEO Ray Noorda suggesting such an alliance . |
| 15 | Also relevant may be the greater density of children in west Thurso , given the evidence suggesting such an effect ( table V ) and its importance in epidemics . |
| 16 | Financing such an enterprise should be possible since James 's Pharmaceutical Proteins and Scotgen both raised several million dollars of venture capital — admittedly from American and French sources . |
| 17 | Using such an arrangement of hardware and software it is possible to construct a computer-based designing system that meets all the needs of the design and manufacturing process . |
| 18 | She was still trembling half an hour later , as she huddled beneath a small gateway , trying to keep her footing on the wet grass of the embankment . |
| 19 | investments not readily disposablehave regard to the client 's knowledge and experience before recommending such an investment ( eg buying shares in a private company ) |
| 20 | The society now moved from the rather passive position of regretting ( as it did on 5 August 1789 ) that ‘ there was no appropriate educational establishment in England for the desired improvement of farriery ( in this context comprehending the medical treatment of horses , cattle and sheep ) by a regular education in that science on medical and anatomical principles ’ , to a positive position of recommending such an institution as had been established in France , Germany and elsewhere on the Continent , as being necessary in this country . |
| 21 | She knew that he would be hurt even though she hoped that he had stopped loving such an undeserving , self-serving shrew , because anyone would be hurt by such a scene . |
| 22 | Quite clearly it was for me to initiate action to ensure that all aircraft of that type were checked for similar fractures at the earliest possible moment , but the responsibility for ordering such an inspection lies with the airworthiness authorities of the States in which the aircraft were registered and not with the accident investigation authorities . |
| 23 | US negotiators had been seeking such an agreement since shortly after Endara 's government was installed following the overthrow of the Noriega regime by US military intervention in December 1989 . |
| 24 | All I have claimed is that consent to obey is recognized , and with reason , as one way of expressing such an attitude . |
| 25 | It will become a criminal offence not to comply fully with any investigations , and it will be possible to impose substantial financial penalties , not only upon the companies operating a prohibited agreement , but also upon those directors found responsible for negotiating or operating such an agreement . |
| 26 | The Director General of Fair Trading may also apply to the Restrictive Practices Court for an order restraining a party from operating such an agreement . |
| 27 | Searching such an index is very rapid . |
| 28 | ( Jay himself later denied advocating such an alliance . ) |
| 29 | Because it is both difficult and painful to maintain one 's stomach in a state of emptiness , we can not doubt that there are powerful psychic motivations for sustaining such an activity , which is not only abnormal , but directly contrary to both physiological and social pressures . |
| 30 | In spite of the difficulties of organizing and sustaining such an action in conditions of clandestinity , it continued for almost a week — an unprecedented event in the Franco regime . |