Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Shortwood Farm at Pencombe in Herefordshire , Duchess the Shire horse is helping to revive an ancient tradition . |
| 2 | Rubbing away a thin film of ice , he peered through a small frame of snow — and saw Tom Hanks entering the farmyard , plodding doggedly behind a horse that was struggling to pull an improvised wooden snow-plough ! |
| 3 | The play integrates the language and culture of the spoken word and signing to create an magical dual language environment . ’ |
| 4 | In pagan days , when Celtic pilgrims journeyed not to Knock but to the Sacred Feasts of Tara , matchmaking played an important part in the celebrations . |
| 5 | Reckless driving , contrary to section 2 of the Road Traffic Act 1972 , is committed where D 's driving creates an obvious and serious risk of causing physical injury to some other person or of doing substantial damage to property , and where D either saw the risk or failed to give any thought to the risk . |
| 6 | Finn dashed through the work-room and out of the door , returning carrying an elaborate gilded throne made of cardboard . |
| 7 | If you are a solicitor or an overseas lawyer wanting to be admitted to the English Bar ; if you are seeking some reduction of the normal pupillage requirements or certain other exemptions from the regulations ; if you are applying to become an employed pupil-master — you must apply to the Joint Regulations Committee ( JRC ) . |
| 8 | It will normally be in the best interests of a child of sufficient age and understanding to make an informed decision that the court should respect its integrity as a human being and not lightly override its decision on such a personal matter as medical treatment , all the more so if that treatment is invasive . |
| 9 | Plain curtains can be decorated lavishly with braid , cord and fringing to make an eyecatching feature |
| 10 | After helping to lead an unsuccessful strike by the Vellum Binders ' Society in 1891–2 for the eight-hour day , he became the union 's president . |
| 11 | Previous chapters have emphasised how the mass media may contribute indirectly to the potential for public disorder , first , by helping to create an ideological climate which justifies and encourages the use of repressive control tactics against dissenting groups ; and second , by ‘ sensitising ’ the police and public to the possibility that disorder might occur . |
| 12 | It is not simply that the former communist societies in Eastern Europe were characterized , to a greater or lesser extent , by relative economic backwardness and political authoritarianism , and consequently had little appeal as models for the future development of any advanced industrial society , but that the democratic socialism of social democratic and labour parties in the capitalist world , despite its real achievements in improving the conditions of life of the working class , has come to be more critically judged as tending to promote an excessive centralization of decision making , growth of bureaucracy and regulation of the lives of individuals , and has lost something of the persuasive character it once had as a movement aiming to create a new civilization . |
| 13 | Instant access to your savings in unlikely to be your prime concern , but you will be looking to obtain an attractive return on your money over the longer term . |
| 14 | Kim Basinger is refusing to open an Argentinian disco named after her unless blondes are banned from standing near her in a photo session . |
| 15 | In principle , the Committee supports the campaign but wishes to emphasise the role of local authorities in preparing strategic policies , implementing environmental management initiatives , and seeking to create an integrated land use of the countryside — all in partnership with farmers . |
| 16 | The Liberal Democrats under Ashdown are enthusiastically pro-market and anti-trade union ; they are seeking to create an anti-socialist alternative to the Tories rather than an anti-Tory alliance . |
| 17 | In the belief that what matters is the interaction of supply and demand , I will examine the range of market-based explanations which have been proffered by historians , while seeking to avoid an assertive list on either the demand or the supply side . |
| 18 | ‘ Dr Strangelove ’ was not to be imagined for a few more years but it was n t reassuring to learn that nuclear submarine crews were supplied with pistols with which to shoot any shipmate who showed signs of wanting to fire an unauthorized missile . |
| 19 | I think all you would-be spacemen are just little boys at heart , wanting to play an elaborate game . |
| 20 | Should they reach an accommodation with traditional balance-of-power thinking by seeking to build an anti-fascist alliance ? |
| 21 | Although this area has not suffered too much in the past it was mentioned that now many farm buildings are being declared ‘ redundant ’ and given planning consent for residential development ( barn conversions etc ) while a short distance away there is an application for a farmhouse from someone wanting to start an agricultural holding . |
| 22 | ‘ I was just imagining spending an entire life closeted with only the company of your own sex … ’ |
| 23 | For companies seeking to develop an existing export market , or to examine a new one at first hand the IDB organises a series of trade missions to a wide variety of locations including Europe , Scandinavia , the Americas and the Far East . |
| 24 | ( I ask you , and here is me just looking to earn an honest crust ) . |
| 25 | Supramolecular chemistry is now a large and expanding field that is serving to underwrite an emerging new age in chemistry : the age of molecular devices . |
| 26 | In seeking to formulate an adequate policy for liberal adult education in rural areas , the demarcation between Chapters II and III over course provision was patently unrealistic . |
| 27 | These offer the variety and flexibility essential for teachers wanting to supplement an existing programme or to develop a programme of their own . |
| 28 | It is further urged upon me that the justices , having found as a fact that the parents had been in continuous contact with each other , and the justices being satisfied that there were grounds for believing that both the children were likely to suffer significant harm , which was a specific finding that they made , they were plainly wrong in refusing to make an interim order in that they first of all failed to have regard to the fact that the parents had colluded over the cause of D. 's injuries , and there was evidence to that effect ; secondly , that the mother had lied to social services , Dr. Barnardo 's and the guardian about having had at the relevant times no contact with the father — and that is indeed what the mother has done , she has lied ; and , thirdly , that the father had been in breach of a term of the bail conditions which had been imposed upon him , not only on 23 December 1991 but ever since his release in as much as he had visited and contacted the mother . |
| 29 | I felt like someone out of a pop song , revisiting the haunts of childhood , going to see an old sweetheart , not knowing if they would still be there or not , hoping against hope that they might . |
| 30 | This brings me to the second part of this paper in which I wish to turn to some of the ‘ challenges ’ a UK government archivist faces in attempting to implement an archival records management programme in government . |