Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [verb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today , mixed herbs , including chicory , yarrow , burnet , rib grass , and sheep 's parsley are becoming widely used in long ley mixtures . |
| 2 | If you intend tackling long trips in remote places , searching for a special fuel or type of gas cartridge can be a fruitless exercise . |
| 3 | Perhaps this was the case but there is a danger of becoming so immersed in oneself that the music tends to lose its reactivity . |
| 4 | They heard a wide-ranging review of Courtaulds ' progress , in which Mr Huismans said the company was becoming highly respected in the chemical industry . |
| 5 | Although I called to my father , he took no notice , appearing totally absorbed in his conversation with the white-faced man . |
| 6 | The prospect of Britain becoming irretrievably stuck in a slough without forward movement is not attractive , for us now or as trustees for our children and successors . |
| 7 | The early history of the BUF saw a rapidly expanding movement becoming quickly embroiled in conflict with left-wing opponents . |
| 8 | During my last visit to Bara in September 1992 Ian Jack , Manager at Lochboisdale and the Manager responsible for Castlebay , came across in this self-same partly-open-to-the elements ferry becoming totally saturated in the process and had to spend the morning drying himself at the Castlebay heater . |
| 9 | Not only is the North-South divide becoming more pronounced in terms of Labour-Conservative polarization , so too is the divide between urban and rural areas . |
| 10 | Mr Burrow said society was becoming more demanding in its expectation of the police , and the entire attitude of individuals could be based on a single experience of meeting an officer . |
| 11 | Captains , the public , and the media , in any order , all seem to be becoming more demanding in their requirements throughout all cricket . |
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| 13 | The practice of selling honours had been increasing under all governments and it was becoming more marked in both parties . |
| 14 | The mind shifts from one alternative to the other , becoming more entangled in the net of its own thoughts as it does so . |
| 15 | Over the last two decades , households have been shrinking in size , increasing in number and becoming more varied in their type . |
| 16 | He trained with Chelsea last month before returning home to play in Russia 's 2–0 World Cup qualifying win against Luxembourg , but Chelsea manager Ian Porterfield is now confident of signing the £500,000-rated keeper . |
| 17 | In short , capitalist states were becoming thoroughly entangled in a set of conflicts from which they could not easily extricate themselves . |
| 18 | It is not possible to be much more precise than this without becoming hopelessly entangled in a series of impossible dilemmas . |
| 19 | The individual suspends his critical judgement and involvement in external reality to becoming passively absorbed in an imaginary world . |
| 20 | ERNEST LEE faces a fine and possible suspension this weekend after becoming unwittingly enmeshed in the red tape which is also likely to bring punishment on Derby Rams . |
| 21 | He envisaged modern states as becoming increasingly embroiled in the reproduction of a fit and healthy workforce ; a service which capitalist enterprises needed but was itself unable or unwilling to undertake . |
| 22 | And Egypt — once considered a potential peacemaker — is becoming increasingly engrossed in its own war against Islamic extremism . |
| 23 | In an exchange of letters Rothermere said he could no longer support a movement which was becoming increasingly to believe in dictatorship , anti-semitism and the corporate state . |
| 24 | British industry is becoming increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few producers , and oligopoly seems to be the commonest market |
| 25 | Like the books mentioned above , its specific content will be superseded in a few years ; but in meantime the book may be able to rescue some future Nobel laureates from becoming otherwise lost in cyberspace . |
| 26 | The experience of some players becoming emotionally spent in such circumstances is all too fresh from Derek White 's swansong at Cardiff last year — a performance which Scotland captain Gavin Hastings rated as one of the poorest in which he had been involved . |
| 27 | They see urban decay not as a peripheral manifestation nor as a growing pain , but as a chronic condition of social polarization that is becoming firmly entrenched in British society . |
| 28 | A period of sharing your home is sometimes healthy , because it teaches you to be more adaptable and stops you from becoming too set in your ways . |
| 29 | A restless bird , appearing very barred in flight . |
| 30 | Is driving actually impaired in such a state ? |