Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [adj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After seeing so many beatifically smiling faces of Mao , Chou , and Hua , as well as many jolly workers engaged in various agricultural and industrial pursuits , it was quite a relief to enter a large room the walls of which were absolutely covered with vitriolic cartoons against the gang of four . |
| 2 | Because they 're becoming so obscure now , that they 're becoming an e exercise in erm obscures or obscurity or whatever in the same way into the same appalling state as the annual report disease is becoming a design competition not an annual report presentation of financial figures . |
| 3 | It is becoming less popular now because of the lack of support it gives to the lower back , although it does give more buoyancy than other types . |
| 4 | This traditional spokesmanship , which can imply serious responsibilities , is naturally becoming less significant today as modern communications and education reach into the furthest quarters of the globe . |
| 5 | The tentacle pores are large and open proximally becoming less conspicuous distally ; the first four are armed with 2–3 rounded tentacle scales , the subsequent pores usually with two pointed tentacle scales . |
| 6 | Sydney : Directionless trading brought little change , the All Ordinaries index ending just 0.7 ahead at 1,773.2 — but 37.4 points better on the week . |
| 7 | Until Dane Jacobsen had barged into her life she 'd done pretty well , too , she thought darkly — but he had a peculiar knack of stripping away those carefully constructed defences , to reveal the real emotions underneath . |
| 8 | The body is very cooperative in becoming more supple quite quickly if we practise stretching postures regularly . |
| 9 | Moreover all tactical systems were , in the eighteenth century , becoming more effective simply because of improvements in discipline and the increasingly effective training to which the ordinary soldier was now subjected . |
| 10 | The pains , though still at lengthy intervals , were becoming more severe now . |
| 11 | The first ventral arm plate is triangular , subsequent ones pentagonal with the distal edge becoming more convex distally , separated along the length of the arm ; the proximal ones appear to be slightly swollen . |
| 12 | With retail sales in decline , haggling — usually more appropriate to the souks of Tangier than our domestic department stores — is becoming more common here . |
| 13 | Crosscountry , or langlauf skiing is definitely becoming more popular all over Europe — and with very good reason . |
| 14 | Rectangular tiles are becoming more popular too ; common sizes are 200×100mm ( 8×4in ) and 200×150mm ( 8×6in ) , with coverages of 50 and 33 to the square metre respectively . |
| 15 | The name was symbolic , commemorating a West African kingdom originat-ing about 800 AD whose boundaries were unknown . |
| 16 | But other members of the EEC will undoubtably support changes — the hope is it wo n't lead to sights like this becoming as common here as it is in some other parts of Europe . |
| 17 | Classifying by mother 's country of birth results in babies of , for instance , Pakistani mothers born in Britain appearing as British rather than Pakistani . |
| 18 | Towards the end of her life Marilyn Monroe was becoming increasingly unstable emotionally , consuming a growing quantity of medicaments and attending frequent psychiatric counselling sessions . |
| 19 | This application is becoming increasingly important today having the following characteristics : |
| 20 | Examples ( above ) are becoming increasingly collectable today , partly because the design is so representative of its age . |
| 21 | They still feature less prominently in the portfolios of private investors in the UK than , for instance , on the continent or in the US , but they are becoming increasingly popular here too . |
| 22 | This book 's full of ideas that herbalists used effectively long before aspirin and antibiotics , and which are becoming increasingly popular again . |
| 23 | The regular work pattern normally features an early morning start to a shift ending around two pm. , or an early afternoon duty ending mid-evening . |
| 24 | In considering ways of keeping emotionally fit enough to continue to give your parent the care she needs , try to maintain and , if necessary , improve the quality of your own life . |
| 25 | First , the European Commission in Brussels , probably because it is afraid of becoming completely superfluous once a truly free European market has been realised , is devising ways and means to regulate , or rather , deregulate , the import and export of works of art . |
| 26 | Becoming officially pregnant so late means that many girls do not attend antenatal classes or clinic appointments , they carry on smoking and drinking , and probably eating food that is not particularly healthy . |
| 27 | It stressed " the importance of pressing ahead more actively with the implementation of the Social Charter " . |
| 28 | The Association 's Branches , numbering over 630 worldwide and comprising a membership of over 103,000 , provide a network of Honorary Welfare Officers . |
| 29 | But it 's also fears that the Party itself is becoming too radical too , they always want to control two elements and I mean on the last page , point number sixteen it says that how that erm tt that how that the Communist Party members ought to refrain from securing undue benefits by taking advantage of their leading position . |
| 30 | Interviewers have to strike a careful balance between establishing the kind of relationship with respondents that will encourage them to be frank and truthful , and avoiding becoming too friendly so that respondents try hard to please . |