Example sentences of "[v-ing] [det] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , if everyone had an average-sized lawn which they cut weekly for eight months using half a litre of petrol at each session , they would still burn less than 4 gallons a year . |
| 2 | At certain times of the month and whatever , I could be using half a gram a day and towards the end of the month whatever money I had left went on It . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | This , as any British climbers knows , involved quaffing gallons of warm beer the night before , eating half a pig and the produce of a hen house the next morning , then spraying the countryside with this heady mixture while approaching the crag . |
| 5 | When I met Mike , he strolled into the office and apologised for bringing half a farm yard with him . |
| 6 | Anything , Richard thought , would be better than sawing half a man 's chest away . |
| 7 | ‘ I think it 's time we stopped poisoning half the land and concreting in the rest . ’ |
| 8 | However when using this the circuit was prone to electrostatic hum pickup . |
| 9 | Between 1941 and 1947 , Rank 's companies were to be responsible for financing half the films made in Britain . |
| 10 | This is why you 're only seeing half the Winchess program . |
| 11 | There has been a feeling that they would compromise with Chelsea to the extent of accepting half the £22.85 million valuation . |
| 12 | It was this that had prevented me from resting half a day here or there , from starting late in the morning and from stopping early in the evening . |
| 13 | The latest , which has now been introduced on a voluntary basis , is that , instead of one of his A levels , a pupil may take two AS ( supplementary ) level examinations , demanding half the time each of a full A level . |
| 14 | Renamo was said to have proposed an army of 24,000 soldiers , with a further 1,000-strong air force and 800-strong navy , with each side contributing half the force . |
| 15 | This was all happening half a century ago , before the invention of the aqualung . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | When confronted with the difficult problem of explaining this the diffusionist will try to establish the movement 's place of origin . |
| 18 | ‘ I can not believe you were here , in Roma , while I was employing half the detectives in New York to find you ! ’ |
| 19 | Representing half a mile of coastline , its 72 paddles can produce waves and set up currents and tides for scientists to study . |
| 20 | During the 1970s for example , this proportion was around 19 per cent for manufacturing firms representing half the West German and about one third of UK or US levels . |
| 21 | I know you 're eliminating yeah and al and also eliminating half the brain cells in the room ! |
| 22 | I saved myself by hurling half a brick into the darkness . |
| 23 | There are many important advantages in adopting such a system ( these were summarized by Date ) such as : 1 ) redundancy can be reduced , 2 ) inconsistency can be avoided , 3 ) the data can be shared , 4 ) standards can be enforced , 5 ) security restrictions can be applied , and 6 ) integrity can be maintained . |
| 24 | " It being desirable and natural that the Association should be governed solely by bona fide deaf members , it was felt that it would be an act of selfishness to ignore those " hearing friends " who took real interest in the cause and welfare of the deaf ; yet apprehensions were felt as to the wisdom of adopting such a course . |
| 25 | The recital quoted sets out the reason for adopting such a provision ; and when it comes to interpreting one or other of those detailed provisions , the recital is helpful in setting out the overall purpose to which they relate . |
| 26 | He would n't dream of adopting such a persona in his own business world , and I knew it . |
| 27 | Adopting such a policy demands a fundamental change on a global scale , but its proposers , the Rev Guto Prys ap Gwynfor and the Rev Sin Alun , say belief in democratic rights is incompatible with support for the continuation of existing national states . |
| 28 | In Scotland , where parent power in schools is further ahead than in England and Wales , and where parents will have the right to select headteachers or dismiss members of the teaching staff , as well as influencing the general policy of the school , many parents expressed their doubts about adopting such a role when the new school year started in 1987 . |
| 29 | Psychology can not construct complete , consistent , scientific theories of the subject by adopting such a programme . |
| 30 | Anemones are mainly plankton feeders and fish are not regarded as potential prey so there is no loss to the anemone in keeping all fish at bay by adopting such a strategy . |