Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Matt Williams seized on some poor Cubs pitching to drive in four of the Giants runs and Will Clark lifting his series batting average to .625 when he reached base on three of his four at-bats . |
| 2 | Keeping up permanent co-ordination between personality and outer appearance is as oppressive as never daring to appear in public without a set of fully matching clothes and accessories . |
| 3 | We have , on the one hand , the career ecclesiastic , the planner and man of an essentially legalistic mind , and , on the other , the religious enthusiast who takes no thought for the morrow , preferring to trust in divine power and provision . |
| 4 | When Professor Fogelman undertook a survey of school work for the Speaker 's Commission , he collected a most eclectic list of topics which teachers proffered as contributing to work in this field . |
| 5 | This reflects the expansion of the use of computers from mass storage and number crunching to take in all forms of human communication . |
| 6 | We leave NABS as part of a network of professionals endeavouring to move in new directions . ’ |
| 7 | The news that millions of new investors are seeking to invest in British Telecom is good news indeed . |
| 8 | We have Companies who are making high levels of profit , who are still shedding jobs or refusing to invest in new jobs ’ . |
| 9 | I fully endorse the sentiments of President Tom Douglas in condemning Companies who are making high levels of profit and who are still shedding jobs or refusing to invest in new jobs . |
| 10 | He had sold Chapeltoun House in Ayrshire , which he had built up over 10 years , and was looking to invest in another business . |
| 11 | INVESTORS looking to invest in US-quoted companies can now use the services of the largest US discount execution-only stockbroking service , Charles Schwab . |
| 12 | Earning money was rated more highly by students wanting to work in legal services than by the average student and London is selected by 59 per cent of them as the region they would most like to work in . |
| 13 | It is precisely this that she is seeking to obtain in this case . |
| 14 | The Schneiderei is located at Gereonswall 8 in Eigelstein , a neighbourhood with many Turkish shops and resident artists tending to work in small flats rather than ateliers . |
| 15 | What I shall want to argue is that their position is caught up in a circular argument : the only reason one could have for wanting to stand in this kind of relationship to biblical women is that one is Christian , but these writers never tackle the prior question as to whether feminism is in fact compatible with Christianity , such that one should want to stand in relationship to biblical women . |
| 16 | Bristol and West claims these auctions will help to bring some action to an otherwise slow market , and says it was overwhelmed by the response from people wanting to sell in this way . |
| 17 | Now we either are going in the direction this morning , or rather I think you 're being pressed to go in the direction of seeking to identify in due course , what is the preferred general location , and this undoubtedly is something you can hang your hat on . |
| 18 | But spiritual direction can also provide a resource for lay people wanting to grow in Christian discipleship . |
| 19 | Imagine wanting to live in that room , that awful room , with walls like dung-heaps , what has happened in there , what has been done in that room ? |
| 20 | And it would be attractive to people wanting to live in that area . |
| 21 | People with mental disorder are no different from anyone else in wanting to live in good , decent housing , and local authority housing departments and housing associations are often willing to discriminate in favour of mentally disordered individuals in making properties available for rent , provided they can be assured that tenants will receive the right support and help from skilled professionals when they need it . |
| 22 | Now , you know , behaviour that 's visible to college is behaviour which the college starts to think about wanting to regulate in some way . |
| 23 | ‘ The scrum has been the least impressive aspect of our game and the Lions are looking to improve in that area , ’ added Moore . |
| 24 | A company seeking to recruit in this specialty area would , if they used a search consultant , immediately reveal themselves as not having the right contacts in the market . |
| 25 | ‘ I rather felt if they were n't going to carry in those conditions , we were n't going to get anywhere — the winds are n't going to get any better . ’ |
| 26 | With which I 'm left with an impression that you do n't actually know where the dwellings are going to go in general terms . |
| 27 | Or you can say : I 've researched it , I know the idea is right , I 'm going to go in big and I 'm going to have to sustain four or five years of losses before I turn it into a profit . |
| 28 | Brilliant , so , you , this is , this year , is this scholarship going to continue in future years or is it just a one off ? |
| 29 | Referring to his decision to resign from the Cabinet over the Westland affair in January 1986 , he says : ‘ I made a statement that day making it clear that I was going to continue in active politics in any role the Conservative Party wanted . |
| 30 | Nottingham18 , Northampton9 THE vultures circling over the Midlands waiting to indulge in some juicy recruitment if Nottingham are relegated are still not sure which way to fly for their meal . |