Example sentences of "[v-ing] and a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The student acquires knowledge , understanding and a range of competencies in a particular domain . |
| 2 | Situated in a tranquil area to the north of Forte dei Marmi , the spacious Villa Franchi is surrounded by well-maintained gardens with wide lawns for sunbathing and a verandah . |
| 3 | One of the highlights is a sketch book containing prints taken in the 1840s of people , ships , rigging and a street scene , which is estimated to sell for £20–30,000 ( $35–55,000 ) . |
| 4 | It is laying on colour TVs , seating and a glass of wine for men while they watch the match , while their other half does the shopping . |
| 5 | The CNAA and its board structure were beginning to respond to proposals for courses in what the annual reports termed ‘ rarer subjects ’ or subjects ‘ not traditionally covered by universities ’ , including printing business law , town planning , surveying and a range of technologies . |
| 6 | Mastery of mathematics , according to Cockroft , gives children a powerful means of communication , a way of representing , a way of explaining and a way of predicting . |
| 7 | The point I 'd like to make is that we 're here representing and a number of the parish councils in the Selby area . |
| 8 | Once seated the audience would see the theatre ceiling as though it were open to the sky at night ; stars twinkling and a moon shining . |
| 9 | Mostly they have a dry hacking cough with morning expectoration , increasing to a most violent , gagging cough with vomiting and a sensation as if their head would burst or fly to pieces . |
| 10 | Tonight expected to be dry with mist and fog patches forming and a ground frost in many places , the minimum temperature is down to one degree Celsius , thirty four Fahrenheit . |
| 11 | In his wake is left a highly-professional movie with some excellent knockabout acting and a level of pace and tension which exceeds the breakneck delights of its predecessor . |
| 12 | There are admittedly some lingering reminders of the love decade — chanting and a hint of prayer bells on one track , a couple of discreet freak-outs . |
| 13 | It proved impossible to rely on hand sanding and a system of mechanical shot-blasting was instituted , after which the plywood was dyed or stamped to indicate that it was safe to use . |
| 14 | Bronchitis of children with coarse rattling , coughing , gagging and a sense of suffocation |
| 15 | Bronchitis of children with coarse rattling , coughing , gagging and a sense of suffocation , weight and anxiety in the chest , after a rapid onset and they look dreadfully sick , drawn and pale ; the condition has come on rapidly . |
| 16 | Again , I would prefer to avoid laying down rules , which may prove inhibiting and a restriction on the imagination . |
| 17 | There was the novelty of a Teacher of Singing and a Science Lecturer ( each at 10/6d a lesson ) . |
| 18 | Pass through the village , and off to the right you will find a farmyard with chickens pecking , ducks waddling and a couple of horses grazing peacefully . |
| 19 | Police said the patrol car had its blue light flashing and a B-test on the driver proved negative . |
| 20 | It is not everyone who can boast a Spitfire rebuild at the end of the cabbage patch , but with Spencer masterminding and a couple of chaps from the King Air days — two years later the contents of 35 cardboard boxes in pristine Spitfire formation bearing Spencer 's distinctive red livery , graced the skies . |
| 21 | Millions of people living on the streets , congestion , pollution yet through it all , caring and a friendship which are not easy to come by even in the richest parts of the Western World . |
| 22 | In this extended discussion the author defines the caring professions as those whose members have both a commitment to caring and a task to care . |
| 23 | It was enough with Donnington 's preoccupation with his Home Guarding and a daughter who thought more of wounded soldiers than she did of family duty . |
| 24 | He has completed a second marathon as editor-in-chief of a companion volume , the RHS Encyclopedia of Gardening , out this week , which is a guide to designing and a garden and growing flowering plants , fruit , and veg . |
| 25 | All I could do was write a letter , and by the time I 'd written a letter and it got where it was going and a reply got back , a week or two weeks could have gone by . |
| 26 | On the top floor she stood looking out of the dormer windows across the London skyline , and then downwards through the burgeoning green tracery of sycamore trees to where daffodils were blooming and a woman and a child were feeding some pigeons . |
| 27 | The camera retreated and the dark head began bobbing back and forth swallowing and regurgitating and a hand cupped the blond balls . |
| 28 | Overall there are some 80 plus codes that control everything from the font required , the justification format , the numbers of columns , kerning , tracking , leading and a host more . |
| 29 | Tealtaoich paused again and stood waiting and a murmur of approval went through the others . |
| 30 | And then the slow ink spreading outwards and the wheels turning and a voice , it was Vasco 's , warning him . |