Example sentences of "[v-ing] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The F T Associates which is er includes the Economist in Spain was up a lot and Westminster Press was er was down , but of course Westminster Press took a major redundancy charge , they were also bringing on a new plant at Brighton and therefore running two plants simultaneously which is very costly er and they launched on Sunday . |
| 2 | For surely someone as gifted as that deserved all that could be done for him : and ‘ the gift ’ put it above any gossip about an overkeen schoolmaster bringing on a bright pupil and overrode any chatter about the besotted nature of his devotion . |
| 3 | Paul went on his way in rising anger , fearful of bringing on a bad head by it . |
| 4 | As well as bringing on the new foal , Margaret has taken on another exciting challenge . |
| 5 | Through the side window he could see his grey garments and underwear hanging on a small washing line outside . |
| 6 | The three of them looked at the dark-dressed figure of their brother , his head back , as he stared at the huge oil painting of highland cattle hanging on the broad stone wall of the fireplace , and he answered , ‘ I do n't know , Reggie . |
| 7 | The tide had risen a foot above the usual high water mark , and when they came to cut him free in the morning , they found him hanging on the outer wall — drowned . |
| 8 | There were tears hanging on the long , girlish lashes . |
| 9 | The officer 's optional dark blue cape , with a black velvet collar , and a black cord fastening , seen here hanging on the left breast . |
| 10 | The two pictures hanging on the wooden beam in the left of the photograph perhaps show a more popular way of displaying miniatures , which is nonetheless very attractive . |
| 11 | So this was done , and on the very next day fine grapes were found hanging on the youngest brother 's vine . |
| 12 | In turn , c-fos , c-jun and their relatives act as further signals to the nuclear DNA , switching on the relevant ‘ late genes ’ . |
| 13 | Once the school librarian or teacher has mastered the simple stages of switching on the different parts of the microcomputer , e.g. to set up the BBC microcomputer , the user 1 ) Plugs in the computer , the disk drive , the monitor and the printer 2 ) Switches on the microcomputer , the disk drive , the monitor and the printer 3 ) Puts a disk into the disk drive 4 ) Types in a command on the microcomputer s/he will be able to use programs for different applications such as database creation or word processing and the applications are covered later in this book . |
| 14 | ( Thus Auer complains of Gumperz that " sometimes he makes strong claims about the effect of a given type or instance of code switching on the subsequent development of the sequence , which are based on informants ' reports , but fails to reproduce this subsequent passage " ( Auer 1984b : 106 , fn. 10 ) . ) |
| 15 | Checking Zhukov 's pulse , he satisfied himself that the man would be senseless for at least another five minutes , then walked smartly into the darkroom , switching on the red safety light . |
| 16 | The timeswitch he 'd primed earlier had flipped on , switching on the electric fire and igniting the materials he placed over it . |
| 17 | Now moving on a little bit further , I know the talk said that I was only going up to er to , but I 'm just going a little bit further . |
| 18 | By the end of the programme Gary was much happier , showing much more pro-social behaviour and getting on a good deal better with his parents . |
| 19 | Alternatively , the purchaser may decide that he can operate the business more efficiently than the vendor either by a general reorganisation of job responsibilities or by his existing staff taking on a greater workload . |
| 20 | The surviving fry seek refuge among dense plant growth , taking on a leaf-like appearance and remaining entirely motionless , except to feed , and drifting lifelessly with the flow of water if shelter is lost . |
| 21 | Behind the trees the late afternoon sky was growing pale towards the horizon and taking on a pellucid apricot tint . |
| 22 | The phone startled her when it rang , so engrossed was she , but Rebecca answered it , her voice quickly taking on a distracted note . |
| 23 | With the imported institutions and forms of organization acquired during the Occupation increasingly taking on a distinctive ‘ Japanese ’ look , a re-emergence of the ‘ Western technology , Japanese values ’ syndrome seems on the cards . |
| 24 | His green eyes were taking on a bluish tinge and hers were going green with so much exchanging of deep looks . |
| 25 | The trees of the Dean on the distant bank were taking on a blue haze in the glorious afternoon sun . |
| 26 | The compromise nevertheless allowed individual member states to diverge from this target , with the UK retaining its less ambitious aim of reaching the target by 2005 rather than 2000 , and Greece , Ireland , Portugal and Spain also not taking on a 2000 target for their individual performance . |
| 27 | It could involve a civil engineering student considering the social effects of a new construction — in other words , taking on a sociological perspective ; it could be a student of English trying to answer the question ‘ What is literature and why do we assume that it is a good thing ? ’ — and so embracing the thinking of moral philosophy ; it might be a student in the performing arts trying to understand how and why a particular tradition had evolved — so embarking on a historical study ; it could be a chemistry student being invited to consider the effects on the natural environment of industrial or agricultural chemicals — so adding a biological approach to the subject ; or it might be a social science student keen on human perspectives being encouraged to look at underlying statistical patterns . |
| 28 | They have accepted the need to be flexible towards tenants who would have real difficulties in taking on a long-term lease , treating those nearing retirement with special consideration . |
| 29 | And a large part of my time in Uganda was spent trying to market new species , taking on a wider range of species , and a more intensive utilisation , so that you 've opened up your canopy enough to encourage the regeneration of the valuable species . |
| 30 | Events , at last , seemed to be taking on a constructive momentum of their own . |