Example sentences of "[subord] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A spectacular display of exotic and native creatures awaits you at The Living World , where according to season , fascinating living exhibits include giant silkmoths , tropical butterflies , praying mantids , tarantulas , bees , marine and fresh water aquaria and much more . |
| 2 | In many African countries , where uprooting of cotton stalks is legally enforced , pink bollworm is no longer a problem , but in other areas , where the stalks are a valuable source of fuel , pink bollworm remains a serious pest . |
| 3 | There 's more of the giant baby who has a neat vocabulary but still ca n't manage to stay upright , more discussions and observations on life in general , and yet another head-to-head where talking at cross purposes is turned into an art form . |
| 4 | But it does n't work like that : we live in a society where pornography takes most of the burden of talking about sex and where talking about sex is considered pornographic . |
| 5 | Planning can not be socially rational , as it would be under socialism , where planning for need would replace production for profit . |
| 6 | He freely admits the increasing extravagance of the average suburban wedding has more to do with keeping up with the girl in the semi next door than sticking to tradition . |
| 7 | The traditional Land-Rover is simply too agricultural to compete against the Japanese , especially as these vehicles spend more time ploughing round town than wading through mire . |
| 8 | I know many Scottish women who will spend more than two thousand pounds going on a skiing holiday abroad and the risk is far greater than submitting to surgery . |
| 9 | CHILD witnesses in trials for sexual or violent offences , cruelty or neglect will be able to give evidence by pre-recorded video rather than appearing in court if the Government accepts a Home Office advisory group 's recommendations . |
| 10 | I can think of nothing less appealing than climbing into bed with you — which is why I intend to sleep in the ante-room . |
| 11 | ‘ Rogal Dorn has blessed you with wisdom , ’ Lexandro said airily , knowing full well that Tundrish spent much more time in the scriptories than praying in cell or chapel . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's no worse than driving in mist , ’ I said , to comfort him , though in fact it was hard to see the road ; I was afraid that at any moment the car would go bumping off it , into the surrounding desert . |
| 13 | Although communicating by touch is the most primitive mode , there are culturally determined touching patterns for adults . |
| 14 | His violence towards them might even be deemed no more than a Satanic desire to get them used to the notion of reigning in Hell rather than serving in Heaven . |
| 15 | The government 's priority is to construct more coal and geothermal plants as soon as possible , rather than looking at energy efficiency and alternative strategies . |
| 16 | In practice though , research within this framework has concerned itself with " patterns of linguistic behaviour " as made manifest , for example , through narrative or in interviews , rather than looking in detail at conversational encounters . |
| 17 | Like others , we found in situ hybridisation to be more sensitive than immunostaining for confirmation of cytomegalovirus infection . |
| 18 | They found a closer association between GHQ scores and events when those events were categorised according to their emotionally distressing impact than according to change in lifestyle . |
| 19 | Thus , during the late 1940s , five of every six newly-built dwellings were council houses or flats and they were allocated according to need rather than according to income . |
| 20 | If his plan worked , he would have an hour or two to himself dawdling along the reef , which was a better way of spending the afternoon than acting as nanny to four Latinos . |
| 21 | Hutchinson seems to have resumed his part in a family transatlantic trading network ; although according to tradition his losses in the great fire of London exceeded £60,000 , he seems to have died a wealthy man . |
| 22 | Although writing on behalf of cycling interests , these do coincide to an extent with the interests of walkers and horse riders . |
| 23 | Although writing under pressure is how many authors are best able to function , Eliot set himself so high a standard that his achievement , given its quantity , was the more remarkable . |
| 24 | People in a bombed-out residential quarter by the Karun river say it is better than living under canvas , although the nearest tap is 500 metres away . |
| 25 | ‘ And it 's better than living at home . ’ |
| 26 | Rather than waiting for inspiration he is shown with a pen in his hand , an unfinished manuscript on the table , and at his side a harpsichord on which we are to imagine him playing through the work in progress . |
| 27 | When Luv opened at the Booth Theater in 1964 ( with Wallach , Jackson and Arkin ) , Walter Kerr over-enthusiastically claimed it was better than Waiting for Godot . |
| 28 | The replacement of worn-out parts during shut down , for example , is very much cheaper than waiting until failure in the middle of a production run . |
| 29 | Even if you go overdrawn you will find charges for Switch are cheaper than paying by cheque . |
| 30 | Although ballooning on micturition is a commonly cited indication , the studies of Gairdner and Øster suggest that if this physical sign is ignored the symptoms will resolve as the foreskin becomes spontaneously retractile ( unless balanitis xerotica obliterans develops ) . |