Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] [subord] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The PROFITBOSS pro-acts his way to profit rather than reacting to potential loss . |
| 2 | Corrie 's Original Easy Kneeler Stool ( about £33 ) is robustly constructed and comes with a foam mat that can be used to kneel on when weeding or , turned over , to sit on while having a rest and a cup of tea . |
| 3 | The fascinating feature of the Guineas betting is that Alnasr Alwasheek and the Cecil-trained Pursuit of Love are completely different types ; Alnasr Alwasheek appeared sharp and able to quicken on fast ground , while his chief rival looked big , laid back and carrying enough condition for his trainer to work on when taking Wednesday 's European Free Handicap . |
| 4 | Jane Austen recommended three or four families in the Country Village as the thing to work on when planning a novel . |
| 5 | Even though critics may not be as learned as their art-historical colleagues , there is no good reason for their practised eyes to cloud over when looking at art of other periods . |
| 6 | Two- and three-year-olds seem to know just when throwing a tantrum will leave you embarrassed and uncertain and undermine your authority . |
| 7 | If we try to put that description more concretely , we might describe essay- writing as involving a standardised , written variety of language which seeks to communicate clearly while following academic conventions . |
| 8 | They have to clock out when leaving their desk and clock back in before returning . |
| 9 | In order to find out if discontinuing heparin caused untoward effects , the participating centres in the trial and the co-ordinating centre did a follow-up investigation . |
| 10 | Feeding and nutrition of horses is one of the few areas where independent specialist advice is quite difficult to find even though feeding is one of the most important aspects of horse management . |
| 11 | BOARDS : There are a number of different boards you 're likely to come across while foraging around inside a PC . |
| 12 | That 's a really fine line right there because some bands tend to come across as doing a speed metal/jazz fusion . |
| 13 | Crawford had more to worry about while filming a stunt at Stonebridge Park , more than one hundred feet above London 's North Circular Road . |
| 14 | I 've picked A minor ( or C major ) for our four examples , as this is a common key for jamming and there are no sharps or flats to worry about when reading the licks . |
| 15 | Using the ribber , there are a lot of steps to go through when knitting . |
| 16 | You may be someone who has acknowledged biases and prejudices which are hard to set aside when making decisions , but which might lead you to overlook a suitable candidate if you did not use the job and personnel specifications as your guideline . |
| 17 | The lesson , then , is always have one positive swing thought to focus on while practising , and persevere with that until you can achieve it successfully . |
| 18 | Supervisors and personnel officers will be instructed to tread carefully when dealing with workers . |
| 19 | Darlington Labour candidate Alan Milburn ‘ Labour will bring lasting prosperity to Darlington and put people 's talents to use rather than allowing them to go to waste . ’ |
| 20 | There was also the undoubted administrative convenience of having the experience and structure of the former county boroughs to draw on when establishing departments in the new authorities : a district without this advantage would need to create departments from scratch amid the other upheavals of reorganisation . |
| 21 | There are a wide variety of project based experiments to draw on when devising a pattern of services geared to the needs of marginalised groups : they include ‘ sick bay ’ services for homeless and rootless people ; services provided by salaried general practitioners or community nurses for families in bed and breakfast accommodation ; interpretation and advocacy for people from ethnic minorities ; and outreach teams for substance misusers and street and hostel dwellers with mental health problems . |
| 22 | A constant retreat ; putting your senses to sleep rather than facing and destroying the cause of your distress . |
| 23 | Do n't be tempted to overdose the fish — it 's better to use less when treating with herbal remedies . |
| 24 | The wearing of breathing apparatus , although necessary , was known to be risky ; the trapped men were not accustomed to the equipment and anyone who has used it knows how alarming and claustrophobic the experience can be ; the effect can be a compelling desire to rip off the apparatus and if one of the trapped miners was to do so while passing through the gas in Bank mine , death would be almost instantaneous . |
| 25 | But , when you do check , make certain that you have maintained straight and level flight just previously , and that you continue to do so if re-setting the DI . |
| 26 | When you 've done that you should have some powerful words to use appropriately when talking about feelings in a relationship . |
| 27 | Without doubt weeding of research collections by imprint date is cheaper to carry out than weeding by past circulation — a point established , for scientific materials at least , by Raffell and Shishko in Systematic analysis of university libraries . |
| 28 | FOE has praised Strathclyde for its decision to dispose of sewage sludge to land rather than using incinerators . |
| 29 | Landplane engines always seem to run badly when crossing large stretches of water , but flying across the middle of the island we disproved the theory that a floatplane 's motor might go into auto-rough over hard terrain . |
| 30 | They may prefer to take action against their minority who refuse to share rather than continuing to fight such innocuous users of the countryside . |