Example sentences of "[vb -s] [v-ing] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 7 It 's terrific to see her without the bars between us. 8 She sits eating the treat food at the opening to the door and looking at me. 9 How does she know to look into my eyes and not at the huge finger next to her . |
| 2 | Plainly , indexing on the text of a document involves indexing every word , some of which do not convey any subject concepts . |
| 3 | The work , which is interesting but time-consuming , involves maintaining the almshouse , or the Dakyn Flats as it is now more popularly known , and other properties owned by the trust and from which rents are collected . |
| 4 | The $5.5 billion project involves building a cascade of dams on the Narmada River with the aim of providing drinking water , irrigation and hydro-electric power . |
| 5 | The scheme , whose cost is to be shared by Thames Water and the National Rivers Authority , involves building a 10-mile underground pipe to pump water from chalk pits at Northfleet to the river 's middle reaches when necessary . |
| 6 | The CSO perspective is one that involves producing a market scenario to compare with the observed mixed economy that exists . |
| 7 | Basque pelota looks like being this year 's corker as it involves catching a tennis ball in a fruit bowl and throwing it at a wall ( below left ) . |
| 8 | Enumerating known drug users involves contacting the management representatives of statutory and voluntary agencies whose clienteles include drug users , in order to obtain permission to collect information about these clients . |
| 9 | Discerning involves drawing a conclusion as to the identity of an object based on careful scrutiny . |
| 10 | First , it involves bringing the exclusion directly to the attention of the buyer . |
| 11 | It involves bringing the piece itself before a Committee of State experts ; they declare its value and charge 100% Custom fees . |
| 12 | As a mode of explanation it involves bringing the outside in , and linking the particular to the general . |
| 13 | A crucial clement in family therapy involves encouraging the autonomy of family members in working out their own solutions to problems and taking responsibility for their own actions , the therapist acting largely as an independent facilitator . |
| 14 | The second error involves completing the sentence fragment with an inappropriate type of content . |
| 15 | If your job involves using a till , you will be given training in how to operate it . |
| 16 | This involves using a filtration process which basically makes the solid content of the milk much higher allowing it to set better , making it smooth , thick and above all , consistent . |
| 17 | As such , it involves using the survey as a method which , through its design , allows for the testing of theoretically derived hypotheses : this was partly consequent upon the development of statistical methodology . |
| 18 | This can produce bad posture and always involves using the eyes . |
| 19 | The process involves using the ants as tools , and is achieved in one of two ways . |
| 20 | Ergativity involves using the object of a transitive verb as the subject of an intransitive verb : cf. An explosion shook the room and The room shook ( with the explosion ) . |
| 21 | The Japanese machines will knit lace from specially produced and marked cards and this involves using the lace carriage for many transfer rows in between two knitted rows with the main carriage . |
| 22 | Finally , the formulation stage involves using the results of the assessment process to identify objectives , plans , and strategies . |
| 23 | The piece also involves using the potential of the spindle moulder to create solid shapes . |
| 24 | Predicating a theme involves using an it-structure ( also called a cleft structure ) to place an element near the beginning of the clause , as in It was the book that received a great deal of publicity in China , it was a great deal of publicity that the book received in China , or It was in China that the book received a great deal of publicity . |
| 25 | Thus if the coursework involves using an EP system called X , then X source files should be in a form that other tools can read . |
| 26 | One technique involves helping a person to break down a problem into more manageable subproblems and consider the merits of various possible solutions to each part . |
| 27 | This involves helping the patient develop alternative and less self-blaming ideas about how other people behave towards her , and examining with her the origins and validity of her underlying sense of worthlessness . |
| 28 | Smart drives using a peer to peer 8 bit interface bus supporting up to 8 devices … |
| 29 | This involves allowing the children home on trial , a practice that has increased sharply since 1948 , and taking whatever steps are necessary to rehabilitate the family so that full parental responsibility can be resumed . |
| 30 | The work also involves relocating the kitchen and lounge area to the ground floor and resiting the main entrance . |