Example sentences of "[vb -s] [v-ing] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This project involves building a new econometric macro-model of the UK economy that will incorporate this new theory if it proves consistent with UK evidence . |
| 2 | This research project first involves contacting a representative sample of 12,000 British manufacturing companies . |
| 3 | Planning involves simulating a difficult or irreversible search . |
| 4 | Play-pens are now having to be made to a new British Standard , which involves using a simulated ‘ bite ’ test . |
| 5 | One involves generating a short-lived species in the gas phase , by photolysis , thermolysis , chemical reaction , discharge , etc . |
| 6 | If your idea is contrary to my idea your idea must be eliminated , especially if it starts getting a territorial foothold , and might just possibly catch on . ’ |
| 7 | You can feel the brake and then you pick up the feel of the tyre and it starts moving a little bit . |
| 8 | Now I 'm gon na turn it off for a little while until everyone starts having a proper conversation . |
| 9 | Bono , the insurgent , irrepressible singer for Dublin quartet U2 , finishes making a hard point using a typically animated gesture . |
| 10 | Mighty Mogul only broke his duck at Towcester in January , but has not stopped improving and has now won five times from five starts following a close-season transfer from Jenny Pitman 's yard . |
| 11 | The first one was community and I know , erm that Catherine was n't very happy about the community side of things and I 've looked at the the pamphlet things and it needs updating a little bit so I took the fact that the Royal Quay 's were down at our doorstep and contacted Linda who was extremely helpful and she 's put together erm , a package of things along with me , I went down last week and the first week the ninth is going to be explaining to the classes what we 're going to be doing , each form teacher will be able to do that and the sixteen and the twenty third there are visits down to the Royal Quay 's Education Centre erm for which |
| 12 | Nominalization involves replacing a verbal form with a nominal one ( e.g. describe → description ) . |
| 13 | This involves fitting a new main body and viewfinder . |
| 14 | These properties of V4 cells only appear , however , as long as a large part of the scene is illuminated and the scene contains more than one coloured area , which Zeki achieves using a multicoloured stimulus array he calls a Mondrian . |
| 15 | At the Oxford Arms in Hereford , Landlady , Maryse Wheeler says running a real local with regular customers is the answer . |
| 16 | After the furore over the schoolgirl rape victim , he risks having a controversial but respectable viewpoint mistaken for insensitivity . |
| 17 | I 've devoted so much time and energy to creating Tessa and it feels marvellous that it 's actually come off , ’ she says taking a big puff on her roll-up . |
| 18 | So he just looked at it and says making a big enough profit . |
| 19 | Reyburn describes watching a siphonic being tested by a Mr Barclay in Stoke-on-Trent who produced three ping-pong balls . |
| 20 | This involves turning a conventional chemical company almost upside down . |
| 21 | Hauser and Ernst ( 1979 , 1980 ) developed a method which involves solving a homogeneous Hilbert problem . |
| 22 | At this point the voltage drop across the emitter followers also increases causing a sudden small reduction in the available square wave voltage , which persists until the signal reverses . |
| 23 | That includes providing a strong and effective police force . |
| 24 | A vast literature now exists reporting a right visual field ( RVF ) superiority in recognition or recall of words and letters . |
| 25 | This includes having a balanced and nutritious diet and good personal hygiene . |
| 26 | Even with an ‘ all options included ’ configuration we 've got in Easy Boot , that time is reduced to less than fifteen seconds , and that includes loading a complex network setup . |
| 27 | When it first flows from a wound it is runny but the more liquid part of it , turpentine , quickly evaporates leaving a sticky lump which seals the wound very effectively . |
| 28 | This involves tracking a moving dot as well as monitoring lights which are either centrally or peripherally placed . |
| 29 | Tin has a low melting point ( 232°C ) , and tinning simply involves wiping a thin layer of molten tin over the surface of copper , bronze or brass . |
| 30 | The simplest involves displaying a large eye-spot marking somewhere at the rear end of the body . |