Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Besides helping to understand the primary events of photosynthesis , Tien envisages his thin films could be biomimetic solar energy transducers . |
| 2 | In the museum display of these materials ( such as the treasures of Tutankhamun 's tomb ) , stress may be laid on the objects ' discovery by British archaeologists , thereby helping to legitimize the implicit pseudo-evolutionary claims of historical advance as civilization ( Gidri 1974 ) . |
| 3 | Thus we want to see the representational role of the newly juxtaposed elements as recognisably preserved within , and thereby helping to determine the new representational role of , the new signal in which they occur . |
| 4 | The knowledge that you are personally helping to support the future development of Medau work and the training of our teachers |
| 5 | In such a theory the state is seen as not merely helping to reproduce the capitalist system in contradictory ways , but as being itself shaped by the class struggle which results from those contradictions . |
| 6 | It followed that the interference by the English courts did not correspond to a social need sufficiently pressing to outweigh the public interest in freedom of expression . |
| 7 | Lewis claimed that this was tantamount to ‘ breathing a lie through silver ’ , a riposte which Tolkien felt sufficiently challenging to require a written reply . |
| 8 | Far from avoiding reality , I was merely seeking to answer the hon. Gentleman 's question . |
| 9 | He stood there , long , lean and totally without concern , the clothes he wore only serving to emphasise the dark arrogance of the man . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm only going to trade a few horses , woman , nothing else . ’ |
| 11 | This month I 'm only going to tab the two-bar ending , leaving the 16-bar solo for the next two issues . |
| 12 | The citizens were literally waiting to seize the disembarking troops and bear them off to their homes for lavish entertainment , while singing on the quayside was the ample figure of Perla Siedle Gibson , ‘ The Lady in White ’ . |
| 13 | A workshop with one machinist who carefully adjusts and sets the machine up and leaves it that way at the end of the job is not necessarily going to need the heaviest equipment . |
| 14 | The library user who looks for books of art criticism is not necessarily going to have an easy task . |
| 15 | It was all going to take a good deal of sorting out . |
| 16 | You mark my words , we 're all going to miss the old doctor at Thrush Green . ’ |
| 17 | We 're all going to have a terrific time together , you know that , do n't you ? ’ |
| 18 | But we 're all going to have a proper dinner by candlelight . |
| 19 | I know they are all going to get a great deal out of this experience , I am deeply grateful for all the help that is being given them , they have had such a worrying time , I do not think one of them could have had a holiday this year without help , but I have faith to think it will be a good investment for the WEA . |
| 20 | Picking up the shot he crouched low at the back of the throwing circle — he was obviously going to put every last gram of effort into preserving his reputation . |
| 21 | These kinds of problems lead to difficulties in keeping everything indexed and in the right order , and that is obviously going to make the whole thing farcical sometimes from the children 's point of view . |
| 22 | No politician , whether a great magnate intent on retaining a traditional dominance in his region , a minister of the crown seeking favourable returns for his administration , or a landowner merely wishing to make a good figure in his own county , could manage without access to patronage with which to reward his friends ' loyalty by helping them in their times of need . |
| 23 | I think we are perhaps beginning to find the conventional notions of convenience and comfort , of enjoyment and entertainment , inadequate . |
| 24 | Unfortunately they are not usually repeatable , so having made a superb jumper for your mother , you will probably be unable to make one for yourself . |
| 25 | Merseyside fire brigade spokesman Ken London said : ‘ It is bad enough having to tackle a serious fire without having stones thrown at you as well . ’ |
| 26 | It was bad enough having to do every single bit of the work , rushing like a mad thing because the person who was meant to help you could n't stop talking . |
| 27 | He considered the opportunity to participate in the project to have tied in well with curriculum trends he had been supporting across the school : This was something I very much wanted to encourage because I have a worry that in spite of everything one does in schools to make children aware of library facilities and how to use them , I think quite a lot of children may still leave school without personally having experienced the whole process of needing to find something out , going to a person who can tell them where to look , going , looking , finding it , and then using it . |
| 28 | 4.15PM After the hundredth charred building , I become numbed to the destruction and find myself only stopping to photograph the ironic and unusual : a rental outlet called ‘ Hot Videos ’ up in flames , men carrying couches and lamps through the shattered window of a furniture store next to a large inviting sign : ‘ Come in for real bargains ’ . |
| 29 | So they choose to contend that it has not really happened : and in so choosing raise a timely question about the nature of political belief . |
| 30 | In July 1971 the Chairman of the CDP wrote to three polytechnic directors who were apparently intending to make a direct approach to Mrs Thatcher , as Secretary of State , ‘ in relation to the possible granting of degree awarding powers to your polytechnic ’ : individual initiatives , he considered , were premature . |