Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This reflected the view that the uncertainties then facing financial markets were such that it would be better for the chips to be cashed in — thereby realising a useful profit — rather than to bank on better times in the ensuing two to three months . |
| 2 | As between the two heavyweights , Reed and Pearson , Reed has been added to at the start of the period ( financed from the sale of Pearson shares ) ; the additional Reed shares were sold off in the autumn of 1991 , thereby realising a tidy profit for the Portfolio . |
| 3 | The whole emphasis is placed on the terms being negated , thereby reflecting a profound bias towards aggression as the norm . |
| 4 | Article 1 sets out its purpose , viz. ‘ to ensure the continuation of farming thereby maintaining a minimum population level or conserving the countryside in certain less-favoured areas … ’ |
| 5 | ‘ In order to ensure the continuation of farming , thereby maintaining a minimum population level or conserving the countryside in certain less-favoured areas the list of which is … ’ |
| 6 | It has two functions : ( a ) it acts as a point of orientation by connecting back to previous stretches of discourse and thereby maintaining a coherent point of view and , ( b ) it acts as a point of departure by connecting forward and contributing to the development of later stretches . |
| 7 | However , feeding weekly mashes with different ingredients from the daily feeding routine is effectively producing a sudden change in diet , something we are continually told not to do because of the potentially harmful results . |
| 8 | On 1 March , 1986 , the 29.9% ceiling on the outside ownership of Stock Exchange firms was abolished altogether , thereby allowing a single non-member to own 100% of a member firm . |
| 9 | Besides handling a substantial slice of Syria 's drug revenues , Haser and the Magharians also laundered drug profits for the Colombian cocaine cartels through a number of Swiss banks controlled by Arab interests . |
| 10 | These will be issued to students successfully completing a single area of study or a short course involving two or three areas of study , but not to those following a full certificate or diploma programme . |
| 11 | Instead it qualifies the property inherent in the noun used ( see Chapter 1 ) , thereby producing a complex property which is different both from the simplex properties and from their simple sum or union ; and it is this property-complex which is relevant to the relation of identification . |
| 12 | The Director of Public Prosecutions had conceded in June 1990 that the convictions were unsafe , thereby halting a judicial inquiry begun that March by Sir John May [ see pp. 37536-7 ] . |
| 13 | In many places this molten material was then injected into the fractured rock formed by the thrusting movements , and later , when it solidified , a veinwork of pseudotachylite occurred throughout the gneiss , ‘ welding ’ it together and eventually producing a resistant rock which , in some areas , gives rise to higher hills as at Eaval in South Uist . |
| 14 | However heartless and unfair this may seem to human eyes , the end result is more likely to achieve the parent owl 's purpose of successfully launching a new generation . |
| 15 | The Dohnányi comes off particularly with the Toronto Orchestra revelling in their tongue-in-cheek opening tutti , and Ozolins successfully keeping a straight face in the solo part : an enjoyable alternative to the classic recording by the composer and Sir Adrian Boult ( on EMI and mid-price ) . |
| 16 | Though he was n't to know this , it was a gesture of defiance that was slowly becoming a sexual need . |
| 17 | She hopes to put this year 's experience to good use by eventually becoming a primary school teacher . |
| 18 | I think a number of us were becoming very concerned indeed that this was eventually becoming a political area and this this is dealt with in this way |
| 19 | Although its Foreign Affairs Minister , Anatoly Zlenko , reiterated his government 's commitment to the Ukraine eventually becoming a nuclear-free state , he said that all four nuclear republics " should have the option of participating in the ratification and implementation of the treaty " . |
| 20 | From her first class in Morden nine members went on to train as teachers , with Jean Parmiter eventually becoming a Senior Trainer . |
| 21 | European Community ( EC ) Foreign Ministers agreed at a meeting in Brussels held on Feb. 4 to unblock an ECU146 million ( nearly US$205 million ) loan package to Syria , thereby ending a four-year freeze on financial co-operation following accusations of Syrian support for terrorism . |
| 22 | I hope that this book provides others with insights , thereby enabling a scientific consensus to emerge . |
| 23 | From the outset however they set themselves the objectives , not only producing a comprehensive study of land ownership in the region which would be of use to local groups and also capable of influencing regional and National land policy , but equally importantly , of reaching these goals through a very specific manner of research . |
| 24 | Many a trout angler has had a red-letter day on Loch Awe , suddenly encountering a sea-liced silver salmon whilst trout fishing ; then having the thrill and excitement of playing the fish on light tackle . |
| 25 | Uncle Philip broke the armour off a pink battalion of shrimps and ate them steadily , chewed through a loaf of bread spread with half a pound of butter and helped himself to the lion 's share of the cake while gazing at her with expressionless satisfaction , apparently deriving a certain pleasure from her discomfort , or even finding that the sight of it improved his appetite . |
| 26 | If this was a civilian rather than a military operation , it must indicate a short hiatus between the military and civilian sequences in Kingshams Field , perhaps suggesting a post-military phase of settlement contraction . |
| 27 | The same procedure as Step 1 and Step 2 only using a quiet tone ( but not whispering ) . |
| 28 | The bastard chattered pleasantly for a while before suddenly producing a small viol from a bag hanging on his saddle horn . |
| 29 | A teacher calling the names of pupils from a register will often do so using a level tone on each name , and the pupils would be likely to respond with yes when their name was called . |
| 30 | All elements which represent links or associations between one element and another do so using a common set of attributes , and are thus regarded as forming the attribute class pointer . |