Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another way to get the flavour of Japan , but requiring a little more courage than merely eating in a local café , is to stay in a Japanese-style hotel . |
| 2 | She stopped , suddenly drowning in a confused , illogical longing to confide in this man , and wishing with all her heart that she was n't so terrified of the consequences . |
| 3 | ( This exchange system enabled some universities to establish very large collections of theses , but it was very costly , since it depended on the production of multiple copies of theses , and the practise was only operating in a small number of American universities by the start of Worl War II . |
| 4 | Due to the pilot nature of the scheme it is only operating in a few selected areas initially , which is why your parish has not been contacted . |
| 5 | Not only is there a lack of research evidence to support this view , but it has been argued that many children do better remaining in a single-parent family than in having to make further adjustments to a third form of family life — the step-family ( Richards and Dyson , 1982 ) . |
| 6 | The reindeer come from a herd living wild in the Scottish highlands , so arriving in a built-up area caused a few problems , as Ken Goodwin reports . |
| 7 | When last heard of — in the early Seventies — he had returned to the United States and was apparently working in a fast food restaurant . |
| 8 | But I would hope , I mean it has given me the the wish to go on living in a similar kind of situation . |
| 9 | Some undertake this role at a working level by assisting and challenging the business units when they submit their plans ; for example , by questioning why the business units are not competing in a certain way or as much as they should . |
| 10 | All this training for a game that does not seem to be exactly demanding in a physical sense ! |
| 11 | It did not appear to be caused by needle or pusher , because it was not happening in a regular line — just spasmodically . |
| 12 | Such a man is already living in a different world . |
| 13 | We are also very strongly influenced by our expectations ; if we have heard and understood half a sentence , it seems that our brain is already guessing at what the rest of it will be before it is heard , and is certainly not acting in a passive way like a simple machine . |
| 14 | One woman runner , already relaxing in a dry tracksuit , took wicked delight in the spectacle . |
| 15 | Our leader was soon grunting in a semi layback posture , and as I had the appropriate page open , I could not resist reading out loud : ‘ … |
| 16 | Solid as a bull whale in his confidence and peering through eyes that suggest he is not lacking in a little magic himself , Hugh Smith calmly rebuts every argument that London is in decline . |
| 17 | Compass orientation , we have seen , can account for the seasonal movements of birds and butterflies , which could find their way by just flying in a particular direction . |
| 18 | Thus housing in a poor state of repair can not be brought back into use and marginal property is in danger of deteriorating to the point where it ceases to be habitable . |
| 19 | If you 're simply replacing the old cistern — and not putting in a new system alongside the old you will be without water for some considerable time while the job is done . |
| 20 | As well as not functioning in a submersed situation , dying cells , releasing adverse substances will pollute the water . |
| 21 | Her father was just leaving in a blue Rolls-Royce . |
| 22 | The introduction by TNCs of new types of production into developing countries that are already industrializing in a substantial way . |
| 23 | I 'm still eating in a guilty , uncomfortable way : huge amounts one day , then fasting or taking laxatives the next . |
| 24 | There is currently another ‘ Al Jolson ’ in Glasgow who would be better off singing in a silent movie , so it is important to remember that there was only ever one real ‘ Al ’ , and he regaled Glasgow with ‘ Mammy ’ and the rest in real sound for a six-week run . |
| 25 | and then suddenly from the other end there 's this like , cos we , it 's like a big room , it 's the other end of the room all the dealers there , and er anyway and er and suddenly I hear , and then someone 's like saying talking , they 're all , somebody 's like mi microphone and starts talking to them about er what 's happening in the market , things like that blah blah blah blah blah , and this means blah blah blah blah so watch out for blah blah blah and I thought it 's like living in a different world , it 's amazing . |
| 26 | Kursell v. Timber Operators ( 1927 C.A ) concerned the sale of timber which at the time the contract was made was still growing in a Latvian forest . |
| 27 | Despite the initially positive tone of his report Kiet conceded that the socio-economic situation was " still growing in a complicated way " . |
| 28 | So they must have thought they were still going in a straight line heading for the bullseye . |
| 29 | The two continental blocks of the North Atlantic and Eurasian cratons were on opposite sides of the Iapetus Ocean , which was gradually closing in a complex way with subduction on both sides . |
| 30 | Surely they will provide the final lesson that rock 'n' roll needs more thinking , more philosophising in a real sense before we can ever allow another four-square Smiths to appear , vastly entertaining but also clutching their own downfall . |