Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [v-ing] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some large securities firms have withdrawn from options market making due to inadequate returns thereby reducing market liquidity further , leading to less competitive quotes and irregular updating of prices . |
| 2 | That prompted a musical u-turn akin to Clannad suddenly embracing thrash metal and ‘ Screamadelica ’ brings that reappraisal to its logical conclusion . |
| 3 | Instead , by the age of 15 , he was wasting his money endlessly playing computer games , until one day he discovered the Yellow Magic Orchestra , and then Kraftwerk , and then Asian music and various ethnic musics ( ‘ Sounded like techno to me , ’ he mutters ) . |
| 4 | Er Lot number eighty nine Lot number eighty nine the seal there 's the seal there showing Lot number eighty nine for seventy pounds , at seventy pounds , at five , eighty , eighty five , ninety , ninety five , a hundred pounds and ten , at one hundred and ten pounds , all done at one ten , any more , one twenty one thirty one forty one forty in the front row at one hundred and forty I 've got and I shall sell at one forty . |
| 5 | Yet William Hill , in the betting on the King George VI at Kempton on Boxing Day , only offer 3-1 against Barnbrook Again beating Desert Orchid , who stands at 15-8 on at level weights . |
| 6 | Andrew Butler , president of Dow Europe , described the past 12 months as ‘ a more painful phase of the business cycle , with current margins in many sectors barely covering interest costs , let alone generating any return on equity capital ’ . |
| 7 | One of the casualties punctured his skin with a syringe previously containing snake venom , which is often used in the treatment of arthritics . |
| 8 | The tongued and grooved joints , in addition to allowing concealed fixing with neat joint lines and removing the need for grouting , negate the need for special skills thus reducing installation costs . |
| 9 | More important , the modern approach can lead to explanations at the molecular level thus linking gene action to developmental process . |
| 10 | There were , moreover , rather more poor urban dwellers still lacking electricity supply than there were rural dwellers , and investment in the reinforcement , standardisation and extension of urban supplies ( some of which the Boards considered would be remunerative ) was being cut back while this uneconomic development of rural areas was pressed forward . |
| 11 | Sixth , there are blocks caused by emotional upsets possibly affecting hormone function — for example , adrenaline which is released in fright situations . |
| 12 | The main focus is selling specialist early weaning pig diets with back-up and service . |
| 13 | The issue now facing policy makers is whether the tribunals are equated with the county courts and legal aid extended to them or whether structural changes are made which enable unrepresented litigants to have a fair chance to present their cases in a manner which gives them a fair chance of success . |
| 14 | ‘ I hope you do n't intend to bring him something every time you see him , ’ she said , returning to the terrace to find the child energetically shunting toy cars in and out of a smartly painted wooden garage . |
| 15 | The redundant steelworker and a friend were returning home from a social club when they tried to stop a group of youngsters allegedly attacking traffic bollards . |
| 16 | He had learned from Desmond Morton that there was a plan afoot involving iron ore and the Swedish port of Oxelosund , which — had he not ‘ joined the wrong eleven ’ — he might have had a hand in . |
| 17 | The study provides a detailed analysis of each immune disease , currently available treatment , status of new drugs under clinical development , early R&D of new treatment modalities , companies leading in research and development of immune-based drugs as well as companies currently having leadership positions in the present form of treatment . |
| 18 | THE British National Championships at Crystal Palace at the weekend once again saw Wolverhampton dominate the proceedings , with their fighters Elvis Gordon , at heavyweight , Densign White , at middleweight , Fitzroy Davies , at light-middleweight , and Owen Pinnock the bantamweight all taking gold medals . |
| 19 | THE British National Championships at Crystal Palace at the weekend once again saw Wolverhampton dominate the proceedings , with their fighters Elvis Gordon , at heavyweight , Densign White , at middleweight , Fitzroy Davies , at light-middleweight , and Owen Pinnock the bantamweight all taking gold medals . |
| 20 | Mankind has a powerful desire to rationalise its actions ; and when people found themselves ten , twenty years after the First World War still paying housing subsidies , this desire to rationalise , and perhaps a natural sense of shame , forbade them to recognise that they were doing so merely out of unwillingness to recognise that 1914 prices and money values had gone for ever . |
| 21 | Jason Dozzell points to his landmark on the Portman Road home dressing room blackboard . |
| 22 | They had a high-class shop there selling dress materials and men 's suiting , and they brought the most valuable stock with them to store in their villa . |
| 23 | The post involves every three months sharing the duties of the team i.e. reminding committee members of necessary articles , putting in ideas for articles , typing and printing on word processor ( training given if necessary ) collating and posting completed newsletters . |
| 24 | This option shows the status of all packages currently undergoing Quality Assurance . |
| 25 | Dressed down in T-shirt , torn jeans and thermal long johns , Toni keeps disappearing between songs , agitated at one point actually scolding soundman Kevin over the mic . |
| 26 | Why do the Government not act on the huge injustices currently affecting business people , such as original lessee liability ? |
| 27 | While the ideal solution is a fast 486 computer there are a lot of 386 machines still performing sterling service . |
| 28 | After the monitor had gathered up the papers and placed them on the small , square , wooden table that acted as the sister 's desk , the class sat quiet , waiting anxiously for the verdict , a tick or a large cross , the while automatically mumbling Hail Marys . |
| 29 | It could be argued that this is an organization matter not an accounting one ; that a control needs to be introduced which prevents managers artificially postponing cash payments , e.g. a rule that all invoices must be paid within a specific time . |
| 30 | Omeprazole caused significant increases in basal and meal stimulated peak and integrated serum gastrin values and pepsinogen A and C levels , which were still significantly raised the day after stopping omeprazole treatment . |