Example sentences of "[noun] and [v-ing] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's the very essence of human beings to call in question every form of life , every form of thought , and to raise the possibility of thinking and living in some other way , and perhaps just for this very reason , some final and definitive formulation of the , of human nature , of human knowledge , of human conduct , is in principle unobtainable , and that the best that the philosopher can ever hope to do , is to show that this formulation , that formulation or the other wo n't work . |
| 2 | For one thing it is for the Holy Spirit to tell us in that hour what we are to say , and for another thing the people we prove to be in that hour will be determined , not by our thinking about that hour , but by our thinking and living in this hour . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , difficulty is often experienced in getting fertilizer down to the roots without lifting and replanting in fresh compost or otherwise considerably fouling the water . |
| 4 | The comedian Spike Milligan held forth about God , Diana gave a priceless diamond and pearl necklace to a friend to look after while she danced ; while the Queen was observed looking through the programme and saying in bemused tones : ‘ It says here they have live music ’ , as though it had just been invented . |
| 5 | The second one is erm a bottom up study which is based on today 's commitments but projecting them forward into the timescale in which we will have the aircraft and looking in that way to see how many and and in what way we would need them . |
| 6 | Liverpool slip up again as they prepare for Portsmouth 's shooting and shouting in semi-final replay |
| 7 | It was n't the weather threatening grey above our heads and racing in vicious squalls over the distant col , nor was it the task that lay before us . |
| 8 | It is at the forefront of research and teaching in many disciplines and has formed close links with industry and commerce locally , nationally and internationally , whilst , at the same time , providing a caring and supportive environment in which students and staff can develop their abilities to the full . |
| 9 | The Department of Materials Engineering and Materials Design seeks applications for a full-time position in order to undertake research and teaching in any aspect of materials science and engineering consistent with current multidisciplinary activities . |
| 10 | Established in 1966 , the department is the leading European centre for basic research and teaching in Artificial Intelligence . |
| 11 | In February 1935 , without consulting his father , he stood at a by-election in Wavertree as an independent Conservative against the India Bill , thus splitting the party vote and letting in Labour . |
| 12 | Practice is given in using the telephone , coping with crises and working in various specialist areas ( eg courier , receptionist , travel agent , coach driver ) . |
| 13 | What station-building remained was increasingly to reflect the functional , geometrical approach , stressing cubes and cylinders and glorying in reinforced concrete . |
| 14 | She stood worriedly in front of him , brows pulled together , feathery hair over her shoulders and clinging in fine threads to the sweat of her forehead . |
| 15 | It involves an act of imagination to see one 's society and culture through the eyes , as it were , of someone from a different culture , to whom the normal ways of living and acting in Western societies appear odd and to demand explanation . |
| 16 | The solidarity of the community is strengthened … by a shared history of living and working in one place over a long period of time … . |
| 17 | The role from which this paper is written is that of a social scientist who is concerned with the practical issues of living and working in contemporary societies . |
| 18 | Few approaches would produce more positive results on the actual curriculum in schools than review and retraining in this field . |
| 19 | This central resource is used to complement and strengthen the work in the field ; to extend the process of action and learning in local communities ; to bring together people from both sides of the religious divide , and from different movements , to reflect on their common problem ; to learn from their different experiences and to discuss their cultural and political differences . |
| 20 | Using both experimental studies and computer simulation , existing theories of face recognition and learning in general will be evaluated and developed . |
| 21 | Regardless of all the toing and froing in Christian periodicals regarding women in leadership roles , no one has ever come up with anything remotely convincing which would relieve husbands from the responsibility for the direction of their families . |
| 22 | A body of men and women ( a ) identifiable by reference to some register or record ; ( b ) recognised as having a special skill and learning in some field of activity in which the public needs protection against incompetence , the standards of skill and learning being prescribed by the profession itself ; ( c ) holding themselves out as being willing to serve the public ; ( d ) volun-tarily submitting themselves to standards of ethical conduct beyond those required of the ordinary citizen by law and ; ( e ) undertaking to accept personal responsibility to those whom they serve for their actions and to their profession for maintaining public confidence . |
| 23 | After all , the planning policies of the earlier postwar period were explicitly designed to reduce congestion and overcrowding in these areas by decanting lower-paid people to the New Towns and redeveloping the inner areas at lower density . |
| 24 | Secondary double-glazing involves the fitting of a wooden or plastic frame a few inches inside your existing window and slotting in sliding panes of glass or non-glass . |
| 25 | It is impossible , in many ways , for somebody who is erm on benefit and living in independent accommodation with a private landlord often it 's impossible for them to get a job and then cover their rent , so they ca n't get a job . |
| 26 | As she moved the drapes ( how old ? as old as Grandmother ? older perhaps ? ) across the window , Alice watched thin veils of dust rising from the folds and settling in new patterns on the velvet . |
| 27 | Great was the smiting and slaying in short time ; but by reason that the Moors were so great a number , they bore hard upon the Christians , and were in the hour of overcoming them . |
| 28 | He was always ready to flout the company 's regulations , failing to register two alternative versions of his new sterling ( Britannia ) mark , and was criticized by the company for failing to submit plate for assay and hallmarking in 1717 . |
| 29 | A long handled bulk tank brush is ideal dipping and scrubbing in short vertical strokes starting at the bottom of the wall working upwards . |
| 30 | [ For postponement of talks in January and stalling in early February see pp. 37992-93 . ] |