Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [v-ing] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | OEDIPUS can potentially save fuel by choosing the best possible route and altitudes at which to fly and by predicting more accurately how much fuel is to be carried thereby reducing aircraft payloads and fuel use . |
| 2 | The EC Arbitration Commission had recommended also recognizing Macedonian independence , but Greece objected to an independent state under that name [ see p. 38734 ] , and had insisted on the inclusion of a clause in the EC criteria for recognition stating that republics should renounce " the use of a denomination which implies territorial claims " . |
| 3 | Their views may have been coloured by the fact that they found evidence of significant misreporting of publication data in some areas , to the extent that they suggest automatically lowering research ratings as a penalty for discovered deliberate misreporting . |
| 4 | Their views may have been coloured by the fact that they found evidence of significant misreporting of publication data in some areas , to the extent that they suggest automatically lowering research ratings as a penalty for discovered deliberate misreporting . |
| 5 | The samples were added to tubes which had been chilled previously containing disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate ( EDTA ) ( 5 mM , final concentration ) for cyclic nucleotide assay , and EDTA and aprotinine ( 500 KIU/ml ) for atrial natriuretic peptide and glucagon assays . |
| 6 | We carried on walking northwards following sheep tracks through the heather and rock outcrops . |
| 7 | The writer well remembers the surge of power as the cars moved forward leaving motor vehicles well behind ; similar to that of an American PCC car , which the equipment was designed to emulate . |
| 8 | One of the conspirators would ring the foreman to tip him off that the shop steward could be caught red-handed stealing company property if they searched him at the gate . |
| 9 | I have seen better looking hunting dogs . |
| 10 | There was a resurgence of fighting around Kismayo ( the main port town of southern Somalia ) between USC forces apparently supporting Gen. Aydid and southern forces headed by Gen. Mohammed Said Hersi , who was described as the son-in-law of Siyad Barre . |
| 11 | To get there via the complexity of legislation , contractual pitfalls , constructional problems and costing complexities let aside evaluating design possibilities needs skill , knowledge and commitment , certainly it can take a considerable amount of time . |
| 12 | The following story concerns the sighting of a Deltic seen clearly entering Hadley Wood South tunnel , bearing the number 55020 Nimbus , even though the locomotive had been cut up seven months previously . |
| 13 | What the Department will do now following Mr Davis ' rejection of their decision remains to be seen . |
| 14 | Italy 's air force was told yesterday that unless it bombed fast moving lava flows pouring from Mount Etna to divert their course , the 6,500 people living at the foot of Europe 's highest volcano could face destruction . |
| 15 | Above right : Mrs. Cecil Norton ( handicap 22 — became the first Lady Rathcreedan in 1916 ) seen here beating Mrs. Winston Churchill 2 and 1 and Ranelagh in 1913 . |
| 16 | How many adverts have you seen recently selling life assurance and pensions , for example ? |
| 17 | The wording of the section suggests that this power could not be used to restrict the right to inspect or obtain copies , for example by requiring good cause to be shown thus preventing share registers being used as ‘ sucker-lists , ’ but is intended to ensure that the matter is reproduced in a way which is as ‘ user-friendly ’ as possible without imposing undue burdens on the company . |
| 18 | He had been in the habit , as he left in the mornings , of saying , ‘ Well , I 'm off to work now , ’ until one day , shortly before she deserted , she had , at those words , slammed shut the door of the dishwasher with a crash that shattered a wine glass and shouted at him : she had inquired , without much originality , what he thought she did all day , whether he imagined that cooking and shopping and washing and minding the child was not work , whether he supposed that she would now retire to her bed and lie there sucking chocolate bars and examining her fingernails until he chose to return for dinner . |
| 19 | Glencar Explorations , the company that holds the prospecting licence jointly with a British company , Andaman Resources , is one of 20 mining concerns currently investigating gold deposits in Northern Ireland and the Republic . |
| 20 | These studies show that mucosal metabolism can be assessed effectively using biopsy specimens without the need for epithelial cell purification . |
| 21 | He heads the department dealing with training for radio presentation and travels widely taking training sessions and teaching the use of recording equipment . |
| 22 | Kindly , Graeme has given Bandcall four £6 tickets to give away phoning Chris Lloyd after 11am today . |
| 23 | As her fears bordered upon obsession , she began deliberately re-dialling telephone numbers Charles had called . |
| 24 | THE first week of the general election campaign I spent carefully observing election coverage on television . |
| 25 | PRINCE Charles spent today meeting security forces in Northern Ireland , his movements kept secret after a week 's violence claimed six people 's lives . |
| 26 | This is exactly the system which many teacher-librarians and resource centre directors in Great Britain adopted for reprographic and audiovisual materials when they began consciously organizing resource collections ( rather than " libraries " ) in the late 19605 and early 19705 . |
| 27 | What else then what other methods do we have besides having eye contact what else might we do to involve the audience to make them feel involved ? |
| 28 | We 're giving away backpacking sleeping bags worth £25 each . |
| 29 | Over one year Money Management lists best performing bond funds , with £1,000 invested , as GAM Bond Interest ( 071–493 9990 ) £1,198 ; Mercury Select DM Global Bond ( 071–280 2060 ) £1,188 ; Rorento ( 010 3110 2241 224 ) £1,161 ; Fidelity European Bond ( 0800 414161 ) £1,151 ; Fleming Flagship International Bond ( 071–382 8015 ) £1,145 ; and Hypo F & C Reserve Asset DM Bond ( 071–628 8000 ) £1,135 . |
| 30 | A sixth Leapor property is found nearby adjoining Cow Close . |