Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [v-ing] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | If they 're performing below standard , we 've got a gap performance gap , that needs training good identification of training , but identifying exactly where they are performing and how . |
| 2 | More recently , however , interest in the left and right brain is due to work involving split-brain patients . |
| 3 | More recently , however , interest in the left and right brain is due to work involving split-brain patients . |
| 4 | They may not , for instance , be prepared to risk having any kind of emotional engagement ( I recently worked with a group of headteachers for whom this seemed to be a problem ) ; or they may not trust each other or the teacher ; or the ‘ hidden curriculum , of the group 's own dynamics may cut across the drama 's requirements ( for instance if the strong natural leader within the group is not given her usual leadership function within the fiction ) ; or the group may concentrate too hard on preparing material for ‘ showing ’ so that they miss out almost entirely on ‘ playing the drama game ’ ; or they may dislike drama or really want to perform a play or are simply not in the mood to submit to the experience . |
| 5 | This involves collecting annual data of real disposable income and consumption for the economy as a whole . |
| 6 | This involves building any investments required into the company budget as well as providing against project slippage because of any additional prototype stages the new process may make advisable . |
| 7 | This involves establishing mathematical links between so-called indicators , which can be directly observed , and the latent variable . |
| 8 | On the subject of batsmen and short-pitched bowling ; none apparently has been game enough to demand a fuller length , especially as this involves addressing such request to the likes of Denzil , Balfour or Elconn . |
| 9 | This involves accruing any receipts which have been earned in the financial year and accruing any payments which relate to purchases made in the financial year . |
| 10 | In section 6.1 , we referred to the empirical breakdown of the original Phillips curve in the late 1960s and we pointed out that one explanation for this involves bringing inflationary expectations into the argument . |
| 11 | This involves recording one line of music ( the ‘ backing ’ or ‘ rhythm ’ track ) , which is then played back to the musician while a second line is added . |
| 12 | This involves selling more government securities and thereby reducing banks ' reserves when their customers pay for them from their bank accounts . |
| 13 | Similarly , for all the huge majorities claiming to prefer more government spending , even if this involves paying more taxes , what does one make of the finding that voters , when asked which mattered more to themselves and their families , ‘ more public spending or tax cuts ? ’ , a majority preferred the tax cuts ( Marplan , March 1987 ) . |
| 14 | This involves making random leaps and jumps in thinking in order to develop novel ways of problem solving . |
| 15 | This involves keeping one concession in reserve to use as the final push towards agreement : ‘ If you are willing to place an order now , I 'm willing to offer an extra 2½ per cent discount . ’ |
| 16 | This involves estimating such factors as new household formation ( which itself can be affected by housing supply and prices ) , the rate of slum clearance , the role of improvements and major repairs to existing houses , and the geographic shift of jobs , retirement migration , second homes , and improved housing standards . |
| 17 | This involves giving legal advice to ministers and implementing government decisions , as well as prosecuting those who contravene regulations . |
| 18 | This avoided putting full page ads in Melody Maker , NME and Sounds , and hoping somebody would read them . |
| 19 | Some involve tapping one key , and the rest require one key to be held down while another is tapped . |
| 20 | They had no subsistence plots to fall back on , some tried reviving traditional handicrafts but these could not compete with the manufactured goods that had been made available by the market system . |
| 21 | Expand this to encourage involving other adults , and we should feel in tune with the NCC . |
| 22 | This involved using existing data and also meetings with representatives from organisations involved in economic development in the valley . |
| 23 | All of this involved taking both parents ’ sex cells with their half-complement of DNA signals in the chromosomes , and bringing them together so that the cells could clamp on to each other and start dividing and growing . |
| 24 | This involved rushing several buckets of water into his improvised shelter . |
| 25 | What enraged the liberals was that this involved placing political appointees at much lower levels of the hierarchies than had been usual , to increase the positive responsiveness of the bureaucracy to his policies . |
| 26 | This involved adding further fields of information relating to these staff to the " persons " data base , including job titles , pay and allowances and the date the person took up his/her present post . |
| 27 | This needs repeating several times because with his notorious drip paintings he came to be thought of by some as a dripster , a drooler , a mere pourer . |
| 28 | When nailing or screwing down carpet gripper strips , be careful to avoid piercing any water pipes or electricity cables . |
| 29 | Still floppy from giggling they were careful to avoid catching each other 's eye , but there was warmth and repose enough there to set against the hardness of the day 's demands . |
| 30 | This part of the selling process is directed towards finding out about your client and completing the C C Q. With all clients you must attempt to complete all relevant areas of the C C Q. This includes gathering hard facts , date of birth , marital status , dependants , hobbies and so on . |