Example sentences of "[adj] [v-ing] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there is no hope of that occurring in the foreseeable future . |
| 2 | It carries more textual meaning than an adverbial occurring in the same position . |
| 3 | Of course , making an unauthorized copy of an Esperanto– English dictionary would infringe copyright , if only that subsisting in the typographical arrangement . |
| 4 | But even if a choreographer breaks such regularity when setting a classical ballet he usually balances the pattern made on the floor in one enchaînement by another moving in the opposite direction . |
| 5 | 2 Coping in the difficult situation |
| 6 | The promised money fails to appear because , says the broker , of some failing in the would-be borrower . |
| 7 | As a result , I did n't do much spontaneous playing in the actual studio . ’ |
| 8 | Reports at the turn of the year 1942–3 referring in the usual glowing terms of undiminished confidence of the people in ‘ its beloved Führer ’ and claiming that ‘ the person of the Führer was as always put beyond criticism ’ had been speaking in the conventional exaggerations of the regime 's apparatchiks . |
| 9 | There are still blemishes , subtly dished characters show quite visible stepping in the vertical plane but the overall results look excellent . |
| 10 | By contrast , the National Development Group implies a different kind of development work in its emphasis on " joint working in the actual delivery of services Clearly , service coordination of this kind is a form of service development in the absence of coordinated services . |
| 11 | He has been given every chance to develop , for the West Indies youth team 's tour of Australia in 1988 , another trip to Zimbabwe in 1989 and every representative President 's XI or Under-23s going in the Caribbean against touring teams . |
| 12 | What a week : Batts and Fat-Frank going in the same week , what the fuck is going on — i guess they need the cash to buy someone — guess we will know who in a couple of weeks … the newly in shape Maradona ? |
| 13 | Power marked the apostolic preaching in the Holy Spirit at Thessalonica , and joy marked its reception by the new believers ( 1 Thess. 1:5f ) . |
| 14 | In 1870 the ninety serving in the French foreign ministry , for example , were dwarfed by the 1,500 employed in the ministry of finance , the largest of all French central government departments . |
| 15 | There was a sudden slowing in the regular tone that signalled Doyle 's heart-beat . |
| 16 | Short-term contract working in manufacturing differed from short-term contract or seasonal working in the three service sectors described above and , indeed , from the other forms of temporary working we have examined in this study , ion that many of the temporary workers concerned were " involuntary " temporary workers . |
| 17 | Speaking to defence writers , he made clear he was against the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation taking over responsibility for all peacekeeping in the former Yugoslavia should a ceasefire and peace be agreed . |
| 18 | I believe that what we are seeing from President Moi and members of his Government is all going in the right direction . |
| 19 | As we neared the cemetery , the streets began to fill with people , all heading in the same direction . |
| 20 | We headed up the Ring Road towards Old Delhi , and as we drove the avenues began to fill with bicycle rickshaws , all heading in the same direction . |
| 21 | The earth was soft and crumbling , with a scattering of the weeds that are found in cultivated fields — fumitory , charlock , pimpernel and mayweed , all growing in the green gloom under the bean leaves . |
| 22 | All pulling in the same direction , you know . |
| 23 | the team leader at work who is concerned to ensure that members of the group are all pulling in the same direction towards greater productivity or an improved service . |
| 24 | For instrument approaches airfield QNH is to be used until approaching the Final Approach Fix or Final Approach Point , as appropriate , when QFE is to be set at the Initial Point and all flying in the visual circuit is to be conducted on QFE . |
| 25 | They were very low , twittering all round us , all flying in the same direction , low and happy . |
| 26 | That has much to do with the bringing together of all participants in the one place — all staying in the same hotel , all competing at the same venue , all joining in the same events , culminating in the Barbarian Easter Tour-style tradition of each nation providing a ‘ cabaret ’ turn at the farewell banquet . |
| 27 | That has much to do with the bringing together of all participants in the one place — all staying in the same hotel , all competing at the same venue , all joining in the same events , culminating in the Barbarian Easter Tour-style tradition of each nation providing a ‘ cabaret ’ turn at the farewell banquet . |
| 28 | This was not obvious to most people in the later nineteenth century , and the general effect of the Second Law was to encourage the gloomy belief that in time the universe would die the heat death of general tepidity : that the universe would see Victorians and their foreseeable descendants out , its death being many million years away , was little consolation to believers in progress , who saw it all stopping in the distant future . |
| 29 | Sabine was among the many girls of Irish descent who entered one of eight regional finals held in Guinness Irish pubs throughout Germany , all culminating in the national final held in the Irish Pub in Berlin 's Europa Centre . |
| 30 | like when we 're all sitting in the front room at night and then they sa I think they chirp away to each other quite happily , you know . |