Example sentences of "[adj] and [adv] [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Relatives of the Guildford 4 and Birmingham 6 described the brutal and systematically degrading treatment the prisoners receive in jail . |
| 2 | We still find Christian undergraduates entering universities , and ordinands coming into theological colleges , who have no idea of the tremendous advances that have been made in biblical scholarship and whose first contact with historical criticism is a dismaying and frightening experience instead of , as I think it ought to be , a liberating and wholly enhancing experience . |
| 3 | But it gave her another flare of confidence , this elusive and somehow warming reminder of her childhood . |
| 4 | It is worth noting that whereas profit shares in manufacturing fell over the period , in the financial sector they were maintained at a high and even rising level [ Brown and Sheriff , 1978 ] . |
| 5 | if we were going to buy a goalie ( well fantasize about it anyway ) then Flowers would be the best bet followed by Coton , Southall is too old and rapidly becomming crap . |
| 6 | The ‘ false ’ bus , used for escaping refugees , is carrying Michael ( Paul Newman ) and Sarah ( Julie Andrews ) , American scientists on the run from the security police , to the comparative safety of East Berlin ; it has to keep a few minutes ahead of the real , scheduled bus , so in fact most of the shots out of the bus windows concentrate mainly on the distance between the two buses , gradually diminishing and so raising suspicion . |
| 7 | Now it was Maggie , soaking wet and still oozing blood who turned and took Phoebe in her arms . |
| 8 | Said one : ‘ I lied about my birth but I realised I was different and always coming top of the class did not help . ’ |
| 9 | It was a dignified and deeply moving occasion , the funerals of five ordinary people leading ordinary lives until they were gunned down by Loyalist terrorists . |
| 10 | I am very , very relieved and obviously taking advice on the next steps because naturally I am not going to leave it at this . ’ |
| 11 | It is this ability to produce flowers throughout the summer and early autumn that ranks them with the true annuals when it comes to creating the most colourful and long lasting planting schemes . |
| 12 | To Ashley the ceremony seemed a simple and yet moving reminder of the basics of life . |
| 13 | The nurse may help promote sleep by reducing anxieties if possible and generally providing comfort — rearranging pillows or adjusting the backrest . |
| 14 | But , as in life when you enter a room that has balance and shape in its architecture , it is something that has a subtle and decidedly enhancing effect . |
| 15 | In an adjournment debate in the Commons earlier this month , Mr Hood claimed that Mr Muncie 's ‘ luck ran out ’ for his favourite method of investigation — deciding who was guilty and then gathering evidence to prove it . |
| 16 | Against concerted action by local authorities the individual librarian would be fighting a very hard and probably losing battle . |
| 17 | The driver said nothing , but we were in Broadway and the seventies and still heading north . |
| 18 | Brian Carter , Torquay Herald Express nature columnist and local conservationist , was then introduced and delivered a nostalgic and hard hitting talk on local and international environmental issues drawing from his experiences . |
| 19 | The vehicles are put away again , and the now cold and slightly unappetising evening meal is pushed back into the microwave . |
| 20 | Dear Boy , It must be very difficult for you sometimes I expect not having anyone and having to do all the shopping and cooking for yourself I know that when I was working I certainly could not have managed on my own , coming home tired and then making dinner your own dinner and then going upstairs to do some more work , what sort of life is that , though I know all about that because of course I did do that for three years almost , and I know how much happier I was when I knew there was someone waiting for me and having the dinner ready and keeping the house clean and all those things , or perhaps you people do n't think those things are important . |
| 21 | From M T Woodcraft , a full-sized and fully working barrow in iroko costs £134 . |
| 22 | A teacher who regards his work in this way , who sees his task as being not merely an overseer of academic progress but a mature adult who watches over and helps a child to find personal identity in an ever more complex and fast moving world may deservedly claim to be considered doing work worthy of professional status . |
| 23 | Despite being faced with a complex and rapidly evolving society , the prejudice that is apparent on the pages of textbooks threatens to stultify research . |
| 24 | Peter clearly took to heart what must have been a challenging and potentially testing message . |
| 25 | Yet perhaps the most imaginative and far reaching scheme is the cross-curricular project developed by RFU senior coach and polytechnic lecturer Tony Butlin in conjunction with Walbottle High School and supported by the RFU and the University of Sunderland . |
| 26 | A High Elf army is normally a compact and hard hitting force , a select body of Elves brought together to defend some realm or oust an invader . |
| 27 | In spite of the reduced and indeed reducing turnover that we have had in the past 12 months , 1992 provided a better financial result than the previous year . |
| 28 | This feeling is a rewarding and hence motivating experience . |
| 29 | Traffic 's very slow on the M four westbound at junction six , that 's the turnoff for Slough and on the M twenty five in both directions , between junctions fourteen and sixteen , there 's very heavy and slow moving traffic , that 's between Heathrow and the M forty . |
| 30 | Perhaps most impressively of all , the visionary glow of the C sharp minor Fugue in Book One makes for a transcendental and deeply telling interpretation that silences all criticism . |