Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [v-ing] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although not approving of church-going , Herr Nordern offered to drive Omi and Erika to the church but , the day being bright and sunny , the offer was declined . |
| 2 | Drawing largely on the Marshall Berman/Perry Anderson debate , and thereby making of Modernism the characteristic expression of the experience of modernity , itself conceived as a response to capitalist modernisation , Callinicos seems to want to claim in essence that both the former are partial in respect of the fact of this last . |
| 3 | Naturally , there are many TNCs that run specific production lines to serve specific markets ( see Hill and Still , 1984a , b ) , but it is usually the case that a TNC will prefer to enter a new market with a standard product rather than incur the costs of retooling , redesign and perhaps restructuring of distribution . |
| 4 | Management skills and systems development to ensure efficient use of resources in a more dispersed service and better targeting of health need |
| 5 | and not eating of course . |
| 6 | There were no metal tools — only stone , wood and bone were used ; there was no written language and thus recording of land rights and rules for their disposal ; there were no cereal crops , and limited means only of storing foodstuffs ; and so on . |
| 7 | She stepped out from behind her rock , her skimpy dress clinging uncomfortably to her wet skin , providing absolutely no warmth , and still reeking of smoke . |
| 8 | The Americans and British , intent on not getting stuck in the town , wandered in and out talking of electricity and sanitation , then said they would send a few soldiers for a short time . |