Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They also have not yet learned to use their eyes together ( called binocular vision ) , so they may be seeing double or seeing only through one eye . |
| 2 | Not all alternatives are looked at , rather those most familiar to decision-makers or deviating least from existing practice are examined first , in order to cut down the information and transition costs associated with more radical changes . |
| 3 | A third of the recent records relate to birds found dead or dying inland after severe gales . |
| 4 | She would joke about the young ‘ uns with fat bums , riding around in cars and we would marvel at the so-called disabled people dismounting briskly from buses or climbing energetically from orange-badged cars . |
| 5 | A future investment activity not specifically relevant to the current context is the establishment , operation or winding up of collective investment schemes . |
| 6 | It was partly the proximity to the fens , for though they 'd long since been drained and farmed , all the fields were bound by ditches and dykes and he felt as if the land was oozing bog water , or sinking imperceptibly into some primeval slime . |
| 7 | They were all there on the last day , even down to the original.horse-drawn trams , rattling or gliding past in stately line-astern , a fleet from decades gone , past the Central Hotel and the ‘ Mal ’ , up Hope Street , and bidding farewell to Argyle Street under the gateway of the Hielan' Man 's Umbrella . |
| 8 | Achieving a maths mark in double figures ( all tests are marked out of 50 ) was about as likely as Iceland winning the Eurovision song contest or Michael Jackson growing up to be normal ( or growing up at all come to that ! ) . |
| 9 | The board will usually have responsibility for long-term strategic planning , for example concerning investment in new production facilities and products , merging or making a bid for another company , closing down existing plants or pulling out of unprofitable markets . |
| 10 | Sometimes too , I could hear the distant sounds of other women , coughing or calling out to one another , laughing . |
| 11 | A student can get in touch with the Counselling Service by phoning or calling in to either office ; telephone 031 650 4170 , or at King 's Buildings on 031 650 5773 . |
| 12 | He could have been plummeting down to the centre of the earth , in a submarine nudging over the seabed or flying soundlessly through outer space . |
| 13 | The isolation or bunching together of such pupils only provides them with poor role models and intensive interaction with other disturbed children . |
| 14 | For non-phobic clients , homework tasks might include being more assertive in a specific situation at work , involvement in a relaxing leisure activity , or cutting down on prescribed tranquillizers . |
| 15 | Or running round after some bloody male in an office . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Coincidentally , we are now seeing coming out of Eastern Europe that same broad attitude being adopted , not only by the democratic socialists and social democratic parties which are emerging in the East , but also amongst the reform wings of the old Communist parties led by a new generation who realise the command economy Stalinist game is completely up . |
| 17 | From there they rode to Dunvegan , either more or less as the crow flies by a drovers ' trail , or coming down from Greshornish to join what is now the A850 , at a point about half-way between Portree and their destination , Dunvegan Castle . |
| 18 | On a table in the hall was a pile of letters , addressed to officers who might be dead , or in prison camps , or coming back at any moment … . |
| 19 | They may have been on the street , or coming out of bed-and-breakfast lodgings . |
| 20 | There he was in all his splendour , gazing blithely out of society-column illustrations , going into or coming out of some swank nightspot or other , with a gorgeous girl on either arm . |
| 21 | During the first few days of the Blitz I had to go to Kings Cross and there I saw whole streams of weary and frightened East Enders pouring through the station , intent only on getting away from the bombing with what bits and pieces of their belongings they had been able to salvage ; with their small children crying and bewildered , and family pets bundled up in rugs or protesting loudly in makeshift cardboard boxes . |
| 22 | Other people use mathematical games to distract themselves such as adding continuously in threes , or counting backwards in sixes from 100 , or learning and reciting poetry or a song . |
| 23 | The Greater London Enterprise Board ( renamed Greater London Enterprises in 1986 ) can claim some considerable success in saving or creating up to 4000 jobs between 1982 and 1985 , but London had lost over 250000 jobs between 1978 and 1982 alone ( Duncan and Goodwin , 1985 , p. 81 ) . |
| 24 | Consistent sailing means not taking too many unnecessary risks , such as not starting at the crowded end of the start line or sailing completely to one side of the beat where just one unfavourable wind shift can ruin you . |
| 25 | The liability of the Corporation under this Section ( subject to Condition 5 of this Policy ) for all compensation payable in respect of or arising out of one occurrence or in respect of or arising out of all occurrences of a series consequent on or attributable to one source or original cause shall not exceed £1,000,000 . |
| 26 | The liability of the Corporation under this Section ( subject to Condition 5 of this Policy ) for all compensation payable in respect of or arising out of one occurrence or in respect of or arising out of all occurrences of a series consequent on or attributable to one source or original cause shall not exceed £1,000,000 . |
| 27 | Neither DW nor LD shall be not liable for any incidental or consequential damages , such as but not limited to , loss of anticipated profits or benefits resulting from the use of the Program or arising out of any breach of any warranty . |
| 28 | After three or four pages , he found himself wandering the streets or pacing anxiously through some park he did n't even recognize , twitching and murmuring strangely to himself while mothers , at the sight of him , drew their children to them and stole softly away across the grass . |
| 29 | Should there be specialist social workers in area teams with responsibility for developing dementia teamwork , or would this be more properly the function of the specialist social worker for the elderly ? iii Would the care of dementia sufferers as well as that of other groups be enhanced is care of the elderly was integrated at local level , uniting the functions of the geriatric and psychiatric services , or uniting both with social services for the elderly ? vi Alternatively would it be better to pursue the Griffiths proposal of Community care as an integrated organisation for the planning and delivery of care to a variety of disabled groups ? |
| 30 | Who else has been planning anything , or thinking ahead at all ? |