Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [adv] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When nailing or screwing down carpet gripper strips , be careful to avoid piercing any water pipes or electricity cables . |
| 2 | However , the firm is precluded from receiving or holding either Investment Business Clients Money or Custodial Investments . |
| 3 | Dies are tools which can be used in presses to produce a particular shape usually by stamping or bending e.g. car body panels . |
| 4 | Alan Townshend , professor of analytical chemistry at Hull , agrees that phasing out carbon tetrachloride is a minor worry . |
| 5 | But Mr Clarke indicated he preferred to raise taxes on spending — such as widening VAT — rather than putting up income tax . |
| 6 | This is far easier than setting out wall tiling , because floors have far fewer obstacles than walls do . |
| 7 | A member of one local authority in England — I will not name it for obvious reasons — told me that the police in that area have said that following up poll tax debts and warrants is not a high priority . |
| 8 | ‘ By means of it ’ , the directory informs us , ‘ vessels trade regularly to London , Hull , and various parts of Yorkshire , carrying out corn and wool , and bringing in return timber , coals , groceries , etc ’ . |
| 9 | Mountain streams are usually the longest , originating from springs on high ground and picking up ground water and tributaries as they descend . |
| 10 | Andy Hyslop added Mid Air Collision E5 6b ( F7b ) taking a line crossing Cyborg and finishing up Flight Path . |
| 11 | There may be difficulties in particular law centres in finding the right balance between assisting clients in individual cases and taking on group work or projects , but it seems unduly restrictive to deny that the latter was a proper role for lawyers to play . |
| 12 | Gullible had n't been driving a great big lorry around the place and putting down rat poison . |
| 13 | Only a few wives expressed any confidence in working with machines and carrying out crop work . |
| 14 | Plants consume carbon dioxide , releasing the oxygen that we other species require , completing in our turn the full circle by ‘ burning ’ carbon and breathing out carbon dioxide . |
| 15 | UNTIL now Belfast City Airport has expanded in an orderly , and leaving aside car parking space , reasonably well planned manner . |
| 16 | Aid for research into deforestation and forest replacement is promised and tree planting will be encouraged as an effective way of absorbing and locking up carbon dioxide . |
| 17 | Brides And Setting Up Home magazine is full of suggestions but their most valuable piece of advice is undoubtedly start planning early . |
| 18 | Happily , after rectifying it and laying down coconut matting ( ! ) , the year ended with a small surplus , although £100 was owing on the building , and £140 had been spent on the Club 's first tractor ! |
| 19 | Buying out CFCs in the Third World is within the West 's means , but buying out carbon dioxide in China , India , Brazil and the lesser parts of the Third World is certain to prove beyond anyone 's means . |
| 20 | It also reduces a certain amount of heat loss , as well as cutting down traffic noise . |
| 21 | The three institutes of chartered accountants are therefore working together to forward joint proposals to SIB which would satisfy the regulatory authority that those members identified as carrying out investment business are trained and competent in this work . |