Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [v-ing] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ibn Fayoud said that the stakes were too high to risk using an apprentice . ’ |
| 2 | But the study shows that those dedicated to breaking through the ‘ glass ceiling ’ on their careers are prepared to sacrifice having a family ; the nine women tested had only five children between them ; the six men had 10 . |
| 3 | The latter must be careful to avoid giving an impression of revelling in the trappings of power , and they must beware of appearing to threaten the prerogatives of other political actors such as the Supreme Court or the Congress . |
| 4 | At a meeting in mid-September , the government indicated that if IFAW were able to increase income from international ecotourism involving the seals and if it were willing to provide for independent assistance with additional research on the interactions between Cape fur seals and fisheries , it too would be willing to consider announcing a moratorium on the killing of seals , perhaps as early as 1 January 1992 . |
| 5 | So , with music and poetry , as with ‘ the language of information ’ ( 160 ) , ‘ it is wrong to call understanding a process that accompanies hearing ’ ( 163 ) . |
| 6 | An ominous sign … or were they just afraid to admit supporting a rebel ? |
| 7 | If the Prime Minister had meant what she said , and if the Secretary of State — whom I am delighted to see taking an interest in the Bill had conveyed her message properly , the Minister would have put down an amendment , and would by this time have leapt to his feet to accept amendment No. 3 . |
| 8 | It is not always easy to avoid writing a shade smugly about the arrangements Mozart made of choral works by Handel . |
| 9 | The second lemma is easy to prove using a combination of structural induction and mathematical induction ( the latter for WHILE loops ) . |
| 10 | ‘ And I 've had a couple of glasses of Scotch to celebrate finishing a course of antibiotics for a chest infection , ’ he finished wearily . |
| 11 | At first , the puppy is likely to resent wearing a collar , and will paw at its neck in an attempt to remove it . |
| 12 | The inquirer may have an urgent need seeking a solution and may turn to the competition if faced with a delay . |
| 13 | It can be fast work setting a long-net if the stakes are ready to hand . |
| 14 | THE DINNER OR LUNCHEON PARTY Whatever time of day it is , this is most likely to mean inviting a group of people over for a ‘ sit-down ’ meal . |
| 15 | He may even be able to continue earning a bit by playing ( piano ) for pubs & clubs . |
| 16 | It had at last been able to start building a hall of residence which had been in abeyance for six years , and the Director was underlining that student accommodation was in short supply in Teesside , and ‘ unless something is done by the provision of fiats , hostels , etc. , to supplement the supply of digs , I can see this being a factor which could really inhibit our development ’ . |
| 17 | If the general practitioner pronounces the patient fit enough , he may be able to start driving a car again , although he may need to retake a driving test if he has not been able to drive for several months . |
| 18 | The prolonged UK recession has reduced the numbers able to contemplate buying a home overseas ; indeed , some of those with properties in Europe are now trying to sell , to reduce their borrowings . |
| 19 | The Price Is Right host Leslie , 59 , above , can hear but is still unable to speak following an operation to remove two blood clots from his brain after a road crash . |
| 20 | In the case in which the defect in the law was first exposed , Marsh v. Arscot the defendant who was drunk began using a stream of abusive language directed at the policemen who were investigating his suspicious presence in a car park . |
| 21 | ‘ Your book has strong appeal and I would be pleased to consider writing a foreword . |
| 22 | Discerning involves drawing a conclusion as to the identity of an object based on careful scrutiny . |
| 23 | Cloud flying , particularly in shower clouds , can be quite a dangerous pastime and on many days it would be totally irresponsible to risk losing a club glider by attempting to climb a large cloud . |
| 24 | A year or two later , expanding on her analysis , Iris Murdoch dubbed the journalistic novel ‘ loose and cheerful ’ , adding gaily that she was inclined to start writing a novel in the hope that ‘ a lot of people who are not me are going to come into existence in some wonderful way ’ — though frustrated , sometimes , by the prevailing theoretical power of her own philosophical mind . |
| 25 | Mother needed to be reassured that it would be all right to stop putting a nappy on Susan and to talk to her about doing her ‘ poo ’ in the lavatory . |
| 26 | Since the Minister is anxious to avoid giving a commitment to set up a further education council , perhaps he could use the opportunity of replying to the debate to rule out a possibility which was raised in the press last year . |
| 27 | Councillors are obliged to consider terminating a contract if eight notices are issued . |
| 28 | Meanwhile , following a protest by villagers , British Gas has rerouted a £2.7 million gas main to avoid disturbing a colony of rare glow worms near Barrowden , Leicestershire . |
| 29 | I was so eager to start training an owl , I felt I knew what I was taking on , and yet the right bird eluded me . |