Example sentences of "[noun pl] [v-ing] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taking a booking and issuing a personalised ticket now takes just one minute compared with up to 10 minutes using a manual system . |
| 2 | Subsequently anterior and posterior abdominal scans were obtained at 40 , 120 , and 240 minutes using a large field of view gamma camera fitted with a low energy high resolution collimator and interfaced to a Research Machines Nimbus microcomputer . |
| 3 | And , as if to emphasise the difficulties that any prevention programme has to face , you had only to walk through any exit to find little groups enjoying a quiet cigarette . |
| 4 | For example , the well-established tradition of ‘ community studies ’ , which involves a researcher or a team of researchers using a wide variety of methods to study a whole community , has been producing work in both Britain and the USA almost continuously since the 1920s . |
| 5 | I remember my mother , who was an accomplished knitter , spending many hours knitting a yellow jersey from this yarn for my sister . |
| 6 | Sgt John Grainger , community relations officer at Bishop Auckland police , said three builders using a blue van called at the home of an elderly person in the town , telling her she needed work on the roof and quoting £300 . |
| 7 | In previous studies on the morphogenesis of colonic adenomas in FAP cases using a complete serial sectioning technique , we found that adenomas begin to develop in the proliferative compartment of the lower crypts in the form of atypical epithelial clusters , ‘ buds of ademoa ’ . |
| 8 | McMahon and Greene first considered the effect of running surfaces using a mathematical model which depicted a runner 's legs as a rack and-pinion element linked to a spring and shock absorber . |
| 9 | Many analysts discounted the drop and pointed to other signs suggesting a strengthening manufacturing sector , including continued expansion of industrial production . |
| 10 | Many students find it useful to spend two or three minutes drawing a key words map for the questions they intend to answer . |
| 11 | ( ii ) Disaggregate embryos ( up to early blastocysts ) or cell clumps in calcium-free media or 0.9% sodium citrate , air dry , fix with 70% ethanol and count the nuclei using a fluorescent microscope equipped with appropriate light source and filters . |
| 12 | You should repeat each test at least ten times using a different animal of the same kind for each test . |
| 13 | He climbed and saw three Germans circling a lone SE and firing at it . |
| 14 | Gossip on the IBM UK Ltd grapevine has the company 's Havant disk drive manufacturing operations becoming a separate subsidiary : does this mean that there are plans to float it ? |
| 15 | His new position reflected the fact that the SHP , now his coalition partner , included 22 deputies representing a Kurdish party , the People 's Labour Party ( HEP ) , which had had its official recognition withdrawn . |
| 16 | The king prawns ( £11.95 ) are about as elaborate as you 'll get : four giants climbing a stylish mound of nutty black pasta interleaved with strips of courgette and carrot . |
| 17 | On the spot news from all over the world and this country — weekly programmes tackling a wide range of issues and stories with originality — and a wide range of programme formats to appeal to a wider audience . |
| 18 | They sleep during the day , and you will sometimes see flocks of little birds mobbing a sleeping owl in broad daylight . |
| 19 | Fire crews spent more than two hours tackling a severe blaze in an empty Middlesbrough house yesterday . |
| 20 | Ethernet support makes it feasible to use 3270 and ASCII terminals to access both traditional hierarchical SNA environments and TCP/IP environments using a single network , IBM says . |
| 21 | Ever demonstrative , Markus Stenz clearly aimed at the dramatic in Beethoven 's Symphony No4 and digging deep , uncovered hidden orchestral reserves bringing a satisfying degree of tension and thrill to the first movement . |
| 22 | encourage movement in your opponent 's position by : summarizing the course of negotiations so far , suggesting that the time has come for mutual concessions suggesting a new position which represents a different point of departure for both parties linking two or more issues since ‘ it might help us get nearer a settlement ’ suggesting an adjournment indicating the exact area to which you want your opponent to pay attention |
| 23 | The man , arrested after the woman called police , admitted entering her Tokyo flat several times in six months using a stolen key . |
| 24 | The group is centred around Professor X , the Overseer ; Brother J , the Grand Verbaliser Funkin-Lesson ; and the Rhythm Provider , Sugar Shaft — upfront , serious brothers bringing a spiritual neo-nationalism to the streets of urban America , using hip hop culture to introduce and develop Blackwatch , a youth organisation working for self-help in the black inner cities . |
| 25 | Agitate the cells and tubule fragments using a stirring bar and magnetic stirrer for about I h . |
| 26 | MOVES are afoot to prevent drivers using a narrow road which leads from Bangor High Street into Kyffin Square . |
| 27 | In that second , while Jinny was babbling on about Joe , the boy looked her straight in the eyes and spoke soundlessly , his lips shaping a single word . |
| 28 | A reactive search is by its nature a limited search for potential acquisition candidates using a small number of information sources . |
| 29 | The Census of Production will be used to estimate a system of factor demands using a dual-cost function approach . |
| 30 | It was an unspectacular , stable society , like the Basque Provinces enjoying a large degree of local autonomy . |