Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] [v-ing] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His work has often incorporated a story-board-like element , smaller ‘ pictures ’ marching in squared-off boxes around the borders of his canvases or forming a predella-like frieze along the bottom . |
| 2 | 17032 married white women aged 25–39 years at entry during 1968–74 who were taking oral contraceptives or using an intrauterine device or diaphragm . |
| 3 | The ‘ general interest ’ post would be in environmental sectors or helping the poor , old and disabled . |
| 4 | Soldering was valuable for such purposes as attaching handles to vessels or closing the final links of chains . |
| 5 | Are we better off searching for the hidden opportunities or spotting the obvious ones early enough ? |
| 6 | It is wrong to think he is supposed to be telling the truth in his songs and presenting a true picture of his personality . |
| 7 | A key objective since Tencel was launched has been to position it at the top end of the market , working with the best mills , converters and manufacturers and attracting a premium price for the fibre . |
| 8 | He then accused her of sending him hate mail , photos of dismembered animals and putting a mutilated doll outside his home . |
| 9 | Reciprocating coalitions are an important feature of these multi-male groups and particular friends at the top of the hierarchy can effectively ‘ police ’ the unit , reducing the frequency of quarrels and maintaining a low level of disturbance of pregnant and lactating females . |
| 10 | His second , seven minutes before half-time , was even better , running straight at the hapless Gittens before seeing the whites of Pears ' eyes and drilling an explosive left foot drive high into the net . |
| 11 | It is about eliminating regrets , fears and anxieties and injecting a positive quality into time spent without other people . |
| 12 | WHAT HAPPENS in Foucault 's Pendulum is that three editors at a Milan publishing house , vetting manuscripts for a series of books on the occult , decide to amuse themselves by connecting up every conspiracy theory advanced by their half-baked authors and fabricating an elaborate master-plan which explains the whole of world history . |
| 13 | Although the NKP had been short of funds and lacking a credible presidential candidate , there were reports that some of the party 's legislators were unwilling to accept the merger . |
| 14 | For example , if a particular method of prevention ( or treatment ) is of uncertain value , there are many obstacles to be passed before the necessary research can be conducted , from seeking funds and securing the necessary collaboration to obtaining consent from many local research ethics committees . |
| 15 | Toton and Tinsley are good examples of depots with specific sub-sector allegiances and covering a wide geographical area . |
| 16 | In the case of international law what the institutions of positive law have to offer is a means for settling dangerous disputes and limiting the destructive powers which could be used to resolve those disputes in an unacceptable manner . |
| 17 | But seneschals still itinerated when they arrived in the duchy to take up office — receiving oaths from the king-duke 's Gascon subjects and swearing a reciprocal oath to them . |
| 18 | The initial BFS produced by this method can also be used as an initial BFS for the TRP by identifying i with as warehouses and i with as shops and allowing the initial BFS to contain only x i j , where i is a warehouse and j a shop . |
| 19 | Many of the chairmen were also anxious to strengthen their presence in the retailing of electrical goods by extending the number of shops and releasing the commercial drive of managers . |
| 20 | This kind of map analysis used to be done manually ( before the advent of practical GIS ) by overlaying transparent map sheets , establishing the required spatial relationships and drawing the new map on a clean top sheet with felt pens ( McHarg 1969 ) . |
| 21 | The trigger fish feeds on coral , crunching the stony branches and extracting the little polyps . |
| 22 | Everything at Berbera was unfamiliar and exciting : the barren , burnt-up countryside , so very different from the highlands of Abyssinia ; the camel herds at the wells ; the gaunt , half-naked Somalis with great mops of hair , leaning on their spears and talking a harsh incomprehensible language ; the bugle calls ; the uniformed troops drilling on their parade ground , and especially an evening when they staged for us a realistic attack with blank ammunition on a position " held " by tribesmen . |
| 23 | Last year the decision was taken to leave the Dean Centre as part of an ongoing rationalisation of Regional premises , aimed at making savings and offering an improved service to clients . |
| 24 | The laibon , dressed in his traditional finery , a cloak of fur on his shoulders and carrying a thin stick , walks across the enclosure , now thick with the strangely blotched cattle , their huge horns gently meshing and unmeshing , to greet Fairfax . |
| 25 | Leaning on rakes and watching the slow leaves sinking . |
| 26 | On Nov. 20 opposition groups issued a joint statement calling for the immediate resignation of Ershad and fair and free elections within three months and announcing a general strike on Nov. 26 . |
| 27 | In view of the United Nations resolution passed this year , it is a question of taking the matter to the highest level at the United Nations and appointing a special representative . |
| 28 | Health teaching does not necessarily imply an elaborate preplanned programme of instruction ; it does involve being alert to cues from the clients and assessing the appropriate time to discuss issues which they and the nurse consider important to the client 's circumstances . |
| 29 | In 1968 the Wilson government 's attempts to reform the House of Lords , taking voting rights away from hereditary peers and creating a nominated group of voting life-peers , fell victim to sabotage from both Left and Right . |
| 30 | Philippe never lost his childhood orientation and was known to lead his troops into battle in high heels and wearing a perfumed wig . |