Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After sneaking promotion in Darlington 's shadow last May , they 're on the fringe of the play-off contenders and , with three successive wins , nicely gathering momentum for another grandstand finish . |
| 2 | Not surprisingly , against this background , family relationships were very strained and Gary was so unpopular that on the rare occasions when he did behave appropriately it went unnoticed and unattended to , which meant he was only getting attention for antisocial behaviour . |
| 3 | Obviously this memory overhead can be greatly reduced by only allocating space for those routes which are used ( i.e. an n-ary tree where n is variable between 0 and 26 ) , for example typical routes from ‘ z ’ would be ‘ e ’ , ‘ i ’ and ‘ o ’ . |
| 4 | Because he is constantly having desires for these partial relationships satisfied , he is less likely to seek out non-distorting , non-partial relationships in the rest of his life . |
| 5 | The department is actively involved in Quality Circles , constantly studying possibilities for further improvements . |
| 6 | The schedule , by asking for the residence to have ‘ the requirements of a Nobleman 's Town House ’ with twelve to fourteen bedrooms , a dining room to seat fifty , and a reception suite to accommodate 1,500 guests , was not only ensuring accommodation for official functions , but also attempting to perpetuate the traditional view of the Secretary of State as the embodiment of the Foreign Office ; a view which Hammond was systematically demolishing . |
| 7 | DOS Protected Mode Services is an application programming interface that enables device drivers and terminate and stay resident programs to reside in extended memory and execute in protected mode on 80286 computers and up , greatly reducing demand for conventional memory . |
| 8 | It has since been retrospectively enlarged , going back to 1754 for North America , and progressively completing coverage for other countries , particularly European geology . |
| 9 | It has since been retrospectively enlarged , going back to 1754 for North America , and progressively completing coverage for other countries , particularly European geology . |
| 10 | While the people of one region might still be using stone tools , those in another were already using bronze for all their tools and weapons and sometimes iron as well . |
| 11 | It 's only just launched the Sigma but is already pressing Japan for more volume , and pretty soon will have the new-generation Shoguns . |
| 12 | I mean in a sense they were just sacrificing peasants for that strategy . |
| 13 | Many of the defendants were already serving sentences for other crimes . |
| 14 | The CAP should be scaled down — thus releasing resources for industrial and investment — and replaced by a European Good Food Policy . |
| 15 | The company plans to make around 100 Evantes next year and is already holding deposits for 18 cars . |
| 16 | In other words , it would appear that the wings and fringe were sent to regiments to be fitted by regimental tailors , thus giving scope for some unofficial embellishments — hardly unheard of in the British Army , in all periods . |
| 17 | Much of the initial cost of setting up the campaign was covered either by various committee members somehow doing things for free or came from the remainder of the money raised at the Comedy Store . |
| 18 | Somehow he always managed to play off one creditor against another , claiming he was just awaiting payment for some big deal or other that was in the pipeline . |
| 19 | An emergency resolution was passed which urged the government to target criminal justice resources into preventative programmes rather than just extending custody for young offenders . |
| 20 | His forecasting staff in the Treasury might have been better suited to dreaming up horoscopes , and at times officials seem to have been deliberately distorting figures for political ends . |
| 21 | In 1938 , however , a higher proportion of prisoners ( 51.3% ) was still serving sentences for non-indictable offences than for indictable offences ( 48.7% ) . |
| 22 | There remain , however , a few dancers who excel in the purely classical roles , which an audience demands because they are still testing grounds for particular talents . |
| 23 | Indeed , they lost Gooch , Hick — cheaply again — and Stewart before they were in credit ; but with Smith mixing careworn defence and carefree attack , once pulling Su'a for six while on one knee as the Samoan attempted some left-arm spin , and Lamb all bustle and energy , English fears were eased going into the last day . |
| 24 | She 's always buying flowers for that BVM . ’ |
| 25 | The injuries were very serious her face she 's still having therapy for partial paralysis of the face , and today she paid tribute to staff at the Radcliffe Infirmary who treated her . |
| 26 | Considering the children who were only excreting Cryptosporidium , chronic diarrhoea occurred in nine of 11 children ( 82% ) who had returned from travel abroad ( Indian subcontinent ( eight ) , Europe ( two ) , and Africa ( one ) ) and in seven of 11 children ( 64% ) from itinerant families ( eight of nine and four of seven respectively having diarrhoea for greater than 21 days ) . |
| 27 | One of the author 's former clients is still awaiting certificates for American stocks he bought through the crashed Sheridan Securities over two years ago , a familiar story to clients of many licensed dealers ( and many clients deal through several ) . |
| 28 | Jackie Marston , manager of the hospital social workers , was still negotiating funding for social work links with these surrounding districts when I met her and some of her team at the hospital . |
| 29 | The show is reportedly a cracker , with a set comprising the Diamonds and Pearls album , a lot of unreleased material yet still leaving room for all Prince 's greatest hits . |
| 30 | There were also regular conferences at headquarters for divisional controllers and further coordinating meetings for other divisional officers , with whom their headquarters functional equivalents liked to maintain direct contact . |