Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result most contracting in the first year was in the form of unsophisticated block contracts . |
| 2 | The crowds , eventually numbering in the thousands , evolved into a spontaneous anti-war demonstration and headed across town , disrupting traffic while shouting ‘ No blood for oil ’ and finally rallying at the United Nations building . |
| 3 | Another way to get the flavour of Japan , but requiring a little more courage than merely eating in a local café , is to stay in a Japanese-style hotel . |
| 4 | She stopped , suddenly drowning in a confused , illogical longing to confide in this man , and wishing with all her heart that she was n't so terrified of the consequences . |
| 5 | More '79 than '69 , no fake Hendrix-Stones-Byrds impressions , which seems somewhat daring in the current ultra-conservative climate . |
| 6 | More '79 than '69 , no fake Hendrix-Stones-Byrds impressions , which seems somewhat daring in the current ultra-conservative climate . |
| 7 | Fungus is rarely a primary invader of the fish , only occurring in the later stages of disease when fish are heavily infected by protozoa , flukes and bacteria . |
| 8 | Over the years the number of grade Vs has quadrupled , with much over-crowding in the top end . |
| 9 | ( This exchange system enabled some universities to establish very large collections of theses , but it was very costly , since it depended on the production of multiple copies of theses , and the practise was only operating in a small number of American universities by the start of Worl War II . |
| 10 | Due to the pilot nature of the scheme it is only operating in a few selected areas initially , which is why your parish has not been contacted . |
| 11 | In the same period , kin links were an important mechanism for recruiting labour , and so living in the parental household would have given young people increased chances of finding work , as well as providing them with accommodation which they might not have been able to afford on their own . |
| 12 | Not only is there a lack of research evidence to support this view , but it has been argued that many children do better remaining in a single-parent family than in having to make further adjustments to a third form of family life — the step-family ( Richards and Dyson , 1982 ) . |
| 13 | Each layer or sheet , of which there may be 50 or 100 altogether , contains fibres of the protein collagen all pointing in the same direction within the plane of the layer , so that each sheet has a readily ( if you have an electron microscope ) discernible direction or polarity associated with it . |
| 14 | ‘ So many separate bits of evidence all pointing in the same direction . |
| 15 | Built in the hybrid style which has been dubbed ‘ artisan mannerism ’ , the house is exuberantly detailed and entirely lacking in the Italianate sophistication of the court style of Inigo Jones [ q.v . ] . |
| 16 | During this period Churchill took over the coal negotiations and displayed a vigour for settlement which had been entirely lacking in the Prime Minister . |
| 17 | I did n't say much at those early stewards ' meetings , but realised very quickly that many of the very excellent people present were somewhat lacking in the ordinary muscle a steward requires to carry out his job quietly and efficiently . |
| 18 | Royal aides were stunned to be told yesterday of what Morton is apparently saying in the new chapter . |
| 19 | The house had seemed less threatening in the cold light of day , and it became obvious that a pretty establishment had been rendered hideous by neglect . |
| 20 | Perhaps much learning in the natural sciences , in the medical sciences and in technology is like this . |
| 21 | The implication is that he has not only been deeply disgusted by the political and social oppression in capitalist and colonial France , but has also been fatally attracted to the entirely new set of social relations apparently emerging in the post-revolutionary situation in the Soviet Union . |
| 22 | The reindeer come from a herd living wild in the Scottish highlands , so arriving in a built-up area caused a few problems , as Ken Goodwin reports . |
| 23 | Look out , all those companies that are eagerly playing in the digital cellular telephony market with Time Division Multiple Access technology : the King of Prussia , Pennsylvania-based InterDigital Patents Corp unit of InterDigital Communications Corp says it has engaged the law firm of Dickstein Shapiro & Morin to represent it in connection with possible patent infringement litigation to enforce its portfolio of 32 US patents on the technology . |
| 24 | Annabel , who always excited more by her appearance than her standard of play , knew she would soon be going to the ball as Cinderella and she was only playing in the National Championships on a whim . |
| 25 | By just merely putting in an additional point , or turnout , here , er to er to make that say double track . |
| 26 | When last heard of — in the early Seventies — he had returned to the United States and was apparently working in a fast food restaurant . |
| 27 | He 'd been merely indulging in an amusing diversion to pass the time . |
| 28 | She saw the flowers gently swaying in the light breeze , the lichen-covered gravestones that hid their contents from the world , and was overcome with sadness . |
| 29 | He was still fishing , the line plumbing the depths of the water , gently swaying in the light breeze . |
| 30 | Unfortunately , in modern society , our ‘ own ’ are rarely living in the same town or even in the same county as us , which makes the ideal situation very difficult to achieve . |