Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] through [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , only a quarter of its corporate members enter by way of the profession 's own examination system , the remainder qualifying through external degree or diploma courses . |
| 2 | You must not take risks and the idea is to hit the opposing tackler and keep the momentum going through second phase , which is not pretty to watch — and not always effective if the other team can tackle , as England showed us recently at Murrayfield . |
| 3 | There was glittering blue mystery in his eyes , and his voice was lethally soft , like a snake rustling through dry grass . |
| 4 | Because the cells are sickle cell shaped and rather rigid they have difficulty passing through fine blood capillaries , and this results in the tissues not having enough oxygen , causing anaemia . |
| 5 | DETECTIVES hunting the killer of businesswoman Jean Bradley were last night sifting through new information after a reconstruction of her final minutes . |
| 6 | This is what worries me , if you have got too much stuff going through one person that . |
| 7 | The West saw revolution coming through military struggle , misunderstanding that the appeal of Communism was sociological and thus the struggle was political . |
| 8 | ‘ Two Priests up the Jungle ’ ( which is what Old Fish Sparks sings from time to time to the tune of Red Sails in the Sunset ) — sure , but it 's about the sort of conflict running through human life in every time and every civilization . |
| 9 | You want , want to get the same amount , I mean we 've got a certain amount of water coming through that pipe , |
| 10 | Grows in clear , flowing water coming through calciferous terrain . |
| 11 | well it 's got my electric cable running through that fence you see |
| 12 | The main thread running through this chapter has been the difficulty of testing hypotheses that link the reform of science to the reform of religion . |
| 13 | As you breathe out , imagine the breath passing through any part of your body that feels stiffer aches . |
| 14 | I think any student going through higher education is getting something from it if they come in as some measure sceptical , in some measure critical , that they 're not prepared to take things at face value . |
| 15 | He 'd heard the daily summary coming through some time after midnight , but he had n't bothered to check it ; anything important or relevant and Stoneley would have telephoned him direct , and there were too many big shadows and dark corners in the schoolroom for his liking . |
| 16 | The main argument running through this chapter and the next is that there have always been , and will always be , threats to broadcasting organizations and , more generally , broadcasting structures . |
| 17 | On the other hand , positive pressure maintained by the ventilation system allows the use of air locks to prevent smoke entering through main entrance and evacuation doors . |
| 18 | The plane was no longer controllable , flight was a scientific impossibility — it felt like a submarine ploughing through thick oil , rather than an aircraft knifing through rarefied air . |
| 19 | He moved slowly , like a tired man wading through cold water . |
| 20 | Er there was a worry that well first of all the effect just the the appearance of the road passing through that area , clearly obviously concerns about development but that can be on on any route that can happen . |
| 21 | Erm I do n't necessarily think that a road running through that area would increase development pressures and basically because it is greenbelt , it 's not going to development pressure . |
| 22 | Now in the meantime there 's gas seeping through that fire there with no light . |
| 23 | It is pro local control and decision making through participatory research and local action . ’ |
| 24 | Abu piloted us with all the aplomb of a sailor surging through dangerous surf , and finally brought us to an entire circular village of some sixty three-storey houses , all shaped like space-arcs . |
| 25 | I knew our modern bungalow on the village outskirts overlooking the Carse was n't as grand as Andy 's mum and dad 's house , which was practically a castle and stood in its own estate : ponds , streams , statues , lochs , rivers , hills , forests , even the old railway line passing through one corner of it ; one big garden in effect and vast compared to our single acre laid to lawn and shrub . |
| 26 | and a certain amount coming through this pipe . |
| 27 | But when he glanced down at his chest , he saw to his intense relief the smashed casing and circuitry of his radio showing through torn material . |
| 28 | In addition , activities — whether due to muscle exercise , mental effort , or the excitement associated with social interactions — will alter the amount of nervous activity passing through this region of the brain . |
| 29 | Inter-village hostility may include the abduction of women or the murder of a member passing through alien territory , while a series of deaths in a village may be interpreted as the result of sorcery on the part of other villages . |
| 30 | They played out with sincerity the traumas of a couple going through rigorous assessment for adoptive parenthood , and of a single father , widowed and with a prison conviction , coming to terms with the loss of his children . |