Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adj] [noun sg] [subord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , this is the product of a largely passive approach to rest and relaxation , seeing such time as a non-activity to recover from activity . |
| 2 | To admit that much is not to foreclose the question of defining that relationship since a nuanced understanding requires the command of historical detail that Kemp provides . |
| 3 | ‘ He would be keener ’ , thought one young observer , ‘ upon reviving perishing literature than a perishing political party . |
| 4 | Deputy secretary Anthea Rose has stepped in as acting chief executive while a replacement is found . |
| 5 | Its strength lies in transmitting factual information where a telephone call may disrupt a meeting or colleague 's thought processes or where you can not see if an office door is open or closed . |
| 6 | The survey showed that almost two-thirds of small firms were selling on credit and 40 per cent were giving more credit than a year previously . |
| 7 | It is particularly good for determining inductive loss since a capacitor of negligible loss is easily provided . |
| 8 | In over 30% of domestic burglaries , the burglar simply walks in without using any force because a window or door has been left open . |
| 9 | He was imagining himself sitting in a tiny Kayak in the middle of the Severn looking up at a wall of water , anything from six to nine feet high depending on conditions , bearing down on him at twelve miles an hour and making more noise than a fast approaching train . |
| 10 | As before there were considerations of restricting overall investment to physical availability of materials , and of maintaining leverage over the nationalised industries as part of Keynesian demand management in the economy ( allowing greater expenditure when a slump threatened and reining it in when the economy appeared to be overheating ) . |
| 11 | Care should be taken when setting this keyword if a multitude of mail and task mail is to be avoided . |
| 12 | A COMMUNITY was in mourning last night after a young cyclist was killed as he rode through his home town . |
| 13 | ( In effect , such treatment is using bright light as a time-cue to adjust the body clock appropriately . ) |
| 14 | A direct descent to Wharfe can be made , as indicated by the dotted line on the map , by walking west from the column to the edge of the escarpment and following this south until a breach occurs to permit a passage down the slope to a path that joins White Stone Lane near the hamlet . |
| 15 | Two leading State Department officials took part in a radio broadcast on Korea aimed at engendering public debate before a large appropriation for Korea was included in the War Department 's next vote . |