Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [art] [det] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know it did n't hurt , the paint pellet hitting and exploding with no more than a mild flick . |
| 2 | The choice between searching for the least or most distant neighbours may depend on the experimental ( or even presentational ) needs because in the former case the algorithm finds more detailed and possibly informationally redundant order of probes , while in the latter case it finds a minimal set of probes connected by clones spanning large regions of the genome . |
| 3 | Parents are going through the same or worse . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , a foot sweep does require a lot of power to prevent it from degenerating into no more than a shin attack . |
| 5 | They stressed UNLU 's moderate demands , calling for a two state solution , mutual recognition , direct Israeli-PLO negotiations , concluding ‘ the Palestinians are calling for no more than peace with a reasonable measure of justice . ’ |
| 6 | Yet this ‘ distraction ’ , which the Commission 's own Court of Auditors Reports have warned , costs hundreds of millions of pounds , was dismissed as accounting for no more than 0.18% of farm spending . |
| 7 | The CNAA has always embodied a mixed , bureaucratic-collegial model of regulation , but the emphasis seems now to be moving towards the latter as its validation role declines . |
| 8 | ‘ The third defendant denies the plaintiffs ' claim against him but if contrary to his contentions he is held liable to the plaintiffs , he claims against you to be indemnified against the plaintiffs ' claims and the costs of this action , alternatively contribution to such extent of the plaintiffs ' claims as the court may think fit , on the grounds that ( 1 ) at all material times , you were the accountants retained by and advising the plaintiffs and each of them in respect of the proposed transaction ( and in particular the financial aspects thereof ) in relation to which the said alleged liability of the plaintiffs and each of them to [ B.M.T. ] was incurred ; ( 2 ) in about the period from January to September 1983 , you acted in breach of contract and negligently towards the plaintiffs and each of them in that you failed to advise them properly or at all with regard to the said proposed transaction and the financial aspects thereof and in particular failed to explain the full nature and extent thereof to the plaintiffs and each of them and/or failed to advise the plaintiffs as to the commercial prudence of the same and/or the risks inherent in proceeding with the same and/or failed to warn them not to enter into the same ; ( 3 ) that in so far as any financial information was or may have been communicated by the third defendant he did so in reliance upon information supplied by you . |
| 9 | They were proceeding at no more than walking pace past the numerous hut-like structures around the perimeter of the Barracks , and Denis kept his gaze resolutely in front of him . |
| 10 | Are you still sort of staying at the same or |
| 11 | She had actually thought of asking for no less than John now proposed ; so why did it feel like a slap in the face ? |
| 12 | In fact , she was asking for no more than American colleges everywhere asked of their alumni , and many Americans had benefited from the Oxford system . |
| 13 | Although running at the same as the national Children In Need Appeal , Cash for Kids is organised locally by Radio Clyde , and the money is used to provide special Christmas treats or presents for needy children throughout West Central Scotland . |
| 14 | Walsh was assured that the people concerned were not French — though they were as bad — and he quickly concluded that he was dealing with no more than ‘ a mischiefuous gang of disaffected Englishmen ’ . |
| 15 | The alarm was raised by team leader Chris Bonington — who also fell 150m on steep ice as he went to Venable 's assistance , miraculously emerging with no more than a minor facial wound . |
| 16 | One night they were all sitting round the same as usual , in the kitchen this time , Pete and Tommy and a friend of Tommy 's , they were sitting round drinking the whisky Tommy 's friend had brought over when they heard footsteps in the yard . |
| 17 | Tessa Dahl 's famous father Roald certainly knew what made a good children 's book , and judging by The Same But Different , with illustrations by Arthur Robins ( Puffin , £2.99 ) , she 's got a pretty good idea too . |
| 18 | Output thereafter went up so that the women were earning about the same as before the job was changed . |
| 19 | The TRW group is working on the same lines-but it will be a long time before GI Joe puts his faith in orders from General Computer . |