Example sentences of "[v-ing] [art] [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have sought you for many a long day , ’ said Caspar , cheerfully , pursuing the rather frail ploy he had thought up earlier in case of precisely this eventuality . |
| 2 | Shooters will be less pleased , since the idea of a ‘ weapon passport ’ allowing the reasonably easy transportation of legal weapons will not be accepted in Great Britain . |
| 3 | Both the sheep and the cows , after drying off in early June , went to the high mountain meadows during the summer , allowing the more accessible grass around the farm to be conserved either as hay or silage . |
| 4 | You cook the moules as for marinière : moules marinières is prepared by scrubbing the mussels , rejecting any that do not close when knocked against the sink , whilst allowing the finely chopped onion and garlic to thoroughly soften in the wine in a large pan for which you have a close-fitting lid . |
| 5 | These authors argue that in the ‘ brideservice societies ’ , a category encompassing the relatively egalitarian hunting and gathering peoples and those that have a mixed economy of hunting , gathering , small-scale horticulture , the association of sexuality and violence , which is but a particular type of sexual oppression , plays a central role in all political and much social action . |
| 6 | As carpet imports are minimal in our market segment , we are optimistic and are maintaining the substantially increased promotion investment which we consider vital for the Group 's future . |
| 7 | Government environmental and medical authorities in Northern Ireland , Britain , Germany , Holland , Belgium and the US have also been consulted and their advice has been incorporated in building the most modern asbestos using plant in the world . |
| 8 | The dissatisfaction with perfectly competitive theory produced new models dealing with various imperfectly competitive market structures , but these have not succeeded in dislodging the perfectly competitive model from its preeminent position . |
| 9 | Cleansing of the medium is achieved by an increase in flow , which suspends the particles in the water dislodging the less dense sludge . |
| 10 | Let us consider the problems that there may be in proving the more serious offence of criminal damage . |
| 11 | Retrieve , using the previously approved package , the original approved modules . |
| 12 | The Latin American economy is characterised by a large number of very small firms and yet some workers are employed by large transnationals using the most modern technology and employing thousands of workers . |
| 13 | So you know th they 're using the most accurate bearing they can for what they use it for . |
| 14 | Hence workers in plants using the most advanced technology have both the awareness and the ability to mount revolutionary demands , and , moreover , suggests Mallet , their activities will act as a model and inspiration for the wider working class . |
| 15 | In 1986 the Italian government initiated an extensive programme for the evaluation and recovery of Italy 's cultural and artistic heritage , involving public and private enterprises and using the most advanced technology available . |
| 16 | Many market indices are computed using the most recent transaction price for each share . |
| 17 | Or , in an established school where they may not be using the most effective language teaching methods . |
| 18 | Staining or bleaching , varnishing or waxing … choosing and using the most suitable finish is the secret of good wood care . |
| 19 | You should make sure you are using the most suitable form of credit for your purposes . |
| 20 | The method of saving depends on the nature of your graphs , and using the most appropriate way will reduce the amount of repetitive work . |
| 21 | These trends are likely to persist within the next five years , and necessitate a continuous review of the IT market-place , and mechanisms to ensure that Garden staff are using the most cost-effective IT in pursuit of Garden priorities . |
| 22 | Using the most fundamental measure of poverty , the " breadline " , Professor Hay has estimated that over the years 1760 to 1802 in a normal year around 10 per cent of Staffordshire families would have been unable to buy sufficient bread over the year even if they had spent their whole earnings on it . |
| 23 | Using the primarily beta-sensitive probe more than 99.7% of the radiation was eliminated by all of the shielding methods ( Fig. 2 , hatched columns ) . |
| 24 | The analysis also pursues some of the contrasts between sanctioning and compliance systems of enforcement , using the now substantial literature about the policeman on the street to throw the behaviour of the pollution control field staff into bolder relief . |
| 25 | Although the status difference may be emphasised in the style of the relationship , with client addressing the patron as usted , but the latter using the more familiar tu , the whole relationship is imbued with a personal element . |
| 26 | If she 's frightened of using the more adventurous play equipment at playgroup or in the park , start with gentle activities — playing in the sand pit , painting and reading — letting her gradually develop an interest in the other equipment . |
| 27 | I was using the very fast 12-shot per roll film which estate agents use to make houses look good in the rain . |
| 28 | As an experiment , using the currently available zone codes from the recogniser , if the recogniser 's zone code of a candidate word does not match the shape code of the word , the confidence in the candidate word can be reduced , thus it will be further down in the rank ordered list of candidate words . |
| 29 | In particular , it tests ( using the nationally representative Workplace Industrial Relations Survey data on British establishments ) the hypothesis that profit sharing leads to greater employment growth . |
| 30 | Surely it is possible that a jury might decline to convict of murder a person who intentionally killed under gross provocation , even though they knew that the judge could give a lenient sentence , because they wished to signify the reduction in the defendant 's culpability by using the less stigmatic label of manslaughter . |