Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The inspector duly obliged , but when the couple tried to get off he barred them , explaining that on the cheapest ticket they could travel to Leeds and back — but not leave the train . |
| 2 | It is revealing that on the fifth disc , which comprises material all drawn from BBC broadcasts — Chausson 's Poème , Brahms 's Vier ernste Gesänge plus a recital of English songs — there is very little distortion . |
| 3 | He begins by summarising that for the obvious reasons of inaccessibility and defences , the peoples who reside among mountains are the last to be conquered : he progresses to consider similarly-caused impediments to civilisation : he deduces the part remoteness plays in the preservation of ancient languages . |
| 4 | A ‘ hard case ’ — and I am not disputing that for the Bland parents it is indeed a very hard case — has been found which can , and I believe will , be skilfully exploited to justify the ‘ dignified ’ removal of a subtly-expanding range of people who will be deemed to be living lives which are below some ‘ expert 's ’ criterion of an acceptable standard . |
| 5 | Here they gave poetry readings in the 800-seat auditorium ; a measure of the man he was becoming and of the distinguished company he kept . |
| 6 | Less burning of the skin than in Belladonna and worse ( < ) bending head backwards , worse ( < ) cold applications , better ( > ) uncovering and in the open air , better ( > ) pressure . |
| 7 | Pin temporarily after carefully aligning and with the rear end flush with the trailing edge . |
| 8 | Thus the diversity lies not only in the differences between people , the sitters , but also in different ways of photographing and in the varying contexts within which we encounter the image . |
| 9 | It was hard to believe we had been indulging the same appetite for climbing and on the same crag I had visited during a July heatwave three years before . |
| 10 | Leila and Quincx are tackling if from the wrong angle . |
| 11 | The humans are slowly dying because of the radioactive dust caused by a human war . |
| 12 | Following a break in nursing practice there may be an understandable hesitation and anxiety about returning because of the inevitable changes that will have taken place . |
| 13 | And I 'm sure you need no reminding that during the past ten years , a new order has emerged and is emerging , which is changing the roles traditionally per performed by the three sectors . |
| 14 | I think they 've got to become less competitive , less arrogant and less dominant , seeing that as the macho role , and I think they 've got to become erm much more erm feminine and approve the feminine characteristics , so that there is n't so much difference between the two genders , and particularly in marriage and in the home . |
| 15 | The speaker must monitor what it is that he has just said , and determine whether it matches his intentions , while he is uttering his current phrase and monitoring that , and simultaneously planning his next utterance and fitting that into the overall pattern of what he wants to say and monitoring , moreover , not only his own performance but its reception by his hearer . |
| 16 | I suggest not , and that most long-term core portfolios should contain them , remembering that in the short-term extra volatility can arise from currency fluctuations . |
| 17 | In choosing the best moment to collect the berries it is worth remembering that in the past growers expected their fruit to fulfil more than one function . |
| 18 | But the British Red Cross is warning that without the right training , they could be putting your child at risk . |
| 19 | You are just lying there with these people washing , dressing and at the same time inflicting pain on you . |
| 20 | They disparage themselves for doubting and in the same breath defend their doubt like a treasured possession which nothing could persuade them to give up . |
| 21 | Johnston , saddling his 48th winner of the year , should now go on to achieve his maiden half century , and does not mind whether it happens in the last four days of turf racing or on the all-weather . |
| 22 | Peter Mueller 's experience brought him no great success , either racing or on the French roads ; the new roundabout in Bourg St Maurice , on the road to Val d'Isere , had nearly caught us out , and later we heard that Mueller had crashed and written off his car . |
| 23 | The winning issue carried an impressive number of topics from six pages of news items , to Thai Shell 's centenary and a meaty , commissioned article by political economist Susan Strange on corporate glue ; it 's the only corporate publication within the Shell group at a public level , ’ says Felton , adding that over the five years of his editorship , Shell has allowed him ‘ an awful lot of space ’ . |
| 24 | Sources at Compagnie des Machines Bull SA say that , in the multi-annual plan , chief executive Bernard Pache is likely to outline further potential partnerships and cost-cutting measures , adding that despite the tough tone , it is difficult to imagine that the new government will refuse all further financing for Bull , letting it run the risk of receivership and the dumping of 30,000 workers , at a time when France 's biggest concern is retaining and creating new jobs . |
| 25 | At a press conference on July 19 the president of the National Assembly Juan Escalona said that " we have never believed that socialism is only possible with one party " , adding that under the present conditions , with an economic blockade of Cuba by the USA , " the existence of a single party is a defence mechanism " . |
| 26 | The light supplementing that from the small portholes came from a central paraffin lantern . |
| 27 | ( Press reports of Sept. 27 cited PLO officials as apparently confirming that on the previous day Ashrawi and Husseini had addressed the PNC , while Le Monde reported the " audition " of Ashrawi and Husseini by the PNC , " although nobody outside the members of the congress ' political committee was allowed to see them and therefore provide tangible proof of their presence " . |
| 28 | Arthur Andersen is downsizing and over the next two years will be replacing its Wang minicomputers with a PC-based system running Notes . |
| 29 | He had told no one where he was going but on the following day , Sunday , in the strong light of noon , he had returned to the out-building and searched it thoroughly . |
| 30 | I found it difficult to keep going because of the hypothetical situation you know we were talking it about it early |