Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hospital emergency wards were struggling to cope with the injured as radio announcers read lists of victims and broadcast anguished appeals from those who had not heard from relatives in the area near the explosion . |
| 2 | Hospital emergency wards were struggling to cope with the injured as radio announcers read lists of victims and broadcast anguished appeals from those who had not heard from relatives in the area near the explosion . |
| 3 | Hakim had previously acted as the equivalent of a Foreign Minister of the Democratic Arab Saharan Republic ( SADR — which the armed movement Polisario had been struggling to establish in the Western Sahara since 1976 ) . |
| 4 | Even the Trade and Industry Select Committee , which produced a lengthy report on the investigation system during 1990 , almost totally ignored the very existence of the s 447 enquiries , preferring to concentrate on the public inspections . |
| 5 | For example , the recent articles on minor surgery in general practice could be circulated to those on or applying to go on the minor surgery list . |
| 6 | They held conservative views , some of them very radical in their implications , but they remained realists endeavouring to work within the existing political system . |
| 7 | These birds , with now and then a solitary Rhynchops and frigate bird ( Tachypeles aquilus ) , were all of the feathered race that I observed in these heated latitudes , a part of the voyage which always hang heavily upon those destined to visit these distant regions ; by me , however , it was not so much felt , the monotony being relieved by the occasional occurrence of a whale , whose huge body rolled lazily by ; by a shoal of porpoises , which sometimes perform most amusing evolutions , throwing themselves completely out of the water , or gliding through it with astonishing velocity ; or by the occasional flight of the beautiful flying fish , when endeavouring to escape from the impetuous rush of the bonito or albacore . |
| 8 | Head twisting to look in the dark glass above the creaking bed . |
| 9 | Our eyes seek out the inhabitants fleeing distracted , or returning to look for the dead . |
| 10 | 1983 ) looked at 1255 step-families applying to adopt from the step-family population of 6150 in 1980 , and identified a major problem of variable treatment by courts of step-families seeking adoption . |
| 11 | Non-return valve ( check valve ) to prevent hot water returning to mix with the cold water in the mains |
| 12 | In view of that , we can recognize the possibility that as rational beings we fall under a system of law which we have somehow ourselves brought into being , and that it is our task while appearing to exist in the sensory world to live according to that law , in spite of the fact that what we appear to be is simply animals driven by sensory desire . |
| 13 | ‘ Ratany plant , ’ he 'd say , dismounting to peer at the tiny , magenta petals . |
| 14 | Thus , I spent ten years working for Other Music Papers , never daring to aim for The Big One , editing Record Mirror and blooding young pups like Stuart Bailie and Roger Morton for greater things . |
| 15 | Trotting after her , Frankie automatically rubbed his hand on his trousers before daring to reach for the gloved hand she offered . |
| 16 | It quickly became apparent that the BMC Management Committee was antagonistic towards training initiatives and dismissive of the training committee , instead preferring to talk to the external advisory board SACOMT , which contained real climbers and not the self-interested educationalists infesting the training committee . |
| 17 | By refusing to agree to the social chapter , is not he wanting to exclude British people from the provisions for equal status for 6 million part-time employees , many of whom are women ; for fair and equal treatment for women at work ; for proper protection for young people at work ; for rights to minimum holiday leave ; and for better information for employees ? |
| 18 | This will not materially affect the buyer unless he or she is seeking to continue with the unauthorised use . |
| 19 | A feeling began to emerge that the advantages of the new approach might be long- rather than short-term , but the dichotomy between wanting to work in the new way because of its potential advantages and ‘ Are we ever going to get the syllabus done ? ’ continued to be problematic . |
| 20 | While for those thrust into a position of ‘ ritual liminality ’ there is the possibility of becoming ‘ men apart ’ , of standing aside and though not necessarily following political alternatives posed by any counter-culture , undertaking the hero 's journey merely by seeking to comment on the social condition they now see with new eyes . |
| 21 | I AM writing to comment on the amazing article by Jonathan Rice on the Sky TV coverage of the World Cup ( WCM May ) . |
| 22 | Maggie put her hands up to push him away but as soon as they touched his skin her palms seemed to take on a life of their own , moving over the strong muscles , her fingers wanting to curl in the crisp black hair that lightly covered his chest . |
| 23 | Eleven black protesters were killed on March 26 in the township of Sebokeng , near Johannesburg , when police opened fire on a crowd seeking to march on the local offices of the ruling National Party . |
| 24 | In addition , by July , the receipt of members ' subscriptions was tending to lag behind the predicted pattern . |
| 25 | Midnight shrugged , not wanting to talk about the old slave days in Spanish Town or Montserrat , walking her along , keeping clear of the last idling stragglers . |
| 26 | A number of prominent Kuwait opposition figures were reportedly arrested by the Iraqi forces after refusing to participate in the new government . |
| 27 | HAVING disposed of their pubs and disco estate in Scotland to Scottish & Newcastle Breweries , Stakis are now looking to sell off the 14-strong Firkin pub chain bought from European Leisure only a year ago . |
| 28 | Amongst all these fugitives seeking to surrender to the British in those first few days were the two groups whose fate is the particular concern of this report . |
| 29 | There were many reasons why after two decades of activity the American industry should begin to centre on Hollywood but surely Lary May is right to see the move ultimately in terms of the movies seeking to escape from the constant demands of Progressive America . |
| 30 | She climbed up again , and , refusing to look at the dangerous beams , began soberly to close the trunks , tidy up a little . |