Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] the [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many leading manufacturers now have women 's models in their ranges with designs catering for the shorter back length , wider hips and more pronounced bottom . |
| 2 | It is probable that the numbers qualifying for the higher rate will be significantly reduced . |
| 3 | Addition of a little silicone lubricant ( vacuum grease , DOW Corning Corp. , Midland , MI ) to the phenol-chloroform extraction mixture resulted in a tight interface that facilitated total recovery of the aqueous phase without interfering with the lower protein and organic phases . |
| 4 | The convention is sustained , but subtly mocked , in Twelfth Night , where Viola , bearing the suit of Orsino , waits until Maria leaves before launching into the higher style appropriate to romance ( I.v.167ff . ) . |
| 5 | In other words we want to help local enthusiasts to keep in touch with what is happening in the wider world of railways . |
| 6 | Stabstitch braid to the outline of the pelmet on right side at this stage , but stitch fringing to the lower edge of the pelmet when the pelmet has been completed , or fix with fabric adhesive . |
| 7 | The circlet is enriched by enamel plaques of Byzantine manufacture , alternating on the lower register with jewels en cabochon . |
| 8 | And as family members we have seen and felt at close hand some of the most intense pains and also pleasures of later life : on the one hand , bereavement and loss , but on the other , the continued mastery of old skills , the creation of new pursuits and interests , the discovery of new friends and of new ways of contributing to the wider community . |
| 9 | In the South-west , Exeter became a major centre of cloth exports from the 1490s , and by the early sixteenth century some of the smaller Devon towns were also active in the trade , this perhaps contributing to the later growth of West Country shipping activity . |
| 10 | In 1973 , during Brezhnev 's visit to the United States , an agreement on the prevention of nuclear war was signed together with a set of basic principles relating to the further limitation of strategic nuclear weapons ; and in November 1974 Brezhnev and Nixon 's successor , Gerald Ford , signed a series of related agreements at Vladivostok . |
| 11 | A summons relating to the further appeal to the Hoge Raad was served at that office in accordance with an amendment to the Netherlands Code of Civil Procedure introduced in 1985 . |
| 12 | I ca n't seem to get the lighting right — some plants are browning on the lower level — others are going brown all over . |
| 13 | Reverting to the earlier argument , the morality of their work is suspect , and with it their charisma . |
| 14 | It covers the upper part of the body and consists of bands of semicircular scales all pointing upwards , ending at the lower edge in a belt from which hangs a broad piece of pleated cloth . |
| 15 | To save time , I determined to cut straight across the desert to Afdam instead of returning by the longer route we had come by . |
| 16 | ‘ If we 're acting for the smaller firm it invariably happens , and if and when we 're acting for the larger firm we always identify the key partners in the smaller firm and bring them into the new management team , ’ Mr Llambias reveals . |
| 17 | ‘ If we 're acting for the smaller firm it invariably happens , and if and when we 're acting for the larger firm we always identify the key partners in the smaller firm and bring them into the new management team , ’ Mr Llambias reveals . |
| 18 | As an engineer , with a craftsperson 's interest in machines , he could not believe that they were the real villains of the piece and he set about looking for the deeper fault underlying their applications . |
| 19 | Norman v. Bennett was in fact concerned with an inaccurate odometer reading where there was a written disclaimer which was , however , not as bold , precise and compelling as the odometer reading . |
| 20 | She was mostly absorbed in looking after the younger brother . |
| 21 | Many of the GPs who are now budget holders are proudly boasting of the better service they can offer patients but all freely admit that it is at the expense of the patients of nonbudget-holding GPs . |
| 22 | Public opinion in general is turning to a more natural approach both to the environment and to health as a reaction to the increasingly mechanized view of man and society which has been developing throughout the greater part of this century . |
| 23 | Once our boats had been destroyed , we had no means of communicating with the greater world . |
| 24 | The ‘ moderates ’ are a small minority , while into the category of ‘ extremists ’ falls that whole band of opinion ranging from the tougher section of the Labour Party , through the Likud , to the outright fanatics , nationalist and religious , of the far right . |
| 25 | Many manufacturers have tried , but so far none have been able to produce a model as enduring in the lower price bracket as , say , the old Fender Champ . |
| 26 | The maximum of pilots keeping a visual lookout for other aircraft has little relevance when fast and slow aircraft are operating in the lower airspace . |
| 27 | Up to that moment it can be in a state evolving smoothly according to the Schrödinger equation , gently and continuously trimming the balance between " here " and " there " . |
| 28 | Accordingly , when damages for dilapidations at the end of the term come to be assessed , the tenant is entitled to have the damages assessed according to the cheaper option of stripping out the fixtures or leaving them in repair . |
| 29 | To deal with the blood differential first : according to the later thinking of the tannaim ( rabbis of the first centuries AD ) , the reason for the Levitical laws of menstruation and childbirth was as punishment for the sin of Eve who brought about the death of Adam . |
| 30 | The tour was disappointing but looking to the longer term future of Scottish rugby it was certainly not a disaster . |