Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [adj] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is becoming less popular now because of the lack of support it gives to the lower back , although it does give more buoyancy than other types . |
| 2 | This traditional spokesmanship , which can imply serious responsibilities , is naturally becoming less significant today as modern communications and education reach into the furthest quarters of the globe . |
| 3 | Moreover all tactical systems were , in the eighteenth century , becoming more effective simply because of improvements in discipline and the increasingly effective training to which the ordinary soldier was now subjected . |
| 4 | But other members of the EEC will undoubtably support changes — the hope is it wo n't lead to sights like this becoming as common here as it is in some other parts of Europe . |
| 5 | Classifying by mother 's country of birth results in babies of , for instance , Pakistani mothers born in Britain appearing as British rather than Pakistani . |
| 6 | The Association 's Branches , numbering over 630 worldwide and comprising a membership of over 103,000 , provide a network of Honorary Welfare Officers . |
| 7 | Interviewers have to strike a careful balance between establishing the kind of relationship with respondents that will encourage them to be frank and truthful , and avoiding becoming too friendly so that respondents try hard to please . |
| 8 | I think a number of us were becoming very concerned indeed that this was eventually becoming a political area and this this is dealt with in this way |
| 9 | It 's all looking much healthier now but time is still a major factor . |
| 10 | That 's looking more likely now but whispers of a return to Sunderland in exchange for Don Goodman are wide of the mark |
| 11 | I would still prefer to see the priority being a quick release of the ball to the backs , purely because they are looking as dangerous now as they have done for years . |
| 12 | She was not otherwise positively ill-looking , though anxious , meagre , of a muddy complexion , and looking as old again as she really was . |
| 13 | Zambia smiled warmly , lovingly , encouragingly , remaining utterly silent so as not to frighten him off . |
| 14 | They are growing more confident now that the ‘ green shoots of recovery ’ are beginning to sprout . |
| 15 | There are , in the east Midlands , three towns lying fairly close together that illustrate well the physical consequences of this situation — Nottingham , Leicester and Stamford . |
| 16 | Evan Dando and ‘ special ’ guest vocalist Juliana Hatfield are the college radio Sonny & Cher , the his'n'hers play-off sounding particularly sublime even when confined to just ‘ that bit at the end of the last chorus ’ . |
| 17 | The problem was that I think David was moving so much away and into this trip of actually doing music with a message — of actually delivering something on stage which meant something to other people of his age . |
| 18 | The thing I was getting so pissed off cos I 've run it about ten times now , cos you keep coming and do alterations ! |
| 19 | ‘ Music seems to be getting more expressive now and a bit more rocky . |
| 20 | We produced there only fancy leathers However , two years ago , we decided to close this plant in mainly because I 'm getting fairly old nowadays and my son had many activities to take charge of . |
| 21 | Then you can decide to live your life fully — getting as much out as you put in . |
| 22 | The question is therefore asked with an implication attached to it of ‘ do I have to start getting really worried now or do I have time to adjust to this bad news ? ’ |
| 23 | It is coming from a region where the mean velocity is smaller and it is thus likely to be moving downstream more slowly than its new environment ; i.e. it is more likely to have negative u than positive . |
| 24 | The motion away from the wall is apparent in Fig. 21.19(a) and the spacing of the dye patches shows also that this fluid is moving downstream more slowly than average . |
| 25 | But if the children some under the care of the relief agencies , little ones , who were emaciated , hollow-eyed , and listless , become after about a fortnight 's feeding quite plump again and begin to laugh and sing . |
| 26 | It is possible that this has contributed to the risk of the glider zooming too high just after take off . |
| 27 | So it 's er it 's getting very intriguing apparently because in my loft , I am told by a call to our reception just a few moments ago , it 's definitely wasps in my loft . |
| 28 | Perhaps it is because the fishermen have been demonstrating so much recently that they have not been catching so much fish . ’ |
| 29 | pearce is another overrated player — i cant see why he is always prefered for tony — yeah pearce is tough and shoots hard and is a fighting guy — — so what — — dorigo is a much more — international — type — coming forward more often and when in form seems to be a good friend with the ball … |
| 30 | And forest , if it is left to recover , will in fact recover fairly well , probably with slightly fewer of the species that have been taken out , but the same sort of diversity of tree cover , and of fauna and flora , because in fact you 're taking very little out when you 're logging alone . |