Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [adj] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For some years , Jaguar Cars Ltd. , have been operating self-teach Open Learning Centres using commercially available and internally produced computer-based and interactive video materials . |
| 2 | It had taken her months to get used to eating so late and so many times a day . |
| 3 | : encouraging for Festival director Nikki Milican , and an indication that her vision in bringing less well-established but visually exciting performers to Scotland is more than paying off this year . |
| 4 | At Berlin and GHQ Charleville-Mézières , the Kaiser 's appearances were becoming so infrequent that even his senior counsellors were openly expressing disapproval at his aloofness from the war . |
| 5 | Gouzenko had obvious reasons for perpetuating this myth and was always astute enough to embroider his story with whatever facts the listener wanted to hear , eventually becoming so vain that even he did not know what was truth or fiction . |
| 6 | One branch of the molluscs , very early in the group 's history , found a way of becoming highly mobile and yet retaining the protection of a large and heavy shell — they developed gas-filled flotation tanks . |
| 7 | The first is that universities appear to be becoming less autonomous than before , and the polytechnics and some of the larger colleges more , although it is difficult to decide whether the latter , recently removed from local government control and granted corporate status with central funding , are being ‘ nationalized ’ or ‘ privatized ’ . |
| 8 | There is considerable evidence that older people are becoming less passive and more assertive in demanding their social and political rights . |
| 9 | This mean reversion effect became stronger in both countries as delivery approached , and this is consistent with arbitrage becoming less costly and less risky as maturity declines . |
| 10 | By this stage , you yourself may be becoming less observant and more complacent , and so overlook your puppy 's demand to be let out ! |
| 11 | It was becoming painfully obvious that apart from a brief , overpowering lust there was no reciprocation of her fragile feelings . |
| 12 | The layers are of alternating more felsic and more mafic material around 5–10 centimetres thick . |
| 13 | The ILP and the extreme Left advocated " war resistance " , becoming more sectarian than ever . |
| 14 | As you 'll soon see , the availability of total pooled data is a major factor in the US market becoming more efficient and more responsible . |
| 15 | Secure it at the bottom , the angle becoming more gradual and eventually flat as it reaches the base . |
| 16 | During 1912 many of the critics , and in particular Hourcade and Allard , had been anxious to point out that the work of the Cubists was becoming more individual and less austere and didactic . |
| 17 | Everywhere diplomatic archives were becoming more complete and more carefully arranged . |
| 18 | In our culture , which sets such a high premium on self-enrichment ( in every sense ) , the robust , emotive and expressive aspects of soul act as a sort of therapy , helping us to ‘ liberate ’ ourselves by getting back in touch with ourselves , opening up , unblocking , becoming more functional and therefore ( it runs ) more ‘ free ’ . |
| 19 | Granted that prostitution was not itself an offence against the law , soliciting was , and it was becoming more open and more persistent . |
| 20 | ‘ Ah yes — it 's becoming more difficult than ever to achieve a balance . |
| 21 | And I think you 'll soon find that more companies are coming round to thinking about this now , as , it is becoming more difficult and more challenging if you like , in working in the company . |
| 22 | As the deputation withdrew tactfully to the further end of the great chamber , the queen-dowager conferred with her family , listening to their conflicting views and in the process becoming more undecided than ever . |
| 23 | It would be a mistake to suggest that there were no direct links between business and local government at this time and , indeed , it may be justified to acknowledge that they were becoming more important and more regular through various forms of consultation . |
| 24 | New sayings are on everyone 's lips for a few years and then for no reason they disappear , becoming as dead and as dated as the dodo . |
| 25 | Jenny sat down , laughing even louder and eventually Antony , a pleasant glow of satisfaction in his mind , sat down laughing also . |
| 26 | The Construction industry Council is becoming increasingly influential and now speaks on behalf of all industry professionals . |
| 27 | These offerings are intended to address changes in the US market , which , according to Goldman , is polarising — low-end products are becoming simpler and cheaper , while high-end products are becoming increasingly complex and more expensive . |
| 28 | Sue Baker , Observer motoring correspondent , has a theory : ‘ So often , when driving on a motorway , you see strings of cars in the outside lane , driving too fast and too close , the drivers trying to intimidate one another . |
| 29 | Motorway police chief Inspector David Haikings said : ‘ It was six degrees Centigrade below and drivers were driving too fast and too near to each other . |
| 30 | We need the horse to listen to us , but we must listen to it , be receptive to it , so that we can anticipate and offset the real possibility of a horse 's emotions becoming too extreme and consequently it being most uncooperative . |