Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Businessmen are banding together to bring to book those who illegally dump wagon loads of waste , and the Merseyside Development Corporation have backed the initiative with the introduction of video cameras to monitor the twilight activity . |
| 2 | We must bring costs under control , preserve quality , preserve choice , and reduce the people 's nagging daily worry about health insurance . |
| 3 | As such they are highly suitable for the brewing industry , from plant to road tankers , and are becoming widely used as glass washing agents in the licensed trades . |
| 4 | In order to overcome the problems of a mechanism becoming inadvertently disassembled by component changes , the development of an automated associative procedure was considered . |
| 5 | The farm worker still remains socially and geographically isolated but he is also becoming less bound by custom and habit . |
| 6 | By fence corner on left sea briefly disappears from view ; soon after , cross stile ; path goes ahead up valley floor ( becoming less defined towards top ) , but there are much better views by ascending steep slope on right |
| 7 | The early history of the BUF saw a rapidly expanding movement becoming quickly embroiled in conflict with left-wing opponents . |
| 8 | Not only is the extent of deforestation variable but the reasons why it is occurring also vary from region to region . |
| 9 | But my prize for all time lack of observation goes to the old gentleman who , after walking past row upon row of fish tanks , stacks of fish food and eye-catching displays of pond accessories , looked me straight in the eye and said : ‘ Do you do cheese and tomato sandwiches ? ’ |
| 10 | After reports of Keanu 's personal hygiene problem , much star bitching now focuses on body odour . |
| 11 | Lack of understanding often arises through failure to communicate accurately and fully describe the state of the process . |
| 12 | In an age that was becoming increasingly fascinated with history , the prospect of extending the antiquity of life itself by uncovering the remains of bizarre and often gigantic animals had a romantic appeal outside the realms of science . |
| 13 | In a society which is becoming increasingly influenced by computer and other information technology it is recognized that schoolchildren need the facility of interacting with the new technology as soon as possible . |
| 14 | Robin Dawson turned to working with collage after becoming increasingly frustrated with feeling unable to say what he wanted with a single image . |
| 15 | Robin Dawson turned to working with collage after becoming increasingly frustrated with feeling unable to say what he wanted with a single image . |
| 16 | In an exchange of letters Rothermere said he could no longer support a movement which was becoming increasingly to believe in dictatorship , anti-semitism and the corporate state . |
| 17 | Like the books mentioned above , its specific content will be superseded in a few years ; but in meantime the book may be able to rescue some future Nobel laureates from becoming otherwise lost in cyberspace . |
| 18 | CHOUILLY : Vines closest to the village are on Micraster chalk , but the Butte de Saran is pure Belemnite , becoming heavily influenced by sand , sandstone , clay and lignites . |
| 19 | Although the party had a strong aristocratic and agricultural interest , by the 1930s it was becoming closely connected with industry . |
| 20 | A restless bird , appearing very barred in flight . |
| 21 | Since the speaker is discussing the possibility and not the reality of daring , he feels that there is no real daring occupying the before-position that daring normally occupies with respect to the event dared , and consequently does not use to in these contexts . |
| 22 | Glossily produced and containing lots of advertisements from local businesses ( eighteen of the thirty pages were advertising ) , Looking Right delighted in flippancy . |
| 23 | Again , as one would expect , the numbers of old people living alone increases with age . |
| 24 | Yesterday , however , his deadly spell was merely a generous layer of icing on the cake with Leicestershire looking already doomed to failure at 86 for five . |
| 25 | In contrast to viewing , radio listening generally decreased with age , was highest among the higher social grades and had no female bias . |
| 26 | Thus , it is not surprising that interaction between the two can result in cumulative movements in income for example , if income is rising at an increasing rate , both investment and consumption will be rising , causing further rises in income in the next period . |
| 27 | He strolled up the long arcade , pausing frequently to peer in shop windows at the expensive goodies . |
| 28 | From published tables can be related to , and M w is calculated from the 90° scattering then corrected by multiplication with . |
| 29 | The ITGWU also intended doing its bit , announcing that 17 of its Cork branches would take part in a march from the National Monument to County Hall in support of Raybestos on the day the County Council was meeting there to decide on planning permission . |
| 30 | Interestingly enough , there are several types of writing commonly practised in school that are organised on a time-related basis , yet are not strictly narratives . |