Example sentences of "[v-ing] [vb -s] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The modern version we are using has the same hole , and our wood-burning stove has a pipe that goes through it , while the rest of it is closed with a cowl that is a bitch to fix . |
| 2 | Because ageing reduces the genetic contribution of individuals to future generations , it is opposed by natural selection . |
| 3 | unc In each case , multiplying follows the usual method of setting out . |
| 4 | In the long run , however , the time wasted in nagging exceeds the initial investment in time and effort involved in training children that parents mean what they say . |
| 5 | However , complete interpretation of the statement Mary noticed that her lip was bleeding requires the bridging inference that the teacher actually struck and hurt Mary . |
| 6 | The number of participants leaving the market since August 1988 ( 11 firms ) with only one firm entering shows the difficult market conditions firms are facing . |
| 7 | People who want to become the King 's most important officials jump and dance on this rope , and whoever jumps highest without falling gets the best job . |
| 8 | Since a feeling is always heralded by a thought , and since we have the ability to control our thoughts , then thinking offers the best hope for the prevention of unproductive feelings . |
| 9 | The quota-equivalent of the tariff is derived by substituting ( 22 ) into ( 17 ) , which , after rearranging gives the following expression : where Since , following the imposition of the quota , the home firms act in a Cournot manner ( i.e. they know that there will be no response from their foreign competitors ) and that the foreign firms ' conjecture is undefined where the quota is binding . |
| 10 | Contrasting the brutal murder of a taxi driver with the subsequent execution of the accused , A Short Film About Killing forms the first part of Kieslowski 's Decalogue cycle — ten separate parables which draw thematically from the Ten Commandments and are linked by a common setting , an anonymous Warsaw housing estate . |