Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] [noun sg] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fieldworker presented the research quite accurately as a study of the neighbourhood , including its language , without singling out language for particular comment . |
| 2 | No they said they were going down town for some Krona . |
| 3 | Most of them on finding their symptoms gone see little point in either remembering their daily dose or for that matter paying out money for more medicine when they feel well . |
| 4 | In paragraph 8(d) ( i ) and ( ii ) of his affidavit , the coroner expresses an understandable anxiety that inquests should not be used as a medium for testing out evidence for subsequent civil litigation . |
| 5 | Tax reform has a crucial part to play in springing the underclass from welfare dependency , as well as building up support for such a programme amongst a much wider group of the electorate . |
| 6 | The methods that she uses erm , and I think this needs to be done well before a disaster , unfortunately so often people only react at times like this and I think it 's such a pity that they do n't do it beforehand , but it 's working on basic assertiveness skills , communications skills like giving a language for feelings , erm building up support for each other , plus the creative work — getting things down |
| 7 | In local area networking , Novell has weathered the storm whipped up by Microsoft by holding onto a 70% share of the market with NetWare , and says it is now the biggest shipper of TCP/IP , sending out code for 40,000 to 50,000 terminals a month . |
| 8 | Bob said Steve had spotted the envelopes while sorting out mail for first class delivery . |
| 9 | At one stage , he considered closing up shop for good . |
| 10 | One hang-up for the profit-motivated British garage is that they feel it is not worth taking on work for less than a tenner . |
| 11 | I 'm not quite sure when the official handing in date for this essay is , because of the fact that some essays have overrun from last term . |
| 12 | The move is vital because the NHS is handing over responsibility for these patients to the voluntary and private sector because of cash shortages , said John Kellett , a consultant geriatrician at St George 's Hospital in London . |
| 13 | In the mid-1980s the French government did act to try to redress these trend , taking over responsibility for extra hospital services from the local departments . |
| 14 | Speaking to defence writers , he made clear he was against the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation taking over responsibility for all peacekeeping in the former Yugoslavia should a ceasefire and peace be agreed . |
| 15 | He was a file-grinder by trade , sitting astride a roaring belt-driven stone wheel , breathing in dust for eight hours a day until chronic bronchitis and pneumoconiosis drove him to an early retirement . |
| 16 | Since taking his seat Dr. Kumar , who lectured at the Imperial College of Science and Technology before carrying out research for British Steel , has dealt with more than 300 letters from constituents , asked more than 50 questions in Parliament and raised a number of local issues including coastal pollution and the delay in building the new hospital at Brotton . |
| 17 | I would be especially interested to hear from anyone who has experience of setting up provision for such people . |
| 18 | The problem we in Europe face is that Japanese companies have been active in scaling up production for some years , whereas in Europe the emphasis has been on high-quality research , which has only been significantly exploited in the area of basic liquid crystal materials . |
| 19 | Although working out change for two items involves two operations ( adding the prices of the two items and then subtracting or counting on to the sum presented ( 50p , £1 etc. ) ) the success rates were similar to those involving one item only . |