Example sentences of "[v-ing] and [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When this square building was excavated in 1925–6 , it was found to have been much reduced by stone robbing and only the south-west corner of masonry had survived . |
| 2 | and then you take your long end and you wind above covering the edge and overlapping and then the low , then covering the edge and overlapping , there and again you keep working your way up and down , a figure of eight until you get to the end of your bandage then tie away from the body in your reef knot , either you tuck your ends in or if that 's awkward you can just put a sticking plaster over the ends to get them out of the way like that , so just tuck the ends in and I do n't think your casualty 's going to need a sling for a little graze like that |
| 3 | It would also mean massive computer reprogramming and possibly the expense of other computer programmes which would have to be introduced . |
| 4 | This is not only because quotation contributes to an appropriate " literary critical " register ( for this dubious reason , quotations are often believed to be " compulsory in essays " ) ; it is also because your essays are largely about language ( both the language of the literary texts you are analysing and also the language of critical works about them ) , so quotation is the main way of presenting essential data . |
| 5 | Ormanroyd he 's still going and still the shot blocked Agnew has his shot blocked as well . |
| 6 | They were on top but strolling and even the return of Dublin striker Roddie Collins from suspension and the subs bench in the 62nd minute for Derek Carroll did n't produce the expected extra fireworks . |
| 7 | The amount of thinning and consequently the amount of eventual subsidence will depend on the depth of denudation that has occurred . |
| 8 | Maslow suggests that human needs operate in a hierarchy , that people are always wanting and expecting and so the satisfaction of one level of the hierarchy stimulates demand for the next level . |
| 9 | We know how long we were travelling and roughly the speed we were going . |
| 10 | I mean we we had a definite offer and it 's all paid much later , that the money is coming and then the committee will get the money back . |
| 11 | Chairman I think I have to offer an apology to members and Mr in particular and the town of Bungay with a rather erm over which sentence expressing the press release , I mean we are continually trying to issue news items , press releases , progress reports and anything we 're doing and usually the press are very good and quoted for a basis , sometimes they get it wrong and mangle it up with some bits of disaster , on this occasion that is not the case , the , the actual press report did determine the phraseology used in my in lease them so I have to accept the responsibility for the phrase to act of your recommended this morning so it down sake , could abandon ideas which they can buy it , of course those crazy ideas used in and out of the court is what matters . |
| 12 | However , the light was fading and so the presentation was made . |
| 13 | But all the while he was learning and soon the time had come when he was no longer satisfied to design for others . |
| 14 | There are several techniques that Godard uses to produce distancing and consequently the disinvestment of desire in images . |
| 15 | There as you probably know are various groups who feel that they , ought to erm , they ought to take a stand because they felt that Port Meadow actually the character of Port Meadow was changing and ultimately the Council I think agreed with them , that something should be done and this was the action that was taken . |
| 16 | Now when interest charges fall , the person who is buying the house benefits from the reduction in interest charges , but the person who is renting a house in local authority and then in this case nobody , nobody else in Harlow to rent it from , is faced with , not with a decreased monthly rental , but with an ever increasing one because as more and more Council houses are sold the cost of maintaining that there , the superstructure of the town , the cost of maintaining Council houses goes on increasing and so the burden is laid on the tenants and the tenant can find , will find himself that pound for pound increasing his rent while the house owner is decreasing his mortgage charges and at the end of the day the tenant is paying increased rent , increased rate and with nothing to show for it , erm , I 've always been in favour of a sale , of , of property er owner occupiers , but not at the expense of the people who can not afford to be owner occupiers , ah , to my mind , the present housing system is designed to maintain the existing class structure because even with the large discounts that one gets and nobody 's ever yet convinced me that why you should get a discount because you buy a Council house , but if you buy one privately owned you ca n't get a discount and it , there 's , this , this is so utter nonsense , but it is throwing a much heavier burden every time a house is sold on the remaining houses which are for rent , and so you that , although the idea is to make it a classless this society with more and more people owning their own properties the mo the mere fact that the majority of people in the town can not afford to buy even the reduced priced Council house , is an example that the , the system , the class system a division by income still exists . |
| 17 | Assessment is not just carried out when a patient is admitted to the ward but is a continuous process because the condition of the patient is altering and therefore the care required may change rapidly . |
| 18 | De Niro is always worth watching and here the mixture of confusion and hurt pride he brings to his character 's plight is very convincing . |
| 19 | Low numbers participating and also the quality of the start line rather detract from the value but British boats coming in first and second is excellent . |
| 20 | It 's all very complicated and there 's a lot of stuff about original ‘ round ’ core as opposed to the more modern ‘ hex ’ core , and something about wrap wire being able to move around a round core , and the wrap stretching on tuning and just the core moving through the nut , and the smaller space available for gunk to gather , and a heck of a lot more besides . |