Example sentences of "[v-ing] and [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here they gave poetry readings in the 800-seat auditorium ; a measure of the man he was becoming and of the distinguished company he kept . |
| 2 | Less burning of the skin than in Belladonna and worse ( < ) bending head backwards , worse ( < ) cold applications , better ( > ) uncovering and in the open air , better ( > ) pressure . |
| 3 | Pin temporarily after carefully aligning and with the rear end flush with the trailing edge . |
| 4 | Thus the diversity lies not only in the differences between people , the sitters , but also in different ways of photographing and in the varying contexts within which we encounter the image . |
| 5 | This is in line with the tougher market conditions we are experiencing and like the hard hit retail sector , the contract and hospitality business ( in which Runcorn majors ) has also been squeezed . |
| 6 | Acknowledging and respecting the religious observances and convictions of others can help to overcome otherwise distressing or depressing experiences and often succeeds where conventional medical and nursing measures fail . |
| 7 | Because the style ‘ Pountney and Goldney ’ lasted only a few years , and because the scenes depicted are still very attractive , good examples , without chips , cracks or staining and with the recognised mark , often fetch high prices at auction . |
| 8 | The people in in , in districts like that , they seem to be perennially voting , forever voting and in the blank year they 're voting for county council elections . |
| 9 | The advance bookings diary or chart is checked for the guest 's arrival date , a note is made in the diary that mail is awaiting and on the appropriate date it is placed in the letter rack . |
| 10 | The notion that there exist a plurality of influences affecting the outcomes of political processes is to be found in many of the classic studies of policy-making , such as the emphasis upon bargaining in the budgetary process , on the plurality of groups involved in intra-party policy making and in the legislative process . |
| 11 | jackal god of embalming and of the dead and cemeteries , shown as a jackal or a jackal-headed man . |