Example sentences of "[coord] [v-ing] [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wearing out our good clothes or wasting hot water to wash them ! ’ |
| 2 | This awful thing has never happened to me but I have been in the situation leading up to the attack hundreds of times , in trusting casual acquaintances to walk me home or allowing strange men to come into my house to do repairs . |
| 3 | This anxiety has been fuelled by , for example , changes to the basis of counting the numbers of unemployed people , changing the index for measuring poverty or using official figures to claim that the health service is enjoying unprecedented prosperity . |
| 4 | Either that or using one player to dribble the whole length of the pitch . |
| 5 | Whether they are crossing a river in a coracle to retrieve vital clues or assembling coloured cubes blindfolded and guided by duck whistles , each group 's success lies in working together as a team . |
| 6 | As running or walking any distance becomes uncomfortable , it is avoided more and more . |
| 7 | However , by the early 1980s some LEAs began to adopt more prescriptive approaches , insisting on school policies fostering racial equality within given time limits ( e.g. ILEA , Brent ) , prescribing aspects of headteacher behaviour to ethnic minority parents ( e.g. Bradford ) , making certain forms of racist behaviour a disciplinary offence ( e.g. Manchester ) or establishing central mechanisms to decide upon school suspensions and so removing power from Heads and Governors ( e.g. Birmingham ) . |
| 8 | No question of a minor consenting to or refusing medical treatment arises unless and until a medical or dental practitioner advises such treatment and is willing to undertake it . |
| 9 | The Trust deed precludes the trustees from investing any part of the trust assets in securities of the Company or in lending to or guaranteeing any loans made to the Company . |
| 10 | Consistent differences in segmenting or propagating colonic pressures have not been identified between normal subjects and patients with irritable bowel syndrome . |
| 11 | Meanwhile , pressure groups are variously encouraging retailers to open on a Sunday or urging local authorities to prosecute the law breakers , and labour MP Ray Powell 's Private Member 's Bill ( supported by the Keep Sunday Special Campaign ) is due for its second reading on 22nd January . |
| 12 | You need to be either in the charts or heading that way to earn space in those gossipy pages . |
| 13 | Detainees have often been held for weeks or months without access to defence lawyers before being brought to trial on charges such as rebellion , illegal association and ‘ enemy propaganda ’ ( a charge brought against those accused of producing , distributing or possessing any information regarded as subversive by the authorities ) . |
| 14 | The research sought to identify the key factors affecting urban economic change , to examine the consequences of change for the urban economy and the employment of inner city residents , and to assess the effects of public policies in impeding or facilitating urban adjustment to change . |
| 15 | The Regulations require the governors to arrange procedures for complying with requests for access within 15 school days and for correcting or removing any parts agreed to be inaccurate and to hear appeals . |
| 16 | Wiring together the jaws of compulsive overeaters or performing surgical Operations to reduce the abdominal apron or reduce the length of the intestines , and hence reduce their capacity to absorb food , or inserting inflatable balloons through an endoscopic tube into the stomach , or performing liposuction to various parts of the body , all show no understanding of the primary spiritual nature Of addictive disease . |
| 17 | Clarity is anticipating a major new release in the new year but according to Smith its emphasis does n't seem to be added features but rather providing the means for customers to integrate Clarity with their other applications , or letting third parties do it . |
| 18 | ( 2 ) This section also applies if , at any time after 9th June 1988 , a landlord ( in this section referred to as " the landlord in default " ) or any person acting on behalf of the landlord in default — ( a ) attempts unlawfully to deprive the residential occupier of any premises of his occupation of the whole or part of the premises , or ( b ) knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that the conduct is likely to cause the residential occupier of any premises — ( i ) to give up his occupation of the premises or any part thereof , or ( ii ) to refrain from exercising any right or pursuing any remedy in respect of the premises or any part thereof , does acts likely to interfere with the peace or comfort of the residential occupier or members of his household , or persistently withdraws or withholds services reasonably required for the occupation of the premises as a residence , and , as a result , the residential occupier gives up his occupation of the premises as a residence . |
| 19 | Saying positive things about ourselves or having positive things said to us actually produces a chemical response in our brains . |
| 20 | When her owner tried to get on , she crossed her jaws , and flung herself up on to her hind legs , wild-eyed and distraught ; and no amount of reassurance , leaving the reins completely slack , or having another person hold her made any difference . |
| 21 | These interfere with each other , cancelling each other out or reinforcing each other to produce bigger waves . |
| 22 | First we looked at basic rights of people with dementia and produced the following statement : " It should be the right of any confused or dementing elderly person requiring care as a consequence of their mental state to be provided with the form of care most appropriate to their needs . |
| 23 | Giving , or offering or agreeing to give to persons in their capacity as investors or potential investors advice on the merits of their purchasing , selling , subscribing for or underwriting an investment , or exercising any right conferred by an investment to acquire , dispose of , underwrite or convert an investment . |
| 24 | It is then asked that the witnesses be examined either in accordance with a given list of questions , which will have been drafted by the applicant party , or regarding certain matters summarised in the letter of request itself ; an example might be ‘ a road traffic accident believed to have taken place in the sight of the witness at such-and-such a place and time ’ . |
| 25 | However , it sometimes depresses me , and again I 'm expressing a very personal view I guess , that having tried to teach the students the subject as about ideas , they then insist on learning the subject as things to be learnt and then going off and applying their knowledge to new and more expensive ways of killing people or stopping other people killing us . |
| 26 | The social cost is higher still if oligopolists waste society 's resources lobbying for monopoly power or incurring unnecessary expenditure to deter entrants . |
| 27 | Although there is no direct evidence that officials at the judicial secretariat in Colombo accepted bribes for dismissing or weakening criminal cases prosecuted in the superior courts , there were persons who claimed to act as agents for such transactions . |
| 28 | The opposite is generally applicable for standard equipment , but of course there is a financial reward for adapting to standard , readily available products or modifying standard products to suit your needs . |
| 29 | I often don't. erm and in some ways coming on a programme like this , or finding other ways to make your views be heard is erm I think very important in a way which me and my colleagues try to do something about the anger that we 're feeling . |
| 30 | Helen has no inhibitions about mixing woods , or making sure things match in style or period . |