Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [v-ing] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed production for the market , as a purpose taking priority over any other , is widely evident in each phase , though there are many examples of producers struggling against or effectively ignoring market trends . |
| 2 | Pupils will also enjoy performing simple period music ( playing medieval music on recorders and percussion instruments , for instance , or perhaps performing negro spirituals in a lesson about slavery ) . |
| 3 | The ropes took the first opportunity of falling into the waterfall and freezing solid , bending at unpredictable angles , more or less imitating wire hawser . |
| 4 | Australia The states of Victoria and Western Australia and the Capital Territory have passed laws eliminating or severely restricting tobacco advertising since 1987 . |
| 5 | Let me repeat yet again the words of Ernest Renan in his famous lecture ‘ What is a Nation ’ in 1882 : ‘ Forgetting history , or even getting history wrong ( l'erreur historique ) are an essential factor in the formation of a nation , which is why the progress of historical studies is often dangerous to a nationality . ’ |
| 6 | When the target atom in an XPS experiment is in a gas-phase molecule , the ejected photoelectron can escape freely , though even here it may lose some energy as it departs , exciting or even ionizing valence electrons in the process . |
| 7 | For the purposes of this discussion it is best to avoid the term working class literature , in favour of terms which are less polemically charged , such as labouring poets , or even labouring class poets . |
| 8 | They may be dazed and talk as if delirious , incoherent , stupid , forgetful ; worse ( < ) for mental exertions and is averse to speaking or even having company present ; too tired to communicate and not wanting to make the effort . |
| 9 | With a gang of laddish stooges grooving alongside to encourage him , Barry continued to lord it over the stage , munching an apple whilst reclining against the drum riser or simply feigning sleep flat on his back . |
| 10 | Sometimes when Rachaela shopped in the Saturday lunch-hour , Ruth went with her , and into Woolworth 's too , never showing a symptom of interest in the toys , sweets or loudly drumming music section . |
| 11 | It goes on to specify a duty to take action ‘ necessary or expedient … for the purpose of conserving , redistributing or otherwise augmenting water resources ’ and ‘ securing proper use of water resources ’ ( s.10 ) . |
| 12 | furthermore , patients who were obese , or actively having weight reduction at the time when the primary gall stones developed might , on achieving ideal body weight , no longer suffer this risk factor . |
| 13 | So Vaughan contented herself with training as a nurse and avidly reading food books in her spare time . |
| 14 | Very often the soil is dry and hungry ( deficient in nutrients ) , especially near evergreens and vigorously rooting hedge species such as privet . |
| 15 | Brazauskas was elected president of the Seimas and thereby acting state President on Nov. 25 . |
| 16 | Babies born preterm are likely to lack surfactant — a material that covers the surface of the lung , lowering surface tension in the alveolus and thereby preventing lung collapse on breathing out . |
| 17 | A similar effect of Oct-1 in inhibiting binding to an adjacent sph site and thereby preventing gene activation has recently been documented in the SV40 enhancer ( 22 ) . |
| 18 | We have already noted that she would have started as a reading girl , at 4s or 5s a week , before learning the lay of the type case and eventually starting work setting type . |
| 19 | As well as maintaining a good posture , women were expected to move with grace , which was the principal reason for dancing lessons A woman attempting to achieve this ideal of beauty needed to spend a great deal of money , and so labouring class women were automatically excluded , even if they were possessed of ‘ natural ’ beauty . |
| 20 | Moreover , water is often heated and pumped , and so minimising water use is another way of minimising energy consumption . |
| 21 | Centre forward Alan Wegg , keeper Brian Dale and long serving defender Dave Calland have all said they will play . |
| 22 | It is this ability to produce flowers throughout the summer and early autumn that ranks them with the true annuals when it comes to creating the most colourful and long lasting planting schemes . |
| 23 | He may need to be able to use apparatus , and generally speaking science teachers are accustomed to explaining necessary points about its use and keeping a close watch on safety . |
| 24 | Smoking could affect gall bladder pathophysiology — for example , by stimulating mucin secretion and thus promoting cholesterol monohydrate nucleation — a critical step in gall stone formation . |
| 25 | Asset backed bonds , usually secured against pools of illiquid loans , offer financial institutions a means of removing assets from their balance sheets and thus reducing capital requirements ; but such securitisation can also be seen as a tool which facilitates the separation of the loan origination and funding function of banks . |
| 26 | The aid was part of a package drawn up by the responsible EC Commissioner , Abel Matutes Juan , as part of the EC 's contribution to economic development in the region ( in particular by creating jobs and thus reducing emigration pressures ) and of its efforts to stimulate the political dialogue with Arab countries and Israel . |
| 27 | In a scouting role they can be used to pin down enemy troops by getting within 8″ of them and thus preventing march moves . |
| 28 | Spending is rising , but the revenue to pay the bills is sluggish as the number in work ( and thus paying income tax ) falls , and company profits ( and hence corporation tax ) melt away . |
| 29 | Well — that happened to me when my daughter joined the local Brownie Pack ; they were desperate for help and that ‘ couple of hours on a Friday ’ led to my becoming that pack 's Brown Owl , moving to a Guide Company that was in danger of closing and finally becoming District Commissioner administration four Brownie Packs , four Guide Companies and one Ranger Unit . |
| 30 | When she came to think of it , the only thing she and Jerome had ever agreed about was what a difficult , trying and utterly maddening creature Nora was . |