Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [v-ing] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | sometimes a metalpoint would have a point at either end of the stylus , for sake of balance , or perhaps containing a different type of metalpoint . |
| 2 | It was never clear whether they were carrying out a routine sample spot check on the facilities or merely seeking a quick meal before a meeting . |
| 3 | This may simply be a matter of explaining once again the implications of the diseases in terms of any personal relationships , giving advice about contraceptive clinics , or just lending a sympathetic ear while the patient unburdens his or her problems . |
| 4 | My physical exercise makes me feel so good inside — whether I 'm on my stairmaster , whether I 'm out running , dancing to music like a crazy person , riding up hills on my bicycle or just taking a brisk walk . |
| 5 | I said that if I was going to get into the guitar business , I 'd got to make a highly precision piece — I could n't live with a 32nd or 16th of an inch tolerance and then have some old violin maker filling up the gap with plastic wood , or just leaving a huge crack around the joint as some people do , I had to find a way of making precision wood parts . |
| 6 | I said that if I was going to get into the guitar business , I 'd got to make a highly precision piece — I could n't live with a 32nd or 16th of an inch tolerance and then have some old violin maker filling up the gap with plastic wood , or just leaving a huge crack around the joint as some people do , I had to find a way of making precision wood parts . |
| 7 | The Divisional Court ordered that the applicant 's motion be allowed for a declaration that before asking questions relating to an offence with which a person under investigation had been charged the Director of the Serious Fraud Office had to inform that person that he was not obliged to answer such questions but that , if they were answered , what was said might only be used in evidence against that person where he was charged with knowingly or recklessly making a false or misleading statement or where the answer was inconsistent with any evidence that he might give at a later criminal trial . |
| 8 | ‘ Declaration granted that before asking questions relating to an offence with which a person under investigation had been charged , the Director of the Serious Fraud Office was required to inform that person that he was not obliged to answer such questions but , if they were answered , what was said might only be used in evidence against that person where he was charged with knowingly or recklessly making a false or misleading statement or where the answer was inconsistent with any evidence he might give at a later criminal trial . |
| 9 | There 's nothing quite like having breakfast , dinner or tea outside or even stealing a quiet nap in the sun . |
| 10 | But if you are contemplating increasing physical activity for still further benefit to your health and figure , try to realize that those vast crowds of people who will scream with laughter at the sight of you in a swimsuit , or on seeing you jogging , skipping , enrolling at aerobics classes or even taking a brisk daily walk , exist only in your mind . |
| 11 | Although its plans stop short of adopting DCE outright , or even endorsing a third-party offering based upon the stuff , SunSoft will define a networking strategy for its Solaris Unix SVR4 operating system , which will include the ability to ‘ plug-in ’ DCE components , according to Ed Zander , president of the software unit . |
| 12 | Imagine using your mouse to press a button labelled Mozart and being treated to a near CD quality reproduction of ‘ Eine kleine Nachtmusik ’ whilst looking at , for example , the score or maybe watching a digital tour of Strasbourg . |
| 13 | Dr Courtney was also found guilty of drugging and raping a woman who went to him for advice about work , and indecently assaulting a German student and a 17-year-old when they went to his surgery for part-time jobs . |
| 14 | It is possible from the village , without too much effort , to survey the great wilderness of Fisherfield Forest from the east by taking the private road to the little huddle of buildings known as the Heights of Kinlochewe and thence following a rising track to the left until the vast amphitheatre is revealed in a surround of formidable mountains of which Slioch and Mullach Coire Mhic Fhearchair are now the most prominent . |
| 15 | This seems very improbable , though it would have been consistent with his character to reject an organized challenge to the social order but to appreciate and even think of emulating and thereby vanquishing a personal one . |
| 16 | It has two functions : ( a ) it acts as a point of orientation by connecting back to previous stretches of discourse and thereby maintaining a coherent point of view and , ( b ) it acts as a point of departure by connecting forward and contributing to the development of later stretches . |
| 17 | What they were not prepared to countenance was that ‘ the United States should redeem its unwanted dollars in goods , by undervaluing the dollar and thereby running a large and persistent export surplus : such a treatment was wholly unacceptable to export interests in Europe which would suffer the increased US competition ’ ( Tew , 1977 , p. 192 ) . |
| 18 | Gallacher made 174 league appearances for Newcastle , steering them to an English League Championship victory as captain in 1927 , and eventually amassing a remarkable 143 goals for the club . |
| 19 | The appeal of the games to particularly young boys may be in the fact that a lot of the games are all about some little guy fighting and eventually conquering a large evil monster . |
| 20 | In many places this molten material was then injected into the fractured rock formed by the thrusting movements , and later , when it solidified , a veinwork of pseudotachylite occurred throughout the gneiss , ‘ welding ’ it together and eventually producing a resistant rock which , in some areas , gives rise to higher hills as at Eaval in South Uist . |
| 21 | The sudden arrival of the Republic , with its liberal and anticlerical atmosphere , probably saved Carlism from extinction ; certainly the cause now began to revive , expanding beyond its stronghold in Navarre into other regions , adopting a militantly anti-republican stance , and eventually developing a formidable paramilitary organization , the Requeté . |
| 22 | The Galera is a Club Exclusive hotel and besides having a great easy-going atmosphere , is the scene of many lively Club get-togethers and parties . |
| 23 | And so reintroducing a possible object of knowledge by acquaintance ? |
| 24 | Moreover , by simply keeping her in their power they were holding all their options open and preventing Philip from marrying her to someone else and so forging a new alliance . |
| 25 | So I respect the access restrictions for the sake of Ted and those like him , but I reserve the right in the pub to stick out my tongue and make rasping noises at those men with wallets instead of penises , who think that pulling the trigger and gleefully watching a beautiful stag 's legs buckling beneath it as it dies is somehow a sign of manliness . |
| 26 | and perhaps rationalising a certain tier , keeping the teachers and assistants who are actually in the schools as our top priority and maintaining a careful balance between schools with very high needs and schools with isolated children who are actually even more in need of support and know how . |
| 27 | Mr Jones suggested that Physic News magazine should be approached with a view to investigating the incidents and perhaps providing a satisfactory answer . |
| 28 | Constable Perkins was torn between keeping an eye on the scene of the crime — and perhaps making a brilliant arrest — or calling up reinforcements . |
| 29 | That brings me back to my earlier point about the importance of considering giving compensation in such circumstances and perhaps introducing a new code of compensation . |
| 30 | It is likely that the implication of mothers Saving effort or time over the care of babies produces some anxiety ( guilt ) in them , unless the rationale is very acceptable , For the housewife , however , being economical and especially finding a particular way of reducing expenditure gives Satisfaction . |