Example sentences of "[subord] [v-ing] [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The list , however , is hardly impressive and , as in East Anglia , it looks as though Gloucester was acquiring the service of individuals rather than building up a coherent connection — although , in the absence of receivers ' accounts for the duke 's Welsh lordships , this can only be inference . |
| 2 | The list , however , is hardly impressive and , as in East Anglia , it looks as though Gloucester was acquiring the service of individuals rather than building up a coherent connection — although , in the absence of receivers ' accounts for the duke 's Welsh lordships , this can only be inference . |
| 3 | Use the open item method and show all unpaid invoices individually on your statement rather than bringing forward a single unpaid and undetailed balance from last month . |
| 4 | This is important because walking uphill requires more energy than walking along a level surface . |
| 5 | He loves nothing more than slaving over a hot work bench to extract the last 0.5bhp needed to win his rider a world title , but as Yamaha 's GP technical co-ordinator last year he did n't get that chance . |
| 6 | What does it involve other than sending out a few letters , keeping a record of what has been done , and putting some figures together at regular intervals ? |
| 7 | Rather than cutting out a whole range of foods , concentrate on the foods that are known to be problematic in eczema : milk , eggs , beef , chicken , food additives , oranges , lemons and other citrus fruits . |
| 8 | Re-decorating one bedroom should be fun and is much less of a task than taking on a whole house . |
| 9 | Falling off a tall building is , after all , much more dangerous than falling off a low wall . |
| 10 | Knill said that he was satisfied with NERC 's allocation from the Science Vote for 1992–3 ( see above ) , which although showing only a small percentage rise will allow the council to set up two new community projects : LOIS ( the Land-Ocean Interaction Study ) and Bridge ( the HEI-led British Mid-Atlantic Ridge project ) . |
| 11 | We need members need to get a grip on what is happening and my wife suggests this , that the panel erm rather than setting up a new panel , look at the whole issue of school meals , this and other issues . |
| 12 | It was obvious now to the World that America 's involvement had driven Kennedy into supporting a corrupt , totalitarian government because the US felt that stopping Communism was more important than setting up a democratic government in South Vietnam . |
| 13 | True , in the judgment itself it might appear that the court was making a pontifical statement of existing principle rather than laying down a new rule , for they regarded their own proposition as having been anticipated by Holt . |
| 14 | From the off he had me convinced that by helping him I was doing no more than carving out a new life for myself as a better citizen , a better human being . |
| 15 | A policeman held out his arms as if heading off a loose horse . |
| 16 | As they hopped out of Armstrong , Fenella leaned in through the meter window as if paying off a real cab . |
| 17 | All too typical , however , was Lord Keith 's remark in 1799 that he had given a lieutenant 's commission to ‘ the Duchess of Atholle 's friend Glen Geary … a heavy dog too ’ , while passing over a brighter but less well-connected midshipman . |
| 18 | And he manages to present what could be very dry stuff with the flair of a good detective writer , setting up expectations whose fulfilment contains an element of surprise , while saving up a few clinching strokes for the end . |
| 19 | In particular , can we move one piece into a desired position while disturbing only a few others ? |
| 20 | ‘ Not at you , ’ said Luke soothingly , while saddling up a black mare with a white star for her . |
| 21 | I asked while cutting up a British Telecom van — rather niftily I thought . |
| 22 | It has been reported that the addition of minute amounts of phosphatidylcholines normalised the short nucleation time of bile from patients with cholesterol gall stones while having only a minimal effect on the cholesterol saturation index . |
| 23 | As for affirmations , well , when slogging away to meet a deadline I 've found that repeating , ‘ You 're tougher than you think ’ while gulping down a large glass of gin works a treat . |
| 24 | Police discovered the Mini van in the warehouse in the nearby City Walls Road while carrying out a systematic search of the whole city . |
| 25 | Will my hon. and learned Friend take the opportunity to pay tribute to the United Nations inspectors in Iraq who suffered harassment while carrying out a vital duty on behalf of us all ? |
| 26 | Marjorie and Bill were left to cope with their own personal loss while putting on a brave face for each other . |
| 27 | ‘ That some women enjoy fantasies of being raped is well authenticated , and they may , to some extent , welcome a masterful advance while putting up a token resistance . |
| 28 | He takes his work-ethic from his leader who , rather than stop , has been known to replace broken guitar strings while hammering out a perfect twelve-bar blues riff . |
| 29 | While both initiatives are seen as bringing about a closer link between assessment and teaching and learning , and place a greater emphasis than hitherto on teacher assessment , Broadfoot points to various tensions and contradictions between these systems of assessment . |
| 30 | Her sheer emotional and physical energy nevertheless took its physical toll , and at various times in her life she abused alcohol and drugs as well as notching up a significant number of car accidents of varying degrees of seriousness . |