Example sentences of "and [adv] [v-ing] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Owen reached through the branches to the bridle of Isambard 's horse , that stood tossing his head and nervously trampling the path . |
| 2 | Man charged : Steven Leach , 35 , of The Close , Walton , appeared at Liverpool today charged with abducting and indecently assaulting a boy of four , and was remanded in custody until Friday , after a massive police search . |
| 3 | A 39-year-old man admitted kidnapping two 13-year-old schoolgirls , raping one and indecently assaulting the other , before stabbing them with a three-foot-long ceremonial sword and leaving them for dead in the forest . |
| 4 | Irina , turning on the hot water and vigorously mopping a plate , said , ‘ Do n't worry . |
| 5 | Here was a task force rapidly put together , travelling almost 7,000 miles and successfully taking an island without a casualty . |
| 6 | Most health statistics , for example , are the result of people deciding that they are ill , and successfully convincing a doctor of this . |
| 7 | In 1780 he was elected MP for Southwark , defeating Henry Thrale and thereby provoking the contempt of Dr Samuel Johnson [ q.v . ] . |
| 8 | And this , far from being a containment ( transgression presupposing and thereby ratifying the norm it contravenes ) , is one condition of the norm 's undoing . |
| 9 | A very thick hard rail , which you can hardly get your hand around , is often used in the mid-sections of a race board where speed is important , since when the board is sailed at a slight angle the thick rail digs in providing more lateral resistance and thereby helping the daggerboard . |
| 10 | The English manner of waging war , that of the chevauchée , the raid carried out largely by mounted soldiers ( who were thus fully mobile ) through the enemy 's countryside , with the intention of pillaging enemy property , destroying crops , and thereby creating an air of insecurity , could not be allowed to continue too long unchallenged , since such an exercise undermined ( as it was intended to do ) the authority of the king of France , who was responsible for the defence of his people . |
| 11 | Aquino 's choice was criticized in some quarters for threatening the possibility of splitting her support — between those who would remain loyal to the LDP and those who would support Ramos — and thereby allowing an opposition candidate to win . |
| 12 | But the social-security surplus is having the opposite of its intended effect : in helping the government to evade cutting the deficit , it is reducing national savings , and thereby reducing the country 's ability to support future pensioners rather than increasing it . |
| 13 | The claim is therefore that denunciatory punishment is justified even if it has no good consequences such as educating the public conscience and thereby reducing the amount of crime . |
| 14 | The effect of these three changes brought about by the growth of corporate enterprise was that the market could no longer be viewed as regulating and thereby legitimating the exercise of corporate power . |
| 15 | The move was thought to have caused severe food shortages by reducing the purchasing power of most households and thereby limiting the quantity of black market provisions which could be obtained . |
| 16 | The DLP secured an overwhelming victory , winning 564 of the 866 seats at stake , and thereby securing a mandate to control 11 of the 15 assemblies . |
| 17 | An alternative means of increasing the number of units in the input utterance , and thereby decreasing the number of word paths found , would be to include stress in the lexicon and input utterance . |
| 18 | Basically these problems attend many surgical operations , and the question resolves itself into whether the transsexual should be allowed to consent ; whether , in other words , the state has an interest in striking out such consent , and thereby rendering the surgeon who goes ahead liable in tort , on the ground that he can not rely on such consent . |
| 19 | An unoccupied person , finding a drum , may be seized with a desire to beat it ; but unless he is an imbecile he will be unable to continue beating it , and thereby satisfying a need ( rather than a ‘ desire ’ ) , without finding a reason for so doing . |
| 20 | To quote the Federation 's annual report for 1948–49 , ‘ one purpose of the Federation ’ is ‘ that of bringing together in a friendly atmosphere the members of different Branches and Groups and thereby strengthening the unity and spirit of the WEA in Essex ’ . |
| 21 | Frequently , young children use " magic " as a way of solving problems , and thereby avoiding the drama . |
| 22 | It has been suggested that the hypergastrinaemia induced by H pylori is caused by the ammonia produced by its urease raising antral surface pH and thereby blocking the suppression of gastrin release by luminal acid . |
| 23 | By contrast , the Conservative party was very active in the villages , establishing Associations for both men and women and thereby consolidating the party 's general hold over the area despite the changed socio-economic context . |
| 24 | This Part of this Act shall have effect with a view to securing the observance of proper hours … of work by persons engaged in the carriage of passengers or goods by road and thereby protecting the public against the risks which arise in cases where the drivers of motor vehicles are suffering from fatigue . |
| 25 | They also often resented piece-wages or any other method of speeding up complex and difficult tasks , and thereby lowering the quality of self-respecting work . |
| 26 | The precedent suggests the inclusion of a plan and , while it is suggested that where the premises are clearly defined there is no necessity for a plan , there is little doubt that a plan stated to be for identification purposes ( and thereby preventing the plan from prevailing over the verbal description ) is advisable . |
| 27 | This is explained if malabsorbed polysaccharides are fermented to short chain fatty acids , most of which are rapidly absorbed , decreasing the colonic osmotic pressure and thereby preventing an increase in faecal water . |
| 28 | Those without work are excluded from building up savings , whether in the form of a house or an adequate pension , and thereby gaining a stake in society . |
| 29 | Entranced by the aphrodisiacs in his prawn cocktail , McAvennie began to visit his new girl every weekend , flying to the London nightlife and eventually provoking a dispute with Celtic manager Billy McNeill when he failed to show up for a Monday morning training session . |
| 30 | It lends itself quite suitably to the UK sporting scene which is populated by many black sportsmen growing up in broken homes , settling on the side of the mother and eventually seeing the father as an anathema , as did Repton heavyweight Ray Tabi : |