Example sentences of "and [v-ing] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Begin by stitching the longer length on the left hand side , bringing it under Teddy 's chin and tucking the shorter length under it as it crosses his shoulder . |
| 2 | On the speakers , Kim Carnes was feeling it in the air and praising the Universal Song . |
| 3 | However , government austerity policies and plans to reform the previously restricted economy by privatizing state monopolies and encouraging the private sector and international investment were bitterly criticized by organized labour , disaffected FLN traditionalists and opposition parties [ ibid . ] . |
| 4 | A study of the GEC bid to takeover Plessey outlines clearly the conflict that can exist between maintaining competition in the domestic market and restructuring an industry to enable it to compete with foreign competition , by allowing rationalisation to occur and encouraging the combined group to exploit economies of scale . |
| 5 | The harshly defeated Catholic crusader , without high rank and honour-less , had nothing before him except scrabbling for cash with his pen , an unhappy family life , and coating the intransigent permanence of his adolescence in premature and cranky old-bufferism . |
| 6 | Set up in I 978 with the twin missions of keeping Israeli troops out of southern Lebanon and helping the Lebanese government to control the Palestinians there , it was never given the strength to do either . |
| 7 | Others , like Tim Robinson and Derek Randall , have their own businesses so that leaves us to fix up about 10 or a dozen with work at Trent Bridge , coaching and helping the commercial department as well as working on their game . |
| 8 | Matey might not work so hard as McAllister did , or perform such menial tasks , like scrubbing the kitchen floor and whitening the front doorstep — which was next on McAllister 's list of duties — but she did her share and was never idle , even in her spare time — hence her membership of the ladies ' sewing circle and her encouragement of her housemaid , McAllister , to accompany her to it . |
| 9 | This kind of map analysis used to be done manually ( before the advent of practical GIS ) by overlaying transparent map sheets , establishing the required spatial relationships and drawing the new map on a clean top sheet with felt pens ( McHarg 1969 ) . |
| 10 | Here we have operating in the same geographical area , in the same economic environment and manufacturing the same product , on the one hand enterprises organised as industrial co-operatives and on the other as conventional firms . |
| 11 | Always envisioned by the architects , Peter and Ursula Trint ( Cologne ) and Dieter Quast ( Heidelberg ) , as part of the final plan , the new building completes the museum complex by linking the old and new wings and tripling the existing exhibition space . |
| 12 | Bearing in mind that the departments comprised a multitude of functions , and , at this point in the study , no detailed breakdown of these functions was available , two parallel exercises were considered necessary to progress the study , ie one concerned with clarifying roles and information needs , and the second exploring and quantifying the existing information base , as represented by the central and outposted filing systems . |
| 13 | That first incident started the never-ending process of strengthening and sanctifying the Created God . |
| 14 | Other ingredients in the exhibition include a series of reworked pictures decorated with dead flowers , a group of vitrines containing small tableaux which correspond to the imagery of his paintings , and a survey of watercolours created during the last ten years and encompassing the familiar iconography of Valhallas and palettes with wings . |
| 15 | Its application is much wider and encompassing the entire organisation and its various external and internal ‘ publics ’ . |
| 16 | It forms part of the so-called Rembrandt Research Project ; a study stretching over several decades and encompassing the complete oeuvre of Rembrandt . |
| 17 | Hopefully , this car will be the first of the Centenary class , replacing the OMOs , and maintaining the regular service for many years to come ! |
| 18 | In 1712 , for example , Jonathan Swift claimed in his ‘ proposal for Correcting , Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue ’ , that some sounds ( ‘ hard ’ consonants ) were typical of male speech , others ( vowels and liquids ) of female speech . |
| 19 | Among these are the completion of assignments on time , attendance for appointments ( including tutorials and examinations ) , undertaking the necessary groundwork for the course — whether in the laboratory , studio or library — and accepting the customary house rules , such as not interrupting ( or barracking ) the lecturers . |
| 20 | Kate looked at her mother sharply and seeing the mischievous look on her face she grinned . |
| 21 | I remember her telling me — much later in life — of that standing on a distant hillside and seeing the ochre dust float slowly up into the azure sky . |
| 22 | looking down and seeing the young man again . |
| 23 | Most avoid extremes of polar cold and dearth of food by wintering elsewhere , and using the polar environment only during its most tolerable phase . |
| 24 | Another example , using the technique of redefining the problem and using the above situation , may be for the counsellor to suggest that the intention of the father 's behaviour was to place the daughter in an untenable position so as to break up her marriage . |
| 25 | Lie on your side and bend the lower leg , resting your head on your hand and using the upper arm to support you in front . |
| 26 | For two neighbouring points on the ( p , T ) diagram this means Expanding by Taylor 's theorem about and using the first equality gives where are changes in v and S respectively at the transition . |
| 27 | I had considered selecting a twinning conception , and using the other infant as a control . |
| 28 | The next swell lifted Golden Girl , and using the down slope for extra speed , Trent swung the helm over , holding the jib sheet tight till the bow came through the wind . |
| 29 | Assuming the manual is in comprehensible English , users can avoid many unnecessary calls to the help desk by a combination of consulting its index , and using the onscreen help built into the software . |
| 30 | When we got to Nelly 's the fire was low , but while she was collecting newspapers I filled the kettle and using the old leather bellows stoked up the heat . |