Example sentences of "a [adv] [vb pp] [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus in a few years a mere convenience for keyboard players had developed into a widely adopted performing practice which revolutionized musical textures and was to remain in use for two centuries . |
| 2 | I wondered why Americans always called a spade a manually powered entrenching instrument . |
| 3 | The general manager of the DPTC is Luis Caycedo , a highly experienced drilling engineer who used to work for ARCO . |
| 4 | Linscheid and Rasnake ( 1985 ) have found that the length of the meal-time is a good indicator of a behaviourally based feeding problem . |
| 5 | A special feature of the 22E truck was the Weight Transfer Device , which consisted of a specially shaped rubbing plate attached to the body of the car above the centre spring post . |
| 6 | The trachea were cleaned and cut longitudinally along the dorsal surface and a piece placed under microscopic control in a specially constructed Ussing chamber designed to preserve the curvature of the tissue . |
| 7 | On offer to those who raise the target figure is a five-day all expenses trip which includes flights , accommodation in a Central Manhattan hotel , transfers and insurance , guaranteed race entry , participation pack , a specially designed jogging suit , and more ! |
| 8 | To make sure of early germination , the trays will have to be placed in a slightly heated propagating case — but taken out as soon as the seedlings are about an inch high and kept in warmth and good light . |
| 9 | Lines of contact for external enquiries with a clearly defined costing structure . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , the advantages from a correctly administered costing system can not be overemphasised . |
| 11 | Fighter Operations ( PSL , 176pp , illus , hbk , £17.50 ) by Jerry Scutts , puts forward an overview of the role that pilots have played over nearly eight decades of flight , not as gung-ho gladiators ( as many view the fighter pilot ) , but as part of a finely honed fighting unit . |
| 12 | Note : Figure contains a roughly drawn approximating polynomial to illustrate a method described below . |
| 13 | Once you have the information you 'll have to do a little deductive reasoning to piece an eight-letter anagram into a well known winning phrase . |
| 14 | In light weather , she was handicapped only if driven by her rotors alone , and only in comparison with a fully rigged sailing vessel dead before the wind . |
| 15 | WORK has started on the construction of a fully integrated dealing room at Drummond House for Treasury and Capital Markets , Scotland ( TCMS ) . |
| 16 | The laboratory has a fully equipped recording studio , and houses facilities for running psycholinguistic experiments on spoken and written language ( gating , visual decision , cross-modal priming , etc . ) . |
| 17 | Most of us religiously plough through the manual , certainly a good way to start , finally making our first effort , say a fully fashioned stocking stitch sweater . |
| 18 | The development of a spatially related designing system has been seen to provide a basis for the understanding and evaluation of most engineering assembly problems . |
| 19 | Computer Easy Draw is a competitively priced drawing package for use with Windows 3.0 and 3.1 , and has many of the features you would expect from a more expensive program , plus easy to use animation software . |
| 20 | It is known that wealthy industrialists joining the upper class by virtue of a newly acquired spending power , sought to buy into the status of the latter by becoming landowners and patrons of art . |
| 21 | McMahon was still not finished , even if Leeds were , and the former England midfielder could not conceal his joy when a beautifully judged looping pass two minutes from the end gave Brennan an irresistible opportunity to complete the scoring . |