Example sentences of "this [vb past] [v-ing] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This avoided putting full page ads in Melody Maker , NME and Sounds , and hoping somebody would read them . |
| 2 | This involved using existing data and also meetings with representatives from organisations involved in economic development in the valley . |
| 3 | All of this involved taking both parents ’ sex cells with their half-complement of DNA signals in the chromosomes , and bringing them together so that the cells could clamp on to each other and start dividing and growing . |
| 4 | This involved rushing several buckets of water into his improvised shelter . |
| 5 | What enraged the liberals was that this involved placing political appointees at much lower levels of the hierarchies than had been usual , to increase the positive responsiveness of the bureaucracy to his policies . |
| 6 | This involved adding further fields of information relating to these staff to the " persons " data base , including job titles , pay and allowances and the date the person took up his/her present post . |
| 7 | Although this included controlling overall levels of local government spending , the role of local government was not in question . |
| 8 | This meant installing new plumbing , electrics , draining and the new handpainted pale-coloured units — we did n't realise how much work needed to be done , ’ says Julie . |
| 9 | This meant providing informed answers to a number of questions . |
| 10 | This meant swapping old loans for new , with foreign public funds backing the new debt . |
| 11 | Lenin 's theme in this early period was the need to install an efficient system of accounting and control , and to bring all factories and mines back to full production as soon as possible , even if this meant employing former owners and managers at high salaries . |
| 12 | The roads were usually wide enough for two vehicles to pass without slowing down , but in dry weather this meant enveloping each other in a cloud of choking lava dust . |
| 13 | Roderick was always seeking a better way of putting things in order to remove all possible ambiguities and to assist the reader to the maximum extent : if this meant rewriting 100 times he would gladly do it . |
| 14 | This meant travelling 1,400 miles . |
| 15 | This meant unclasping one hand from the other , and the mite took instant advantage , working its way up into his wrist . |
| 16 | This meant putting more manpower — three extra BP people , three extra processors from seismic contractor Geco-Prakla — and a lot more computer hardware on the boat , says Nunn . |
| 17 | At one level this meant giving each town or neighbourhood the cinema it deserved and having a range of cinemas in down-town areas . |