Example sentences of "or [v-ing] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many successful businesses have been founded on the single item of information that no one is carrying out a particular service or producing a particular product . |
| 2 | She will recognize that the client is repeating himself or demanding a particular reaction from her . |
| 3 | His is not an isolated story — to this day many people report hearing or seeing a strange presence on the slopes of the mountain . |
| 4 | He returned to his workshop , hoping to bump into him on the way , but arrived without hearing or seeing a single trace of the forgetful scientist . |
| 5 | ‘ It will also help to develop people 's creativity and ideas in using these skills in the community , whether it 's setting up a business , starting a co-operative or completing a personal project , ’ he said . |
| 6 | Whether it 's the everyday hurly-burly of catering for your family , or cooking a special meal , there is always a lot of clearing up afterwards . |
| 7 | The culmination of abolition in 1806 and 1807 was much less marked by local committee activity and the African Institution did not expend great efforts on recreating or maintaining a national network of local groups . |
| 8 | Avoid driving ( or using a sharp knife ! ) for a few minutes , until you feel grounded again . |
| 9 | by writing to a manufacturer , or using a printed enquiry form , asking for a quotation |
| 10 | Before and after this period , subjects also pointed either at an auditory target or using a non-preferred hand in order to identify the mechanism by which this adaptation occurred . |
| 11 | The distance of a finger from a target was measured where the subject was either under normal conditions , wearing prisms , or using a non-preferred hand while wearing prisms using a within subjects design . |
| 12 | Then clean the piece of glass really thoroughly , first washing and then drying it , either with a proper glass cloth so that no pieces of lint are spread over the surface , or using a proprietary glass cleaning product and a suitable cloth . |
| 13 | At erm that 's that big lighting is there on the basis that if the switch goes down we should have a number of telephones that still have to be available erm and we need to identify them suggested by a red telephone , or using a red telephone situated somewhere . |
| 14 | If this contribution is to be representative of the burial environment within a 30 cm radius , it is best measured in situ , either using small metal capsules containing a highly TL-sensitive material buried for about one year , or using a calibrated gamma ray spectrometer . |
| 15 | Not by pushing Ireland over their own line , or using a back-row move , but by flashing the ball out to Guscott . |
| 16 | Give a dog ( so to speak ) a bad name , treat him or her accordingly — by having a confrontation or using a suspicious manner — and we are quite likely to trigger a hostile , resentful reaction that confirms our original opinion . |
| 17 | He could be content sitting cross-legged , weeding a flower bed , or repairing a broken chair . |
| 18 | Before starting to buy a house or flat or signing a private tenancy agreement you are advised to consult a solicitor . |
| 19 | what 's harder I wonder swimming , cycling and running for fifty miles or driving a racing car at top speed … |
| 20 | Many d-i-y jobs around the home require you to stand on something so you can reach higher , for instance when changing a light bulb or painting a low ceiling . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've never done anything worthwhile like writing a book or painting a wonderful picture . ’ |
| 22 | not easy playing a puppet or keeping a straight face . |
| 23 | I 'm afraid Mr. Optimist here can not see Leeds winning , or keeping a clean sheet . |
| 24 | Apart from personal tax allowances , there is a whole range of other allowances , or benefits , which are gained only on condition that taxpayers undertake a certain pattern of expenditure , such as buying houses , or acquiring a private pension . |
| 25 | ( And the western Greeks tended to make their dedications at the nearest of the Greek sanctuaries of the mainland , Olympia , rather than creating or patronizing a big cult centre of their own , ) Fifth-century Italy and Sicily did produce historians , like Hippys of Rhegion , or Antiochus and Philistus of Syracuse , the ‘ Sicilian Herodotus and the Sicilian Thucydides ’ ; even Dionysius I , tyrant of Syracuse from the late fifth century to 367 , wrote history as well as the tragedies and comedies for which he was , as we shall see , more famous . |
| 26 | Of course it conflicts with the commercial urgency of producing something or gaining a new market . |
| 27 | An ‘ episode ’ is the name given to the smallest complete unit of teaching — this could be the teacher 's revision of the previous lesson 's work ( revision episode ) or explaining a particular point to the class ( explanation episode ) or coaching an individual child on a problem he is working on ( coaching episode ) , etc . |
| 28 | Most insects have fairly predictable behaviour and you can often adjust sowing dates to avoid peak periods of egg-laying or migration , and deny colonising pests a favoured habitat by , for example , pinching out the soft tips of broad beans or applying a protective insecticide . |
| 29 | To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the hospitals in respect of which he has received an expression of interest in opting out or establishing a national health service trust . |
| 30 | However , Podhajsky 's book is very much concerned with technique , and his few references to understanding the mind of the horse — such as the importance of not hurting or frightening a young horse , and the value of using the horse 's herd instinct during its initial training — are virtually swamped by details of the art of correct riding . |