Example sentences of "in [v-ing] [adj] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Despite the weather the under-18s succeeded in keeping alive the prestigious tournament now reduced to 63 holes .
2 The Orthodox Church had played a more important role in keeping alive the culture of the exiled Serbs in Catholic Austria than had the Greek-speaking hierarchy of the Orthodox communities in the Ottoman empire .
3 It does suggest that teachers corporately have a responsibility to assist in keeping alive the research tradition , but that there is also only a minimal obligation on individuals to participate in the research enterprise .
4 In later years when they were reduced to penury , she displayed great moral heroism in preserving intact the framework of a family and a household , which alone enabled her husband to continue his work .
5 Geographic segments are also important in rendering manageable a worldwide export marketing activity .
6 The EC Biotechnology Framework Programme recognises the importance of classical taxonomy to genetic and molecular studies , and it is felt that collaborative research offers the best way forward in combining different the approaches .
7 7.7.8 If at any time the Tenant shall be entitled to the benefit of any insurance on the Premises ( which is not effected or maintained in pursuance of any obligation contained in this Lease ) to apply all money received by virtue of such insurance in making good the loss or damage in respect of which such money shall have been received The landlord 's concern is to avoid the situation by which its insurers may refuse to pay the whole of the proceeds of insurance where the tenant has also taken out insurance cover for the premises , pursuant to a common provision found in insurance policies .
8 It was suggested that the USA would not otherwise sign the planned trade agreement , which contained concessions regarded by the Soviet side as very important in making possible the restructuring of the Soviet economy and the introduction of a regulated market economy .
9 To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress he has made in making available a pool of British-registered merchant ships for emergency defence use .
10 It may have been this group Professor Ashton had in mind when he drew attention to the way in which London banks played a role in making available the " savings of agriculturalists ' to provide " much of the investment in manufacture " .
11 The young MFI salesman who is only concerned in making sure the commission on your purchase accrues to him , not his colleague , has forgotten why he is there in the first place .
12 In speaking , in making conscious the secret hidden power of little girls , Maggie became a woman .
13 However , his main achievement concerned the logic and metaphysics of tense : he succeeded both in putting tense logic on a firm foundation , and in making plausible the view that reality was essentially tensed .
14 With the manure provided by so many beasts , there was some hope of success in making productive the marginal soils of the Weald , particularly where natural fertiliser was augmented by a wide variety of other fertilisers , lime , meat and even scraps from the villages .
15 There are two general principles involved in putting right the unsatisfactory situation we have gradually disentangled and thus clarified .
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