Example sentences of "[v-ing] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can now consider that the new system of sponsoring foreseen by the Lawn Tennis Association no longer contains appreciable restrictions of competition and therefore the file will be closed . ’ |
| 2 | are putting in they have high attendance rates because they 're including explained absences you know , as justified you know , and putting them with the actual attendance |
| 3 | The cultural capital of such a modernized and differentiated habitus is capable of using differentiated classificatory schema to understand , say , the modernist work of art in terms of its own particular aesthetic conventions . |
| 4 | So far as boilerplate conditions are concerned , the draftsman can add these to the extent that they seem appropriate and necessary , although he should be sparing given that the aim of the exercise is to produce a relatively short set of commercially acceptable terms and conditions . |
| 5 | Detailed information on company operations is found to be available only from the individual concerns , and in order to determine the types of materials handling undertaken in the region , a detailed questionnaire has been distributed to over 350 companies , and over 150 replies received . |
| 6 | And then , you see , it halted where it did because there were some petals and fragments from the blackthorn I had been handling fallen into the spine there , shaken out of my sleeve or my hair when I closed the book . |
| 7 | The scientific approach to the world of nature developed as a way of looking to see what was actually there and interpreting it in the light of its own evidence instead of simply accepting received , traditional wisdom . |
| 8 | Coughing intervened . |
| 9 | This result might seem puzzling given the conventional characterisation of most Friends in the eighteenth century as quietist ‘ following their habit of attending religiously to their internal impressions ’ . |
| 10 | Monitoring progress against the timetable allows variations to be identified and replanning undertaken . |
| 11 | He knew that the ditch would be dank with nettles and sour with rotting rubbish , the trees wounded by vandals , the trunks carved with initials , the low branches hanging torn from the boughs . |
| 12 | We walked out and staggered back to our beds , pushing out the dummies we had left there as decoys , using rolled up overcoats and our pyjamas . |
| 13 | Neither is subcontracting confined to Japan , as many electrical goods producers , for instance , buy in parts from subsidiaries in South East Asia . |
| 14 | Dead birds were to be seen everywhere , and live ones , in quarrelling flocks , feeding on the burst stacks and blown seed-corn ; stabbing the cheeses that shone in the short winter grass ; pecking at the dried skeins of fish ; fluttering trapped beneath torn scraps of net . |
| 15 | Place the sensor in the centre of the Helmholtz coils with one pickup winding aligned to pick up maximum flux . |
| 16 | This will also help to prevent the disks from becoming filled with obsolete files . |
| 17 | This method has two marked advantages : the production of the dye produces no density change or displacement of the flow ; and the dye gradually reverts to its previous state , so the system can be run continuously without becoming filled with dye . |
| 18 | It is in your interest , ours and that of all our customers that we should apply responsible lending policies which include clear terms of repayment and which minimise the risk of borrowers becoming over-extended . |
| 19 | He has found it difficult to talk about his feelings , sometime appearing withdrawn and sad , at other times displaying challenging behaviours . |
| 20 | It 's important to achieve a non-confrontation setting — with refreshments available , seating arranged in a circular pattern so as to avoid grouping staff and governors in a defensive posture behind a line of tables , or even worse , sheltering on the school stage . |
| 21 | Fraud is defined in the New Collins Dictionary and Thesaurus as ‘ deliberate deception , trickery , or cheating intended to gain an advantage . ’ |
| 22 | Her body was stirring in response to the warmth of his , and Luke was becoming aroused in his turn . |
| 23 | To her dismay , her body was reacting to the sensual word pictures Vitor had created and she could feel herself becoming aroused . |
| 24 | ESSEX police are hunting a motorist who ran off after the stolen car he was driving overturned . |
| 25 | Chronic under-nutrition will lead to the child 's demanding less and becoming withdrawn so that the mother fails to provide any more . |
| 26 | Glue ear boy becoming withdrawn |
| 27 | A LITTLE boy is becoming withdrawn because he has so many ear infections he finds it difficult to hear , but his life could be revolutionised by one simple operation . |
| 28 | It saves you from becoming under-insured as a result of inflation , with the risk of having to find thousands of pounds out of your own pocket in the event of a serious claim . |
| 29 | Here , too , all those policyholders whose cover has not been index-linked have had to frequently increase their sum insured in order to avoid becoming under-insured . |
| 30 | It is thus automatically kept up-to-date and , providing you were not underinsured to start with , you need no longer worry about becoming under-insured as a result of inflation . |