Example sentences of "[coord] leaving [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Healthy , clean wood can heal — sometimes you may be trying to get ahead of spreading disease as it works its way into a plant , and pruning to discoloured , infected wood or leaving bruised , sawn and anything other than clean cuts only causes more trouble . |
| 2 | The North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) and the Western European Union ( WEU ) agreed on Nov. 20 to support the UN resolution by adopting powers to stop and search any ships entering or leaving Yugoslav waters , with warships being allowed if necessary to fire across the bows of vessels to force them to stop . |
| 3 | This first landing was more of a reconnaissance or in modem terms a commando raid in strength , this lasting for about twenty three days , landing in August and leaving mid September . |
| 4 | Should the judges take it into their heads to question this ‘ authority ’ ( as occasionally they have ) then much of it is not too difficult to discount , as being obiter dicta , or as relating only to a rather narrow , specific point , ( e.g. the effect of a fraud on the Private Bills Committee of the House of Commons ) and leaving untouched the broader general question . |
| 5 | As he reached the corner of Chandos Place , Sir Thomas Throgmorton was descending from a carriage in front of the Imperial , handing down Angelina with impeccable politeness and leaving young Oliver Michaels to help down Gwendolen . |
| 6 | Three more turnstones scooped up sand , pushing with the tops of bills and leaving tiny dark streaks and spattered sand grains which showed where they had dug , excavating for sand hoppers . |
| 7 | There was no light in the drawing-room except that from the fire , which was burning brightly and leaving deep shadows in the corner of the room . |
| 8 | Sadly , the furore surrounding its launch means it was a damp squib , vanishing without a trace and leaving African American foodies to return to the other essential flavour of the month , the hugely popular Homeboy and Homegirl crisps . |
| 9 | Point of sale systems supplier Riva Group Plc has succeeded in stemming its losses for the year to December 31 by drastic cost-cutting and leaving unprofitable market sectors . |
| 10 | The Three Kings made the final 8 of the competition last year , this year it won hands down after seperate visits from 5 judges , arriving and leaving unannounced . |
| 11 | Where damage has been done , particularly in gouging out a shopfront and leaving fine brick or stone upper storeys suspended over a vast area of plate glass , it may be worth seeking reinstatement . |
| 12 | Nick restyled Rebecca 's hair , cutting it to hug the nape and leaving heavy layers on top . |
| 13 | The tomato plant attracts a pest called whitefly which causes harm by feeding off the tomato and leaving sugary deposits , disfiguring the fruit and causing it to go mouldy . |
| 14 | Despite the losses , BAe is paying a final dividend of 4p , cutting the total for the year from 25p to 7p and leaving distributable reserves of only £87 million . |
| 15 | But they 're chopping everything down , burning trees with engine oil and leaving charred stumps and brown earth in its place . |
| 16 | How different they were ( we who worked in primary schools thought ) from the secondary schools described in the Newsom Report of 1963 in which ‘ children sat through lessons with information and exhortation washing over them and leaving little deposit ’ . |
| 17 | So , to get the comparisons over with , and leaving musical considerations aside , what he does have in common with Rattle is charm . |
| 18 | Henry VI gave them a court leet in 1451 , which concerned itself largely with the minor social offences common to any medieval town ; poor-quality weaving and leaving dead animals lying about the streets seem to have occurred fairly commonly . |
| 19 | This colour is used to cover all the lower part of the picture , but leaving white the reflections of the masts , the roller-reefed jib sails and the yacht hulls . |
| 20 | Counter-balance weights were used to reduce the necessary lifting force , but leaving sufficient unbalance for the gates to be shut by gravity . |