Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The kitchen ceased vibrating , and its walls relaxed . |
| 2 | For instance , Susan Trangmar 's slide installation can not be fully seen from the margins , but the act of walking to the centre of the four projector installation involves passing one of the projectors so that your shadow passes across the image . |
| 3 | The budget sought spending increases for the departments of Education , Justice , State , Energy , Treasury , and Veterans ' Affairs . |
| 4 | Having been at the end of a queue of Germans and Austrians all champing at the bit to go heliskiing , it was our turn . |
| 5 | in the second half the South West got going … and came good with three tries … |
| 6 | She thought that as she knew so well what her therapist would say , it was indeed a waste of money to continue seeing her . |
| 7 | A common ruse involves masquerading as the Queen 's cousin / picture keeper / chief valuer . |
| 8 | This technique involves feeding the child orally but allowing the food to pass out through a surgically produced fistula at the side of the neck . |
| 9 | This technique involves nudging two or more zona-free 8- to 16-cell embryos together in culture until they stick together . |
| 10 | This technique involves spreading out the pastel dust with a tissue as an exceptionally thin film into which delicate variations can then be introduced , either by dabbing on more dust , perhaps of different colours , or by lifting it away with a putty eraser . |
| 11 | One technique involves helping a person to break down a problem into more manageable subproblems and consider the merits of various possible solutions to each part . |
| 12 | But , if the information is derived from several populations ( e.g. different years ) , the analagous technique involves setting a base year figure to 100 and scaling the figures for succeeding years relative to this . |
| 13 | The snapshot technique involves injecting the animal with a radioactively labelled version of glucose , 2-deoxy-glucose ( 2DG ) , that ‘ sticks ’ in cells . |
| 14 | This technique involves washing off the protein residues and then seeking an immunological reaction with commercial anti-sera for different animal species . |
| 15 | A more advanced technique involves camouflaging the real eye while at the same time making the false eye truly spectacular , with a huge black ‘ pupil ’ surrounded by a bright white eye-ring . |
| 16 | The technique involves estimating apparent consumption by deducting exports from domestic production and adding on imports from union and non-union sources . |
| 17 | A more modern technique involves placing the nuts in a metal cylinder , and the cylinder on the fire . |
| 18 | Another technique involves placing an elastic band on your wrist and gently twanging it in response to worrying irrational thoughts . |
| 19 | This technique involves asking for the order in such a way that if the timing is premature the presentation can continue with the minimum of interruption . |
| 20 | The simplest technique involves asking directly for the order . |
| 21 | Understanding the second sentence involves understanding that the object of ‘ likes ’ is ‘ dog ’ , a word which appeared earlier . |
| 22 | Monitoring involves tracking the evolution of environmental trends , sequences of events , or streams of activities . |
| 23 | The national curriculum involves assessing pupils at ages 7 , 11 , 14 and 16 . |
| 24 | I made the decision to abort using the apparatus and revert to an alternative er means . |
| 25 | Domestic banking involves taking and making loans in domestic currency to residents of the country where the bank is located . |
| 26 | The reason is not technical difficulty or avalanches , but the fact that the normal route involves reaching a ridge at 7,000 metres which is no less than four kilometres away from the summit pyramid . |
| 27 | This suggests that it is the major influence of the transmural pressure on this parameter calculated according to the Law of LaPlace . |
| 28 | As it is , your Council has effectively decided to challenge Structure Plan 1985 , policies HP8 and EP5 , since your decision to support housing at Colt Hill was made with no reference to timing . |
| 29 | Adding the constraint involves adding a row with no negative pivot , so the down-problem is infeasible . |
| 30 | Imamu is also subjected to physical torture when Perk goes missing and the police think that by torturing him , they will get some information out of him . |