Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have seen that the continual tendency and law of the development of the capitalist mode of production is more and more to divorce the means of production from labour , and more and more to concentrate the scattered means of production into large groups , thereby transforming labour into wage-labour and the means of production into capital ’ ( ibid . ) . |
| 2 | A vast amount of work remains to be done before the UK can really claim to be properly policing trade in wildlife . |
| 3 | And the presence of Holly-jack — evergreen woman among the slowly transforming Scarag — was familiar to him ; there was a story-cycle about her , but he did n't know the details . |
| 4 | Besides diffracting light through material slits ( Young 's slits ) , one can diffract atoms through gratings composed of immaterial light waves , atoms through slits composed of other atoms and , now , light off a pair of atoms suspended in a vacuum in a magnetic field ( U. Eichmann et al . |
| 5 | He welcomed the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and William III appointed him a commissioner of the Admiralty , a responsibility he took very seriously , effectively using Whitehaven for gathering intelligence during the Irish war of 1689–90 . |
| 6 | These studies show that mucosal metabolism can be assessed effectively using biopsy specimens without the need for epithelial cell purification . |
| 7 | The interesting question , in the present context , is how far these can be coordinated with familiar pedagogic techniques , thereby bringing research within the compass of normal teaching ; or , in more general terms , what implications does work on classroom observation have for developments in teacher education ( see Allwright 1988 ) . |
| 8 | It would also be an appropriate time to institute similar legislation to that of the US government in order to keep company profits stable , thereby maintaining research levels , and at the same time ensure that people may benefit from drugs that would otherwise not be available because they were not profitable to produce . |
| 9 | Thus a prime objective at every stage is to prevent the necessity for increasingly intrusive interventions , thereby maintaining autonomy and family integrity . |
| 10 | The Mnchener is suing Atlantic Richfield for nearly $150m , alleging that the company knew that the products the unit was developing would never be commercially viable , and according to the Wall Street Journal citing electronic mail messages , one of which says that as it appears the development ‘ is a pipe dream , let Siemens have the pipe , ’ and another that says ‘ We will attempt to finesse past Siemens the fact that we have had a great deal of trouble in successfully transitioning technology from the laboratory to the factory ’ ; Atlantic Richfield denies attempting to mislead Siemens over the unit . |
| 11 | Somewhere along the Ob river in central Siberia , slowly building strength for a 3,500-mile flight , wait perhaps 50 Siberian cranes . |
| 12 | Following inadvertent groundings on the mud , which happened occasionally , especially in my early days of command , I would pick up my cap to find an insert in the badge reading " Bayly Dredging Co . " |
| 13 | Regions are also allowed to change the boundaries of protected areas , thereby allowing hunting in areas where it was previously banned . |
| 14 | This would allow a larger number of glucose units to enter the gut , thereby allowing uptake of sodium ions via the sodium ion/glucose cotransporter at a higher rate , and hence allowing speedier reabsorption of water from the gut lumen . |
| 15 | According to Dick Straker , the exceptional amount of gain on offer wo n't adversely affect battery life , as a suitable compromise between noise and gain has been developed , thereby allowing battery life of some 300 hours . |
| 16 | However , by analogy with the parietal cell ( see section 2 ) , it seems likely that HCO 3 - secretion involves parallel regulation of both basolateral and apical HCO 3 - transport systems , thereby allowing maintenance of a near constant pH i through varying rates of transepithelial HCO 3 - transport . |
| 17 | Many microwave amplifiers and oscillators also rely on the interaction between free electrons and electromagnetic radiation , by using slow-wave structures and orbit modulation to match the velocity of the wave to that of the electron beam , thereby allowing energy transfer between them . |
| 18 | To a first approximation it is also possible to write thereby allowing use of the data from either type of measurement to characterize the sample . |
| 19 | Scoring the soil film thereby allowing cleaning agent to penetrate to the substance and work from underneath is a partial answer . |
| 20 | The need to penetrate this curtain is imperative , thereby allowing reform so the state is more in tune with the wishes of society . |
| 21 | But they came to a working arrangement with her — ‘ and the price they exacted from her was this up-front crusading thing about AIDS . ’ |
| 22 | Most stepping motor applications involve accurate positioning of a mechanical load . |
| 23 | The designer attempts to reduce friction as far as possible , so most stepping motor systems have very little inherent damping and consequently a poorly.damped single-step response . |
| 24 | Bourgeois thought indulges in an abstraction of the process of thinking from the total process of being , thereby reifying thought and setting it above being . |
| 25 | The defendant 's solicitor endorses on the copy summons a certificate duly accepting service and giving an address for service . |
| 26 | Most noticeable perhaps is that the dead minister of the newspaper account is removed completely , thereby channelling attention towards the sick minister in the vignette . |
| 27 | Of course , he is rather enjoying flying again . |
| 28 | This is an example of how a speaker , by skilfully using code switches , can create or " animate " a character within a narrative . |
| 29 | Later the mass of dancers merely moves upstage sur les pointes to a pose and further ports de bras , then returns downstage to another slowly unfolding set of ports de bras and arabesques . |
| 30 | Two papers by Fletcher et al ( p 622 ) and Hole et al ( p 609 ) in this week 's journal constitute the latest chapter in the slowly unfolding chronicle on hypertension and cancer . |