Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [art] [noun sg] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By pointing out a flower or describing a rarity he could make a walk supremely interesting and was indeed a charming companion on any expedition in the fields . |
| 2 | This meant either working out very accurate tables of the movements of the moon or devising a chronometer which could keep time for a voyage of months or years without relying on a pendulum that would be disturbed by the rolling of the ship . |
| 3 | In a default action where the plaintiff 's claim is amended by adding or substituting a claim which could not have been made in a default action , the action continues as if it had been commenced as a fixed date action ( Ord 15 , r 2(2) ) . |
| 4 | When giving a talk or making a speech you must be aware of whom you are going to talk to . |
| 5 | Whether your idea of leisure is fishing in the Thames , hitting a ball or watching a film you will be able to do it in Oxfordshire . |
| 6 | The monks used to be responsible for the education of the boys , teaching them the three Rs and the elements of Buddhism , the learning being almost entirely by rote , so that approaching a village one could often hear from a distance the shrill boyish voices as they repeated the lesson after their teacher . |
| 7 | Kelly 's management say they will continue with measures to eradicate drug abuse on the premises and that following the incident they would be stepping up their own security . |
| 8 | The essence of what Mr Hussain said was that following the marriage he would remain in England on a settled basis as a married man for just so long as his wife dictated . |
| 9 | I replied that I wanted a detector , not a wand to wave around , but after visiting the shop and seeing a demonstration I must admit that I started to become interested . |
| 10 | Taking a step forward , she saw that by crossing to the side of the compound and climbing the fence she would be able to get back round to the entrance . |
| 11 | At the time , you sent us a delightful card , which I still have , offering good wishes and expressing the hope we might one day meet . |
| 12 | ‘ Bryan has a pedal board , but because he 's trying to concentrate on singing and leading the band he ca n't be standing there trying to switch his pedals all night , so I usually run them from the side . ’ |
| 13 | A single operation might be three miles long and half a mile wide and would crawl across the landscape at about 700 feet a year , digging up the shale or sand and beginning the processing which will turn it to oil . |
| 14 | Hunter ended his description with a comment on Maria and a hint as to his charges to Martin Van Butchell : ‘ This body … yet promises exceedingly well , nor do I see any great improvement to be made ; a number of experiments must be made before I embalm any other body , such as finding the exact proportion of moisture Paris Plaister will take up etc. but at present I know of no other Process at all useful and considering the trouble you must have during all these Processes now laid down , you ought not to undertake it under 100 Guineas . ’ |
| 15 | Dobry therefore had a difficult task of reconciling apparently irreconcilable objectives : to expedite planning procedures while at the same time facilitating greater public participation and devising a system which would produce better environmental results . |
| 16 | He will be responsible for setting up and running the department which will cover most of the Northern region . |
| 17 | The Colonel at one point was firing his revolver over Donald Roy 's shoulder , and reaching the place they could see the bridge ( 'D' ) 70 yards off . |
| 18 | Was he doomed to spend the rest of his working life watching babes in arms wheeling and dealing the way he used to ? |
| 19 | Long before the incriminating photograph turned up on Major Tzann 's desk , he would be over the Czech border and awaiting the transport which would convey him to Germany , and thence to the United States . |
| 20 | The second drawback is that if you spend too much time standing back , commenting on what 's going on , using humour and changing the subject you may end up disrupting a collective sense of purpose and fail to meet your objective . |
| 21 | The scene went perfectly and watching the film you might never suspect that Lee was in fact very drunk . |
| 22 | If Americans believe that progress is underway in creating jobs and reducing the deficit they will be satisfied with incremental health care reform . |
| 23 | Share capital could continue in being as a financial instrument tradeable in an exchange and offering a return which could be tied by an agreed formula with profitability or other measures of performance . |
| 24 | The question which concerns the text is therefore not tracing , but valuing the property which may be held to be under trust . |
| 25 | Always you see the written list after the tenth word and then go through the list again with your PP ( never repeating the individual word of course , but knowing the subject you will now find the words easier to recognize ) . |
| 26 | These claims were rejected and the rule that a solicitor be involved was seen as protecting the client who might otherwise be advised to settle too early or for too little to maximize the claims assessors ' cash flow ( Winn , 1968 ) . |
| 27 | The Patriotic Accord coalition government of President Jaime Paz Zamora denounced the ruling as contravening a recent financial law passed by the Congress , and as establishing a precedent which would result in a total loss to the treasury of the equivalent of US$58,000,000 . |
| 28 | They widen this to encompass the landscape and flows of energy across the land , which they see as providing a climate which may be conducive to or destructive of health and well-being . |
| 29 | The curriculum is viewed as a collection of these bodies of knowledge , and as having a content which can be transmitted to the learner . |
| 30 | When harmonizing a piece we must decide what kind of horizontal spread we would like in the harmonic atmosphere . |