Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [adv] [verb] [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moorhens , for example , are rather poorly adapted to parasitising their own . |
| 2 | In the case of Japan , however , enterprise bargaining seems as yet to have been rather less affected by centralising forces ( although , since 1973 , there has been some de facto industry-wide bargaining in the major metal industries ) . |
| 3 | Parallel ports are most commonly used for connecting a printer to your machine , serial ports are used for a mouse or a modem . |
| 4 | Also , men are much more attuned to talking business with each other , something which women are not encouraged to do . ’ |
| 5 | May I come to the aid of your correspondents who have been so severely maligned for daring to question the divine right of the English to claim the whole of these islands as their own ? |
| 6 | I am not so bothered about losing the repeat in the Andante cantabile of K548 , although that to is a lovely work — it might be argued that at 12:44 , the London Fortepiano Trio 's performance of this movement is too much of a good thing ! |
| 7 | Communicating in more than one language and trading in several currencies is a way of life in much of Europe , so many of our Community partners are already comparatively experienced in trading across international boundaries . |
| 8 | The result is very different from Rattle : the authentic instruments are gone ; and the London Sinfonietta are not particularly experienced in playing Mozart . |
| 9 | If the effects of habituation are not powerfully offset by rewarding sexual experience , the partner may lose his or her attractiveness and become the equivalent of a sibling . |
| 10 | The savings are not just confined to sharing overheads like accommodation , services and phone system . |
| 11 | Of course , Bryan Adams ' talents are not just confined to singing and playing . |
| 12 | Our campaigns are not just aimed at boosting the Visitors Centre . |
| 13 | Politicians are not wholly to blame for failing to know the British . |
| 14 | It is evident that the main emphases here are either on the value of the practice for checking achievement ( from the teacher 's angle ) , or on factors which are not directly related to reading at all . |
| 15 | All these findings on the relationship between housing and unemployment are not substantially altered by allowing for the generally lower social status — and therefore higher risk of unemployment — among local authority tenants as both this study and the work of a number of other researchers has shown ( McCormick , 1983 ; Hughes and McCormick , 1987 ; Murphy and Sullivan , 1986 ; an extended bibliography of the general topic of housing and labour market interactions is given in Munro , 1986 ; Labour Force Survey 1983 and 1984 , 1986 , Table 6.6 ; Sullivan and Falkingham , forthcoming , Tables 1 , 2 ) . |
| 16 | In short , the directors are not legally restrained from appearing on both sides of the bargaining table , but they must observe the necessary processes . |
| 17 | Other countries are not so justified in saying they spend so much on military equipment because they need to protect themselves , like Iraq . |
| 18 | The above mentioned insiders , that is , individuals connected with a company , individuals contemplating making a take-over , and tippee traders , are not only prevented from dealing in the relevant securities , but are also subject to two further constraints : first , counselling or procuring any other person to deal ; and secondly , communicating inside information to any other person . |
| 19 | THERE are secrets to being a boss which are not necessarily connected to ditching your pals on the way up . |
| 20 | In fact , floors are not necessarily improved by having a cover at all . |
| 21 | The argument is often heard that problems are not necessarily solved by throwing money at them ; how are they solved if you do n't ? |
| 22 | Humans are unique in the living world in that they have evolved a production system within which surpluses are consciously created ; further , these surpluses of food and other products are not necessarily utilised for increasing the population , as would be the case in other species . |
| 23 | Furthermore , VHF ferrite rod antennas are not less affected by standing waves than whips . |
| 24 | Dogs , like men , can look very different but when it comes to sex they all know that they are members of one species and they are not culturally inhibited from taking appropriate action . |
| 25 | The summer ice presses against Greenland and the eastern North American coast , which are thus effectively closed to shipping all the year round . |
| 26 | The point is that when you are disqualified you 're not just disqualified from driving you are disqualified from holding or obtaining any driving licence . |
| 27 | The point is that when you are disqualified you 're not just disqualified from driving , you are disqualified from holding or obtaining any driving licence . |
| 28 | They 're not much given to advertising such things . |
| 29 | ‘ You 're not seriously thinking of telling Foucard ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ You 're not seriously thinking of going fishing ? ’ she demanded . |