Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [conj] [v-ing] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his affidavit , dated 27 September , Kahn alleges that ‘ remaining Velcro minority shareholders will be faced with the unpleasant choice of receiving either a grossly unfair cashout price of $21.75 per share based upon artificially depressed market prices , or equity in VRNV , a company which will not be traded on NASDAQ or any other stock exchange requiring the necessity for public filings and resulting in an illiquid market ’ . |
| 2 | Well , when it , when it is irrational it is operating either under the influence of the id or it 's overwhelmed by some external circumstances that it just ca n't understand the controls , therefore making all the wrong decisions and acting in a completely inadequate manner . |
| 3 | Certainly the kind of modern-day would-be Kerouac who survives entirely on the proceeds from trading-in free albums and indulging in the fine art of ‘ ligging ’ — tagging along to any show in town where the record company picks up the catering bill — is not extinct . |
| 4 | Chief officers and chairs will begin the process of deciding the share of the budget that is to go to education , social services and housing in the light of the strategic analysis discussed above . |
| 5 | Pop music had temporarily forgotten its role of addressing a young audience about its own concerns , and instead entered one of its periodic fits of mawkishness and middle-aged retrenchment , personified in the superstar of the moment — a gargantuan , bearded figure , shrouded in kaftans , precariously balanced on tiny slippers and warbling in an implausible soprano . |
| 6 | It seemed curious to be describing such ice-cold seas while sitting in a palm-thatched Bahamian beach café that looked on to a shoreline where pelicans perched under the diamond-hard sun . |
| 7 | Over the last few laps of the race , with all the cars on wet-weather tyres and racing in a steady drizzle , Bailey lost more ground to both the Mercedes . |
| 8 | An important figure in the stimulation of James ' intellect , Constantine had been developing his own political ideas whilst residing in the industrial heartland of Lancashire , and he now requested James ' help in the formation of his autobiography . |
| 9 | Then there is the merchant class — discreet and acting behind political figures whom they control with large inducements and dealing in the import of foreign luxuries , and the export of rice , both legally and illegally . |
| 10 | Some form of keep fit exercises or dancing in the flat is a feature on most days as are trips out to pursue activities in connection with their developing social programme . |
| 11 | ( I thought to myself ‘ Quite right … much later … ! ) all to match existing panels and moulding in the church . |
| 12 | Although air travel started to grow again last year , it was mostly among passengers using discounted tickets and sitting in the economy section . |
| 13 | For me it is always the same , though we now have the added good fortune of playing live concerts and recording in the Philharmonie . |
| 14 | The American Stock Exchange duly announced that it was delisting Wang Laboratories Inc 's Class B and C common stocks but trading in the company 's debentures will continue . |
| 15 | Slung round the waist on a webbing belt with adjustable plastic fixlock buckle , it can be worn on one hip , behind like a bumbag or in front like a sporran , the latter being the only sensible arrangement for paddling but none of them being ideal for making an exit in difficult conditions or swimming in the event of a capsize . |
| 16 | Considerations of this sort clearly weighted heavily with Conservative MPs when voting in the leadership ballot . |
| 17 | The many seats there were almost full , the passengers enjoying their uninterrupted view of a million brilliant trees under blue skies and baking in the hot sunshine streaming through the glass roof . |
| 18 | Before turning to the competing interests and engaging in the balancing exercise , it is necessary to consider who is the public authority who may be seen to be exercising the interference referred to in article 10(1) . |
| 19 | New industries and housebuilding in the south and east of the country led to a growth rate which rivalled that of the mid-Victorian era , and apart from a minor dip in the statistics in 1937 — 8 the sustained restructuring and recovery of the economy created many new jobs and reduced rates of unemployment in all but the most depressed areas dependent on the declining staple industries . |
| 20 | Currently , we have an exciting opportunity to influence the development of actuarial skills and thinking in the countries of Eastern Europe in particular . |
| 21 | The possession of a car enables them to maintain social contacts with their friends elsewhere , and if necessary , to make use of urban amenities while living in the countryside . |