Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [noun pl] and [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | check whether more junior people can attend , thus saving costs and providing a valuable learning experience for less experienced staff |
| 2 | As to age , one of the most successful writers in British advertising was still claiming awards and enjoying the loyalties of major clients when she was over sixty . |
| 3 | It provides them with an opportunity to spend a short period of time , usually two or three weeks , at work , doing a job , but also asking questions and canvassing a range of opinions on a variety of issues . |
| 4 | They were exactly characteristic of the era of ‘ modernization ’ ( I am grateful to Tim Blackman , 1987 , for this usage ) in which the leadership of the local Labour and Trade Union movement actively collaborated with regional capital , regional representatives of trans-national capital and the central state in promoting a series of strategies designed to facilitate the operations of trans-national capital , while simultaneously providing jobs and improving the environment . |
| 5 | It was only as the girl grew older and she realized that her mother was simply mouthing words and had no intention whatsoever of carrying out her threat that she had begun to be able to relax and enjoy what was left of her childhood . |