Example sentences of "[v-ing] a [adj] [noun sg] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charles found the Stage Doorman , who was already regaling a little circle of cast with what he had seen . |
| 2 | As Account Director for the client 's advertising agency , responsible for developing a proposed Advertising Strategy document , prepare a list of the information you would require for launching a new range of hair products . |
| 3 | The author does a sterling job in painstakingly assembling a large corpus of evidence from a vast variety of sources , taking us through a welter of contemporary descriptions and extrapolating what are almost invariably convincing conclusions from the visual evidence . |
| 4 | It is worth remembering that only one boat in the tottering Polaris fleet is working ; serious cracks in the cooling systems of the other boats are necessitating a great deal of expenditure and causing much anxiety to the Ministry of Defence . |
| 5 | The pound would then no longer be an isolated currency , to which greater risk attaches , necessitating a premium rate of return to induce people to hold it . |
| 6 | Bordeaux does produce the world 's most civilised red wines , at their best representing a marvellous equipoise of body and delicacy , power and elegance . |
| 7 | In keeping with rule laid down by Lautro ( Life Assurance and Unit Trust Regulatory Organisation ) , future benefits are illustrated in relation to two bases — the higher illustration representing a future rate of return of 10.5% p.a. and the lower illustration representing a future rate of return of 7% p.a . |
| 8 | In keeping with rule laid down by Lautro ( Life Assurance and Unit Trust Regulatory Organisation ) , future benefits are illustrated in relation to two bases — the higher illustration representing a future rate of return of 10.5% p.a. and the lower illustration representing a future rate of return of 7% p.a . |
| 9 | The figures quoted in these illustrations comply with the rates of return ( and other factors ) as set out on the LAUTRO bases , the higher illustration representing a future rate of return of 13% per annum and the lower illustration representing a future rate of return of 8 ½%; per annum . |
| 10 | The figures quoted in these illustrations comply with the rates of return ( and other factors ) as set out on the LAUTRO bases , the higher illustration representing a future rate of return of 13% per annum and the lower illustration representing a future rate of return of 8 ½%; per annum . |
| 11 | The figures quoted in these illustration comply with the rates of return and other factors set out in the Lautro bases , the higher illustration representing a future rate of return of 10.5% per annum and the lower illustration representing a future rate of return of 7% per annum . |
| 12 | The figures quoted in these illustration comply with the rates of return and other factors set out in the Lautro bases , the higher illustration representing a future rate of return of 10.5% per annum and the lower illustration representing a future rate of return of 7% per annum . |
| 13 | The figures quoted in these illustrations comply with the rates of return and other factors set out in the Lautro bases , the higher illustration representing a future rate of return of 10.5% per annum and the lower illustration representing a future rate of return of 7% per annum . |
| 14 | The figures quoted in these illustrations comply with the rates of return and other factors set out in the Lautro bases , the higher illustration representing a future rate of return of 10.5% per annum and the lower illustration representing a future rate of return of 7% per annum . |
| 15 | A separate area is being given to modern day Stoddard , this time representing a thriving Company of significance with a long established history . |
| 16 | Now let us consider three different conditions each representing a different degree of anxiety within the same task . |
| 17 | We gave them a list of 16 successful public figures , each representing a different type of appeal , and asked which they admired most . |
| 18 | The graph also gives an economical means of representing a large amount of information in an implicit and flexible format , and provides a record of the input information should further checking become necessary at a later stage . |
| 19 | We need only to compare this to the average annual cost in 1986–87 of probation orders ( 900 ) , community service orders ( 520 ) , attendance sentence orders ( 117 ) or even places in probation hostels ( 7 , 174 ) to see why the Treasury is in danger of becoming a radical advocate of decarceration ! |
| 20 | The intended budget of £5 million could reap benefits in a city where tourist revenue is becoming a principal source of wealth . |
| 21 | Dynmouth was becoming a nasty kind of place . |
| 22 | In practice , we will soon see desktop videoconferencing becoming a standard feature of computer communications . |
| 23 | In other words , CD-ROMs are fast becoming a standard form of computer storage . |
| 24 | The countryside has a dignity in Piersanti 's novel which keeps it from becoming a mere object of nostalgia . |
| 25 | Two weeks later Springtown residents staged a demonstration in the public gallery of the Guildhall , a tactic which was becoming a regular resort of protest groups . |
| 26 | An initial diagnosis of duodenal ulcer and the method of diagnosis being a radiographic examination seems to increase the risk of becoming a longterm user of ulcer drugs . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , in the wake of the retreat of American power and the demise of SEATO neutralisation remained the regional strategic stance of Southeast Asia , if only because it was considered by the region to be the only plausible defence against becoming a Chinese sphere of influence . |
| 28 | This was held to be reasonable during employment but was construed as being too wide post employment as it would prevent the defendant becoming a medical officer of health in which capacity he could not prejudice the plaintiff 's goodwill . |
| 29 | After all , becoming a provisional member of Equity does n't give them work , it merely gives them the opportunity to work in the career for which they have trained . |
| 30 | All eyes of course will be on Cheltenham where John Taylor will be trying to prove that being black is not a bar to becoming a Conservative Member of Parliament . |