Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adj] [noun sg] [noun] [conj] it " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Institute is so concerned about the smaller firms that are giving up training chartered accountant students that it has set up two working parties to explore ways to make the training system more attractive . |
| 2 | It had n't helped the economics , of course , that the nuclear industry had shifted its allegiance from one reactor design to another , scattering new research expenditure as it went . |
| 3 | Erm on the overhead before last I I gave you a little equation which demonstrated the importance of measuring single channel currents and it ga and it had implicit in it an open state probability which reflects gating . |
| 4 | John Walsh has written of Methodism earlier in the century when it was still painfully experiencing instigated mob hostility that it is " improbable that infant Methodism was strong enough to have much overall effect as an emollient to industrial disturbance , let alone prevent a general revolt " . |
| 5 | Similarly , if a fish or shrimp dies , trying to remove the carcass from within the labyrinth of rockwork is a nightmare , and often it is better to simply check that no nitrite or ammonia surge occurs in the tank , doing partial water changes if it does , and leave the corpse to the scavengers . |
| 6 | Claims to leadership of national antislavery opinion also involved hopes of influencing British government policy where it might make a difference — for example , in negotiations over the continuing problem of slave trade suppression and on particular issues such as American fugitive slaves in British territories or terms for British recognition of the independence of Texas . |
| 7 | The railway crossing was protected by imposing level crossing gates where it crossed the tram line . |