Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adj] [noun sg] [noun] or [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keating described the budget as a consolidation of the government 's policy which was succeeding in " slowing the economy without impairing longer-term growth prospects or jeopardizing the economic and social advances of recent years " . |
| 2 | Thus , in health , there does not seem to be either an attenuation of secretory pathways mediating gastric acid secretion or end organ resistance to stimulation . |
| 3 | New loans went to pay off the interest on earlier loans rather than on buying new farm machinery or modernising farming methods . |
| 4 | But such men were totally unwilling to embark on a diplomatic career by doing humdrum routine work or studying documents , and then rising step by slow step through a hierarchy of ranks . |
| 5 | shaving proposed wound site or using depilatory cream ( if it is the policy of the unit ) |
| 6 | A series of disasters involving public safety travelling or spectating at sports stadiums have occurred since 1985 . |
| 7 | Instead , all wage earners who carry out other people 's instructions , without supervising other wage earners or organizing work , count as proletarians . |
| 8 | An exhibition may be aimed at creating new marketing ideas or providing an arena for marketing . |
| 9 | If your man 's hair is thinning or he 's bald , he can cut down the chances of getting a burnt head by using high-protection skin suncream or get on the hair and scalp . |
| 10 | Members all over the country will be carrying out thousands of countryside projects , from clearing out old ponds and footpaths to planting new woodland areas or clearing up urban parks . |
| 11 | Most could be prevented by following simple safety rules or taking simple precautions . |
| 12 | In addition , some patients having an operation aimed primarily at relieving pancreatic duct obstruction or resecting a diseased pancreas are also found to have an element of biliary tract obstruction requiring surgical drainage . |