Example sentences of "[subord] [adj] [noun] [is] [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heat flows from regions of high temperature to regions of low temperature , so that heat is either flowing from the continents to the oceans , or from the oceans into the continents . |
| 2 | The level of undiscovered malpractice is a matter for conjecture although such evidence is continually coming to light , as illustrated in the manner in which leading drug/pesticide/herbicide companies callously exploit the Third World . |
| 3 | It is possible also that viticulture was practised in the southern limestone and chalk areas , and this may help to explain the particular wealth of the Cotswolds and North Oxfordshire , although secure evidence is still lacking . |
| 4 | There may be some sense of cohesion in the North-East , Yorkshire , Lancashire , or the South-West , but even if this sentiment is totally lacking in the rest of England , it can be argued that these areas would be better administered by a series of regional ministries . |
| 5 | Secondly , as is well known , if average cost is still falling at the relevant output , marginal cost pricing leads to deficits . |
| 6 | If Irish industry is indeed managing its 17 000 out of 20 000 tonnes production of toxic wastes so efficiently that it pollutes neither land nor water then Ireland ought , by right , to become top European advisor on wastes handling . |
| 7 | Make sure that the smaller children get a turn and , if one person is continually doing the catching , they can then pass it to one of the younger ones . |
| 8 | If one partner is always condemning the other , or if there is no gentle understanding , no gracious acceptance of the other , then sexual intercourse can be a violent thing , a form of legalized rape . |
| 9 | You know , he 's so uncomfortable he 's up at the crack of the dawn because that floor is really getting into him ! |
| 10 | The US Department of Energy will be shocked to learn from this article that I am Britain 's man on the loss of fluid test ( LOFT ) project , because that agency is currently providing me with a handsome salary on the understanding that I am the US Department of Energy 's man on the selfsame project . |
| 11 | Contact lenses are less frequently prescribed for children than spectacles because physical growth is still taking place and because they are relatively more expensive . |
| 12 | What needs to be established is whether the rhetoric is being used in an argument which is taking place within the conspiracy tradition between rival theorists , or whether , the tactical differences have arisen because one faction is firmly arguing against the conspiracy tradition . |
| 13 | You 're not allowed to work on it and er that 's about it really , our programme , we 've decided to er start the pipe at the first position away from the tank construction and we 've , we 've set out , we employed a concrete layer and to lay out the pipes while we 're doing nothing and continue on with the so that while this gang is actually laying there 's only er six people in total . |
| 14 | Whether that shame is yet moving them to have an impact on the men who they see perpetrating this sort of behaviour in colleges I do n't know , but certainly some of the undergraduates I have spoken to feel very embarrassed that this is the portrait of male behaviour that 's being perpetrated . |
| 15 | And whenever you wonder whether this regime is still working , just consult your Weight and Inch Loss Record Chart . |
| 16 | How does the Prime Minister justify sending his son to a private school where nearly £4,000 a year is spent on each child when at present half the children in Tory-run Cambridgeshire 's secondary schools receive only half that amount and when that authority is currently reducing its budget by almost £2 million ? |
| 17 | CPRW has evidence that the sale of holiday units as permanent residences is already beginning to happen where the temporary occupancy clause , which is customarily enforced on caravan and chalet sites , has been withdrawn for some reason . |