Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lord Beddington , mindful of the same appointment , was rather optimistically emerging from the shop with a bottle of Lockyers Sulphur Hair-restorer , and six tablets of Amiral soap ( ‘ Removes Burden of Corpulency ’ ) . |
| 2 | The dispute became more intense in early July after Prince Sihanouk announced his approval of a Khmer Rouge plan for equal quadripartite power-sharing on the SNC , thereby effectively reneging on an agreement signed with the SOC Premier Hun Sen in Tokyo in early June [ see pp. 37532-33 ] . |
| 3 | But am I not right in supposing that Moose Jaw is the mid-west divisional point of the C.P.R. ? ’ |
| 4 | Just altogether less demanding on the child as well as on the mother . |
| 5 | The most outspoken supporters of these methods , such as John Holt would argue that learning involves activity , one of the elements most obviously lacking in a classroom dominated by ‘ chalk , talk and writing ’ . |
| 6 | Eliot 's practice , as his remarks just quoted make clear , was always ‘ freed ’ verse : verse freed indeed from the constraints of traditional prosody , yet rather constantly recalling to the reader 's ear one of the traditional patterns it was departing from . |
| 7 | Erm right so looking at the details of those , right what we 've , what we 're actually saying then is that if erm you , you would want to provide that income or want to make sure that that , that income was available should you die tomorrow ? |
| 8 | The Gallery is also bending over backwards to boost attendance , and in doing so is rather alarmingly bowing to populist pressures . |
| 9 | If you 're not already using some form of contraceptive , you 'd better see to it , although normally I 'd agree that it 's a joint responsibility , since it seems that I 'm so atrociously lacking in control where you 're concerned … damn you , Maria . ’ |
| 10 | It looks as if Mr Honecker , 77 and only slowly recovering from a gall-bladder operation , is incapable of grasping the situation in his country . |
| 11 | ‘ The world is only slowly emerging from recession and it is not certain whether Germany 's has been arrested . |
| 12 | HRH The Prince of Wales encapsulated this aspiration at the Action for Wales Conference in Cardiff in 1991 — ‘ I believe the need for thorough and thoughtful environment education is , perhaps , greater than ever because increased environmental awareness and concern are only slowly leading to more environmental action . |
| 13 | It is all right complaining under the charter to the person who runs the service about which one is complaining as long as there is a further port of call — a further person to whom one can complain . |
| 14 | Will you be all right driving after that wine ? ’ |
| 15 | He was all right going up the stairs till half-way . |
| 16 | She stayed in mostly looking after the house and cooking and seeing to his clothes . |
| 17 | The borrowings are converted into Sterling when drawn down thereby locking in the exchange rate and the currency borrowings are repaid from the currency receivables . |
| 18 | Try not to click with mouse and type on the keyboard while Windows is frozen because when it comes back it acts on all of the commands that you have given it — so apparently switching from a state of deep sleep to rapid activity that can look like another stage in a serious crash ! |
| 19 | For the alternative view can only be that the assumptions on which that policy is founded are unsound , if only in supposing that employers can and will deliver wage restraint . |
| 20 | We 're obviously obviously thinking along these lines |
| 21 | lies in the fact that ‘ the offspring behave like wolves and look like dogs … this ‘ camouflage ’ gives them a tremendous competitive advantage because , as ‘ dogs ’ , they can approach garbage dumps in populated areas or herds of sheep without anyone taking special notice , much less reaching for a rifle ’ . |
| 22 | The B version of the play is much less accommodating to this perspective . |
| 23 | Perhaps much learning in the natural sciences , in the medical sciences and in technology is like this . |
| 24 | When faced with one ‘ old boy type ’ executive' who on meeting her with a view to beginning an assignment declared that there was no place for women in his business , she announced that as he was obviously only looking for someone just like himself , he could do that better than she could . |
| 25 | It is clear that despite the continuing success and positive feedback from the Programme the difficulties of organisation hinder a much better sharing between the Regions . |
| 26 | Somewhat pompously beginning with quotations from Milton , Johnson , Matthew Arnold and the Book of Common Prayer , it then lists the membership of the library/resources committee . |
| 27 | But with the really buttery taste that 's so obviously lacking in other low fat spreads . |
| 28 | There were a number of walkers now , all taking their time and drinking in the view , but the chap at our heels had now resorted to breaking away from his party to try and close the gap so obviously gnawing at his soul . |
| 29 | Sedgefield Labour MP Tony Blair : ‘ Our commitment to the NHS , and to the elderly and families by increasing pensions and child benefits will bring to Government a sense of community and the need to help others so obviously missing from the Conservative party 's agenda over the last 13 years . ’ |
| 30 | Rob was so obviously brimming with enthusiasm that Merrill had to say carefully , ‘ I think it sounds delightful . ’ |