Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [v-ing] are " in BNC.
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| 1 | Onomatopoeia and adult imitation of salient infant babbling are just two such suggestions . |
| 2 | Subsequently legal changes and current policy developments are examined and finally some examples of successful involvement of children and parents in key decision making are presented . |
| 3 | The principles for effective policy making are almost the same as those for design . |
| 4 | The battles and skirmishes of middle-class rural boundary disputing are of interest only to their panting protagonists . |
| 5 | Whatever their merits , these developments must have the effect of diminishing the extent to which policies and strategic decision making are the expression of the will of an institution 's academic community . |
| 6 | In particular , Hogwood and Gunn ( 1984 ) cite five types of limitation to explain why the opportunities for rational decision making are limited : |
| 7 | It is also claimed that the irrational and inefficient procedures of pluralistic decision making are inappropriate in foreign and defence policy , where considered rational responses in the national interest are required . |
| 8 | Sex , death , masturbation , music … the only thing missing are the pimples . |
| 9 | The argument developed in this chapter is that insider dealing is undesirable and ought to be regulated at all levels ; that the prohibition of the practice has a rational basis ; and that many of the arguments advanced by those who favour unfettered insider dealing are seriously flawed . |
| 10 | Careful reading and thoughtful , precise note making are essential to good essay writing . |
| 11 | Cell vulnerability and immune system functioning are indelibly interwoven . |
| 12 | Dinghy sailing and competitive match racing are best in the sheltered harbours of Poole , Plymouth Sound and the Fal estuary . |