Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had not been eating properly and had been drinking more than usual . |
| 2 | This inherent uncertainty , coupled with the possibility of fines and private actions , could risk inhibiting rather than promoting competition . |
| 3 | He could feel his heart thudding furiously and hoped desperately that he 'd succeeded in making his voice sound casual . |
| 4 | ‘ I ca n't remember a horse so far ahead in the Grand National at this stage ! ’ enthused commentator Julian Wilson on BBC television as Crisp came to Becher 's Brook for the second time , still looking uncatchable : galloping relentlessly and jumping brilliantly , he was thirty lengths clear and showed no signs of flagging . |
| 5 | Some others , though , among them the winner in Paris in two Sundays ' time , will be mysteriously gathering rather than losing strength . |
| 6 | Instead of quitting the music business she should have learned to use it for singing rather than mouthing off at every opportunity . |
| 7 | As Cooper implied , a tutor-organiser 's success in encouraging rather than destroying the voluntary movement is largely , matter of degree — of knowing how much to do to advance the WEA here and there , while leaving as much as possible to the voluntary members . |
| 8 | As the Shipping Federation got into gear in supplying " free labour " , the emphasis quickly changed to encouraging rather than discouraging foreign seamen recruitment and entrance fees were reduced . |
| 9 | Eating badly and gaining weight is an unpleasant experience , and should be so different from your new lifestyle that you never want to do it again . |
| 10 | And those who take part in groups have to show a parallel commitment to working within the spirit of the process ; putting as much energy into listening as in talking , staying on task , collaborating rather than competing in the pursuit of common objectives . |
| 11 | Without such a review there is a serious danger that existing documentation problems may simply be automated along with the data , thus perpetuating rather than resolving them . |
| 12 | I ca n't see the exiles and émigrés banding together and achieving anything of importance but limited media coverage . ’ |
| 13 | The Construction Industry Research and Information Association ( CIRIA ) has been given the responsibility of gathering together and adding to what is known about the risks . |
| 14 | Chronic under-nutrition will lead to the child 's demanding less and becoming withdrawn so that the mother fails to provide any more . |
| 15 | And a few miles away Antony heard the boughs of the sycamore tree sawing together and watched the sinister patterns moved by the wind across the frosted glass of the bathroom window . |
| 16 | He traced the development of the Community College and role in bringing together and assisting local organisations . |
| 17 | The difference lies in bringing together and summarizing facts and opinions , to produce a judgement . |
| 18 | This , however , only reflects the complexity of the area and the difficulties of bringing together and understanding the diverse responses of individuals . |
| 19 | It 's a way of bringing together and mixing people , with lots of opportunities for candid camera shots of folk with their everyday guards down . |
| 20 | The key factor in all these possibilities is the capability of drawing together and distributing a wide range of interactive facilities within a single information environment . |
| 21 | One of the biggest obstacles to an efficient industrial society is the instinctive feeling that equates emitting less carbon dioxide with privation — using less energy , producing less and losing profits . |
| 22 | We have not yet been sufficiently educated to realize that the risk of dying from the greatest killer disease in the Western world could be drastically reduced if only we took preventative measures by eating sensibly and looking after our bodies . |
| 23 | Many villages , especially in Persia , which have long been associated with highly sophisticated work , have either ceased weaving altogether or produce so few examples that they now have only an historic relevance to the contemporary scene . |
| 24 | The craftsmen knew , for instance , the precise critical angle beyond which an elephant-grass roof will begin absorbing rather than rejecting rainwater . |
| 25 | A recent critic complained about the ‘ clichés , the daft , ghosted ‘ star names ’ columns , the silly photos ( remember Ian Botham as ‘ Rambo ’ ? ) , the creation of heroes and villains , the concentration on the star or the result of the moment , the search for conflict , the trivialization of sporting women , the insularity ( beyond Dover , forget it ) , the emphasis on spectating rather than participating , the dearth of analysis , the marginal treatment of those who do n't quite ‘ make it ’ . |
| 26 | If you 're administering , you might as well administer something that is new and challenging rather than doing something I had been doing all my life . |
| 27 | Remove the top by twisting rather than cutting , pulling off any brown or damaged leaves . |
| 28 | ‘ We should all be regarded as people of faith who are pilgrims together and as we seek to understand and appreciate each others traditions and values then we shall be gaining rather than losing . ’ |
| 29 | They speak of opting out in the primary , secondary and further education sectors ; as for social services , they speak of monitoring and enabling rather than providing . |
| 30 | We hoped our approach to the curriculum would be seen as enabling rather than restricting , a starting point for teachers in their discussions with their colleagues , not a strait-jacket . |