Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [be] [adj] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Show some ability to recognise when planning , drafting , redrafting and revising are appropriate and to carry out these processes either on paper or on a computer screen . |
| 2 | Weeping and sobbing are natural and appropriate responses to grief and our body is designed to provide the capacity and to use it creatively . |
| 3 | Advantages : Cooking is efficient and thawing is slow and even . |
| 4 | If after a bite or sting the conscious level is impaired or if swelling is severe and rapid especially if it affects the mouth and throat or if breathing becomes difficult . |
| 5 | But hawking is labour-intensive and time-consuming and hardly a satisfactory way of keeping rabbit populations down . |
| 6 | Ben says I should n't feel guilty , that we 're doing nothing wrong , but lying is wrong and deceiving your mother is wrong , and feeling so happy and so loving with Ben is wrong . |
| 7 | The use of water cannon was criticised as having been unnecessary and for affecting members of the public who had not been involved in the march . |
| 8 | Nor can Hewlett be dismissed as having been lucky and got it right first time : it did n't . |
| 9 | In this manner certain aspects , at least , of the process of permissive change are presented as having been positive and beneficial , in direct contrast to the view of the conservative-historians . |