Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [v-ing] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was propped on one elbow beside her , the width of the picnic hamper giving her an illusion of safety from too close an intimacy . |
| 2 | I think its fairly unanimous that if any department needs improving its the defence . |
| 3 | Jim won his club £100 making it a financial clean sweep for Annadale as the previous cash winners were all Striders … |
| 4 | However , the authorities in Serbia on Jan. 13 banned an opposition party calling itself the Serbian National Renewal because of its overtly nationalist programme . |
| 5 | Tea and biscuits end the afternoon session giving everyone a chance to rest . |
| 6 | The various databases available come with BT-written reference guides explaining what the sources offer and what uses they are designed for . |
| 7 | Essentially , this is a consumer protection device making it a criminal offence to sell , by way of competitive bidding , prescribed articles listed in s3(2) : … any plate , plated articles , linen , china , glass , books , pictures , prints , furniture , jewellery , articles of household or personal use , or ornament or any musical or scientific instrument or apparatus . |
| 8 | One of the best features of modern gas cooking is convenience , so the ‘ Heatflo ’ oven of the Leisure 220 offers a choice of five shelf positions giving you the flexibility of cooking several different dishes simultaneously . |
| 9 | Le Ponant , named after a trade wind and a small group of islands off Brittany , is 88 metres of sheer grace and beauty , its three huge sailing masts making it a breathtaking sight . |
| 10 | If you come into the dale from Stainforth , then the road into Malham winds down by Ewe Moor giving you a good view of the Cove and the lynchets under Shorkley Hill . |
| 11 | 2 × 2000 HP MTU engines giving her a top speed of 29 kn. 4 double cabins plus crew accommodation . |
| 12 | Cable & Wireless Plc says it does not accept those claims made against it by its local partners in Digitel Telecommunications Philippines Inc ( CI No 2,171 ) and will defend against the allegations : ‘ We have received no official notification of this claim and we do not accept the validity of the allegations as we understand them from the press , and would expect to defend our position robustly , ’ it said ; Reuter reports from Manila that the local Cable & Wireless office says that it advised the company last September that it could not invest further in the country until a court case involving another local affiliate , Eastern Telecommunications Philippines Inc , was resolved — Eastern is locked in a legal battle with Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co and appealing a Supreme Court order denying it the right to operate an international gateway ; an industry source said Digitel is tapping another major local partner and British Telecommunications Plc as new shareholders in the company . |
| 13 | The Rover abruptly swung out and roared past , the passenger cop giving them a suspicious but mostly supercilious glare . |
| 14 | Denis Healey himself , a long-established whipping boy , now became almost popular , with his chairmanship of the International Monetary Fund inner steering committee making him a figure of greater eminence . |
| 15 | The company says that the machines are the first real-time multiprocessing computers to use the 88110 and represent a unique 88110 implementation with large caches , local memory , and high input-output throughput supporting multiple input-output buses making it a balanced system for real-time computing . |
| 16 | Obviously you would need to sweeten this unless you have very eccentric taste buds — but saccharin sweeteners can do the job without calorie cost making it an acceptable drink . |
| 17 | Bruce Dern said Corman did him and Nicholson a favour by getting them a part because they both needed the money at the time ; Corman arranged it so that their shooting schedules would require them to be available for the first and last weeks of the four-week stint , thus , under union rules guaranteeing them a salary cheque for the full four weeks . |
| 18 | Buying a seat means a permanent and privileged association with our world famous Music Hall bringing you a number of attractive benefits : |
| 19 | means that it 's ready for the start of the working day giving you a |
| 20 | When you use the Block Count icon to count an already highlighted passage you will see the text with the message box giving you the information you require . |
| 21 | It 's probably only that old quack Hardacre feeding him the wrong antibiotics — Agnes shared George 's view of Sir Frank ‘ — but if each course takes five days before they decide it is n't working , it can run on . |
| 22 | The fighting chair on her aft deck had thick white leather straps giving it the appearance of a padded electric chair , while the dazzle paint gave the boat an oddly military look that was completed by the number 666 that was painted on her bows in silver-edged black numerals like those warships use to display their commissioning numbers . |
| 23 | For your £6 subscription per annum , you get a free bus timetable giving you the times of at least three buses that visit no less than eight M/SV clubs . |
| 24 | Ilfracombe is the leading resort on Devon 's Gold Coast offering everything a leading resort should have : shops , bars , cinema , theatre , dancing , several interesting beaches , and lots to do , or you can just stroll amongst the coloured lights . |
| 25 | As on his visit to Peking in May , the Soviet President this weekend risks finding himself an unwilling player in a domestic political drama which eclipses the notional reason for his presence . |
| 26 | Of course the pool was lined with press photographers watching his every stroke . |
| 27 | As a Golf Plus Club Member you can enjoy up to a 20% discount on a year 's subscription to Britain 's best golf magazines bringing you the best pictures and best coverage of your favourite game . |
| 28 | He needed less and less to work , his commercial and film scores earning him a steady residual income . |
| 29 | The action was called after a row between ambulance staff and Mrs Virginia Bottomley , the Health Minister of State , at her South-west Surrey constituency last Friday over her refusal to recognise ambulance workers as the third arm of the emergency services giving them a pay formula automatically tied to the police and fire fighters . |
| 30 | There was brawling at the Republicans ' conference in West Berlin in July 1989 and in mid-October a splinter group calling itself the Democratic Republicans of Germany ( Demokratische Republikaner Deutschlands ) was formed in Hannover . |