Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [conj] [am/are] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Loaf-tin shaped varieties are seldom tasty or worth eating and are often cooked without the flavoursome larding of fat .
2 Roles are characteristic ways of behaving and are especially significant in group and team-work ( see Groups on page 77 and Teams on page 161 ) .
3 A two year study is to take place which will include the consideration of methods of killing that are more acceptable than stabbing or clubbing .
4 The leaves of palms in general are often used for thatching and are relatively durable compared with most tropical foliage .
5 Its main disadvantage , the sorry state the diagram reaches when manually drawn out versions are used for monitoring and are continually amended , is no longer a disadvantage when a computer is used .
6 They are a race of roses that are well worth exploring and are yet another example of the inexhaustible resources of the rose to come up with something new and different .
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