Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 What it will not do of course , is reconcile needs competing for the same resources .
2 It wo n't be competing for the same resources .
3 ( The more lenders there are competing for the same customers , the hard for each has to work to attract a given number of customers — and an obvious way of attracting customers is by cutting rates . )
4 This suggests that certain groups and individuals will be ‘ stronger ’ and better placed to obtain the housing they want , although this is something of an oversimplification since it implies that all are competing for the same types of house .
5 Around £150 for family holidays , allowing for a few days reasonably riding as part of the package .
6 Jessamy stopped drawing for a few moments .
7 It was very simple , efficient , and reliable in operation , with the minor disadvantage that the vaporizer required preheating for a few minutes before the engine could be started ; when running , it retained sufficient heat to ignite the injected fuel .
8 Excuse me I 've got not exactly hay-fever but I think I 'm going to be sneezing for a few minutes .
9 Scarlet had thrown away all her old aluminium pans since she had learned that they might cause Alzheimer 's disease , and she never used tap water for cooking for the same reason .
10 The sightseers on the banks of the river , who , sensing something afoot , had been gathering for a few hours , dodged about , seeking a view between bushes .
11 Last Monday night , in a mood of deep depression , I was sitting by an open window , praying for a little peace and happiness in my dark life .
12 Newman had stopped walking for a few moments , his mind racing .
13 Wait until your baby has been walking for a few weeks before taking her for the first shoe fitting , as toes are crucial in gripping the floor while learning to toddle .
14 It was strange now , walking through the same streets , to know that by then it had already happened .
15 It 's been happening for a few days , but I 've only just realised what it is …
16 When he came to the surface , by some obscure miracle his leash had held , and his board was bobbing about a few yards away .
17 It is challenging for the same leadership in applications software .
18 Heat the oil and gently fry the spring onions without browning for a few minutes .
19 It was the young Scots ' first win in four outings and gave them an outside chance of qualifying for the latter stages of the championship .
20 Newley and I have been bidding for the same things for years . ’
21 This is particularly important if there are others bidding for the same house .
22 Slater , of Redcar Road , Middlesbrough , admitted reckless driving , assault and criminal damage in April and was jailed for four months and banned from driving for the same period .
23 In addition , it is obvious that it can not be relied on until there has been a substantial amount of trading between the same parties .
24 The method is for , say , a West Indian to pretend to apply for an advertised job and then to be followed a little later by a white person applying for the same job .
25 Sometimes , of course , it can work the other way round ; I recall a woman , going through a difficult time with her husband , returning after a few days ' holiday to find that he had swept and cleaned the house from top to bottom .
26 It was happening with a few students because I was still teaching for two or three months after ‘ Surfing ’ was released .
27 Moreover , we may point out that even if corresponding attributive and predicative adjectives ( occurring with the same noun ) could be relied on to share the same referential locus , that would be no justification for leaping to an assertion that the two elements are actually " the same " tout court , and even less for claiming that the structural positions they occupy are alternative forms of each other .
28 FOLLOWING the success of three previous seminars Liverpool Chamber of Commerce is holding a fourth talk shop on trading with the former East Germany .
29 This summer he will be holidaying with the same friends with whom he shared his Holiday in Hell ( page 50 ) , although their destination this time is in the South of France .
30 He came on , walking in the same direction as Rachaela , the dilute snow sparkling in his hat like sequins .
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