Example sentences of "[v-ing] [is] [adv] [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the water high up on the beach the sea is very choppy and launching is very difficult because the waves break viciously on the steep upper slopes of the beach which is frequently a shingle ridge . |
| 2 | An ideal utilitarian like Moore may claim to have the moral insight that promise keeping is only right or obligatory , where one can not do better or as well by breaking the promise ( taking general account of effects on human trust into account ) but he can not claim that this insight is merely into how words are properly used . |
| 3 | ’ The thing that bothers me about English training is that although acting is as demanding as ballet or opera , dancers and singers work out every day . |
| 4 | The trouble is that tiptoeing is desperately uncomfortable when you are trying to win a war at the same time . |
| 5 | Okay I think that 's very good really I I do n't think I think you 're writing is very nice as well . |
| 6 | ‘ I like them all , but liking is as far as I 'll get — have you seen the prices ? ’ |
| 7 | Delahoussaye continued : ‘ Racing is so competitive when you are out there on the track , but when something like this happens you know it could be you next time . |
| 8 | If , after cleaning , the level of micro-organisms remaining is so high that there is a potential danger of food contamination which may constitute a risk to health or cause accelerated spoilage , disinfection is needed . |
| 9 | A spokesperson told NME : ‘ The stuff they 're selling is unbelievably shoddy and the T-shirts wash out after two or three washes . |
| 10 | This is because weaning is either non-existent or very late and because child-rearing is extremely indulgent . |
| 11 | Situations in which they can prove useful are in small and/or lightly-stocked tanks , and rearing tanks where feeding is rather heavy and regular , as long as the turnover rate is not too high so as to stress the young fish or drag them into the filter . |
| 12 | Whether the same average onset of gastric ulcer and Dieulafoy 's type of bleeding is merely coincidential or suggests some common pathophysiological cause remains to be answered . |
| 13 | Despite its charm , Kicking is more flawed than a second book by a clever writer should be . |
| 14 | This process of filtering and condensing is both practical and intellectually useful since it forces you to reduce the bulk of words and yet preserve the essential meaning of the text . |
| 15 | Syringe sharing is less common than it was before 1987 , but it has not been eliminated , and bleach is commonly recommended in the absence of sterilised syringes . |
| 16 | The easily identifiable tartan mark is your guarantee that the salmon you are buying is genuinely Scottish and produced in accordance with a stringent set of quality standards , enforced by Food From Britain inspectors . |
| 17 | ‘ What you are saying is more obfuscatory than explanatory , ’ Catherine said crossly . |
| 18 | What I am saying is perfectly clear and straightforward . |
| 19 | ( Metcalfe and Richards 1987b : 74 ) Analytically , the distinction becomes important : in situations where attempts by individual organisations to pursue their own ( private ) aims independently of what others are doing is both self-defeating and counterproductive from the ( public ) point of view of the performance of the system of which they are the parts . |
| 20 | The snarling and growling is very audible as the lions move about , looking for a way out . |
| 21 | In fact , the long-travel springing is quite soft but taut damping exerts exemplary control . |
| 22 | I have noted that flicking is very common where such a substrate is used and I think it may be from mechanical irritation of the gills by tiny bits of coral suspended in the water . |
| 23 | It requires extra software , and the IBM XT emulator for the Acorn Archimedes with the ARM microprocessor using RISC architecture ( based on the original RISC I design ) runs slower than the Intel 8088 , the slowest of the PC processors , under the MS-DOS operating system.Also as RISCs are designed with high-level languages in mind , designing in assembly is very tedious unlike assembly programming with CISCs where there are instructions for complex tasks and so programming is relatively simple and , as a result , less time-consuming . |
| 24 | However , hillwalking is largely safe but there are risks and we have to educate people about these risks if we are going to improve safety . |
| 25 | Rebekah 's scheming is as cruel and as ruthless as Sarah 's treatment of Hagar and Ishmael . |
| 26 | commented Jo , ‘ The overall standard of the children we are seeing is gradually improving although we still need to encourage many more children to play tennis ’ . |
| 27 | Tim Midgely , a director of Biomass , said : " The technology we 're using is as old as the hills . |
| 28 | Targeting is also important because in the competitive modern environment the message will have to fight for attention with many other conflicting or parallel messages and the ‘ noise ’ will dilute or distort the content and effect . |
| 29 | The low register of the flute , by which we mean the notes between and including is very rich and beautiful and has been much exploited by composers , especially those of the French school . |
| 30 | Renting is as safe as houses |