Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [adv] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Darkfall storm had been building for quite some time , generating itself , growing stronger . |
| 2 | All this is not very encouraging for those who want to see the GCSE as a single simple examination system catering for virtually all school pupils according to their needs . |
| 3 | The banks are believed to be pressing for yet another rights issue of new shares at the company . |
| 4 | The problem was too many men applying for too few places ; in 1895 , eighty-seven men passed the required examination for the ministry although the college still had only sixty places . |
| 5 | Not simply the women dying of too many children , but the women who were compelled to sell their bodies because that was all that they had to sell . |
| 6 | Straining to be heard above the traffic , his voice hoarse with too much campaigning and cracking with too much emotion , the Labour leader conceded defeat in a dignified and moving statement . |
| 7 | Admittedly Dane did throw the odd comment over his shoulder as they drove , pointing out places of interest , but every time he did so Marianne managed to draw his attention back by launching into yet another anecdote which involved only herself and Dane . |
| 8 | ‘ People are dying from too much sunbathing , ’ said Dr Judy Evans , who is heading the project . |
| 9 | When we were walking over here this morning , I was suggesting to you that in fact computers , really , were numeric devices — they did arithmetic _ and I 'm not sure you actually agreed with me . |
| 10 | The very young Aplysia has a nervous system consisting of relatively few neurons , while the period of onset of the capacity to show sensitization as a behavioural phenomenon matches that of a great increase in neuronal number ; yet if all that sensitization required was the facilitatory response in a set of three neurons of the network described earlier , it is hard to see why , by contrast with habituation , it should be dependent on such an increase in neuronal number . |
| 11 | Ian Harper reports on how the latest fiasco in designing systems to facilitate the Stock Exchange has left fund managers and brokers looking for yet another solution to their needs . |
| 12 | ‘ Look for balding , bearded men , ’ I nearly said — but he may not have been looking for precisely that variety of technical person . |
| 13 | Moreover , strikes were illegal , wages were controlled by the state and people were anxious to improve their standard of living after so many years of rationing and privation . |
| 14 | Looking after so many children had aged Joan Durbeyfield , but she still showed some of her early prettiness , which Tess had inherited . |
| 15 | The task will fall to the manager to persuade advice workers to attend race-awareness training in addition to popular updating in welfare benefits ; managers may have the task of explaining to management committee members why they now need training after so many years without it ; it will be the manager 's job to be attuned to advice workers ' weaknesses and tactfully point them to the relevant additional training ; the manager must find a balance in workers ' meetings between training , casework and group support . |
| 16 | He dropped into a bit of a snooze , which any giant might be pardoned for wanting after so much walking and a bit of eating , never mind a sup of mead . |
| 17 | It had become a very sad sight indeed , but Jack hardly noticed as he turned and stared back down the hill to Sakata , its neat rows of buildings looking like so much Lego . |
| 18 | Doubtless a rich merchant escaping with as much treasure as he could lay frantic hands on . |
| 19 | The kind of people who 'll order a guitar like this Manson will argue in reply that : ( a ) a production guitar will never have a handmade guitar 's combination of all the right bits with that extra edge of quality ; ( b ) it 's obviously better to go for a traditional design than some mutant battle-axe because you 're less likely to get sick of it and they 're a lot easier to customise further and there 's nothing better at fitting into virtually any style of music than an S-type or a T-type ; and ( c ) it 's their money , anyway . |
| 20 | Night after night , all over the country , ordinary married couples must be wrestling with exactly this sort of knotty problem . |
| 21 | However , the talents of her mind amply compensated for the defects of her person ; and if , with so few advantages , she was capable of writing with so much credit to herself , there can be no doubt but , if her career had been prolonged , she would have greatly distinguished herself in the annals of female literature [ |
| 22 | Driving through fog on the M25 , listening to yet another radio programme about the recession , it is difficult to imagine that there might be light at the end of the tunnel ; but spring is on its way , and I hope it will bring with it some sign of the long-promised upturn in the economy . |
| 23 | According to yet another study , this one published in the Lancet , red wine in moderation is thought to protect against coronary disease because it contains substances known as phenolic flavonoids . |
| 24 | Absolutely , and that 's whey we 've got international agencies looking at exactly these things . |
| 25 | If we are tempted to assume so , it may be worth while looking at yet another parallel to balance the highly peculiar one of race . |
| 26 | Upon opening the Carlton Standard 's case , and after being initially overjoyed that I was n't looking at yet another Strat derivative , I must admit that my aesthetic values were backed into a corner while I tried to work out exactly what I was looking at . |
| 27 | So you 're looking at either these chocolates or well you do n't want the premium teabags anyway |
| 28 | If it looks like there 's been very little response then we 'll probably keep you going for yet another month after that . |
| 29 | Oh it had been going for quite some time , I do n't know really when they would start . |
| 30 | He was goading her , waiting for just that reaction . |