Example sentences of "[v-ing] and [verb] [noun] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One escapes the old analogy only by submitting to another ; the role of logic , even when it is suspected that there is something wrong at the foundations of the argument , is confined to applying and criticizing concepts thrown up by the spontaneous process of analogizing . |
| 2 | To understand this point you should imagine ( or even actually perform ) your pronunciation of a sentence in a number of different ways : for example , if the sentence was ‘ I want to buy a new car ’ and you were to say it in the following ways : ‘ pleading ’ , ‘ angry ’ , ‘ sad ’ , ‘ happy ’ , ‘ proud ’ , it is certain that at least some of your performances will be different from some others , but it is also certain that the technique for analysing and transcribing intonation introduced earlier in the course will be found inadequate to represent the different things you do . |
| 3 | Barebow , which does not have the aiming and balancing mechanisms found on modern compound bows , looks more like a traditional bow — but Claudio says that that is as far as the connection with Robin Hood or William Tell goes . |
| 4 | And with tax , spending and borrowing decisions presented in a single statement the relationship between them will be much easier to understand . ’ |
| 5 | Apart from incurring onerous legal fees , we may wish to change our name with the resultant costs of redesigning and reprinting stationery followed by the marketing of our new title . |
| 6 | Mind Maps Plus is a new software package based on the creative ‘ Mind Maps ’ learning and thinking technique developed by Tony Buzan . |
| 7 | Mind Maps Plus is a new software package based on the creative ‘ Mind Maps ’ learning and thinking technique developed by Tony Buzan . |
| 8 | Whilst the system may suit individual researchers , it can give librarians problems in tracing and borrowing theses produced in other countries . |
| 9 | There was no one more adept at tracing and rescuing sheep trapped in snow drifts . |
| 10 | By contrast , the body responsible for registering and monitoring information collected by credit reference agencies has a register of about 130 000 entries , deals with about 20 000 enquiries a year , and has a full-time staff of more than 70 . |
| 11 | A debt rescheduling and restructuring accord agreed on April 10 with Morocco 's leading commercial creditor banks , headed by the National Bank of Paris ( BNP ) and the US Citibank , re-scheduled , and lowered the interest rate on , approximately US$3,200 million of medium-term debt . |
| 12 | Jesus and his disciples were accused by the Pharisees of reaping , threshing and eating food prepared on the Sabbath day . |
| 13 | Do n't miss our most popular night in Majorca — the ‘ Pirates Adventure ’ — a feast of spectacular dancing , juggling , knife throwing and swashbuckling swordsmanship followed by an excellent meal . |
| 14 | Lotus is continuing with its plans for the networking market by bringing out a group calendaring and scheduling program based around the Filofax interface of its Organizer package . |
| 15 | These new criteria will formalise overlapping conventions for subtyping anorexia nervosa into restricting and binge-eating/purging types based on the presence or absence of bingeing and/or purging ( ie , self-induced vomiting or the misuse of laxatives or diuretics ) . |
| 16 | A blackboard architecture is characterized by a number of distinct knowledge sources which interact by proposing and evaluating hypotheses stored in one or more common areas . |