Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] [noun] or [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The higher-level activity itself can , of course , become automatised , and whereas in the case of skills such as riding a bicycle or tying shoelaces this is advantageous , when it happens to writing or reading the consequences are unfortunate . |
| 2 | It can be a lonely , isolated life on a farm and a whole day often passes without meeting or talking to anyone . |
| 3 | Comprehensive neutrality consists in helping or hindering the parties in equal degree in all matters relevant to the conflict between them . |
| 4 | Narrow neutrality consists in helping or hindering them to an equal degree in those activities and regarding those resources that they would wish neither to engage in nor to acquire but for the conflict . |
| 5 | Thus 5b refers to ordering or comparing with given measurements , while in 5c measurements have to be made first . |
| 6 | The advantage of not having a light on all the time to illuminate the indicators is that my eyes adjust to the darkness and when it comes to casting or playing fish I am not completely blind . |