Example sentences of "[v-ing] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When you are tackling a larger area — a whole wall , or perhaps even a complete room — you use exactly the same techniques ; the big difference is the sheer scale of the job , which makes the preliminary setting-out by far the most important part . |
| 2 | Many women used the campaign as a means of deepening feminist consciousness and as a platform for launching a wider programme of demands . |
| 3 | Sybase claims to have launched the client/server market itself with the release of its Open SQL Server and Client products in 1987 : now it sees itself launching a further market , enterprise client/server , mainly for mainframe customers downsizing to new platforms , as opposed to the departmental ( and usually Unix or VAX/VMS ) first generation of SQL-based database system . |
| 4 | Sybase claims to have launched the client-server market itself with the release of its Open SQL Server and Client products in 1987 : now it sees itself launching a further market , enterprise client-server , mainly for mainframe customers downsizing to new systems , as opposed to the departmental ( and usually Unix or VAX/VMS ) first generation of SQL-based database system . |
| 5 | In this chapter on teaching resources , I shall endeavour to aid the reader in the selection and use of materials , production of handouts , worksheets and visual aids , as well as understanding a wider look at resources . |
| 6 | As the interest was a lesser figure per £100 block than the £3 0s. 0d. subscription , it encouraged Bondholders to accept membership as representing a better return and certainty . |
| 7 | We will encounter here Williams 's emphasis on the city as a ‘ front ’ region : a romantic place representing a better life over the horizon is common . |
| 8 | By the end of September the lira rate against the deutschmark was about 876 , representing a further devaluation of some 8.5 per cent compared with the central rate set on Sept. 13 . |
| 9 | Covering a wide variety of subjects and techniques and , of course with equal variety in the quality of their content and production , videos are fast becoming a cheaper , more accessible and very informative and successful learning tool . |
| 10 | Today only Seagate is still up there among the leaders , IBM is still striving to build a serious OEM business , and the big names alongside Seagate are Conner Peripherals Inc , Quantum Corp and Maxtor Corp , with Hewlett-Packard Co becoming a bigger presence . |
| 11 | ‘ I can accept not being in the team but I can not accept that , because of the circumstances , I 'm becoming a worse footballer every week . |
| 12 | Eraut ( 1977 ) adopts a process viewpoint when he argues that : ‘ A teacher who is not developing to any noticeable extent is becoming a worse teacher , because development is natural and to avoid it is to deteriorate ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ I have been proud of the way we have played in England and believe we are becoming a better team with every game . |
| 14 | having said that , I do believe I 'm becoming a better player every season and the process has n't stopped yet . ’ |
| 15 | But he was concerned to prevent the system becoming a greater burden than ever through malpractice of the sort which the Worcester monk Hemming reports when he says that estates were sometimes taken even when the money due had been paid on time . |
| 16 | The NII has still not reported on crucial areas such as the dangers of external hazards like fires , earthquakes and aircraft crashes , protection systems that should stop a small accident becoming a larger one , and the vexed issue of steam-generator tubes . |
| 17 | It is becoming a smaller version of Ogilvy & Mather . |
| 18 | ‘ She 's becoming a Genestealer , ’ babbled Googol . |
| 19 | In 1914 the 17th hole was altered again ( quite radically ) becoming a shorter version ( 320 yards ) of what exists now . |
| 20 | Nigel Hawthorne 's performance is wonderful : he is becoming a finer and finer actor . |
| 21 | Thus , the recession made carpet purchasing a lower priority matter for those who already had carpets and the attitude was to make them last longer . |
| 22 | Any mortgage increase undertaken for personal reasons ( for example , to obtain capital , maximise tax allowances ) or purely as a result of purchasing a larger or more desirable property will not qualify for assistance . |
| 23 | SOC troops opened fire on crowds of demonstrators in Phnom Penh on Dec. 21 , killing at least three people and wounding a further 26 . |
| 24 | Throughout the year Israel had carried out over 20 raids , killing some 35 people and wounding a further 150 . |
| 25 | Hekmatyar 's forces launched an artillery barrage on Kabul on May 4-5 , killing more than 70 people , mostly civilians , and wounding a further 400 . |
| 26 | Just for a second there , she 'd been uncovering a softer , more human side to the man . |
| 27 | The types of behaviour to which this motivation is said to lead include employing a larger staff than is required for the purposes of the business , lavish expenditure on office accommodation , transport , and various forms of entertainment , and on image- building ( but not cost-justified ) advertising , and charitable giving . |
| 28 | Most enjoyed the luxury of employing a cleaner to do their housework but a few took a puritanical delight in doing their own . |
| 29 | Nor could she then justify employing a cleaner and the odd-job man who kept all the local gardens more or less under control . |
| 30 | There is provision for Member States to pay compensatory allowances at a higher rate under Article 15 where improvement or maintenance ‘ of the natural landscape ’ is important ( e.g. farmers keeping a lower stocking density for nature conservation reasons ) . |