Example sentences of "[v-ing] in [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The subject they 're tackling in this report is one that makes the blood run cold in most people 's veins … including mine . |
| 2 | Our nearest well was some 30 minutes away so that was an hour walking in all . |
| 3 | She absolutely could not move because her level of arousal was so high she had no performance her performance being walking in that case |
| 4 | I 'm worried about the future of one of the areas I enjoy walking in most — Studland Heath . |
| 5 | The dryness of the colour leaving the brush gives the feeling of imprecision and confusion , reflected in the experience of walking in these conditions . |
| 6 | Townsend says the aim of the book is to give enough information for people planning a trip and ‘ to try and capture at least some of the joy and excitement of walking in these mountains ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ Sir , ’ said a voice , ‘ in your place , I would have refreshed myself some inches upstream from my feet , for I have been walking in these boots for months , and the juice flowing away from me can not be sweet . |
| 8 | Similarly no one who has attended the Yeats Summer School in Sligo will deny that the seminars and lectures are less profitable than driving to Glencar , or Gort , and walking in those places , or wandering in the demesne of Lissadell and under the shoulder of Ben Bulben . |
| 9 | Walking in this area is very extensive , and it ranges from gentle strolls around the lake , to strenuous hikes up and down the mountains : walking maps can be obtained at the local tourist office . |
| 10 | I thought I was the only one mad enough to go walking in this weather . ’ |
| 11 | I keep walking in this rubbish you 've swept in the |
| 12 | Occasionally a light showed silver , faint in one of the streets below , and but for that , and for the sounds as their feet struck the timbers of a bridge , they might have been walking in some open courtyard instead of in narrow alleys raised between the walls of tall buildings . |
| 13 | Dieting may not be high on your enjoyment list , but we 've made pleasure a priority in Slim Plan — GH 's unique three-part diet programme which we 're launching in this issue ( page 82 ) . |
| 14 | When a vehicle is being weighed , the weigher should satisfy himself that all the wheels are on the plate and clear of the surround , and that no person is on the vehicle or the plate , or interfering in any way which might affect the weighing , and the engine must be switched off . |
| 15 | ‘ RCA have been really understanding in all the things we do . |
| 16 | Pupils ' active involvement in the learning process is important in enhancing their knowledge and understanding in many subject areas . |
| 17 | The lyric unites feeling and understanding in that wisdom which is the goal of affective piety . |
| 18 | Understanding in this sense means being able to perceive structure amongst a set of observations that were at first sight perplexing and confusing . |
| 19 | There was no hint of compassion or understanding in those beautiful blue eyes , no hint that he would even consider an appeal , but for Grantham and Marsh 's sake she had to make one . |
| 20 | To create partnerships which are incremental to understanding in both worlds , requires genuine collaboration in a trusting , learning climate , honest evaluation of experimentation and innovation and clarity about the power relationship between participating individuals and the organisations they represent . |
| 21 | He tried to spot any spy-flies lurking in this foyer , little spies which so recently had been his own to command , till they were stolen . |
| 22 | That 's in case , there 's an awful lot of table banging in this meeting ! |
| 23 | One kind of answer refers to the increasing differentiation of social functions as human societies become larger and more complex , and to the need for a superior authority in society capable of regulating conflicts of interest among individuals and groups and of representing in some fashion the ‘ general interest ’ . |
| 24 | One of these areas was Russia , especially because the interest that his work had aroused there made him consider the previously unthinkable possibility of a communist revolution occurring in that country . |
| 25 | Thus , at the global scale , the International Council of Scientific Unions ( ICSU ) has endorsed the setting up of the International Geosphere Biosphere Project ( IGBP ) to ‘ describe and understand the interactive physical , chemical and biological processes that regulate the total Earth system , the unique environment it provides for life , the changes that are occurring in that system and the manner by which these changes are influenced by human actions ’ ( Report of ad hoc Planning Group for IGBP 1986 , quoted in IGBP 1988 ) . |
| 26 | The BBC is seen by Mrs Whitehouse as not only reflecting the changes that were occurring in that period , but also as actively encouraging or even precipitating them . |
| 27 | Indeed , before one can decide what action is appropriate one requires an understanding of the social context in which one is acting and an interpretation of the actions occurring in that context . |
| 28 | Furthermore , even if acculturation to a dominant order was a feature of early Chicago society there was , according to Castells , no need to promote this as a universal process occurring in all cities . |
| 29 | These studies of whole body protein metabolism , however , simply reflect an average of events occurring in all individual tissues . |
| 30 | It was highly synchronized , occurring in all major capitalist countries it about the same time . |