Example sentences of "and [conj] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well to prepare the mill , we were erm concreting and or doing knocking all the old tables down and preparing get the er big saw table in , you know to diamond saw table in to cut the slate up . |
| 2 | The ‘ use ’ motivation is more common in public libraries , where the principle of providing an up-to-date stock of attractive appearance is more important , and where weeding is more commonly practised than in academic libraries . |
| 3 | And where defining requirements is difficult what tends to happen is that we do n't bother . |
| 4 | Star ratings , based both on equestrian and accommodation standards , run from a white one where there are well kept horse and ponies only to a purple one which offers farmhouse fare of a high standard , and where riding facilities include an indoor and outdoor riding school . |
| 5 | If you reflect for a moment on which areas are likely to have rocks under tension , and where cracking and dyke intrusion are likely , you will realize that the mid-ocean ridges are hot favourites for this kind of activity . |
| 6 | In areas of frequent spills and where standing water may be present , choose a full-drainage mat . |
| 7 | But it does n't work like that : we live in a society where pornography takes most of the burden of talking about sex and where talking about sex is considered pornographic . |
| 8 | In this Europe there is a Benetton in every high street , Badoit and Czech Budweiser in every fridge , an Armani jacket in every wardrobe , Beaujolais Nouveau on every table , cable and satellite television channels in many languages in every living room , an Umberto Eco novel on every bookshelf , a Volvo in every garage , where CDs of The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment lie casually next to Eurythmics , and where nipping across to Paris for the day is as natural as doing a day 's business in London . |
| 9 | Why is it that you can arrive at an aerodrome ( they do not have the temerity to call them airports , let alone international ) with facilities such as NDBs , localisers , clean eating facilities , tar macadam runways , and where landing fees are minimum ? |
| 10 | It may also want to move to an area which appears attractive to staff and where housing costs are reduced . |
| 11 | It might even be conceded that borrowing long-term loans from a long-term bank has advantages — and that discussing choices over wages and public spending in a national forum makes sense . |
| 12 | I did find with mine that the secret lay in a final row at the higher tension and that removing the weights was the answer to perfect transferring . |
| 13 | The purpose of John 's Gospel is clearly set out : Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples , which are not written in his book ; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ , the Son of God , and that believing you may have life in his name . " |
| 14 | I know it 's a small point , but how many times have you tried to access the truss rod on a guitar , only to find that the screws are located immediately under the strings and that inserting a screwdriver is nigh on impossible without de-tuning ? |
| 15 | There is no doubt that the US needed a relatively stable ally and that reconstructing the Japanese economy took precedence over nurturing democratic ideals . |
| 16 | Students want a rapid return of tests for three reasons : they like to feel that they are not being neglected and that correcting their work is considered important by the tutors ; they want to see the result of their attempts while they are still fresh from their memories and they need to see the results of tests before attempting the next one , since tutors may well make comments which will help them to improve . |
| 17 | The usual reason these days is that the target company employs an army of people with skills of a kind difficult and too time-consuming to assemble by recruitment , and that trying to build such a team would cost much more than buying the company . |
| 18 | But their leaders thought Germany had too much on its plate to change its definition of nationality and that holding up the asylum reform for that would cost them too many votes . |
| 19 | The government claimed that the decision was a procedural one and that holding local elections in November would conflict with the elections for the DCC . |
| 20 | Of course , life was n't really like that , but the advertisers want us to believe it was , and that eating their product will help us recapture the feeling — and the taste . |
| 21 | The following extract is exactly as written : ‘ When I tell you that something you use every day could be put to better use — and that using it better could help you to win greater influence , more respect and higher status , promotion and a larger income … it could widen your circle of friends and possibly even secure you fame and power — you might well be curious to know what that ‘ something ’ is … |
| 22 | We need to be aware that this approach has a strong emotional appeal and that using it involves taking responsibility and guiding these emotions , once engaged . |
| 23 | He claimed that a Russian financial offer in April to finish the project had been insufficient and that stopping work on the Soviet-designed plant would save 200,000 tonnes of oil . |
| 24 | Scientists from the Oxford-based Water Research Centre estimate that the new standard is currently exceeded in around 4 million homes in Britain , and that meeting it will require removing all lead piping from homes . |
| 25 | In practice , however , the BBC knew that as its audience share fell , the case for a compulsory fee would become weaker and that getting the fee raised at the regular three-yearly review would be trickier ( no government was going to win votes by raising the licence fee , even during the years of monopoly ) . |
| 26 | There is nothing clear-cut or standardised about it ; but one may envisage ( and sometimes see quite clearly in real life ) the difference in effect between that of divorce when the child is still at the stage of total reliance on the mother , perhaps with fierce submerged conflict with the male parent , and that taking place when the boy is at the age of modelling himself on the father and establishing male identity through him . |
| 27 | However , examined in the clear light of another day , I decided you 'd felt lousy about cheating on Simon and that dismissing the afternoon had been a get-out . ’ |
| 28 | I agree with you that it 's not right to call your son names , and that slapping him is potentially dangerous . |
| 29 | For many people the saddest aspect was the selectors ' policy of playing Randall at number three ; every fan in the country could have told them that he should have batted down the order and that exposing him so early was almost certain to fail . |
| 30 | In addition , the Prayer Book include a communion rubric , known as the Black Rubric , which contained an explicit denial of the real presence ; it stated that the bread and wine ‘ remain still in their very natural substances ’ , and that kneeling to receive communion did not signify that ‘ any adoration is done or meant to be done ’ . |