Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first army , consisting mostly of the Kislevites and fast-moving mounted troops , marched with all speed to Praag in the hope of relieving the siege . |
| 2 | I am delighted that the recently privatised Harland and Wolff now has the longest order book in its history , with £565 million worth of orders , that it is competing successfully with the Koreans and the Japanese , that the future of 2,500 of its people is assured and that it is the premier shipyard in the United Kingdom . |
| 3 | The advance was to have been made during the hours of darkness and across country , keeping away from the roads and lanes . |
| 4 | He had walked the length of the state , his waterskin slung over his shoulder , keeping away from the roads and the gangcults . |
| 5 | German flares were lighting up the sky behind me as I hurried along the road , keeping close to the houses and in their shadows as much as possible . |
| 6 | He wheeled his horse , and roared his own knights round upon their bowmen ; and the loyal among the marksmen set up an answering howl , and fell out as best they could , leaping sidelong into the bushes and up the heathery slope , to stand clear of the slaughter and find a vantage-point again from which they could play their part . |
| 7 | This would also give each Park its own authority , independent of local councils ( thereby extending a system applying presently in the Lakes and the Peak ) . |
| 8 | Product differentiation and improvement has been occurring steadily over the years and now includes metal and wooden window frames , doors , storage tanks , household furniture , beds , as well as a much improved range of braziers , and tin trunks . |
| 9 | No demand , however , was made on us by the gate-keeper , the authorities being so liberal as not to charge persons for walking either on the roads or footpaths . |
| 10 | I told Karen that I was visiting factories and offices in the Oxford area and sounding out the management with a view to future co-operation , but in fact my mornings were spent driving aimlessly around the highways and byways of rural Oxfordshire . |
| 11 | Mr. Wall argued that the exercise of the discretion which arises as a result of the finding of ‘ acquiescence ’ made by the Court of Appeal , is limited to considering the nature and quality of the acquiescence itself and would not entitle the court to take into account ‘ welfare ’ considerations relating specifically to the children unless the court were able to find that there had been established a grave risk that the return of the children would expose them to an intolerable situation under article 13 ( b ) . |
| 12 | Managerial behaviour was also introverted , reacting to actors and problems stemming from within the organisation instead of looking outwards to the needs and wishes of its users . |
| 13 | That rap is snapping away at the threads that bind the hypocrisy of society is now an acknowledged fact . |
| 14 | Looking critically at the practices and processes of black , women artists , this course will concentrate on contemporary women of colour in the UK , their social relationships in the light of their gender and class . |
| 15 | And sure enough , gliding effortlessly through the eddies and the down-draughts from the peaks ahead , were six mighty Andean condors , the biggest birds in the world . |
| 16 | Postbasic certificate and statemented ( the latter are generally shorter ) courses are validated by the boards and a list of current courses and training establishments can be obtained by writing directly to the boards or to a delegated careers advice service . |
| 17 | For this reason when the head teacher eventually excluded John permanently from school because of his behaviour the EP accepted that the school were acting reasonably in the circumstances and that they had made every effort with John . |
| 18 | for it would have been possible , they argue , to move towards a system that examined knowledge and skills which crossed old subject boundaries ; a new way of looking both at the sciences and the arts could have been incorporated in the new syllabuses . |
| 19 | There were brake shoes acting both on the wheels and on the track . |
| 20 | Looking now at the gains and losses bar graph for the year we see that the main explanation for their growth has been the addition of thirty-two members through transfer . |
| 21 | Looking coldly at the figures and at the Plafond Limité de Classement ( PLC ) of 13,000 kilograms per hectare , it would seem that most of Champagne 's production in those two years should have been sent off to the distillery . |
| 22 | The place smelt of oil , paint , damp and slow failure , and Marriage himself sat with his back to it in the cold sunshine , looking across to the willows and alders of the far bank and the fields beyond . |
| 23 | The actresses , of course , were frequently loaned gowns by the house free of charge for the publicity that would be gained when they were pictured wearing them , and there were those among the society women who considered themselves above coming to the couture , ordering instead from the videos that nowadays replaced the weeks of shows of the old days — and staying away all the more determinedly as the great Paris houses vied with one another to tempt them to lend their presence to the occasion . |
| 24 | He stood for a moment , framed in the great gateway , and Fenella saw how the early morning light touched his dark hair and brought out red glints in it and saw , as well , that his eyes were shining , as if he was already looking ahead to the dangers and the adventures . |
| 25 | It would also bring deep depression to many members of communities who are looking forward to the bypasses that the present Government have promised . |
| 26 | Back at the river , walk down the track , turning right through the trees and follow the Tweed to St Boswells . |
| 27 | You should make note of the going especially on the take-offs and landings of each fence and decide how it may change or deteriorate . |
| 28 | To be an active dealer entails taking positions in currencies such as going long in the dollars and short in DMs . |
| 29 | She struck out across-country , heading away from the marshes and the distant water with its old-time tales of death . |
| 30 | Turning now to the meat-eaters that the great grazers were running away from , we find some more fascinating convergences . |