Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [prep] [v-ing] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although revenues from consulting in the UK declined during 1991 , he said that there was steady growth throughout 1992 , and sales remained at 1991 levels overall . |
| 2 | Empirical evidence also began to build up , and Spooner ( 1972 ) , in a study of employers who had moved to the southwest found that more of them cited the attractive environment of Devon and Cornwall as reasons for moving to the area , than its labour supply , and Lonsdale and Browning ( 1971 , 267 ) found that manufacturing plants in 10 southern USA States were more orientated to rural than urban areas and that : ‘ manufacturing firms appear to be placing increased emphasis on rural and small town sites ’ . |
| 3 | A Sephardic Jew , he was a tall , spare man of high moral principles and the most courteous manners and an odd habit when listening of purring like a cat . |
| 4 | Acquired by UK dealers Field Aircraft in 1954 , Lima Whisky was briefly on the UK register as G-ANLK before travelling to the USA , initially as N1592V before joining the Canadian operator Millardair . |
| 5 | One is the move towards creating alliances , as means of dealing with the problems of rising resource costs just to stay in the game . |
| 6 | They have not always been as humble as Balanchine in submitting to the dictates of the score as envisaged by the composer . |
| 7 | Stressing that his views were personal and not society policy , Mr Adair gave as examples of tinkering with the criminal system attempts to have the not proven verdict abolished , to introduce an offensive weapons charge and to examine the number of crimes committed by people already on bail . |
| 8 | Lucy 's colour rose as memory of lying on the bed beside him sent a wave of desire through her , but she pushed the yearning away , making an effort to speak calmly . |
| 9 | Drugs and hypnosis were all very well as tools for coping with the hormonal storms caused by the superhuman organs his body housed ; but what he must attain swiftly was a superhuman mind which could command the body to fight on irrespective of injury . |