Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The review will provide evidence to support buying such a dedicated program or whether to carry on using the existing system . |
| 2 | And the designers have built in reassuring similarities to the products you know and love , such as the ‘ Lotus Classic ’ menu option in Lotus for Windows , which lets you go on using the familiar ‘ / ’ method to bring up menus , until you get used to the state-of-the-art stuff . |
| 3 | Often people will move up to a better word processor or spreadsheet , but will want to carry on using the other applications in their integrated package . |
| 4 | It is only if theologians go on using the old equipment ( sun goes round earth etcetera ) that they fall out with the philosophers and scientists . |
| 5 | After Mao 's death and Jiang Qing 's fall , the ‘ moderate ’ regime of Deng accused Madame Mao and her associates in the Gang of Four of being the cause of all China 's woes , thereby sparing the late Chairman from the most bitter criticisms . |
| 6 | We will be making regular reports to the AEA Audit Committee in the interim and vigorously pursuing the remaining actions as an integral part of our strategy for commercial success . ’ |
| 7 | It was this " vague image " which had to be translated into a form which could be explored , even tested , empirically using the pattern-searching techniques of variable analysis . |
| 8 | This result can be confirmed analytically using the following expressions for the three-phase static torque/rotor position characteristics : The resultant torque from two of the phases excited is simply the sum of the separate phase torques : Both graphical and analytical results indicate that the only difference between the excitation schemes is in the equilibrium positions ; with two phases excited the equilibrium position is between the positions corresponding to separate excitation of each phase . |
| 9 | This means that we are effectively using the two-phase method , except that , where a choice of variable to enter the basis occurs in Phase I ( and such occurrences are very common ) , the choice is resolved by the true objective function . |
| 10 | For example , faced with the ratio of a two to one majority decision in the Court of Appeal as against dicta of three judges in the House of Lords agreeing with the dissent in the Court of Appeal and casting doubt on the correctness of the majority opinion , but not expressly overruling it , it is clear that the Court of Appeal must follow the dicta of the House of Lords rather than the ratio of their earlier decision , so paradoxically preferring the persuasive to the binding authority . |
| 11 | EDWIN POUNCEY sifts through the latest crate of weirdness from the States , including The Cramps , Green On Red and a farmhand singing the psychedelic blues |
| 12 | Mr Nearn persuaded Mr Chapman to carry on producing the Seven , acting as sole concessionaire . |
| 13 | Secondly , in the co-ordination of this strategy , it is believed that the NRC gives policing orders to local forces , thereby overruling the operational discretion of these local forces . |
| 14 | After the meal she went on knitting the complicated sweater while Penry immersed himself in the newspapers he 'd bought earlier in the day . |
| 15 | Grains of sand stick to this fluid which helps to hold the skin to the soil , thereby helping the pupating worm-lion to extricate itself . |
| 16 | The bishop had asked whether Huxley would prefer to think of himself descended from an ape on his grandfather 's or his grandmother 's side , thereby touching the sensitive nerve of female ancestry . |
| 17 | Thus , the preamble to the Company Act , 1988 , speaks of the purpose of the Act as being to create up-to-date legal forms , thereby assisting the income-earning capacity of the national economy , the development of a market-type production and distribution system , and the flow of capital ( including foreign capital ) in the economy . |
| 18 | The following day Proinsias de Rossa , leader of the Workers ' Party , read sections of the advertisement out in the Dail , thereby allowing the Irish media to publish them with impunity . |
| 19 | The London Society implicitly recognises this when it goes on to argue that a DG would allow the president 's post to become part-time , thereby allowing the senior partner of a major practice to take it on . |
| 20 | Two-stage tendering , for instance , means negotiation with a contractor can progress at the same time as the production of detailed design information , thereby shortening the total period necessary in which to complete the pre-contract work . |
| 21 | She wanted to think that Matthew deserved better , but he seemed to be rather enjoying the puzzling little game of hearts that was being played . |
| 22 | It is also worth noting here that the only mid-Tertiary movements in northern Europe that can be called an orogeny are in Spitsbergen , where we find the last expression of an Atlantic compressive line clearly preserved down the west coast , presumably reflecting the continued grinding together of the northernmost tip of the European plate with that of Greenland . |
| 23 | The Postgraduate Diploma in Biotechnology may be taken by successfully completing the first year and a literature project . |
| 24 | First of all , take a pat on the back for successfully completing the first four weeks of the diet . |
| 25 | After successfully completing the academic stage [ law degree , CPE or Diploma in Law ] and the Legal Practice Course you then have to undertake a two year training contract which will enable you to put into practice the knowledge and skills that you have learnt . |
| 26 | After successfully completing the initial phases we move everyone on to our Sun Screen Cream , Protection Factor 8 . |
| 27 | In the Republican contest , in which neither Buchanan nor Bush appeared on the ballot paper , a slate of uncommitted candidates won 31 per cent of the Republican vote , thereby underlining the widespread dissatisfaction felt towards Bush . |
| 28 | The two figures on the left and right completing the arabesque symbolise the Mother of the Race and the Earth covering the dead . |
| 29 | The data have been verified immunohistochemically using the monoclonal antibody Ki-67 to show a reduction in the labelling index . |
| 30 | She went to the stone sink , scrubbed her hands under the single cold tap and set off on her perambulations again , slowly circling the big pine table , moving in and out of the gibbous pool of light shed by the candles . |