Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if there was a booking in a Girl 's home town , John 's regime was so demanding that a husband would no doubt have objected to his wife giving priority to her work . |
| 2 | Galbraith ( 1976 ) put forward the idea that in the technological world the technology is so demanding that a given new technology is handled in the same way anywhere in the world no matter what the local culture . |
| 3 | Adele duly did just that , fondly imagining that a lone fireman would come out to her East Street home in an anonymous van with the suitable cutting equipment . |
| 4 | A warm , friendly voice is especially reassuring if a partially sighted person ca n't see your expression . |
| 5 | But it is sobering to reflect that Bowes could devote so much time and energy to assembling his huge collections , a task that preoccupied him for many years , without apparently caring that a main source of his wealth , coal , was blighting lives and blighting the countryside . |
| 6 | Her prayer beads were constantly moving and a steady stream of soft petitions to Allah were just audible . |
| 7 | So learning that a particular symbol on a computer keyboard , situated in a particular room , delivers a banana from a feeder , is really the same kind of mental activity as recognizing the shape of a banana plant in a forest and remembering where to find it again the next day . |
| 8 | So , after much jockeying and a few power lunches ( although all three contestants for the top spot — McDonald , Stewart , and Somerville — deny this ) Trevor has got the top job and a salary reckoned close to £125,000 a year . |
| 9 | The women were on the whole surprised at the question , apparently assuming that a dispersal of concentration is intrinsic to housework . |
| 10 | Henningsvær is so quiet , and the sun so warming that a beer is absolutely necessary in a rather super establishment . |
| 11 | While Rauschning emphasised reconciliation , understanding and harmony through balanced trade , Forster had been saying that reconciliation with the Poles was impossible and endlessly repeating that a return to the Reich was essential , but was prevented only by the intransigence of the vengeful Poles . |
| 12 | But I have always shied away from using it on tables , perhaps feeling that a table should be capable of taking a certain amount of abuse . |
| 13 | Having noticed this discrepancy , Husameddin suggests that the text of Ibn Hajar ought to read thus suggesting that a ( seven ) has dropped out of the text . |
| 14 | The same people who backed Mr Rafsanjani 's economic reforms were soon complaining when a strand of hair appeared under a woman 's scarf . |
| 15 | We have shown , for example , that treatment of Raji with a protein synthesis inhibitor , cycloheximide , blocks class II mRNA transcription , thus indicating that a positive factor is required for MHC class II gene expression in these cells ( 23 ) . |
| 16 | HARPY 's use of a finite-state grammar permitted backwards pruning since a finite-state grammar has the property that any string of words leading to a given state is equivalent to any other string leading to that state as far as future states are concerned . |
| 17 | Some were very short descriptive items , perhaps just mentioning that a person ( or persons ) had appeared on a remand hearing in court . |
| 18 | At least , it was so by those who were to write up family notes at a later date : the year of birth would be coyly laundered to read ‘ 1847 ’ , thus ensuring that a rather harmless skeleton stayed in its cupboard for a while . |
| 19 | Yeah , give me the update , yes and if you 're just updating that a bit , if you 're gon na update it then , aha |
| 20 | It was still raining and a strong wind was blowing . |
| 21 | She started to think that she had a vocation for taking heroic decisions , but it was really nothing more sustaining than a rabid kind of recklessness that erupted suddenly and then left her feeling bleak and inept . |
| 22 | They had given up all hope of ever moving when a two-bedroom house with a garden was found for them in Forthlin Road , Allerton last week . |
| 23 | They had given up all hope of ever moving when a two-bedroom house with a garden was found for them in Forthlin Road , Allerton last week . |
| 24 | This reflected in part a widespread criticism of psychiatry as paternalistic and socially controlling and a growing interest in the civil tights of under-privileged groups . |
| 25 | She saw his mouth moving ; he was still talking but a train was blowing its whistle and drowned his voice , which was extremely soft . |
| 26 | Newton Aycliffe police are warning that forged notes are still circulating after a fake £20 note was handed to a Ferryhill newsagent . |
| 27 | The group is also demanding that a strip of virgin forest along the Burmese border be included in the designation . |
| 28 | There is also bowling and a ‘ hot rock ’ indoor swimming pool . |
| 29 | In drama magic is both blessing and a curse ; a blessing because it creates a wonderful control device , and because it can be very stimulating to the imagination ; a curse because children can — and often do — use it as a way of saying " This is not a problem " , using magic to get them out of seeking a solution . |
| 30 | You 're probably thinking that a cable is a cable is a cable . |