Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the equipment in a playground needs repairing or is n't firmly fixed to the ground , or if there 's a lot of rubbish and broken glass lying around , do n't hesitate to notify the authorities . |
| 2 | For instance , where labour is either particularly demanding or is not in itself particularly fulfilling or interesting one could reasonably say it is in the interests of the workers concerned to work short hours and/or work at a relatively low intensity of labour . |
| 3 | Native speakers of English typically use " have " in the present tense ( as in these two examples ) only when they want to imply that the event described is still happening or is still the case . |
| 4 | If I can explain inflation which included in the budget at this stage is inflation between November ninety two and November ninety three , so inflation from today if you like er or last November , through to the end of the year , that is provided for in the central contingency of the authority and as pay awards are awarded the money we drawn down from that into the planning committee so the amount there would one point five percent of pay and four point two percent from general commission , that 's reflecting inflation that 's already happening and is up last year 's budget to the position today if you like so one point five percent of pay was the A P T C award for July ninety two , sorry ninety three and we 're not anticipating here what the pay award will be for the coming year , that is dealt with centrally . |
| 5 | Whereas I teach my dogs to disregard game birds and deer , the lurcher is very competent at acquiring the skills of poaching and is usually the animal to accompany deer and game-stealing gangs wherever they operate . |
| 6 | It is strong and not damaging and is probably the one absolutely essential piece of equipment you need above all others . |
| 7 | Resistance comes from mobile electrons losing momentum in scattering and is usually inevitable except in superconductivity . |
| 8 | Raspberry vinegar makes a wonderful salad dressing but is also used extensively in nouvelle cuisine for sauces and trickled over soft fruits ( sometimes with a little black pepper ) . |
| 9 | Tendon injuries affect about 30 percent of horses involved in National Hunt Racing and is probably the largest cause of wastage in racehorses . |
| 10 | But Bankside is nevertheless a sound structure which , like the best mills of the Industrial Revolution , is well worth preserving and is perfectly capable of adaptation for a new commercial use . |
| 11 | These include cortisol ( which rises later in the night as the body prepares for waking and is strongly influenced by the body clock ) ; antidiuretic hormone ( which is one of the ways in which fluid formation by the kidney is reduced at night , see Chapter 6 ) ; and the male sex hormone , testosterone , as well as some of the hormones that control the reproductive cycle in women . |
| 12 | This type of planning may be motivating but is not very effective . |
| 13 | I should think so , providing that 's not too loud . |
| 14 | The discharge may interfere with feeding and is highly infectious to anyone who comes into contact with it , apart from its mother . |
| 15 | Provision of such phase-related signals is described as phase splitting and is widely used in electronics for various purposes . |
| 16 | The work can be at various levels from initial reconnaissance to diamond drilling but is not intended to go beyond the discovery stage of a mineral deposit . |
| 17 | The splitting and penetration of the bone of the skull was slightly more advanced than shown earlier , but the difference is not great enough to be worth illustrating and is still equivalent to stage 1 weathering ( Behrensmeyer , 1978 ) . |
| 18 | I am sure she knows what I am doing and is very proud . |
| 19 | Sometimes if the investigator is a native of the area s/he is studying and is also trained in techniques of phonetic and phonological analysis , s/he is likely to be able to articulate and use intuitions about relevant variables . |
| 20 | to tell his constituents that with London 's share of world trade in financial services is increasing and is now at twenty seven percent that the financial services sector round the U K four point three billion , that those employees that he refers to are in fact in an industry which even if it is redistributing employment it 's nevertheless growing . |
| 21 | ‘ And finally , he does n't even notice that he 's stopped talking and is only drawing . |
| 22 | I have discovered two new rooms in the tower ; the lower , immediately above the fan ceiling , has bell ropes dangling and is obviously still in use , whilst the upper is bare , dusty boards apart from a giant treadmill in the centre which might once have been used for hauling up stone but is clearly redundant now . |