Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [v-ing] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In July after touring the states of the region Vietnam 's Deputy Foreign Minister reportedly said that Hanoi was not interested in joining ASEAN or subscribing to the Zone of Peace proposal ‘ for the moment ’ . |
| 2 | But a visit to Vanessa , ‘ humming & booming & flourishing over the hill ’ in a household of children , could make Virginia feel suddenly diminished , her life thin and pale by comparison , Monk 's House poky and mean . |
| 3 | But anything of a bigger scale that involves attracting the public or rallying the faithful or listening to a guest speaker does need forethought and care if it is not to be a shambles . |
| 4 | With the number of trees lost in the gales of autumn 1987 and again in 1990 , surely we can devise some material other than timber products , to end up burnt or rotting in the earth ? |
| 5 | It was interesting seeing publishing from the top . ’ |
| 6 | Indeed , it is possible that clinicians would treat cases which they find particularly interesting or challenging from a clinical viewpoint , rather than those which offer the most returns ( in terms of health improvement ) in relation to the cost . |
| 7 | Comparison between studies is therefore difficult ; although all make it clear that caring for a dementia sufferer can be extremely stressful . |
| 8 | But Hilary Witt , head of Cambridgeshire 's catering service , admits : ‘ The trouble is , going into a school hall for dinner is less exciting than going into the Wimpy bar . |
| 9 | It was quicker than pushing through the front door and round to the side again . |
| 10 | It 's late now , and it 'll be quicker than waiting for a cab — and it 's insured for all drivers . |
| 11 | It was quicker than going along the ride . |
| 12 | When asked why he took that particular route , he reckoned he thought it would be quicker than going along the busy main streets . ’ |
| 13 | Flipping through the pages of a notebook is quicker than scrolling through a large spreadsheet and makes finding a location or cell far easier . |
| 14 | Infact it is alot easier doing something like this than going into the ring because you see all their fresh faces and all they care about is having their quetions answered . |
| 15 | Well I do n't like office , I love hotels and I think having meetings in a hotel 's more civilized than sitting in an office . |
| 16 | Cut and sew is very much easier than shaping on the machine so do try it if you have not already done so . |
| 17 | ‘ It was tougher than getting past the SAS , ’ he said . |
| 18 | erm sequences such as what happened yesterday , what happened today , what 's going to happen tomorrow — dyslexic people very often have great difficulty with this and transferring from the two dimensional to the three dimensional , like you might say to a dyslexic adult when he or she asks directions , ‘ Oh , well , it 's first right , second left and then there 's a tower on your right and you 've got to turn to the left after the tree ’ and so on , and a dyslexic person ca n't remember any of that at all , or transfer it from the map to the reality . |
| 19 | But all over the pastoral Midlands and the south of England too , the canals flowed clear and sparkling in the sunshine , something new in the landscape with their towpaths , lock-keepers ’ cottages , stables for canal horses , their Navigation or Canal Inns where they met a main road , and their long and narrow gaily painted boats . |
| 20 | Lucien , keeping close behind , noticed that Tavalouze 's robe was a little stained , and his hair was as unshaped and straggling as a beggar 's . |
| 21 | They were the harmless copying the harmful and benefiting from the deception . |
| 22 | There the cries of the watersellers and the buzz of taxis came wafting on the wind , strident and echoing across the dirty water . |
| 23 | Worrying about people 's comments instead of keeping calm and concentrating on the flying and on getting down safely is often the root cause of a bad landing . |
| 24 | 4 You can learn more about the vauDe range by ringing 0434 320744 and asking for a catalogue . |
| 25 | Others might be talking to their girlfriends or just idly smoking and looking at the sky . |
| 26 | Do n't go about much ; no late returning in crowded streets from Earl 's Court or elsewhere ; no dissipating jabber and smoking and drinking with the Andrews [ where Helen was employed ] . |
| 27 | That temper was raised higher still when he was finally allowed through and found Matchsticks already waiting , idly smoking and flicking through a copy of Lui . |
| 28 | When he shows a film or summat his room 's like a little cinema — you know , people sitting round watching the telly in the dark , and smoking and laughing at the funny bits and that . |
| 29 | Child care research should help practitioners distinguish what is grave and enduring from the less serious and transient . |
| 30 | The photograph was brown and curling at the edges . |