Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] the [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The different ‘ voice ’ is troubling for contemporary western feminism , too , since feminism aims to take account of such voices , but is often accused of silencing or ignoring the less powerful of them . |
| 2 | Given this , it follows that different pupils may satisfy a given criterion at different ages : to tie the criteria to particular ages only would risk either limiting the very able , or giving the least able no reward , or both . |
| 3 | He is optimistic enough to see some point in directing , harnessing or tempering the largely commercial forces behind the 100-mile city , but not in ignoring them . |
| 4 | Easy access to the markets of the capital for its corn , dairy produce and fatstock brought the marshland of southern Essex great wealth , of which almost two-fifths belonged to a fairly large class of rich men ; smallholders also prospered , the number of £2 assessments more than offsetting the relatively few £1 ones . |
| 5 | Now two things have happened — one is that better , safer pills have been introduced , but secondly a lot of the scares which there were of five or ten years ago , have been shown to be quite unjustified , so we now know that using the more modern of the oral contraceptives erm there 's really very little risk indeed . |
| 6 | In size , their new challenge — nothing less than rebuilding the once centrally-planned economies — rivals their role in the post-war rebuilding of Western Europe . |
| 7 | It 's easiest to stay on this path rather than taking the more obvious route up the side of the burn . |
| 8 | The last recommendation was seized upon by critics who calculate that storing the most frequently-used books high up in the four towers will create a considerable time delay in transporting them down to the reading areas . |
| 9 | ‘ Proponents of island driving argue that extending the globally best interpretation is more efficient since it approaches the recognition goal in the obvious , direct manner . |
| 10 | In addition to the prohibitive cost , it was feared that transferring the relatively acidic water of the north-west to the chalk rivers of south-east England could cause substantial ecological damage . |
| 11 | The private work she has undertaken in bereavement counselling and nursing the terminally ill has given her intense fulfilment . |
| 12 | However , it was seven months later , after a prolonged rent strike and a number of symbolic occupations , before the municipal government implemented the agreement , lowering the tariffs by 50% and firing the most notorious crooks employed in the market administration . |
| 13 | I will remember forever the satisfying feeling of lying in the smooth grass in the large field , listening to the larks flying higher and higher in the sky and singing the most beautiful song , which made my soul fresh . |
| 14 | If she was not thinking about Benedict , and seeing the most dreadful visions , interspersed with the haunting — and piercingly sweet — memories , she was assailed by the picture which tore at her heart , of that loved face , laid in a coffin , devoid of life . |
| 15 | In 1986 the Italian government initiated an extensive programme for the evaluation and recovery of Italy 's cultural and artistic heritage , involving public and private enterprises and using the most advanced technology available . |
| 16 | The method of saving depends on the nature of your graphs , and using the most appropriate way will reduce the amount of repetitive work . |
| 17 | Staining or bleaching , varnishing or waxing … choosing and using the most suitable finish is the secret of good wood care . |
| 18 | This completed the process begun in the early 1930s of concentrating generation on the most efficient stations , and using the least efficient only during the winter peaks . |
| 19 | Conversely , where an uneven and granulated wash is desirable ( such as in a mixture of ultramarine and burnt umber , which tends to separate and granulate in a very attractive way and is a good alternative to the deadening effects of lamp black ) then water with a high mineral content should be used by stirring a teaspoonful of cement powder or plaster into about half a pint of water , allowing the solids to settle and using the relatively clear overlying liquid . |
| 20 | As a civil lawyer he was much employed in diplomatic business , but in the 1320s he was twice appointed treasurer and spent his time in that office supervising and organizing the more efficient collection of taxes , fines and forfeitures . |
| 21 | This bristling empire built on the bones of peasants and political prisoners and denying the most fundamental rights to the workers themselves seemed more and more a mere mirror image of the capitalist system rejected by western radicals . |
| 22 | Who could tell whether the rout might not merely be accelerated , turning into a complete collapse and unbarring the most direct approach to Paris ? |
| 23 | His tale was verified by another member of the party Hawick 's B international hooker Jim Hay , who recounted that his fellow Teri , Jim Renwick , had been so intent on chasing and tackling the electrifyingly quick Eric Rush that he had failed to notice a helicopter land on the pitch and it was only when they felt the down-draft from the rotor blades that they put on the anchors . |
| 24 | For one thing , as Jardine points out , while on the one hand the shift of wealth to the mercantile classes was leading to the break-up of the dress code , and enabling the socially mobile to appropriate , for purposes of inclusion , what were supposed to be signs of their exclusion , it was also the case that those who had ‘ arrived ’ socially often wanted to enforce the code against those who had not . |
| 25 | The first layer interatomic spacings can be determined by measuring α c along the directions for which specific crystal azimuths are aligned with the projectile direction and matching the experimentally determined ratio r/l ; = tan α c to the ( r , l ) coordinates of the shadow cone . |
| 26 | The Fortress Baths : Excavated in the 1970s , and representing the most complete example of a Roman legionary bath building in Britain , ( with videos , models , reconstructions , lighting effects and information panels . ) |
| 27 | BIG COUNTRY ( wot ? ) and representing the more youthful end of the spectrum INTERSTELLA , MOOD SWINGS , SENSITIZE , SUGARBLAST , hotly-tipped newcomers FLOWER SERMON and a whole host of DJs , liggers and ‘ colourful ’ characters . |
| 28 | We can assist in tracing funds and unravelling the most complex international cases . |
| 29 | The BBC does n't deserve our support if it insists on betraying Selina Scott and promoting the less charming Esther Rantzen |
| 30 | Taking the moral seriously , however , does not mean taking it at face value and ignoring the potentially ironic and certainly easily seen limitations of morals of the kind just noted . |