Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some church leaders ( and lay people ) are already doing it regularly — guiding individuals in their praying , Bible reading , daily living — others , already over-busy , might well groan at the thought of the faithful queueing up for individual direction . |
| 2 | As I banked to port to make a full beam attack on the nearest 88 I sighted the 109s coming down on the other three . |
| 3 | Like the comedy films , these tales of the British winning through by skill and intelligence carry their propaganda messages lightly . |
| 4 | Its precise effect on the allocation of investment resources would depend on the detailed working out of the disciplines , and the Treasury certainly took no chances on a complete return to the free market in investment capital . |
| 5 | In view of the abrupt falling on in the numbers of husbandmen above £20 , plus the fact that this figure coincides roughly with the wealth of the average yeoman , farmers assessed at and above it can pragmatically be counted as yeomen . |
| 6 | The question is in what circumstances the court may , on the application of the S.I.B. , order persons who were knowingly concerned in the unauthorised carrying on of investment business under section 3 of the Act to take steps to restore the parties to the transaction to the position in which they were before the transaction was entered into . |
| 7 | That brings me to the real issue , namely the circumstances in which an order under section 6(2) can be made against third parties who were knowingly concerned in the contravention , that is the unauthorised carrying on of investment business . |
| 8 | However , even those murders in real life that rise above the simple snatching up of the kitchen knife in the middle of a husband and wife row are much , much less cunningly contrived than that . |
| 9 | The Danzig police , who had been early to convert — almost as a bloc — to Nazism , began the ominous rounding up of oppositionist politicians , communists , activists from the Centre Party and those editors and journalists who remained hostile to the NSDAP . |
| 10 | The actual phasing out of CFCs would begin in the year 2006 , and under the terms of the protocol India would have to be compensated by some 35 billion rupees for doing so . |
| 11 | The actual handing over of power in Delhi was accomplished amid scenes of tremendous enthusiasm , of which the British found themselves , to their delight and astonishment , to some extent the objects . |
| 12 | JOANNE HOCKLEY from Felixstowe Ferry booked her place in the match-play stages of the British Women 's Amateur Championship when she handed in a 72 during the second qualifying round at Royal Lytham and St Annes . |
| 13 | The inevitable slowing down in drilling which will stem from the withdrawal of the concession is bound to hit jobs at Scottish supply bases sooner rather than later . |
| 14 | Similarly , the likely phasing out of duty-free sales for people travelling within the European Community could also make many luxury items more expensive just as many of the newly-rich who fuelled the consumer boom are feeling newly poor . |
| 15 | These Proposals represent a significant change in the character of community nursing , not least the effective phasing out of specific specialist community job titles such as district nurse and health visitor . |
| 16 | Wholesale changes took place within the management and trade union organisations , with the good going out with the bad . |
| 17 | ‘ What 's the good driving round in your stupid cars ? |
| 18 | With a firm promise of funding from Giuliano Amato , and the current loosening up of Italy 's political system as the previous paralysis is broken by resignations in the wake of corruption scandals , the outlook for solving Venice 's problems looks brighter . |
| 19 | The Marquess of Salisbury had become Prime Minister in 1895 , and in 1889 his government introduced death duties which were to lead to the gradual breaking up of the wealthy estates , which previously had passed from father to son — or some other relative — without any loss . |
| 20 | This has resulted in the gradual piling up of the Himalayas . |
| 21 | The gradual phasing out of the married woman 's option has been accompanied by the introduction of credits towards the basic state pension for those who are out of the labour market because of home responsibilities . |
| 22 | Therefore , while absence may spell the end of acquaintanceship , it will not in itself destroy friendship ; and while Dr Johnson was right to say that we should keep our friendships in good repair , the perpetual shoring up of friendship might suggest that it were less enduring than we had supposed . |
| 23 | It was neither pleasant nor unpleasant , though the endless peeing , he wrote , the endless getting up in the middle of the night when the ice clung to the windowpanes and the taps were frozen , that was more unpleasant than pleasant , but it was not that , he wrote , these things - will not change , my bladder will not improve and next winter the ice will still cling to the panes and the taps will still freeze , but I will not notice them . |
| 24 | John Kornjaca and Bryn Kerr , restored to the No 8 and scrum-half positions respectively , both had sound games and were well supported in the back row by Edmonds and Bisdee , the latter moving back to his preferred position on the blind side . |
| 25 | The outer side of the algal ridge is often interrupted by a system of spurs and grooves , the latter running back through the ridge as a series of surge channels , which may even become roofed over in places by the development of Porolithon from their sides . |
| 26 | I see now the relentless laying down of guilt , and I feel a faint surprise that I must interpret it that way . |
| 27 | Visitors to Chris Martin 's house in Cheltenham might be forgiven for shivering at all the slithering going on among the selection of snakes which share his semi . |
| 28 | The sporadic shutting off of town centres by selective use of barriers is already under way to stop the bombers . |
| 29 | Similarly behind the ebb and flow of wars , regime changes and sporadic technological advances , Marx and Engels emphasized the ever-present working out of the dialectic in history , following the predetermined sequence of modes of production . |
| 30 | but that all took I think , when you 're older when you go grey it 's , it , you look softer and you get away with the grey coming through on white hair . |