Example sentences of "[v-ing] [num] [noun] [conj] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many odour problems arise with the intensified use of land , e.g. a farmer may begin by keeping 50 pigs and expand until he has several hundred . |
| 2 | Packaging and handling charges do not come cheap , so what 's the point of paying for ten plastic packets along with the extra labour when you could buy one box containing 100 hooks and save up to 33 per cent ? |
| 3 | Customers are also scared off by prices , he added , because some of them still believe that fault-tolerance means simply installing two machines that cost twice as much . |
| 4 | ’ Having one ticket and tour agent means we can control the distribution of tickets … and ensure we offer a good and fair deal . |
| 5 | As I linger in the grassy cart tracks joining two fields that sleep in afternoon idleness , the smell of Rayless Mayweed crushed underfoot overcomes the other pleasant hay and pasture odours . |
| 6 | For this building , in which everything is done in the grandest and strangest way , Mr Subirachs is making 75 pieces that trace the Passion of Christ . |
| 7 | If you 're only using two colours and have used a Silver blank card , the rows are already marked for you . |
| 8 | About three years ago Radio Shropshire broadcast a series covering four railways that have ceased to operate . |