Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun sg] [conj] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are prone to picking up camcorder machine and handling noise and are not very good at recording speech if the source is more than a metre or so away from the camera . |
| 2 | Five ( 6% ) prompted patients changed their minds about accepting prompting and were subsequently transferred back to hospital outpatients . |
| 3 | In his despair , Maisie came to him now , that familiar loving face with its bright violet eyes and a profusion of greying hair that was never in place . |
| 4 | Rapid changes in the market place put a great strain on top management to ensure a company is keeping pace and is sufficiently aware of what is happening around the world . |
| 5 | Broad objectives are set out in enabling legislation and are subsequently amplified as a result of statutory instrument ; ministerial directions ; discussions of the House of Commons Select Committees ; Committees of Enquiry ; consumer councils ; and so on . |
| 6 | A novelist I know has devoted the last 20 years to writing stuff that is completely impossible to film , with the result that he has not been published for some time . |
| 7 | There was some people round here that were selling gear that were n't smack'eads and they 'd do you a lay on without any rings or surety or nothing and you 'd say , well , ‘ Lay us on half a gram and I 'll sell it , like ’ , and they 'd say , ‘ Alright ’ , and then you 'd go back a coupla days later and say , ‘ Look . |
| 8 | With increased age there is a significant decrease in the percentage describing health as being physically fit from 13 per cent ( 65 — 74 ) to 3 per cent ( aged 85 + ) . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | This uses a diagonal , rising action that is mid-way between a front kick and a roundhouse kick proper . |
| 11 | Maria suppressed rising panic that was fatally laced with hysteria . |
| 12 | The author stresses that the nature of assessment is a complex activity requiring skill and being more than the gathering of information which is but a first stage in the process . |
| 13 | Anomalous scattering data were included in the phasing calculation and were also used to determine the correct enantiomorph . |
| 14 | As a result , Computerwoche reports , the Dusseldorf-based company intends to spend less time and money on attending big computer shows , and in future will spend its cash on sponsoring staff and holding symposia that are more tuned in to customer needs . |
| 15 | Patients were excluded if they had a systemic illness requiring treatment or were currently being treated with antiulcer agents . |
| 16 | A 48 year old man who developed submassive hepatic necrosis six weeks after beginning piroxicam but was successfully treated with orthotopic liver transplantation is also reported . |
| 17 | In both cases , supply is merely reflecting demand and is thus endogenously determined . |
| 18 | After cooking supper that was more like a banquet than an ordinary meal he played us some medieval things on the organ and then some Elizabethan things on the clavichord . |
| 19 | On any reasonable system of accounting , the second-hand and rare book departments are losing money and are heavily in debt to the other side of the business — ’ |
| 20 | There are changes we should all make ( if we have not made them already ) that have nothing to do with losing weight but are more to do with equipping ourselves for working at peak performance . |
| 21 | Factors at work that cause stress include the physical demands of some jobs , such as poor working conditions , dangerous elements to the work , shift work and travel demands , as well as work overload , both in terms of having too much work to do , resulting in long hours , and of having work that is too difficult for the individual , causing anxiety . |
| 22 | Reefer ( Ian McElhinney ) , a disillusioned ex-IRA man , commands an old trawler running cargo that is just inside the law , and the Model ( Carol Scanlan ) is the homeless and pregnant woman whom he befriends and falls for . |
| 23 | The Manchester United star was diagnosed as having meningitis and is only now starting to battle back to full fitness after having the fright of his young life . |
| 24 | They are twice as likely as any other group to fantasize while they 're actually having sex and are also prone to give their imaginations free rein while in the bath , in the shower or on the phone . |
| 25 | " I do n't pretend that medical science has yet found a method of treating cholera that 's quite satisfactory , I do n't say there is n't room for improvement , ladies and gentlemen … but what I do say is that it 's the duty of a member of the medical profession to use the best available treatment known and accepted by his fellow physicians ! |
| 26 | Do you think that are so far down on the totem pole because the people at the top are men and are taking decision that are n't in women 's best interests ? |
| 27 | Much of this assessment occurs in a kind of calculating room that is perhaps rather rarely available to conscious inspection and where information concerning bodily conditions , unconsciously held programmes highly prejudicial to the outcome , and the current motivational bias are consulted . |
| 28 | The ambitions of the modernizers , themselves , seem to have been exaggerated and to have encouraged commentators to believe more substantial change was taking place than was actually implemented . |
| 29 | ( iii ) An easement , right or privilege affecting land and being merely an equitable interest ( an " equitable easement " ) . |
| 30 | Becoming officially pregnant so late means that many girls do not attend antenatal classes or clinic appointments , they carry on smoking and drinking , and probably eating food that is not particularly healthy . |