Example sentences of "[v-ing] a [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christine Brooke-Rose 's Such ( 1966 ) , for example , like some of Beckett 's narrative , follows movements in a mind of weirdly diminished vitality , transcribing a whirling chaos of images which invade consciousness at the point of death . |
| 2 | Charles found the Stage Doorman , who was already regaling a little circle of cast with what he had seen . |
| 3 | In south Glasgow , two secondaries are beginning a rolling programme which is aimed at thwarting a major shake-up by Strathclyde . |
| 4 | In the meantime they 're tackling a new wave of defections . |
| 5 | ENGLAND soccer star David Platt is tackling a new role as a chef . |
| 6 | Firefighters tackling a serious blaze at a former children 's home in Kennelwood Avenue , Northwood , Kirkby , were pelted with broken bricks and stones . |
| 7 | Tackling a black run in a blizzard was a worry , but when you only have a long weekend you ca n't hang around for the sun to shine . |
| 8 | On the spot news from all over the world and this country — weekly programmes tackling a wide range of issues and stories with originality — and a wide range of programme formats to appeal to a wider audience . |
| 9 | Fire crews spent more than two hours tackling a severe blaze in an empty Middlesbrough house yesterday . |
| 10 | Although he greeted them cheerily enough , they noticed that he was twisting a new piece of white chalk nervously between his fingers . |
| 11 | So Coleridge is denying a strong element of Christian theology . |
| 12 | There is no denying a basic sense in which this may be true , and yet the last chapter will surely be different . |
| 13 | There is no denying a basic sense in which this may be true , and yet the last chapter will surely be different . |
| 14 | Meanwhile , Premier John Major was walking a diplomatic tightrope in Washington yesterday to avoid Britain being drawn into a ground war with Serbia . |
| 15 | PREMIER John Major was walking a diplomatic tightrope in Washington yesterday to avoid Britain being drawn into a ground war with Serbia . |
| 16 | SIR Edward du Cann has been walking a financial tightrope for so long that the only surprise is that it has taken him so long finally to fall off . |
| 17 | The problem is that roads and pavements are often too busy , noisy or polluted to make walking a pleasant alternative to driving . |
| 18 | Aunt Tone said brightly , depositing a steaming dish of potatoes on the table . |
| 19 | NMW is launching a new award for the silliest job title in Britain ‘ to demonstrate the degree to which posing has penetrated many companies , at the cost of performance ’ . |
| 20 | They carved the longest bulletins on television into the news show we HAD to watch , launching a new genre of reporting after the stuffed-shirt formality of the BBC . |
| 21 | The Midland Railway Centre is launching a new venture in Ripley by opening its own shop , and booking office . |
| 22 | The enormous risks and start-up costs of launching a new daily from scratch prevented anyone trying , until new technology and a successful challenge to the strength of the trade unions transformed Fleet Street economics in the mid-1980s — making ‘ Fleet Street ’ itself an archaic term , since the construction of production plant elsewhere , notably Wapping , was part of the process . |
| 23 | CND is launching a new campaign as part of our overall goal of a nuclear-free world . |
| 24 | They say it 's intended to encourage drinking in hot weather , just as the Government is launching a new campaign against summer drink driving . |
| 25 | And Porsche was launching a new generation of rear-engined sports cars — the 911 . |
| 26 | As Account Director for the client 's advertising agency , responsible for developing a proposed Advertising Strategy document , prepare a list of the information you would require for launching a new range of hair products . |
| 27 | The Pompidou Centre 's Musée National de l'art Moderne and its Centre de Création Industrielle are launching a new project under the title Revue virtuelle which will be devoted to the interraction of art and computer technology . |
| 28 | Of course , there is some justification for this : competition is intense and the Nigerian public 's purchasing power low , and so returns may be higher from launching a new product in a different market . |
| 29 | Almondsbury , Bristol-based virtual reality developer Division Ltd is looking to expand into the mainstream by launching a new version of its dVS software for Silicon Graphics Inc workstations : prices start at £5,000 for basic networkable two-dimensional virtual modelling systems that run on Indigo machines ; virtual reality helmets can be added to larger host machines for fully immersive virtual reality applications ; Division is expecting to announce dVS for the RS/6000 soon , paving the way for an open systems Unix System V version . |
| 30 | Yesterday the Home Office and the police force acknowledged that by launching a new code of ethics . |