Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | This is not a matter of sticking doggedly to a particular diet , but also of looking at your eating habits . |
| 2 | Ways of retreat from this point are various and there is even a metal ring — I hesitate to say bolt — to facilitate an abseil. the able can reverse the climbs on the pinnacle 's short side and the crazy always have the option of hobbling away with a sprained ankle after ‘ successfully ’ negotiating Cook 's Leap , the jump across the gully to the main edge ! |
| 3 | Dr John Gauden , who had managed to hold the Deanery of Bocking successively as an Anglican and as a Presbyterian , secretly claimed that ‘ This book and figure was wholly and only my making and design ’ , and demanded his reward . |
| 4 | Although this use of the survey seemed to offer to social scientists a more scientific way of approximating closely to a natural scientific model of research , incorporating measurement and quantification , hypothesis-testing , generalisability and theory relevance , it has not been without its problems and controversies . |
| 5 | To quote the Federation 's annual report for 1948–49 , ‘ one purpose of the Federation ’ is ‘ that of bringing together in a friendly atmosphere the members of different Branches and Groups and thereby strengthening the unity and spirit of the WEA in Essex ’ . |
| 6 | For those of you shying away from hopping around in the water and tired of pedalling away on a bike , a new stepping machine from Powersport International could be just the thing you 're after . |
| 7 | The lucky recipient of an Indian cadetship had at least the prospect of returning home as a wealthy senior officer , assuming of course that he survived the very real hazards of life in the East . |
| 8 | First , the analysis focuses mainly on the textual features of Larkin 's " Talking in Bed " thus only partially highlighting their communicative value in the author-reader interaction and , as a result , re-proposing the formalist idea of foregrounding only with a veneer of novelty . |
| 9 | Emily had a way of launching casually into an anecdote about some fix she 'd got herself into in the past and Preston would listen with increasing alarm , wondering just what he 'd got himself into . |
| 10 | Alexander Ballantine , 51 , who was found guilty of driving dangerously by a jury after a trial at Dingwall Sheriff Court last month , was also banned from driving for five years . |
| 11 | Magistrates at Devizes , Wilts , cleared him of acting illegally as a bookmaker at Crown Bookmakers at Ermine Street , Swindon , and acting while not a licence holder . |
| 12 | Gloomy prognostications of Aethelbald 's life being in danger of passing away like a shadow and his soul into eternal perdition — although conventionally expressed — imply an unhappy conclusion to his life as a real possibility . |
| 13 | His practice of writing exclusively in a distinctive green ink was continued by his successors . |
| 14 | Firstly , they bind a piece of writing together as a single entity , giving it a connectedness that makes it read as a whole rather than as a string of separate jottings . |
| 15 | The compelling need to experiment with alternative solutions in order to resolve the dilemma of his personal predicament had as its counterpart a light-hearted , seemingly casual participation in role-playing and disguise , techniques of escaping temporarily from an oppressive situation . |
| 16 | The depth of our batting meant he had to wait longer than some , but he is a fiercely committed Lancastrian and he has been prepared to stay put and fight for a place instead of looking elsewhere for a regular spot . ’ |
| 17 | However the day turns out , she will already have enjoyed the prospect and had the excitement of looking forward to a pleasurable outing . |
| 18 | In the evolution game , whether the computer version or the real thing , the player ( or observer ) obtains the same feeling of wandering metaphorically through a labyrinth of branching passages , but the number of possible pathways is all but infinite , and the monsters that one encounters are undesigned and unpredictable . |
| 19 | Instead of ranging widely over a many possibilities , therefore , we will focus briefly on just four important and current aspects of multimedia which are sure to extend their influence dramatically during the 1990s . |
| 20 | So far we have considered three ways of sampling directly from a given population , but it may be thought that this direct method has dangers attached . |
| 21 | So instead of waiting indefinitely for a buyer , they have decided to try selling their house by auction . |
| 22 | Paddlers are then faced with the choice of going upstream for a mile to Broomhill Bridge or downstream 3 miles to Grantown-on-Spey to lift out . |
| 23 | Say summat instead of lying there like a great mawker . ’ |
| 24 | It gave the clients confidence in my abilities , and also told them any hopes they may have had of getting away with a fifty dollar fee should be left with the receptionist . |
| 25 | The drive to surpass had originated and was maintained from home ; my sense of neglect and isolation was a partial consequence of belonging intermittently to a cohesive community . |
| 26 | Everyone — whether self-employed or working for an employer — has the choice of continuing as they are or of switching instead to a personal pension . |
| 27 | Instead of stealing away like a thief in the night ! |
| 28 | so I 'm thinking of staying there for a while |
| 29 | This leaves their challengers with the uphill task of performing early to a half empty venue , or , in the case of SENSER , consigned to the early morning graveyard shift , by which time most of the audience has ( literally ) crashed out . |
| 30 | BR have made the mistake of charging more in an attempt to make more . |