Example sentences of "and [adv] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women are peculiarly fitted for the onerous task of patiently and skilfully caring for the patient in faithful obedience to the physician 's orders . |
| 2 | I crept downstairs and was outside and successfully making for the front gate when Ted sprinted around the side of the house and grabbed me . |
| 3 | for example , in her solo in Ashton 's Cinderella the Winter Fairy moves across the stage in a series of pas de bourrée en tournantà terre , the feet weaving their in-and-out pattern as the arms flick to and fro sparkling with frost . |
| 4 | As I have argued elsewhere ( 1989 , pp. 169–71 ) , the temple functioned rather like a great medieval abbey , drawing and re-allocating large revenues from the surrounding area and thereby developing into a major centre of wealth and power . |
| 5 | Le Monde of Oct. 5 , 1989 , reported that Parliament had approved a law allowing the establishment of local private television stations and thereby bringing to an end the state broadcasting monopoly . |
| 6 | Drawing largely on the Marshall Berman/Perry Anderson debate , and thereby making of Modernism the characteristic expression of the experience of modernity , itself conceived as a response to capitalist modernisation , Callinicos seems to want to claim in essence that both the former are partial in respect of the fact of this last . |
| 7 | In short , one way of understanding Burgess is that he is describing the moral careers of immigrants ; some successfully adapting and eventually living in what they and respectable Chicago society saw as the ‘ front regions ’ of the desirable suburbs . |
| 8 | Not even a subdued Botham — applauded all the way to the crease but playing his first innings for five months — could rally the troops , fading after a bright start which yielded two boundaries , and eventually mis-timing to mid-off . |
| 9 | At work a person may avoid big meetings , then smaller meetings , then talking with the boss , and eventually talking to anyone . |
| 10 | That magnificent engineering achievement the Humber Bridge is further opening up the area , improving communications and eventually leading to an East Coast motorway , linking up with newly completed roads on the north bank . |
| 11 | He was a hulk of a man in his middle fifties , inches taller than Maxim and instinctively stooping under the low beams of the tap-room . |
| 12 | And although there are large numbers of people happily and effectively working with the same standalone , two-dimensional , text-based products that came free with their PCs several years ago , in the world of corporate computing a little more is needed . |
| 13 | I 'm not sure whether that 's true , I mean I think the argument er in this particular case is about the amount of money which a particular area of the Department of Social Security can operate , and presumably looking at this , Nichola Scott will have to er match up if you like the total quantity and make sure it 's effectively allocated . |
| 14 | Turbulence has been observed to appear first of all in small spots restricted laterally as well as axially and presumably forming in the boundary layer . |
| 15 | The presence or absence of increases in anal pressures and external sphincter electromyographic activity during a maximum squeeze , straining ‘ as if to defecate ’ , and forcibly expiring against a fixed resistance ( blowing up a party balloon ) were noted , and where relevant the responses quantified . |
| 16 | Thomas looked at them all , and then at Simon , who was now a small figure and in another sense no longer monstrous , because he was walking exactly as he had done when he was a very young child and most moving to Thomas , with his hands in his pockets and his back arched . |
| 17 | And now the Enstrom was rattling above the towers and spires of Cambridge , and they could see the shining curve of the river , the bright autumnal avenues leading down through green lawns to miniature hump-backed bridges , King 's College Chapel upturned and slowly rotating beside its great striped square of green . |
| 18 | Either way , these next two or three days are bound to be both difficult and rather demanding for you . |
| 19 | The second smallest duck of the region , slenderer than Teal and rarely occurring in such large flocks . |
| 20 | When someone is regularly and edifyingly prophesying with fruitful results , then it may be he will become known to have the ministry of a prophet . |
| 21 | M. and Mme. Wastiaux , whom many of you will remember from the Easter Course at Avery Hill , do much of the organising and besides looking after me very well attend all the movement classes . |
| 22 | It is perhaps more exciting , however , to leave one 's discoveries to chance ; thee can be great satisfaction in wandering round an old country church and suddenly stumbling across an 18th or 19th-century Persian rug that no one has recognized before . |
| 23 | In the same period , kin links were an important mechanism for recruiting labour , and so living in the parental household would have given young people increased chances of finding work , as well as providing them with accommodation which they might not have been able to afford on their own . |
| 24 | Even the major labels constantly release naff rock records by groups like Roadhouse and Kingofthehill , and so kicking around the provinces must be hundreds of audio-nightmares waiting to come out of daddy 's garage . |
| 25 | that it is crucial to draw attention to fundamental assumptions in our society , and to keep open for pupils the options of accepting , modifying or rejecting these views ( Chapters 2 – 3 ) ; 2. that the purpose of RE is pupils ' self-education , engaging in depth upon the meaning and truth-claims of religions in a way which is relevant to their total experience of life ( Chapter 4 ) ; 3. that space needs to be given in which pupil involvement has a chance to develop , together with creativity , a sense of wonder and the cultivation of inner quietness ( Chapters 5 and 6 ) ; 4. that teachers need to model a positive , fair and balanced approach to the diversity of religious traditions and outlooks , and the controversy which these can generate ( Chapter 8 ) ; 5. that in a spirit of critical affirmation it is important to develop skills of evaluation and criteria for discernment ( Chapters 7 and 9 ) ; 6. that the crucial need is to put persons first , to establish genuine relationships which are affirming of pupils , believing that they have something to give , and so listening to them and responding to them — and in the light of this to encourage their capacity for self-assessment ( Chapter 10 ) ; 7. that the distinction between education and dogmatic teaching is all-important and that , provided this is borne in mind , opportunities for stillness and possible worship can be an invaluable aid to education ( Chapters 6 and 11 ) ; 8. that RE can relate in a dynamic and creative way to all other areas of the curriculum ( Chapters 12 and 13 ) . |
| 26 | For the most part , what is good for the business will also be good for the shareholders and so speaking of a duty to benefit the business will often be accurate enough . |
| 27 | At Oyash , 50 miles north-east of Novosibirsk , a small wooden station with a distinctly Orientalist feel to its carved wooden decoration was dominated by a water tower , similarly decorated , which provided the upward thrust so common in Western stations in the nineteenth century and so lacking on the Trans-Siberian . |
| 28 | Du Caurroy 's Fantasies a III , IV , V et VI parties ( 1610 ) are so old-fashioned — instrumental motets , sometimes with long-note cantus firmus , on plainsong or Huguenot melodies — and so lacking in rhythmic vitality that one suspects they were composed long before their posthumous publication . |
| 29 | It has the advantage that current drawn by the arms of the bridge is supplied by the source and so loading of the ratio windings and possible consequential disturbance of the potential difference ratio from is avoided . |
| 30 | Haines 's last publication was Aphorisms upon the New Way of Improving Cyder or making Cyder-Royal ( 1684 ) , publicizing his third patent for a method of doubling the strength of cider and so competing with imported wines and spirits , and including general advice on the management of orchards . |