Example sentences of "be [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Note , too , that if you write ironically you may seem to be satirising the question , or the process of analytical writing about literature more generally . |
| 2 | if you did n't put enough middle in it , it would sort of sink then , then it would be drawing the water in |
| 3 | We 'll be drawing the winner out of the hat on Friday night . |
| 4 | We think you will be finalising the report on Wednesday , but perhaps you could clarify your plans with Jenny on Tuesday ? |
| 5 | If you allow yourself to become fearful of certain chemicals and imagine that they are harming you , you will just be perpetuating the problems rather than solving them . |
| 6 | On the other hand , the person who discovers a lump under their skin but is too frightened to go to the doctor lest he diagnose cancer will be perpetuating the threatening situation — and this would hold even if the lump was in fact benign . |
| 7 | Why should I be organizing the beating up of hotel clerks ? |
| 8 | He would he would be organizing the taking of the salt and the he would stay until the |
| 9 | ‘ Ward councillors have received a number of complaints and we will be contacting the Association , asking them to make the builders behave in a responsible manner . ’ |
| 10 | We will be contacting the arts council with revised estimates showing the results of the grant standing still and with some views as to how the deficit can be reduced , ’ Mr Dunlop said . |
| 11 | What was feasible general practice , and whether that was the best place to be contacting the local people . |
| 12 | It did n't make any noise , but it seemed to be impressing the humans no end . |
| 13 | He said , ‘ Jane , is your goal to help the chimps , or is it to appear to be helping the chimps ? ’ |
| 14 | If your household has two cars and you get rid of one of them you may be helping the environment , but are certainly worse off . |
| 15 | People like those keen gardeners who talk to their flowers and love them , may not be helping the flowers but they are doing themselves much good , for love benefits the lover more than the loved . |
| 16 | ‘ By going now I will be helping the club to solve their financial problems , ’ he said . |
| 17 | The palladium seemed to be helping the hydrogen to fuse but not fast enough , so if he could improve this , he might be able to make helium in amounts that would be industrially useful . |
| 18 | I 'll be helping the Imperium a little , wo n't I ? ’ |
| 19 | Therefore , a very important part of the treatment programme must be helping the client to face up to their fear and stay in the difficult situation learning that they can control their anxiety . |
| 20 | ‘ But we 'd be helping the war effort just as much in a factory would n't we ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ This afternoon — I presume you 'll be helping the men finish this morning 's work ? ’ |
| 22 | As well as helping to save the rainforests , you 'll also be helping the environment close to home . |
| 23 | Soon we 'll be helping the environment in some new ways . |
| 24 | Co-operation with the Communist Party did not , however , seem to be helping the ILP . |
| 25 | They would be repairing the skylight , I guessed correctly , and were probably a firm Nassim had shares in so he could fiddle the invoices for the insurance company . |
| 26 | Critics claim that that consumers will , in effect , be SUBSIDISING the major industrial polluters who continue to evade prosecution . |
| 27 | Next week , in recognition of this magnificent feat , Public NME will be devoting the entire page to care of your dust mask . |
| 28 | In ten years ' time we shall no doubt still be using the techniques discussed in this chapter but we may also have opened up new avenues of research by widening the range of materials examined and by using other scientific techniques which at present are only at the development stage . |
| 29 | The company hopes that between 10 million and 11 million passengers annually will be using the service within two years — 25 per cent more than used British Rail 's services on the two lines . |
| 30 | As regards malicious referrals , what seemed to be the case in a very few instances was that at least some of the allegations had substance to them and were worthy of investigation , but in discussion with the parents it seemed possible that the referrer might be using the allegation to progress some dispute with them . |