Example sentences of "be [v-ing] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | The results of research with such instruments would enable general practitioners to provide scientific evidence to managers on why they may be using more expensive management options for a particular illness when the managers exert pressure on them to use the cheapest . |
| 2 | Is your cost er , programme effectively complete er , or are we gon na be seeing more substantial redundancies this year ? |
| 3 | As the workforce becomes more skilled , and professional , we appear to be producing more and more individuals seeking autonomy , creativity and growth . |
| 4 | But we should be producing more from the land in terms of countryside and natural resources , looking after the soil , the water . |
| 5 | Council 's papers , though not its proceedings , seem to be proving more open than the Institute ever intended when it introduced its sunshine policy last summer . |
| 6 | Later , while Rachel was checking supplies , Nina happened to mention that the new MO seemed to be proving more popular with the staff than the previous one had been , then added , ‘ Just as long as they do n't think he 's a soft touch and that they can come in here with a finger ache and think he 'll send them home . ’ |
| 7 | Of course not all of the elderly of the future will be relatively affluent , and , to repeat , we need to be alert to inequalities among the elderly — between age cohorts and within them : the cohorts who will be bringing more occupational pensions and owner-occupied houses into old age will also bring in experience of early retirement and early run-down of resources due to unemployment . |
| 8 | As Clarke and Morrison discuss , their data are comparable with other studies in Fiji : such losses were known to be occurring more than 20 years ago but went unheeded in the wake of development . |
| 9 | I think , therefore , that as Anglicans we ought to be affirming more confidently than we usually do the freedom this gives to the mind , the heart and the body to be an integrated whole . |
| 10 | IT 'S NEVER EASY to tell , when something seems to be happening more and more , whether there is a genuine trend or merely an excessive zeal of reporting . |
| 11 | It seems to be happening more and more . |
| 12 | But Comecon markets may be becoming more competitive . |
| 13 | Dave 's mother in turn seemed to be becoming more accepting . |
| 14 | Captains , the public , and the media , in any order , all seem to be becoming more demanding in their requirements throughout all cricket . |
| 15 | Beyond school , the traditional idea that craft and technician courses can turn out ‘ finished ’ workers is being undermined in many occupations by the rapid changes in work skills , and hence the foundation function of the 16–19 stage seems to be becoming more obvious . |
| 16 | We may be becoming more visible . |
| 17 | I pointed out that when we last met she seemed to be becoming more political in her attitude almost before our eyes . |
| 18 | In the late 1960 's and early 1970's , policy makers became increasingly concerned that the South East may be becoming more and more socially ‘ polarized ’ , as the more highly skilled and highly paid moved out of inner London to better jobs and better housing around London . |
| 19 | Attention has been heavily concentrated on national campaigns and the activities of party leaders , despite the fact that there is some evidence to suggest that local campaigns may be becoming more important in influencing election results . |
| 20 | Forest cover has been substantially reduced over the past two decades , although the local people are also reported to be becoming more aware of the need for conservation measures . |
| 21 | I shall be looking more closely at the implications of this point of view later , but here I want to suggest that in emphasising the importance of reflection Dorothy Heathcote has overstated the case . |
| 22 | One finds reassurance in foreign examples if one looks for it : but ought we not to be looking more for stimulus ? |
| 23 | ‘ When considering long-term placement we will be looking more at adoption , ’ explained Jane . |
| 24 | Next time , we shall be looking more closely at double bed tuck patterns and their variations . |
| 25 | If we were still in the veiled forests then I would be remembering more , but we drove hard to get into the open , and banish the memory . |
| 26 | Not only does municipal rubbish seem to be growing more slowly than many people imagine ; the components which appear to be increasing are not the ones that have attracted most attention . |
| 27 | Jacobitism seemed to be growing more widespread in England towards the end of Anne 's reign . |
| 28 | Assuming that I 'd been able to drag the dinghy in a fairly straight line — though I might have gone astray a bit when I was stumbling in the mud — Joanna should be lying more or less straight ahead , and a good deal nearer than when I 'd left , for it was near high water then , and now it was about the last of the ebb . |
| 29 | LIQUIDATORS of the Isle of Man Savings and Investment Bank , which crashed seven and a half years ago with debts of £42.4m , said last night they would be paying more than 10p in the pound to the 4,000 mainly small investors who lost money . |
| 30 | Both the increased cost and the loss in predictive validity will most hurt the poor and disadvantaged , who will be paying more for a test that is less likely to spot unfulfilled native abilities . |