Example sentences of "[adv] be [v-ing] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certain ones of them , for instance the Brazilians may not be taking an awful lot of notice , or may not apparently be taking an awful lot of notice at the moment , but I think the pressure is on , and that things are changing , and more and more countries are going towards policies that will in fact support , sustained yield production and timber from the forests , and the reservation of the forests for that purpose , erm I mean in many countries have a policy where they just let tribal institutes use the raw material , and the forest is not reserved , and it 's not looked after . |
| 2 | Thereafter the truly experienced Phillips-watcher will know that he is to be found in the corner of the studio conducting a vehement argument with himself on the subject of whatever he just did n't tell you , and will shortly be sending an assistant back to pick up his hat . |
| 3 | I am sure that he will not be preaching an anti-Christian message . |
| 4 | However , it will not be producing an aggressive consumer recruitment campaign . |
| 5 | All the regular attenders were there : the Yorkes , glossy as newly-painted furniture ; the Fords , sending darting glances round the congregation to see if anyone was missing ; the Shergolds , sitting in their usual place near the door in the pew where Melissa had come upon Eleanor the previous day , Rodney with his normal air of self-importance that might or might not be hiding an inner anxiety , his wife pale and twitchy as she pulled off her gloves to turn the pages of her hymnbook . |
| 6 | Certain ones of them , for instance the Brazilians may not be taking an awful lot of notice , or may not apparently be taking an awful lot of notice at the moment , but I think the pressure is on , and that things are changing , and more and more countries are going towards policies that will in fact support , sustained yield production and timber from the forests , and the reservation of the forests for that purpose , erm I mean in many countries have a policy where they just let tribal institutes use the raw material , and the forest is not reserved , and it 's not looked after . |
| 7 | If they stood apart from their era , assuming human nature can ever do this , their fear was that they would have faded away as irrelevant oddities ; if on the other hand they became fully part of their century their fear was that they would not be giving an alternate witness , another voice . |
| 8 | How do I get the honest answer and that is another matter , I , I , I 'll find out what they say , but er I suspect that they will erm not be doing an awful lot , I suspect they 'll pretend , er that they will erm be helpful , and then they wo n't do an awful lot , |
| 9 | In the crime story cases , however , the criminal technically receives her profits only from entering a lawful contract , and not be committing an unlawful act . ’ |
| 10 | If your notice period was 12 months , you might obtain damages to cover that period and yet still be asking an industrial tribunal to reimburse you to the extent of the maximum compensatory award in respect of your anticipated future loss , together with payment to you of the basic award . |
| 11 | The interest rates on a High Interest Cheque Account are related to those on the money markets , which means your money will always be earning an attractive return . |
| 12 | It says it will also be developing an advanced computer database enabling its overseas offices to access up-to-date information outside UK office hours . |
| 13 | It does seem amazing that the West should now be entertaining an Eastern worldview which has created such cruelty and agonising poverty across a massive portion of the globe . |
| 14 | Out in his Blackheath ranch he could even now be interviewing an empty-handed burglar , plus whoever dared turn up from Vinnie 's gang . |