Example sentences of "[conj] be [v-ing] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is likely to happen is that they will shun those centres that have a bad name or are lacking in professional infrastructure ( the two usually go together ) in favour of well-regulated , stable ones . |
| 2 | For example , they can help handicapped youngsters in the difficult school-leaving period , encourage them to find work , keep an eye on their activities if they are trying to take on too much or are getting into bad company , help them to cope with family relationships and to become as independent and content as possible . |
| 3 | Some of them are severely confused through an illness like Alzheimer 's disease or are suffering from short-term memory loss . |
| 4 | Working with adults who have suffered or are suffering from mental illness using drawing and slide photography . |
| 5 | .. Try it out when you leave here , try it out in the meetings and the presentations that you have to make I encourage you to do that , to try it out in your day to day working and for those people who have either already been on this course or are coming on this course after you that you meet encourage them to do the same , because there 's nothing like encouragement and feedback from each other to be able to use these new ideas . |
| 6 | This is the group that are dealing with passive behaviour . |
| 7 | It 's their genes that are struggling for reproductive success . |
| 8 | Er the second initiative was to form industry groups , er textiles , retail , er automotive erm chemicals and plastics , none of those industry groups will be surprising to you since those are all the predominant industry groups in the region but again forming groups , three , four , five people again across practice areas to get to know about that particular industry group so that they can focus on er er companies that are operating in that group er put on seminars er and have small workshops , they would attract those sort of people , those sort of businesses in and in that way penetrate the er companies . |
| 9 | Where the tucks occur , the stitches that are knitting on each side are pulled upwards , out of shape . |
| 10 | On the level of er drugs and alcohol though we 're concerned to provide more social work time and support for the voluntary er agencies that are working in this field and also to provide direct services to people who are using drugs . |
| 11 | I congratulate my right hon. Friend on ensuring that Britain is at the forefront of those countries in Europe that are pressing for improved animal welfare . |
| 12 | Thus , at the global scale , the International Council of Scientific Unions ( ICSU ) has endorsed the setting up of the International Geosphere Biosphere Project ( IGBP ) to ‘ describe and understand the interactive physical , chemical and biological processes that regulate the total Earth system , the unique environment it provides for life , the changes that are occurring in that system and the manner by which these changes are influenced by human actions ’ ( Report of ad hoc Planning Group for IGBP 1986 , quoted in IGBP 1988 ) . |
| 13 | Before you continue to discard ‘ the packaging ’ with Christmas morning abandon , eating those refined carbohydrate foods , read in the next chapter about the links that are emerging between dietary fibre — or the lack of it — and so many of our Western degenerative diseases and complaints . |
| 14 | We examined the mitotic rate of Rat-1/c-Myc-ER cells that were proliferating in low serum under the influence of β -oestradiol-activated c-Myc , with and without Bcl-2 expression . |
| 15 | ‘ She 'd make anything go , ’ the girl said , a second after reading a paragraph on the front page of Variety about two big London managements — no mention of him — that were bidding against each other for the show . |
| 16 | The House will recall that in the latter part of last year both my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer and my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State outlined measures to be taken by both the Government and mortgage lenders with the excellent aim of reducing the level of repossessions that were occurring at that time . |
| 17 | The BBC is seen by Mrs Whitehouse as not only reflecting the changes that were occurring in that period , but also as actively encouraging or even precipitating them . |
| 18 | It is not likely that an organisation would embrace two plans that were pulling against each other . |
| 19 | Alongside this there may be another internal voice that is piling on further self-criticism for being so feeble , for having lost touch with friends , for being an outcast , or whatever . |
| 20 | ( 2 ) The united Germany and the Republic of Poland shall confirm the existing border between them in a treaty that is binding under international law . |
| 21 | ROBERT JONES has done more than enough to eclipse the new Moon that is rising in Welsh rugby . |
| 22 | One of the economic changes that is leading to increasing homelessness is the disappearance of low cost rented accommodation . |
| 23 | Before making such statements , the hon. Gentleman should take the time and trouble to read the Further and Higher Education Bill that is going through another place . |
| 24 | Many people feel a sense of overwhelming loss , loss of safety and security , perhaps , at the news that is coming from that part of the world , and yet find themselves unable to absorb the import of what is being said . |
| 25 | In the same way , key performance indicators set up for each function are reviewed quarterly against its business plan with relevant managers ‘ but it 's not a dull , dry event : it 's when everybody pulls together , discussing everything that 's happening in great depth and giving managers the opportunity to explain to directors why they 're falling short , the constraints and obstacles , and so achieving agreement with the figures and the indicators used , ’ he said . |
| 26 | We have a right to be represented in a women 's magazine that 's fighting for equal representation . |
| 27 | He also loved the fear that was emanating from this girl . |
| 28 | it was a it was full pass inside to two fullbacks er , for the Southampton player that was running on this fullback shaded it away you know , guiding him out of it , he 's running to the e sa Smeichel came out to the edge of the area but he was like right on the edge as the player was coming to him , so he just let it roll a little bit further , he stopped it with his foot , the guy came and tackled him off got it instead of just picking it up with his hand , I mean he was actually in the area but like he was right on the edge and he took a step back |
| 29 | Over half the exhibitors were in their thirties and forties , an age that was becoming of increasing significance to the Prince . |
| 30 | Whilst there is much truth in the view that the Tories were gaining popular support at the expense of the Whigs , care must be taken not to exaggerate the shift in public opinion that was occurring during this time . |