Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [v-ing] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here in Cheshire business men are nervously waiting to meet the business angels is whom hands the future of their company might rest . |
| 2 | Hotels are constantly striving to improve the level of guest services . |
| 3 | New methods are constantly evolving to meet the needs of businesses , developers , investors , construction companies , government organizations and other project sponsors . |
| 4 | I am sorry , I am only trying to answer the question . |
| 5 | We are only beginning to realize the significance of stone . |
| 6 | If you are only planning to follow the F-Plan for a week or two to polish off a modest weight problem of just a few pounds . |
| 7 | Pills and potions are only going to remove the symptoms . |
| 8 | Thus it can be argued that although the courts proclaim that in reviewing the decisions of an administrative body they are merely attempting to keep the body within the jurisdiction conferred upon it by Parliament , in fact they do sometimes explicitly justify their decisions by reference to the expertise or lack of expertise of the body whose decision it is sought to review . |
| 9 | Now the speculators have hit hard times and are desperately trying to off-load the cars which have become millstones around their necks . |
| 10 | Prolific striker Ian Rush is out of Saturday 's League encounter against Crystal Palace with hamstring trouble and the club are desperately trying to hurry the Welshman back in time for Tuesday night 's Coca-Cola Cup fixture between the two clubs . |
| 11 | Yields in the Swiss capital market for Japanese firms ' bonds are already beginning to reflect the range of issuers ' credit ratings . |
| 12 | They are already beginning to affect the pattern of organisation in the classroom . |
| 13 | However , now that it has been decided that a Sunday game of 50 overs per side is a better idea ‘ for cricket ’ , many are already beginning to rue the demise of the 40-overs game . |
| 14 | Pampers are already helping to protect the environment . |
| 15 | Staff are already having to put the inmates 3 to a cell . |
| 16 | But what you do n't want is a series of conversations with two or three different people all of whom really want you to go away and are just trying to pass the buck to someone else . |
| 17 | ‘ At the moment , no-one really knows what is going to happen so we are just waiting to see the outcome of today 's ( Thursday ) meeting in Paris and then be guided by FISA . ’ |
| 18 | they 're effectively having to re-write the word |
| 19 | One article alone — by Emily Gwathmey on the architecture of American cinemas — was worth the price of admission to the May/June issue ( although , of course , there is no price of admission unless you 're only flying to read the magazine ) . |
| 20 | You ca n't possibly have it on a verb , and that 's another little rule you might like to think of , that you 're only going to get the apostrophe on a noun , and you will never get an apostrophe on a pronoun . |
| 21 | ‘ Yes , they 're different , but you 're only going to have the variation on three of the strings ; the three plain strings are going to feel pretty similar . |
| 22 | I , I do n't think we 're taking away the Planning and Environment Committee 's delegated powers , we 're merely trying to ensure the policy and resources committee is consulted on proposals for conversion of residential accommodation , for the , oh I will say the moral reasons that Mr outlined , I would n't really disagree with what he said . |
| 23 | ‘ I know you 're all going to take the piss out of me if I tell you what I honestly thought . ’ |
| 24 | My granddaughter is safe at our table with Jane , and in a moment we 're all going to watch the firework display . ’ |
| 25 | That 's now been placed in proper context by the arrival of Samantha as Head of Communications , as Judy said earlier on , we 're already beginning to enjoy the fruits of her skills , in the presentation surely you 're seeing today . |
| 26 | We 're just , we 're just trying to shut the budgies up |
| 27 | As one contracts manager put it , ‘ Do n't talk to me about that health needs nonsense , we 're just trying to keep the lid on . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ We 're just trying to convince the Department of Transport of our case , then they can come back with proposed routes . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ We 're just trying to contain the market at the moment — at least until we 've got the capacity to deal with the demand . ’ |
| 30 | Glen Hoddle says they 're just going to play the way they always do and and the team that settles into its style … whatever it is … will win … |