Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The methods available are constantly increasing in number and their utility is greater as the complexity of contemporary processes is revealed . |
| 2 | In many cases the onset of symptoms is found in situations where water quality has deteriorated , where aggressive fish are constantly battling for territory or where opportunist parasites find a weakened fish and multiply rapidly . |
| 3 | If he then varies or strays from the agreement in an unsatisfactory way you are only asking for trouble if you do n't act promptly for full recovery . |
| 4 | The studies used as a basis for judgement are generally lacking in control because of the finality of educational decision making and placement ( in the sense that we can not return the child to an original or alternative placement a year later and be able to start from the same point again ) . |
| 5 | We 're still looking for balance and the injuries we 've had have n't helped . ’ |
| 6 | They 're forever quarrelling about food and which way to go . |
| 7 | Local Derbies on Merseyside or in Manchester are often dull and drab , but in Central South land , they 're usually overflowing with action and excitement . |
| 8 | Engineers of this discipline are in the greatest demand , and receive the highest salaries at an early age , Imagine also that the raw material used by these engineers has been rapidly increasing in abundance and dramatically decreasing in cost over a period of 20 years . |
| 9 | If your bills are always sailing through taxation as drawn , it may be that your draftsman is getting it spot on , but equally it may be because the bills are being constantly understated and therefore are found to be unobjectionable . |
| 10 | You complain how seldom I attend you , and when you are always talking of matrimony or this low-born raw girl it must needs lessen the pleasure of approaching you . |
| 11 | At one crowded meeting a British soldier got up and said , ‘ Why is it that you Burmese are always talking about independence and self-government ? |
| 12 | If you delay it until he/she is two or three years old , it is probably because you are subconsciously thinking of discipline as something unpleasant rather than a positive way of giving direction and equipping the child for |
| 13 | Ken , if we could er look at what 's actually happening out there to pensioners at the moment , I think of which we 're all very concerned , but there has been a small item of good news to balance against the concerns we have for those pensioners that are still suffering from uncertainty and that is some money has started to come in as a result of legal actions and settlements out of court . |
| 14 | A : You are both playing with fire and , although so far your clandestine relationship has been fairly innocent , if it develops any further , your daughter could stumble on the truth at any time . |
| 15 | He also said US airdrops so far had been grossly lacking in penicillin and anaesthetics vital for surgery . |
| 16 | Badgers are also suffering from malnutrition because their staple diet , the thirsty earthworm has been forced too far underground for them to reach . |
| 17 | However , when this becomes a driver we are often looking for attention when we are doing something . |
| 18 | That we are really praying for peace and identifying ourselves with peace struggle in Ireland . |
| 19 | He noted his reading and his earnings : ‘ Thoreau I am now reading with interest and pleasure . |
| 20 | If we were to have dialogue , if dialogue were to be opened between us and I am now talking about dialogue and not of debate , then erm it is only erm , I 'm certain that there would be a great deal to , to say to him from us on our part , and I am also sure that he will have a great deal to say . |
| 21 | In East German they are now drowning in rubbish because they used to have a perfect recycling scheme everything was collected and recycled cos they just did n't have the materials . |
| 22 | The Government are now tampering with legislation that was put in place for the protection of miners . |
| 23 | JOHN Major 's ragged band of scandal-bruised and U-turn battered ministers are now gulping for air as they stand at the edge of the Iraqgate precipice . |
| 24 | And he said not at all , not at all and I said well I do want the people to know that , you know we , although we tribute to of the lost lives in the two World Wars , we are now striving for peace and so I wound a few white poppies . |
| 25 | Earlier this month ministers announced an investigation after press and television interviews with servicemen who are now suffering from leukaemia and other diseases related to radiation . |
| 26 | They are now indulging in distortion and scaremongering , but they are unable to hide the record of the last 13 years that has caused so much misery to so many people . |
| 27 | This was the second full year of operations for the company and chief executive , Robert Bauman , commented , ‘ the key objectives of the merger have been achieved and we are now focusing on growth and we have made dramatic strides in our new product programme ’ . |
| 28 | That is why we are now pressing for trade and co-operation agreements with the republics further to the east . |
| 29 | Biogeography provides the most obvious area in which the significance of human activity should be particularly demanding of study and there have been two particular themes , albeit increasingly related , which have proceeded in this direction . |
| 30 | There are currently nearly 50 commercial radio stations where time can be bought , and radio appears to be steadily gaining in popularity and has certainly become increasingly creative , entertaining and often very relevant to the area it serves . |