Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [verb] [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today , however , we 're going to examine quite a different area — how computers can help librarians to make better use of their stock . |
| 2 | however , we 're going to examine quite a different area how computer can help librarians to make better use of their stock . |
| 3 | I am going to consider now a famous case in which the supposed regularities of human morality are attributed to the workings of adaptive rules , so providing an evolutionary explanation for part of human culture . |
| 4 | I 'm afraid the Soviets are going to take rather a hard line with you now , Mr Holly . |
| 5 | But we are going to stretch out a fraternal hand to the Ukrainian workers and tell them that , together with them , we are going to fight against our bourgeoisie and theirs . |
| 6 | The government and the banks are considering setting up a national data system of business angels , it would probably have to be government funded . |
| 7 | On the basis of the pilot , we are starting to build up a clear picture of how general SVQs are working in practice . |
| 8 | It is sometimes said by government officials — I have heard it said by leading members of the administrations of Tanzania , Nigeria , Sierra Leone and Zambia — that African journalists are not sufficiently experienced to tell when an interested party in a dispute may be attempting to put over a particular point of view or discredit a government policy by using the press or radio . |
| 9 | There 's a certain amount of history because the moon is if if the earth is spinning round the moon is going round the water that the moon is attracting will be rushing to catch up a little bit . |
| 10 | So take away a positive I 'm going to take away a positive ten pounds away from you now . |
| 11 | I 'm going to put up a good fight . |
| 12 | I 'm going to write up a suggested arrangement on the board now . |
| 13 | Now I 'm going to pull down a whole pile of these things and make a nest out of them so we 'll be warm and cosy until we 're rescued from each other . ’ |
| 14 | I 'm beginning to build up a vague picture of this man . |
| 15 | Faldo , perhaps above all , will be hoping to turn over a new leaf . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm hoping to set up a special league . |
| 17 | Our intention was to fly low level VFR into French airspace , climb onto airways VFR , then , as we were expecting to catch up a cold front around Limoges , refile IFR and continue to our destination expecting an IFR approach with a reported cloud base of 600 to 800 ft . |
| 18 | Some sailors were trying to put up a small sail , but the wind blew it out of their hands , away across the sea into the night . |
| 19 | The press were trying to build up a great rivalry between Ben and me , especially as I had never raced him . |
| 20 | Erm Richard you were trying to break up a big lump of snow yesterday were n't you ? |
| 21 | By watching pairs of convict cichlids through polarised glasses , the scientists were hoping to put together a comprehensive picture of the convict 's lifestyle . |
| 22 | Paul said : ‘ We have been training throughout the winter and are hoping to put on a good show for Scotland . |
| 23 | But you can see the same ideological contours behind it , in that here are a body of professionals who are trying to shore up a crumbling system . |
| 24 | UK Transport Minister John MacGregor yesterday published a paper proposal to introduce road pricing to ease congestion in London : under his plan , every car would have to be fitted with an electronic identifier , and its movements within the capital would be monitored by 4,000 roadside beacons : drivers would either establish credit with the system operator or be sent a quarterly bill , the Evening Standard reports ; the paper says that MacGregor has been trying to think up a snappy name for the thing , but reckless of the manner in which the Community Charge degenerated into the much-excoriated Poll Tax , he has settled on Congestion Charge . |
| 25 | But despite his impressive record the young lion is struggling to put together a decent budget for 1991 . |
| 26 | BIIBA , as the trade association attempting to represent most middlemen , is equally unhappy that Fimbra is attempting to bring in a centralised insurance scheme , as most of BIIBA 's members have their own professional indemnity insurance cover . |
| 27 | The foot of the League is beginning to take on a familiar appearance as far as Athletico is concerned : |
| 28 | So by the time you 've played around with type sizes , switched fonts and merged text with graphics the whole document is beginning to take on a whole new look . |
| 29 | and it 's beginning to grow back a little bit . |
| 30 | Peter Sands believes in the National Health Service , but he 's leaving to set up a private practice ; one of 13 dentists in Abingdon . |