Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [adv] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are struggling tonight to achieve the first tentative step in Britain 's planning , not for two or three years hence , but for the better part of a decade hence , and to achieve at King 's Cross the equivalent of what has been under construction for several years at Lille . |
| 2 | I did ring Agnes away back in January and thanked her for having you ; I was ringing her partly to tell her that , strangely , one of her Hungarian friends from Southampton ( called ) is now the computer expert at Chambers , whose services I 've been using recently to accomplish the final formatting of my questionnaire and piece of sample text . |
| 3 | BUDGENS , Londis and a host of smaller supermarket chains are ganging together to beat the big boys at their own game . |
| 4 | At this point we are seeking only to explain the social frameworks which render certain actions intelligible , and we do not wish to imply causal links between social frames and social action . |
| 5 | And remember that most of the candidates in most of the constituencies believe throughout , in their secret hearts , that they can not win — while most of the remainder are looking only to resume the dismal MP 's job they had before , once this is over and out of the way . |
| 6 | If we apply the yardstick of affection and respect to all our dealings with the elderly and they feel this in everything we say to them , most of the small problems which are bound to arise when we are living together stand a reasonable chance of solution . |
| 7 | Christ , Russ , he was about to kill us and you 're standing there admiring the damn gun . |
| 8 | ‘ The region has got to come out in the open and to do more than what they have been doing before to make a real commitment to get rid of racism , particularly institutional racism which has been built up over many , many years . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ The region has got to come out in the open and to do more than what they have been doing before to make a real commitment to get rid of racism , particularly institutional racism which has been built up over many , many years . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Yer do n't think I 'm goin' ter build a new bridge just for you lot in Claro to go and fetch yer dole money do yer ? ’ he said crossly . |
| 11 | I I 'm not certain that they were particularly group organised , but er , certainly I shall be looking forward to deposit a large number of files there from our group . |
| 12 | Even in these circumstances , furthermore , the protector would ideally be flying overseas to meet the overseas trustees to consider the particular problems and to make the appropriate decisions . |
| 13 | On Saturday 9 November University musicians past and present will be joining together to perform a varied programme of Baroque music in aid of the Foundation ( see advertisement on page 43 for details ) . |
| 14 | He ca n't be standing there watching the bloody thing all the time . |
| 15 | The window I am sitting beside overlooks the back garden , where there is a perpetually erected bonfire , old cuttings , window sashes and a few wardrobe doors . |
| 16 | Sharpe prayed that the French would go on waiting , and that the British troops who were marching desperately to reinforce the outnumbered defenders at Quatre Bras reached the crossroads in time . |
| 17 | In the third and fourth quarters of 1978 the annualised rate of increase of the Retail Prices Index was only 6.8 per cent and real incomes were rising again following the sharp falls of 1976 and 77 ; unemployment , while still very high by post-war standards , was beginning to fall from its peak in 1977 and job vacancies were on the increase ; the balance of payments current account showed a substantial surplus . |
| 18 | De Gaulle knew that collaborators around the Vichy prime minister Pierre Laval were trying desperately to resuscitate the Third Republic as a way of saving their own skins and forestalling a Gaullist takeover . |
| 19 | Patristic Christology is subtle , for the fathers were trying rightly to express a complex issue . |
| 20 | Soon after I left them , they were working overtime to fulfil a big order , when there was a breakdown . |
| 21 | I am trying hard to follow the hon. Gentleman 's logic . |
| 22 | Most of his staff are currently on strike because they have n't been paid for two months , so Soliz is going personally to open the new group and give the first lesson . |
| 23 | At a conference for chief executives to mark the third anniversary of Responsible Care , David Heathcoat-Amory , under secretary of state for energy , said that he was ‘ very impressed with the way that the [ chemical ] industry is moving forward to grasp the environmental challenge ’ . |
| 24 | A new college course is starting today bringing the International Stock Exchange to North Oxfordshire . |
| 25 | it 's absolutely wonderful that he 's coming here to launch the National Bowl in May |
| 26 | Our service staff have also been working hard to ensure the highest standards in difficult times and to help retain our customers . |
| 27 | Preston and London East are already there ( CONGRATULATIONS ! ) and I know you have all been working hard to ensure the National Assessment goes well at the end of November . |
| 28 | A group of colleges have been working together to develop a new HNC in Civil Engineering . |
| 29 | Ease of use , Mr Rosenbaum admits , still requires some work but ‘ we are working hard to establish a common ‘ log off ’ — important where billing is by the minute ! |
| 30 | ‘ I was going home to get a new hearing-aid . |