Example sentences of "be [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if we are delayed a week , that means a lot of gratis P.T. and a battle course , which is not a pleasing prospect … . |
| 2 | In the meantime he had been pursuing a policy of rationalizing the trade by buying patent and grain distillery businesses that were in difficulty , collaborating closely with the large blending houses . |
| 3 | Aleksei Ermolov , the Russian commander in the Caucasus whom Paskevich replaced in 1827 , had been pursuing a conciliatory or " regionalist " policy for more than a decade . |
| 4 | She said she and another officer had been pursuing a red Ford Sierra car on the road between the villages of Hillam and Burton , North Yorkshire , when it suddenly stopped and a gunman got out . |
| 5 | The president himself has quashed rumours that Egypt has been pursuing an Arab peace initiative , and rejected the idea of any ceasefire until the Iraqis have promised to withdraw from Kuwait . |
| 6 | ‘ This Government has been pursuing an energy strategy that was wrong in conception and incompetent in execution . ’ |
| 7 | Would you say that you are building a reputation in eccentric roles ? necessarily eccentric — that just sounds a gimmick . |
| 8 | If you are building a trailer , fit a suspension rated for a trailer heavier than the actual weight . |
| 9 | The Soviets are building a total of six such pipelines , each one between 3000 and 4000 km long . |
| 10 | As you are building a new pond , you have the opportunity to put in the best filtration system , without paying a fortune . |
| 11 | ‘ We are building a team at Hillsborough which will be challenging for all the honours in the game . |
| 12 | The £1.7 million striker declared : ‘ We are building a squad , but to talk about winning titles at this stage is n't on . |
| 13 | Unix System Laboratories Inc 's ex-director of strategic marketing Paul Calkin has surfaced as a principal in Systems & Software Integration & Distribution Inc where he and his staff are building a business consulting personal computer and low-end Unix companies on high-end strategic and sales issues . |
| 14 | ONE of the province 's most popular marching bands , the Millar Memorial Flute , has reported an increase in membership recently with it now in excess of 35 including many young members who are building a firm base for the future . |
| 15 | We are building a $50-million isomerisation unit at our Castellon refinery to produce more unleaded motor spirit . |
| 16 | Said manager John Bell : ‘ The Canadians are building a huge power plant in Ontario and already they have been in touch for guidance on how we operate our laundry system . ’ |
| 17 | With reference to the three-dimensional search space shown in Figure 1.1 , we are building a recursive graph along the time and the knowledge-level axes . |
| 18 | We are building a park on the land . |
| 19 | The contract provides marine crews , towing vessels and full catering services for a Dutch/American joint partnership of offshore construction contractors , Heerema and McDermott , who are building a jacket and topside modules for the new Goodwyn A platform for Woodside Offshore Petroleum Pty Ltd . |
| 20 | MCDEVITT STREET Bovis are building a reputation in the healthcare sector , having recently won a US$30 million contract in their home town of Charlotte , North Carolina . |
| 21 | The Chinese authorities are building a 90 megawatt plant on the Yarlung River , 2,600 foot below the Yamdrok Tso lake , with water falling through four tunnels drilled through the Gambala mountains to power the turbines . |
| 22 | The Italians are building a series of barriers at its three inlets to protect the city during a storm . |
| 23 | The site was uncovered by Thames Water engineers , who are building a water treatment pipeline . |
| 24 | The site was uncovered by Thames Water engineers , who are building a water treatment pipeline . |
| 25 | But that may not happen soon … so the Tajiks … with extraordinary commitment are building a school for their children … with their bare hands . |
| 26 | For the group of ardent rail enthusiasts are building a 46ft x 13ft replica of Biggleswade station , Bedfordshire . |
| 27 | If you are applying for planning permission yourself , include a letter stating the planning merits of your proposal and also any personal circumstances you think are relevant — for example , that you are building an extension for an elderly relative . |
| 28 | Distillers MG and AGA Gas are building an air separation plant near Sheffield . |
| 29 | All of us that is except uncle Eugenio , who had never been to see a film , saying that it was a fraud , all illusion , and that when the lights went up and all the characters disappeared the screen was no more than a rag . |
| 30 | I suppose I had been given a sense of the evil of cinema by my strict Methodist grandparents , who were visibly shocked when once I confessed that I had been to see a film on Sunday . |