Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] be [v-ing] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Europe , with 7,512 cases , is considered to be facing an epidemic . |
| 2 | Thus the numerical solutions themselves may be considered to be approaching an equilibrium or periodic solution . |
| 3 | Much of the energy of the press and television fraternity was devoted to battling for access to news material , sometimes involving conflicts within news ‘ pools ’ and sometimes between news-gatherers and the military , as when the Iraqi government expelled most journalists or the French agency AFP was reported to be bringing a lawsuit against the Pentagon , which AFP accused of having excluded it from the pools . |
| 4 | As the calls for a new privacy law were mounting , journalists and photographers were massing outside a Gloucestershire estate where John Bryan is reported to be renting a cottage . |
| 5 | Selina — said to earn £200,000 a year as a newscaster with Sky TV — is reported to be considering a £250,000 contract from the new London TV station Carlton . |
| 6 | Japan was reported to be considering a liberalization of its market for amorphous metals , used in power generation , which US producers claimed to be closed to foreigners . |
| 7 | The South African government was reported to be implementing a policy of privatization , in combination with deregulation , which it believed was vital to achieve improved economic performance . |
| 8 | President Yeltsin was also facing trouble from Russia 's supreme legislature , which was reported to be tabling a motion that would strip him of his emergency powers . |
| 9 | The Fatah leadership was reported to be having an emergency meeting in Tunis as a result of the reports . |
| 10 | Clwyd county council and Cardiff city council are reported to be proposing a reduction in their council taxes . |
| 11 | Prince is also reported to be compiling a soundtrack and story for a new movie entitled The Dawn . |
| 12 | The government is also reported to be planning an increase in petrol tax later this year . |
| 13 | The dealer who supplies an expert system may be deemed to be supplying a service ( that is , providing the advice available from the system ) even though others , such as the experts who provided the knowledge used in the system and the makers of the system , are responsible ( in a non-legal sense ) for how the system operates . |
| 14 | Under the first definition , users were deemed to be visiting a library with the particular intention of searching for a document or for information . |
| 15 | Faced with the choice of reinventing itself or hanging up its boots , 88open , the supporters club for Motorola Inc 88000 RISC vendors , is said to be finalising a plan to offer its conformance testing expertise to the industry at large , via a separate organisation that will develop and implement test suites for suppliers of other RISC architectures and consortia like PowerOpen or Sparc International it sees as potential customers . |
| 16 | Six UK licencees include the Prudential Building Society , the Post Office and Swiss Bank — North West Water is said to be taking a look . |
| 17 | HOG members stress the group is concerned only with generic definitions , and whilst OSF is said to be taking a lead role in new work , HOG members have already agreed to endorse those previously established by the Network Management Forum . |
| 18 | EC Commissioner Sir Leon Brittan is said to be considering an appeal against today 's ruling . |
| 19 | The indigenous people avoid these fish during the tree 's fruiting season and , if other fish predators do the same , the tree could be said to be operating a Securicor system for its offspring . |
| 20 | One person on his own could not constitute a procession , but if a person were to march on his own , having publicised the fact widely in advance , it would seem that he might be said to be organising a procession if , Pied Piper like , he were to draw a crowd of supporters and followers . |
| 21 | Meanwhile , Novell chairman Ray Noorda is said to be circulating a letter among industry executives asking them to be expert witnesses in the FTC case against Microsoft . |
| 22 | Both television companies are said to be losing a lot of money on baseball . |
| 23 | The big question now is how soon the blond from Henley will eclipse the blonde from Finchley , who is said to be planning a speech which would make Joan of Arc sound hesitant . |
| 24 | Heritage Secretary Peter Brooke is also said to be planning a number of smaller cash payouts to keep punters ' attention . |
| 25 | Captain Ian Farquhar ( 47 ) , of the Beaufort Hunt , was said to be planning an appeal after North Avon magistrates at Yate , near Bristol , convicted him at the end of a three-day trial yesterday . |
| 26 | Paradoxically , if such a person were to fail to give notice , he might then be said to be committing an offence even though , because of the hypothesised publicity , it is most unlikely that the police will not already know about his proposed march . |
| 27 | The quiet life obviously palled : he is said to be making a comeback . |
| 28 | Companies which utilize an aggressive sales policy , based on personal selling , are said to be adopting a push strategy . |
| 29 | These also seem to be the stories enticing actors Madonna , for example , is said to be preparing a screen version of the life of another anguished martyr : the tormented Mexican painter Frida Kahlo . |
| 30 | The statue of Henry VIII which has pride of place above the gate will be seen to be holding a chair leg . |