Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [be] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , at last , scientists appear to be taking a long , hard look at fluoridation and the uncontrolled , indiscriminate use of fluoride-containing dental products . |
| 2 | Melbourne dental surgeon Geoffrey Smith ends his excellent article ( 5 May , p 286 ) with the statement — ‘ Now , at last , scientists appear to be taking a long , hard look at fluoridation … ’ |
| 3 | You appear to be experiencing a similar situation to the one which occurred last October . |
| 4 | The broadcasting of discussions and debates between politicians of widely different positions takes place regularly and , when interviewed , critics of the Federal Government appear to be given the same kind of deferential treatment as Federal spokesmen . |
| 5 | Not surprisingly , therefore , they appear to be reaching a higher level of competence . |
| 6 | And yet few voters appear to be heeding the dire warnings from the conservationists … the party is trailing in the polls at around two per cent . |
| 7 | This is why we appear to be witnessing a new round of military coup attempts in those happy places where western prescriptions have been carried out with such fidelity : for example , Fujimoro in Peru last week , and the events in Venezuela in February . |
| 8 | Significantly , farmers — generally reliable Tory supporters — are blaming the Government for the sins of Brussels and appear to be turning a blind eye to the Liberal Democrats ' pro-European stance . |
| 9 | That is to say , the initiatives that are under way , far from alleviating concerns repeatedly expressed over the years , appear to be confirming the worst suspicions of teachers and other commentators . |
| 10 | ‘ However , that depends how the Irish Hockey Union view the situation and I expect to be asked a few questions . |
| 11 | The Moslems expect to be told the same any time . |
| 12 | So it 's sort of , you know , we want to be favoured because we want all the reward , we want to be given a sweet , we want |
| 13 | Let's suppose you want to be offered a challenging new job . |
| 14 | Sometimes better ( > ) for passive motion ; they want to be carried the whole time but even then they may not be quietened for long and will demand to be carried by someone else . |
| 15 | This is war and those who are fighting it deserve to be given every possible weapon . |
| 16 | Many women deserve to be raped a Tory M P's wife said yesterday . |
| 17 | First of all the headline says , Women deserve rape says M P's wife , and then the front page exclusive , Many women deserve to be raped a Tory M P's wife said yesterday . |
| 18 | ‘ People who one day hope to be running a serious business enterprise , Charlie Trumper , that 's who . ’ |
| 19 | We wait to be given the bad news . |
| 20 | ‘ You happen to be occupying the only sofa-bed in the room , young lady , and I need it — ’ |
| 21 | Mirrors can be very attractive wall decorations in their own right , although there are others that seem to be lacking a certain something . |
| 22 | That at a given moment I seem to be seeing a brown patch — this I can not conceivably doubt . |
| 23 | Elsewhere , despite disturbance , some young are successfully reared each year , and Ringed Plovers seem to be developing an increasing tolerance of casual disturbance by man of their breeding sites . |
| 24 | The other thing that 's been done , erm , and has been ongoing now for some months without too much success , but things seem to be moving a little bit , at least we 're told they are , is that I I pressed for , not really a presentation but a technical meeting , I wanted to get there there product engineers |
| 25 | One of the most disgraceful international aspects of what is going on in Bosnia is that Western leaders , including our own , seem to be accepting the escalating Serbian brutality , and its consequences of carnage , rape , starvation and terror as if it were inevitable and beyond their combined capacities for effective reaction or remedy . |
| 26 | ‘ You seem to be taking a genuine interest in the place , ’ he commented with a touch of irony . |
| 27 | Therefore individuals , who seem to be taking a consistent explicit attitudinal stance , may implicitly be accepted ideologically determined counter-themes . |
| 28 | ‘ These lights seem to be taking a long time to change ’ |
| 29 | And tonight , three hours south in San Jos de Penuelas , the seasonal labourers who are talking by candlelight around a table seem to be taking the first steps towards the same kind of self-determination . |
| 30 | ‘ Now they seem to be taking the same supine approach to the milk and potato marketing boards , where the Government is in the process of selling out the interests of farmers . |