Example sentences of "be doing the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would save her , and be doing the honourable , Christian thing . |
| 2 | I lay there with absolutely no idea what I would be doing the following day or if I stood any chance of being selected by the Legion . |
| 3 | Because gene frequencies are generally presumed to change in phylogeny , then it is suggested that genes must be doing the real work in ontogeny . |
| 4 | We believe that by circulating it widely to politicians decision-makers in both the public and private sectors , journalists , other voluntary bodies and so on , we will be doing the best we can to raise awareness and interest in sustainability . |
| 5 | We believe that by circulating it widely to politicians , decision- makers in both the public and private sectors , journalists , other voluntary bodies and so on , we will be doing the best we can to raise awareness and interest in sustainability . |
| 6 | Just in so far as we cause the Government to persecute those who believe in peace , so we may be doing the greatest service … to stimulate the national consciousness in [ the ] direction [ of peace ] . ’ |
| 7 | Goodness when you , mum and dad 's done the back garden , when you meant to be doing the front garden with the weeding and that ? , well what 's all , you know , all these wages . |
| 8 | He claimed that if it could be killed , the rebels would be doing the Prime Minister a favour . |
| 9 | It is also worth noting that efficiency should not be considered until the effectiveness is proven , the procedure could be doing the wrong thing in an extremely efficient manner . |
| 10 | It occurred to him as he was crashing about in the cupboard among his own old mackintoshes , tennis racquets , gum boots , and broken picture frames that he might be doing the wrong thing . |
| 11 | Anybody who dreamt of surrendering that basic safeguard at this time would be doing the gravest disservice to current and possibly to future generations in Britain . |
| 12 | 3 If you are coming back from injury or lay-off , go slowly — train progressively and do not expect to be doing the same times as you were before . |
| 13 | Unfortunately everyone else will be doing the same thing and if one end is blatantly favoured then it is likely to be crowded . |
| 14 | And five hundred yards to the east , across the barren expanse of heath and moor , and the tiny stream they called the Goldbach , the men of the allied army would be doing the same . |
| 15 | Like Novell Inc , which appears to be doing the same thing ( UX No 413 ) , WordPerfect reportedly has big-time legal beagles at its beck and call . |
| 16 | Everyone else who was not engaged in either survey data collection or ship handling seemed to be doing the same . |
| 17 | You knew that the others would be doing the same . |
| 18 | Yes in theory we should be doing the same thing |
| 19 | I would be sitting in the car looking out at the fascinating scenery , my mum and my brother would be doing the same , my sister would be looking at a book and my dad would be driving . |
| 20 | Stewart from Tamworth says I 'm on the dole and have to pay maintenance , Prince Charles should be doing the same . |
| 21 | I assumed whole group drama had to be about football hooligans on their way to a match or passengers in an aeroplane about to crash ; that there might be shades of difference , but that basically everybody would be doing the same thing at the same time . |
| 22 | Now I think it 's only fair and right that the conservatives are doing as er , should be doing the same . |
| 23 | Lindsey fought off the realisation that she should be doing the same , a tiny spark of rebellion taking her , instead of to her cabin , to the gallery of luxurious and well-stocked shops and boutiques , carrying everything from souvenirs and jewellery , famous brands of perfume and toiletries to designer shoes and clothes . |
| 24 | We have already been in touch with two GP practices in Middlesbrough to see how much of the medical history we can pick up , and shall be doing the same in Sunderland . |
| 25 | Yes , and I 've broken it up into parts , I 'll be doing the same with Bernard and Tony , incidentally . |
| 26 | If Steve 's going to have electric aerial he 'll be doing the same thing . |
| 27 | They may be doing the same job as older people , but there are questions about whether you might not make more jobs for young people if you paid them seventy-five per cent , two-thirds of , of the going minimum wage . |
| 28 | I think that recently we seem to have had such , so many changes in the health authority , so many different peoples in the post who all seem to be doing the same sort of thing , who 've got the Family Health Services Authority set up , but it would seem to me that some of the things that are on this piece of paper are things that I understood were being done by the Family Health Services Authority . |
| 29 | I 'll even be doing the high kicks Frankie is known throughout the entertainment business as an energetic performer using dance routines and high kicks . |
| 30 | ‘ Hopefully , I 'll be doing the next Lemonheads album , ’ he says , with exactly the right amount of carelessness , ‘ but I really have to go and do my own thing as well . |