Example sentences of "to be [v-ing] [prep] [art] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A team of burglars is thought to be operating in the Chester Road area of Hartlepool . |
| 2 | Peter Lilley , the trade secretary , is thought to be underperforming in the Commons . |
| 3 | Growth had appeared to be stalling in the US , Germany had reported a sharp decline in activity and output remained weak in Japan . |
| 4 | In a pre-election press conference on Dec. 24 , President Chadli Benjedid was understood to be referring to the FIS when he criticized those " who adopt violence as a method of political conduct " . |
| 5 | This perception of Reagan as an ideologue had its beneficial side for ‘ the strong beliefs that made many voters fearful of Reagan also attracted voters to him , since they suggested leadership and decis-iveness — qualities widely felt to be lacking in the Carter presidency ’ . |
| 6 | The Old School Fool is more likely to be listening to The KLF than The Disc Four . |
| 7 | Garretta , believed to be living in the USA , was additionally fined F500,000 ( about US$100,000 ) . |
| 8 | Mrs Barlow is now thought to be living in the United States . |
| 9 | Scottish Office minister Allan Stewart said most of the women who have still to be contacted are now thought to be living in the United States . |
| 10 | How we managed without all these aids — in fact by merely buying a coffin and getting on with it — I ca n't imagine , but I know that we were lucky to be living in the UK and not the US , where the open coffin , or at least one quarter open at the head end , is de rigueur . |
| 11 | Ian Frank , of the local environment group NEON , said it seemed to be coming from the ICI Wilton site . |
| 12 | And then we used to do erm exercises with er from different areas , they 'd come and attack our area or we 'd come and try and in il infiltrate in their area and er we had , we had a night exercise and we was erm went out Saturday afternoon , we was out all Saturday night and Sunday and on the Sunday mid day we was still er out and we was in the farmyard at the farm at end of Brierley 's Lane by Bell Lane , off Bell Lane , Brierley 's Lane right at other end , we was in their farmyard and their outer buildings and we was str put out on guard duty from the Stafford Road to Broad Lane , and we was protecting that area , they were supposed to be coming from the Cannock area towards us and er we was in the , in the farmyard and course the m muck and stuff and all that out of the farmyard was there and the ducks was wallowing in it . |
| 13 | well we were actually going to be going through the Halifax but have you got any other suggestions ? |
| 14 | ‘ However , I 'm thrilled to be going to the West End at last . |
| 15 | After an initially cautious response , provoked by Gen Noriega 's unsavoury reputation , opinion seems to be hardening against the US invasion . |
| 16 | The same change appears to be happening in the UK , but there are no easily available figures . |
| 17 | He later went on to say that he had seen the same man in the vicinity about 5.30 to 6.00 , and that he seemed to be heading for the Oliver 's shop . |
| 18 | They say a small amount of money is all that seems to be missing from the Springburn flat where Mrs Law 's body was discovered exactly two weeks ago . |
| 19 | SCO does n't admit to be working on a COSE version of Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT ( UX No 429 ) , but says it is technically possible to make NT look like a COSE implementation . |
| 20 | Santa Cruz does n't admit to be working on a COSE version of Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT , but says it is technically possible to make NT look like a COSE implementation . |
| 21 | We 're going to be working on the Hinkley site virtually forever . ’ |
| 22 | Director of Progressive Training , says , ‘ We are delighted to be working with the HCIMA , since both our organisations are committed to improving professional standards within the industry . |
| 23 | As yet , no definitive decision has been made as to the microkernel that will be used for new versions of OS/2 , though developers are known to be working with the Carnegie-Mellon University 's Mach 3 microkernel ; in addition , there is the possibility that IBM might use the NT kernel — ‘ we could use the NT microkernel if we wanted to ’ , it said . |
| 24 | Middlesbrough 's Acklam Park is the subject of a £5m bid from property developers Foinavon , believed to be working with the Argyll Group , owner of supermarket chains Presto and Safeway . |
| 25 | Similarly , another supernova remnant 3' ( 7pc ) southwest of Sgr A seems to be blasting into the Sgr A molecular cloud . |