Example sentences of "be [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pressure on feed prices came after a big Chinese order , for 1.7m tonnes of EC wheat , turned out to be largely coming from French intervention stores . |
| 2 | Will he do everything to ensure that the recent announcement by the European Community , which reflects the attitude of the French and those who agree with them in respect of the general agreement on tariffs and trade proposals , will not be immensely damaging to British farming and world trade as a whole ? |
| 3 | I believe that , if we are not participants in it , it will be severely damaging to inward investment . |
| 4 | The editorial , ‘ The principles of restructuring : the revolutionary nature of thinking and acting ’ , 'insisted that there was ‘ no alternative to perestroika ’ and that even its postponement would be gravely damaging to Soviet society and to socialism internationally . |
| 5 | In particular they had considerably more marital difficulties , and were much more likely to be currently suffering from psychiatric disorder . |