Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [verb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The council will be looking to save in the region of £700,000 to remain within the new target level . |
| 2 | But why ( if it were not for the fact that one is a Christian ) should one be wanting to stay with the experience of women within the biblical tradition ? |
| 3 | She said , ‘ Will you be wanting to look around the labs afterwards ? ’ |
| 4 | we , we , we , we , we 've , we 've , we 've got one decision I think which we are making , which is that we should n't at the moment , make any recruitment until we 've got confirmation that we can guarantee employment next year , se , secondly I think we 're saying that the first appointment that we do want to make is of a complaint examiner , and that if further investigators leave us , then we would n't be seeking to replace them as investigators , we 'd be seeking to replace with the complaint examiner , that , that , that , |
| 5 | One of the things that we shall be seeking to do in the negotiations on the political union treaty is to try to ensure that the Commission — at present under no effective control — increasingly comes under the control of the most appropriate Parliament , in this case the European Parliament . |
| 6 | Why else would you be seeking to travel to the Greshorns in such times ? ’ |
| 7 | If the authorities intervened in the gilt-edged market to support prices , they would be tending to add to the liquidity of the banking system . |
| 8 | It can also be enlightening to ask about the circumstances of the original referral . |
| 9 | I welcome the initiative that have already been started within the County and I shall be going to look at the site which is being offered to us , er but I do feel that we should be progressing these matters as soon as possible . |
| 10 | Meanwhile the cleaners have a nintety day redundancy period , during which time they 'll be waiting to hear from the firms which they hope will become their new employers . |
| 11 | I will be staying put with the President 's mortal remains , and you can be sure I will not be in the shadow of Mrs Aquino , using the death for personal and political reasons . ’ |
| 12 | What do these results indicate you should be doing to minister to the situation ? |
| 13 | And most frustrating of all would be having to witness at the conclusion of each such anecdote otherwise decent employees shaking their heads in wonder and uttering phrases like : ‘ That Mr Neighbours , he really is the best . ’ |
| 14 | C E C are accepting , coupled with a statement and with a qualification and then I 'll be asking to respond for the C E C. Motion three two three May Day Holidays . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , certain commentators ( particularly Atkinson , 1984 ; Meager , 1985 ) have seized upon these or similar examples and Presented them as showing the direction which personnel policy ( and here their writings are rather unclear ) is , or should be taking to cope with the challenges posed by a rapidly changing , increasingly competitive economic environment . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , what would it be standing shivering around the streets here , telling lies about being in hospital ? |
| 17 | But something would still have been gained , for we would not be claiming to know on the basis of experience the nature of a world which is independent of experience . |
| 18 | He was widely believed to be preparing to run for the post of President of the Republic , a post which would entail his departure from the trade union leadership . |
| 19 | Knaresborough 's Simon Parke will be hoping to profit from the absence of ten times British Open winner Jahangir Khan when the HiTec sponsored event takes place next month . |
| 20 | This is a match in which Best will be hoping to follow in the footsteps of the great Syd Thompson , who last won the title for his club in 1950 . |
| 21 | And there was nothing for my father had a few drinks you know and he 'd come home and he he 'd just come he 'd he 'd b be whistling coming up the street you know . |
| 22 | Her first challenge will be trying to account for the project 's funding , providing health statistics and setting up a new bookkeeping system for the hospital that is simple enough for people to use when she has gone . |
| 23 | By opposing new clause 4 and amendment No. 17 , the Minister seems to be trying to deny to the people who will be transferred to the new privatised subsidiaries the kind of benefits enjoyed by members of big schemes , such as the existing scheme . |
| 24 | Up to 20,000 Irish supporters are believed to be planning to go to the US . |
| 25 | In short , it may be illuminating to start with the damage and work back through the cause of it to the possible duty which may have been broken . |