Example sentences of "[conj] [be] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For good or ill , they may not agree with the way things have turned out , or are developing at the moment . |
| 2 | Whether you are in the market for a new car , or are searching for a value-for money second-hand model , you may need to borrow money to help finance the deal . |
| 3 | What is likely to happen is that they will shun those centres that have a bad name or are lacking in professional infrastructure ( the two usually go together ) in favour of well-regulated , stable ones . |
| 4 | If you lack this insight or are looking for a new direction , then Baker can help ( see Recommended reading at the end of this chapter ) . |
| 5 | We welcome the fact that most countries in Africa practise , or are moving towards , multi-party democracy . |
| 6 | The right hon. Gentleman is aware that a number of European economies either have been in recession or are moving towards recession at precisely the moment when the United Kingdom economy is poised to come out of recession . |
| 7 | Although there are some countries where little progress has been made , most African nations now have , or are moving towards , multi-party political systems . |
| 8 | Convinced that niche marketing was the right approach to follow , they decided to build on their experience in audit , accounting and tax for companies with turnovers of £1m to £30m ; investigative work for institutions that have invested , or are thinking of investing , in such companies ; and general litigation support . |
| 9 | If you have a computer at home , or are thinking of buying one , and have often dreamed of starting your own business How to Make Money with Computers will provide you with some valuable pointers . |
| 10 | For example , they can help handicapped youngsters in the difficult school-leaving period , encourage them to find work , keep an eye on their activities if they are trying to take on too much or are getting into bad company , help them to cope with family relationships and to become as independent and content as possible . |
| 11 | We pray for those who are ill , or are recovering from illness , especially for Jim Jackson and Doreen Parris . |
| 12 | Over one thousand of the three and half thousand Old Somervillians have given or are giving to the Appeal . |
| 13 | Most EC countries are either in recession or are scraping along the bottom with chronic low growth and rising unemployment . |
| 14 | We 've all seen pictures of Page 3 girls and pornographic images of women showing the female body in a constantly inviting , sexual way just walking into a newsagent 's on a Sunday morning often means you are surrounded by them ) and it is hardly surprising if girls themselves , as well as men , sometimes feel confused ; believing that girls might ‘ want ’ to be raped , or are asking for trouble , if they dress up to go out , or behave independently by going out or walking home alone . |
| 15 | An organised approach has the best chance of success in those areas where local councils are anti or are teetering on the verge of becoming so . |
| 16 | Some of them are severely confused through an illness like Alzheimer 's disease or are suffering from short-term memory loss . |
| 17 | Working with adults who have suffered or are suffering from mental illness using drawing and slide photography . |
| 18 | Alternatively you can join in activities on a daily basis if you live or are holidaying in the area . |
| 19 | Perhaps you experience conflict with other workers , or are working in a variety of situations seeking to bring peace where there is strife . |
| 20 | So we pray for those we know in the church or parish who mourn the death of a loved one ; for those who are ill , or are convalescing after sickness or an operation ; for those who have to live with constant weakness or pain ; for those who are anxious about the health of a loved one , particularly mothers anxious about children . |
| 21 | .. Try it out when you leave here , try it out in the meetings and the presentations that you have to make I encourage you to do that , to try it out in your day to day working and for those people who have either already been on this course or are coming on this course after you that you meet encourage them to do the same , because there 's nothing like encouragement and feedback from each other to be able to use these new ideas . |
| 22 | So are you going to put their views on tape , or are going to er get them to write them down — how are you actually going to record them ? |
| 23 | If you are a hospital patient , or are going into hospital , you should speak to a member of the nursing staff , about the arrangements for you going home . |
| 24 | No matter what time of year it is , you can freeze your socks off in winter or be boiling to death in summer , and the Ipswich to Debenham bus is always late . |
| 25 | As the twentieth-century economy became more specialized , older workers were increasingly occupying positions in industry that involved unskilled , light work , or were clinging to jobs in outmoded , labour-intensive enterprises such as agriculture . |
| 26 | Several rioters were killed during an attack on a mill using them at Salford in 1812 , but few manufacturers had as yet introduced them , or were intending to in the near future , and disturbances were intermingled with food riots and political agitation . |
| 27 | Half were in lone-parent families , a quarter in step-families and a quarter had been adopted or were living with grandparents or foster parents . |
| 28 | ‘ Or were going to be acquired , since the entries are in pencil . ’ |
| 29 | It was well into the charter business 's low season , so the vast majority of Cutwater 's yachts had either gone north for the summer or were sitting on jackstands out of the water . |
| 30 | The meanings created by these floutings , it will be noticed , are often social , signalling the attitude of the sender to the receiver of the message , and the kind of relationship which exists or is developing between them . |