Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [verb] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been intended to provide turning facilities at the Robin Hood , but no suitable place could be found . |
| 2 | But for the moment , it is literally a case of meltdown at the rink , where instructions have been given to begin melting the ice . |
| 3 | Interestingly , chimpanzees have been taught to communicate using some basic signs from American Sign Language — a language of gesture and facial expression , both used naturally by chimps living in the wild . |
| 4 | It is still possible to identify the location of the external belt wheel , as well as the courses of the head and tail races , although the Chelt at this point has been diverted to avoid flooding . |
| 5 | Fingerboards and necks are heated to aid drying before the assembled instrument receives its lacquer coatings . |
| 6 | This is the third in a series of SORPs which are intended to reduce accounting differences between banks . |
| 7 | Local people say they 're already swamped by visitors to Snowshill Manor , a sixteenth Century house , but the National Trust say their plans are designed to ease overcrowding in the village . |
| 8 | HOSPITAL nurses fighting plans to make them wear ordinary clothes instead of uniform are to meet to consider taking action . |
| 9 | Moreover , business failures are expected to continue rising , especially among small firms . |
| 10 | The CBI 's latest quarterly industrial trends survey shows that confidence is virtually non-existent , and that new orders are expected to continue falling . |
| 11 | The numbers are declining , and are expected to continue declining until 1992 , when they will begin to increase again ( DES , 1989c ) . |
| 12 | Mr and Mrs Bloggs are expected to sit thumbing through the books whilst the teacher , seated at the front of the classroom , rapidly lectures another anxious parent . |
| 13 | Once systems management technologies start coming on stream , operating system suppliers are expected to begin integrating system management APIs into existing and future , object-oriented versions of their operating systems . |
| 14 | Once systems management technologies start coming on stream , operating system suppliers are expected to begin integrating system management programming interfaces into existing and future , object-oriented versions of their executives . |
| 15 | More film roles are expected to come rolling in after the Oscars on 29 March , although Thompson claims she is a no-hoper for glamorous parts . |
| 16 | The revised guidelines are expected to avoid giving care workers specific advice on how to physically restrain absconders . |
| 17 | Worldwide gas , and oil , prices are expected to start rising early in the next century . |
| 18 | Britain is to send four ships which took part in the Falklands War , to carry the desert rats to the Gulf : Sir Tristram , Sir Galahad , Sir Bevedere and er Sir Bedevere and Sir Percival are expected to start picking up tanks from West Germany in the next few weeks . |
| 19 | U.S. and allied warplanes are expected to start enforcing the ban , ordered by the UN on Wednesday , within the next two weeks . |
| 20 | The programming interface is available now , and has won the support of suppliers including Intel Corp , L M Ericsson Telefon AB , Siemens AG , Alcatel NV and Lotus Development Corp , which are expected to start bringing out products based on it by the end of the year . |
| 21 | Usually parents are permitted to stop using the alarm if the child has had fourteen to twenty-one dry nights , but need to be warned that the child may relapse for a short time . |
| 22 | Previously those living with their parents would have been expected to continue living there . |
| 23 | Comparative sociology is supposed to be the attempt to generate universal propositions on the basis of systematic comparisons of a variety of different societies , and so it might have been expected to stimulate thinking about the global system . |
| 24 | ‘ But I have been approached to consider seeking a nomination in another ward and I am giving that some consideration . |
| 25 | The Wolf Terrex Autospade has been designed to make digging a little easier |
| 26 | The colour co-ordinated hotplate has been designed to keep cleaning to a minimum . |
| 27 | An inner spiral has also been added to deflect swirling grain from the cyclone 's inlet pipe , minimising wear . |
| 28 | A number of different drugs have been claimed to prevent sickling in vivo , but none have proved to be effective without unacceptably severe side-effects . |
| 29 | Migrating bowhead whales are reported to give drilling ships in the Beaufort Sea a wide berth on their migrations . |
| 30 | Following government policy on market testing , and so as to ensure that the MOD operates within the agreed financial and manpower budgets , some catering facilities on RAF units have been transferred to contract catering operations . |