Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People you 'd been helping might offer you something . |
| 2 | The department to which you are applying can advise you on these extra costs . |
| 3 | The type of audience you are addressing will affect what you will say and how you say it . |
| 4 | And just because the software you 're using can do transaction processing it does n't mean it can do decision support . |
| 5 | So this two-year orgy we 're having must form part of his personal campaign . |
| 6 | People who do n't know what they 're doing can kill birds of prey — their weight is very delicately balanced , as you 've seen from the trouble I had finding the right flying weight for Dawn . |
| 7 | We 're saying let's integrate the mainframe , let's take advantage of the processing that it can do and its er strengths , and ye let's use it as a server which is available on a network in a client server architecture . |
| 8 | But that 's , but that 's what I mean , they 're making , they 're saying let's make , when the white people make films black and white people watch them , they 're not specifically made for white people , not specifically made for black people , it just happens to be white actors . |
| 9 | And one of the reasons why the black women in Liverpool put this exhibition together erm and they tried to pick out different kinds of jobs that women had to show that black women could do those jobs , and they were saying look , there 's lots of stereotypes erm about the kinds of jobs that black and Asian women can do that fit in with their personalities , and you know the world is wide open and you are able to do this and you do n't have to be erm a singer or a model or erm or erm erm a runner , you know , the whole stereotypes in terms of what black people are good at and they 're saying let's break away from this , let's show the kinds of things that we can do and we can do anything that we set our minds to and erm the exhibition is very positive , actually . |
| 10 | EP : What I suggest we do — nothing 's going to be decided today — I can arrange for you to have a look at one of these weekly residential schools — at this stage we 're saying let's look . |
| 11 | So we know that erm we 're standing let's say we 're standing a hundred and twenty metres |
| 12 | The repeal which we are considering will open the way for the exploitation of young kids . |
| 13 | How is it possible not only that children are not listened to when they complain , but that the man against whom they are complaining can leave one employment for another and be given a reference by the very people who have already received complaints about him ? |
| 14 | General relativity predicts that heavy objects that are moving will cause the emission of gravitational waves , ripples in the curvature of space that travel at the speed of light . |
| 15 | When you are feeling particularly tired , you may occasionally become very irritated and verbalise your frustration , but if you care enough to want to keep going , the one you are supporting will know it , and forgive you , as you must forgive yourself . |
| 16 | I hope that the fans who are travelling will make it a great day for the city , have fun and enjoy themselves , and behave . ’ |
| 17 | A confidence limit is the interval within which we can say that the true value of the quantity we are estimating will lie with a specified probability . |
| 18 | A confidence limit is the interval within which we can say that the true value of the quantity we are estimating will lie with a specified probability . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , without interfering , an adult who is obviously interested in what they are doing can encourage them to talk about the choices they are making regarding size , shape and texture . |
| 20 | There is a vague realisation that extinction is forever , and that the species we are losing may have great potential benefits for mankind , but the conservation response , even now , is largely based on preservation of a few charismatic species . |
| 21 | He said : ‘ We very much regret that 30 secretarial and clerical staff who will not be moving will receive redundancy notice . |
| 22 | So we 've left a bit of this out , we 're , we 're a bit sloppy in our notation , we should be saying let's put a sort of a ring round the whole thing , to show that 's the number positive two . |
| 23 | That 's why I 'm saying let's wait while |
| 24 | The longer-term leases which many brewers are insisting should replace existing tenancy agreements represent a different kind of lease with a different rental price on them . |
| 25 | What we are reading may invite reaction : Shirley Hughes expects us to react to Dave 's loss of Dogger and to be concerned about the problem of Alfie when he is locked inside the house . |
| 26 | This implies that , while the services which are undertaking may provide are subject to its home country rules ( often referred to as ‘ home country financial technique ’ ) , the question of how such services should be carried out ( conduct of business rules ) will be subject to the host country rules . |
| 27 | Even the busiest of us can be persuaded to give of our time and our expertise when we know that the task we are undertaking will take a pre-specified and limited time . |
| 28 | A comparison of the phonological system of your own language with that of the language you are learning will reveal the kinds of problems you are likely to encounter . |
| 29 | We may have a theoretical reason for believing that the variable we are studying will require a particular transformation . |
| 30 | But in current conditions the change I am making will help to ease the pressures on liquidity and avoid complicating money market arrangements . |