Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [adv] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is because both syntactic and semantic constraints affect the speed of word recognition even fairly early on in a clause , and , for this to happen , a listener must be building up an analysis of both aspects while proceeding through the clause . |
| 2 | Scotland seems to be producing quite an interesting crop of new players with Bernard Gallacher 's nephew , Stephen , the new Scottish Amateur Champion at 17 . |
| 3 | At the company 's annual meeting , executives from CGI Informatique SA , developer of the Pacbase software engineering system , said fiscal 1993 has so far not lived up to expectations , and indicated that the company will be considering either an acquisition or joint venture in the facilities management market . |
| 4 | " He seems to be taking quite an interest in you , this Mr. Lorrimer . " |
| 5 | Sir Paul Girolami , chairman of Glaxo Holdings , will be handing over an £800,000 cheque today to Audry Collins , chairman of South Tees Acute Hospitals NHS Trust at a ceremony to mark the opening of a new dermatology centre at South Cleveland Hospital , Middlesbrough . |
| 6 | Movement and Dance organisations will be putting on an interesting weekend of comparative movements on the 19th and 20th October when to celebrate this occasion the City of Westminster is placing the Seymour Halls at their disposal for Medau , Keep Fit , yoga , Swimming etc . |
| 7 | ‘ We 'll be putting together an oversight group with the top EDS and KF people , which will determine on a regular basis the business needs of the company . |
| 8 | She took a sip of her coffee and said , ‘ You seem to be making quite an issue of my not telling you , and I ca n't think why — especially if , as you say , you hardly knew Elise . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Sure God save us , ’ they would say , ‘ is n't it soft in the head the poor man must be to be carrying round an old gun for to fight the Rooskies ? ’ |
| 10 | They were supposed to be carrying out an arms search . |
| 11 | I was not unhappy to be sitting opposite an attractive lady from Coll and there was only one person I knew of who lived on Coll . |
| 12 | But whereas normal grieving focuses on different aspects of the lost person , the depressed person seems to be grieving over an inner loss . |
| 13 | Perhaps my hon. Friend will be reassured when I announce to the House that we will be laying tomorrow an order to ensure that , for all indictable offences , there will be the compulsory taking of evidence by tape recording in police stations . |
| 14 | Obviously , the Government share the hon. Gentleman 's pleasure at the fact that the liquidator may well be working out an arrangement with the main shareholders that would mean BCCI 's creditors possibly getting a considerably greater return on what they are owed than was previously thought possible . |
| 15 | It is miffed that after struggling to get where it has , the industry suddenly seems to be rallying around an unproven — if conceptually similar — port by Apple rather than its own available technology . |