Example sentences of "[v-ing] be a [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Drag and drop launching is a new feature , and part of the Windows 3.1 ethos . |
| 2 | Using or taking as representing is a mental act , and it presupposes that the mind has the power of seeing generality in things , by seeing the class ( or form ) in the particular . |
| 3 | Smiling and laughing is a terrific tonic for everyone . |
| 4 | Over-bleaching is a real hair-destroyer so do not embark on it lightly if you have dark hair . |
| 5 | Sulking is a common occurrence , but it may sometimes be carried to an anti-social extreme . |
| 6 | It looks as if sex evolved because it 's in the interest of genes to constantly be re-combined self interest not always in company with the same others may want to be er mixing themselves up , so they launch themselves in continually different combinations , and this presumably each gene what , what , what is happening is a constant filtering process all the time , by means of which natural selection is working on basically random changes in the final point I want to make and that 's |
| 7 | Not wishing to think about dying is a natural response for those who wish to direct their care and attention to the living . |
| 8 | ‘ Dying 's a hard enough thought for old men , and terrible past bearing , maybe , for a boy . |
| 9 | Equally revealing is a rare autobiography by an impoverished Norfolk farm labourer 's son , who had turned professional poacher and been disowned by his harsh father . |
| 10 | Adjoining is a thrilling Go Kart circuit ( separate admission ) |
| 11 | Notching is a good way of checking that your stringer is doing a good job . |
| 12 | Unfortunately , socialising is a vital ingredient when one is a member of a team . |
| 13 | For them driving is a relaxing hobby and its all about having fun … except that is when the judge is watching … |
| 14 | Driving is a useful skill , starting or running a parent — teacher association is proof of many useful abilities and qualities , fundraising for charity demonstrates energy , initiative and organizational ability . |
| 15 | DRIVING is a perilous business in the south-west of England , according to new evidence unveiled at the World Conference on Transport Research in Hamburg last week . |
| 16 | Data checking is a particular instance , e.g. in a study of obstetric history , the machine can be made to check that , for each woman , |
| 17 | Since all taxes are compulsory , earmarking is a pure fiction . |
| 18 | Rush hour crowding was a serious hazard , and the station was 39 per cent understaffed . |
| 19 | Adjoining was a sizeable grocers — Tom Oke 's , whilst at the Brown Street Corner came Snelgars , the Corn and Seed Merchants . |
| 20 | She stood at the back of the dingy room , the child close by her side , and she listened to the clerk calling out the offences — soliciting was a common phrase , but once he said ‘ Procuring of men ’ — and she noticed that the Justice hardly raised his head : ‘ One pound or one month . |
| 21 | A unique talent , honed and polished in the Lenin Institute , where brainwashing was a fine art . |
| 22 | For the girls reforming was a scary idea : |
| 23 | Usually such data are so extensive that considerable compression or smoothing is a vital preliminary to analysis . |
| 24 | However , this does not tell us whether pausing is a necessary part of language production . |
| 25 | In those uses remembering is a special case of knowing . |
| 26 | We have tried to make it clear in the law that what we are establishing is a parallel procedure and not an exclusive procedure , so that the other law as it existed , whatever it is , still does exist today , but that here is a prescribed procedure which terminally ill patients may choose to use should they wish to do so . |
| 27 | thirtysomething is a minor source of hope from the very heart of the beast . |
| 28 | For those who have n't yet encountered it , thirtysomething is a weekly US TV show which has reached the end of its second series . |
| 29 | ‘ What the campaign is seeking is a Meirionnydd-based authority , and all the evidence indicates that the people of Meirionnydd are backing us strongly . ’ |
| 30 | What I am expressing is a tentative belief that it is raining , not the belief ( or awareness of the fact ) that I believe that it is raining . |