Example sentences of "[verb] to be [v-ing] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | To be considered ‘ disabled ’ for this purpose you will normally need to be receiving a benefit such as Attendance Allowance , Mobility Allowance , Invalidity Benefit or be registered blind . |
| 2 | ‘ You do n't even need to be having a nervous breakdown to become a burden to a priest husband , you know . |
| 3 | Despite the jitters the cost escalation has caused in the City , the French appear to be taking a more sanguine view . |
| 4 | Now , at last , scientists appear to be taking a long , hard look at fluoridation and the uncontrolled , indiscriminate use of fluoride-containing dental products . |
| 5 | Melbourne dental surgeon Geoffrey Smith ends his excellent article ( 5 May , p 286 ) with the statement — ‘ Now , at last , scientists appear to be taking a long , hard look at fluoridation … ’ |
| 6 | Unfortunately you now appear to be experiencing a rather peculiar phase in which nothing seems to go according to plan and all you can do is bide your time and wait for others to come to their senses . |
| 7 | You appear to be experiencing a similar situation to the one which occurred last October . |
| 8 | Not surprisingly , therefore , they appear to be reaching a higher level of competence . |
| 9 | ‘ But since then our League form has slumped and we appear to be suffering a confidence problem ’ . |
| 10 | This is why we appear to be witnessing a new round of military coup attempts in those happy places where western prescriptions have been carried out with such fidelity : for example , Fujimoro in Peru last week , and the events in Venezuela in February . |
| 11 | We fail so utterly to reward responsible married women that if we give anything at all to single mothers we appear to be placing a premium — ‘ |
| 12 | The argument developed in this chapter is that teachers can ill afford to take this blinkered attitude towards LMS , even if in doing so they appear to be adopting a coping strategy that enables them to focus on those aspects of their work that they see as most important . |
| 13 | Significantly , farmers — generally reliable Tory supporters — are blaming the Government for the sins of Brussels and appear to be turning a blind eye to the Liberal Democrats ' pro-European stance . |
| 14 | Like others , he would be dismayed to find a good service submerged in yet another change , after the election , just as many Trust hospitals appear to be making a go of it . |
| 15 | ‘ Since you appear to be doing a thesis on True Romance , ’ he said , smiling . |
| 16 | Put more bluntly , the Big Six in the US appear to be putting a pistol to the public 's head and saying : if you want continuation of the audit services we provide , then change the legal system so that we can maximise our economic return on our investment on auditing . |
| 17 | This means that the fair futures price is expected to be implying a year-end index value of 1929.2 . |
| 18 | He set up the TV Times coverage , and we all pretended to be having a wonderful time for the benefit of the camera . |
| 19 | Indeed , in some local areas , hospital provision was so low that ‘ it is doubtful whether some … can be considered to be offering a comprehensive service , ’ and for most people , most of the time , it is provision at the local rather than the regional level which really matters . |
| 20 | Much of the energy of the press and television fraternity was devoted to battling for access to news material , sometimes involving conflicts within news ‘ pools ’ and sometimes between news-gatherers and the military , as when the Iraqi government expelled most journalists or the French agency AFP was reported to be bringing a lawsuit against the Pentagon , which AFP accused of having excluded it from the pools . |
| 21 | As the calls for a new privacy law were mounting , journalists and photographers were massing outside a Gloucestershire estate where John Bryan is reported to be renting a cottage . |
| 22 | ( There were thought to be 2,600 West Africans , mostly Nigerians , in territory held by the NPFL ; attacks on Ghanaians and Nigerians were reported at the beginning of September , and Taylor , who was reported to be holding a large number of foreigners hostage , declared war on the ECOMOG force early in September . ) |
| 23 | Selina — said to earn £200,000 a year as a newscaster with Sky TV — is reported to be considering a £250,000 contract from the new London TV station Carlton . |
| 24 | Japan was reported to be considering a liberalization of its market for amorphous metals , used in power generation , which US producers claimed to be closed to foreigners . |
| 25 | The South African government was reported to be implementing a policy of privatization , in combination with deregulation , which it believed was vital to achieve improved economic performance . |
| 26 | President Yeltsin was also facing trouble from Russia 's supreme legislature , which was reported to be tabling a motion that would strip him of his emergency powers . |
| 27 | Clwyd county council and Cardiff city council are reported to be proposing a reduction in their council taxes . |
| 28 | Prince is also reported to be compiling a soundtrack and story for a new movie entitled The Dawn . |
| 29 | In September Iran was again reported to be preparing a three-pronged offensive , the central thrust aimed at Basrah . |
| 30 | Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown is reported to be preparing a major economic policy initiative to be unveiled at the Labour conference . |