Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [conj] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is an item about this joint staffing watch at item ten , which suggests that the government are also finding that it 's got limited use , and are suggesting that these returns should be completed on a different basis , and rather than quarterly , annually . |
| 2 | Some MPs are suggesting that local authorities should be given the power to compel farmers to protect hedges . |
| 3 | Commercial banks everywhere are realising that profitable banks may become big , but not the other way round . |
| 4 | While manufacturers were perceived as the traditional users of sales promotion , now retailers and financial institutions are realising that these techniques can help build business . |
| 5 | They are demanding that richer countries cut back their carbon emissions to compensate . |
| 6 | Managing projects across countries , and linking different databases on different equipment , are challenging and interesting prospects for information managers , and will oblige us to acquire scarce and commercially valuable expertise , available later for consultancy . |
| 7 | The components of nutrient systems treated are weathering and atmospheric inputs , the leaching output and nutrient cycling , and this leads to models of the system and to models of stability and change . |
| 8 | That is the orderly and sensible way to proceed , which is why we are pressing and encouraging others to press for the earliest possible membership of the former Soviet republics in the IMF . |
| 9 | Already thousands of GPs have pledged their opposition to the White Paper — GPs all over the country have been meeting and issuing threats of mass resignations in protest at the plans . |
| 10 | Are frowning and haughty tyrants to be preferred to generous Lords ? |
| 11 | Newton Aycliffe police are warning that forged notes are still circulating after a fake £20 note was handed to a Ferryhill newsagent . |
| 12 | Club members are serving or retired police officers , customs officers or prison officers . |
| 13 | They 're warning that overloaded vehicles are dangerous and can cause serious accidents . |
| 14 | alright , well then building on that I do n't quite understand it , if you 're , you 're saying that those provisions that allow agents to pull for whatever funds are necessary are what , void to what extent to the extent that the funds are or are said to be erm needed to satisfy claims on policies which had you known that which you say you ought to have known , you would not have er authorised the agents to write , type rather long that , but I |
| 15 | ‘ We 're hoping that these pings and pops will prove to be sexually attractive to this group of males . |
| 16 | Friendly journalists are kept regularly briefed about what we 're planning and key areas of work . |
| 17 | Are gambling and other forms of risk taking true addictions ? |
| 18 | Both are moving and sincere pieces , finely crafted , and are given well-prepared performances by , respectively , the Robert de Cormier Chorale and the Washington Cathedral Choir . |
| 19 | We are saying that some populations ( i.e. sexual ones ) evolve faster than others , and hence will survive when others go extinct . |
| 20 | The worry in Washington is that the economy and national defence are suffering because young Americans have neither the technical skills of the Japanese nor the linguistic and scientific proficiency of Russian students . |
| 21 | Later on we shall be suggesting that some CONFLICTS in marriage can be seen as an attempt to put right experiences which have gone wrong in the past . |
| 22 | Over the next three years it will be helping and encouraging authorities to gather information about the needs and preferences of local carers , to use this information to work out plans for improving carer support , and to ensure that caring for carers becomes an integral component of mainstream community care services . |
| 23 | You , you 've got to be using that same towels , you know , that sort of thing . |
| 24 | Though then , of course , the activity in question would no longer be walking but growing nerves , and the walking itself might again have to be relearned as described earlier . |
| 25 | Colleagues I 'd just like to put one of er John 's themes and that is that for the next couple of days we 've got a hell of a lot of business to get through and er we 've done quite well so far but er I would certainly be looking where possible colleagues for formally seconding er , as often as possible , if not all the time and I really appreciate your er your assistance in that regard because we have a great deal of business to get through in the next two days . |
| 26 | In particular the study will be investigating whether different types of merger ( e.g. horizontal ) influence the distribution of gains and losses between the shareholders of the companies which instigate the merger or takeover and the shareholders of the companies which are taken over . |
| 27 | The flow from the tap stops — and there may be hissing or bubbling noises as well . |
| 28 | Tommie flew as cannoneer but not one German fighter came out to play and Roundtrip Jack landed with a disappointed crew only to learn from the Group Armament Officer that the new B-17G with a chin turret would soon be arriving and further plans for their 20mm conversion had been scrapped . |
| 29 | It will be recognising that social workers need to spend time on practice placements abroad , and that social workers from other countries need to come here . |
| 30 | Now you may be thinking that these options sound very dramatic and limited in the context of social chit-chat . |