Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [conj] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The type we are looking for must have two edges , and a central rib . ’ |
| 2 | However , the skin does tend to become more sensitive when you 're expecting and may react adversely to certain products . |
| 3 | Turning to the dramatic developments in East European countries , the Labour leader warned that the taste of freedom their people had been yearning for would turn sour unless they gained material advancement . |
| 4 | The person you are caring for must come into one of the following categories : |
| 5 | If profits have been rising that will increase tax payments as the Revenue can elect to reassess the two years preceding the tax year in which the cessation takes place on an actual basis . |
| 6 | By producing this Bill , and by everything that they have done , are doing and will do , the Government are endeavouring to give British Coal the time and the means to meet what we perceive as longer-term needs . |
| 7 | ‘ They 're confused and disorientated and as time goes on , the risk is going to grow that they will strand themselves on land because they wo n't be feeding and will become progressively weaker . ’ |
| 8 | The aim of the investigation is to interpret the legislation in consultation with the commission and brewers ; to examine the way in which brewers ' responses to the regulation are affecting or could affect clubs ; to assess the implications for the social role of clubs of this commercial regulation ; to examine similar effects of the extending of the free-market philosophy of the EEC ; and to identify shortcomings or inadequacies in the legal provision to cover social divergences between Britain and Europe . |
| 9 | Every church ought to provide ready access to its organ for those who are learning or may wish to learn the instrument . |
| 10 | When I look at the European Community I see foreign policy and internal security pillars and ask myself how well the Government have been able to keep them purely intergovernmental and how many commitments we are making that will damage British interests in the future . |
| 11 | In fact , the sound is heard at any time when two cats are fighting and may have nothing whatever to do with sexual encounters . |
| 12 | If I 'd known you were coming that would have been different ; I mean , bringing company . |
| 13 | In response , it was stated that , while no one can give a 100% guarantee on employment discrimination , the Fair Employment Commission would continue to take up cases where employers were discriminating and would win . |
| 14 | The Court of Appeal concluded that this was a case of deliberate and secret action by the employees and the defendants in circumstances in which they must have known the exact result of what they were doing and must have known it was wrong . |
| 15 | Maxwell-Fyfe replied that virulent anti-Americanism was confined to a small minority , but he made the most of the opportunity to spell out the extent of British alarm over what the Americans were doing or might do in the Far East . |
| 16 | The Minister said that he understood the points that we were making and would undertake a close examination to find out what information could be made available . |
| 17 | little bits , little bits and I 'll buy you your tobacco Neil nothing much but little bits of something now if he were working and could give me the full sixty that is thirty for his room and thirty for his food so that I did n't have to worry about th actually paying for him but he was paying me Paul is going to pay me fifty that 's thirty pounds in , I made a rule to Paul that he is going to eat thirty pounds worth of food and there are only twenty pounds in my profit and then the other rule , a man called Alan this window cleaner he wants the room that I 'm in at the moment |
| 18 | If there is anyone out there who is using or can advise on joining two touring canoes to make a low tech catamaran in the Wharram tradition , enabling sailing to estuaries and creeks , dismantling and then exploring the local rivers ? |
| 19 | Ice A pack of ice applied to the site of the injury is cooling and will cause the blood to constrict . |
| 20 | The truth is that I was sent to Scotland to find out what happened , is happening and might happen . ’ |
| 21 | He also talks to him about the possible relationship between stress , smoking , poor dietary habits , alcohol and the incidence of peptic ulcers so that Peter understands what is happening and can consider what changes he might make in his lifestyle . |
| 22 | Speaking on London Weekend Television , the waggish MP said : ‘ Power is moving and will continue to move to Strasbourg and Brussels . |
| 23 | A report is aimed at a particular reader who is expecting and may have asked for facts , conclusions and recommendations . |
| 24 | However , I do not believe that any hon. Member would expect me to do what no other negotiating Minister has done , is doing or will do . |
| 25 | But we 're grateful to Eileen for what she is doing and will continue to do and we 're grateful to John for what he intends to do erm for three years at any stage wha at any stage in which they choose . |
| 26 | Giving marks for written work can help the student to assess how well he is doing and can serve as reinforcement ( either because good marks tell him he is making satisfactory progress or because poor marks will tell him he must make a grater effort ) . |
| 27 | Is the Minister 's very carefully worded reply an attempt to distract from the fact that the proportion of the elderly in the population is increasing and will continue to do so ? |
| 28 | Whatever the readers ' perception , Le Monde is changing and will go on doing so for some time to come . |
| 29 | Brutus compares Caesar to a snake and says that as it is bright day which brings forth the adder it will be Caesar 's crowning that would bring out his bad personality . |
| 30 | Can I make some comment about the meeting because something arise from that meeting which was in er important information for me , namely that the diocese are anticipating that will remain to look after , I gather . |