Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are many rumours that people in other countries are reproducing test-tube fusion , but in American government labs they are getting nowhere ; however , many people do not believe them and assert that the big laboratories are seeing the phenomenon and keeping quiet because the oil companies with so much to lose have bought their silence . |
| 2 | You do n't want to give people who are using the service as well . |
| 3 | Is , you know , is actually erm getting as much information we can about the people who are using the service and erm and making sure it stays , making a case for it . |
| 4 | By concentrating upon the physical consequences , the surgeons are deluding themselves and their patients into believing that they are helping the problem and that they are providing encouragement for the future . |
| 5 | When you use this you are editing the event as you record it so you need to have a clear plan as to what you want to record and what you do n't . |
| 6 | Generally you can tell pretty quickly if the client has a problem with the way you are handling the case because things start to go wrong . |
| 7 | Luckily for him , Amelia 's bodybuilding freak had been handling the entryphone and was there to pull her off him . |
| 8 | Now though the present owners are re-building the house and plan to pull down all of the existing part . |
| 9 | One of my students had been using the machine and she had n't been knitting tuck , so the tuck brushes had been put out of work . |
| 10 | British Gas North-Western workers are sticking the skull and crossbones symbol on appliances fitted by unqualified workmen in non-English speaking homes after three people in the area died in accidents caused by fumes last winter . |
| 11 | United Carriers Ltd. are sponsoring the event and are the sole distributors of the spring clean kits . |
| 12 | An increasing number of universities are bringing the library and the computing service together , under one operation , or linked through a senior academic administrator post . |
| 13 | We are bringing the body as scheduled on Sunday , ’ he said . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Football fans are demanding the choice whether to sit or stand in safety and comfort . |
| 15 | Other districts in India are adopting the approach and there are surely lessons for a wider audience . |
| 16 | Two weeks later comes the West End début of an actress who has been brightening the fringe and television sets for several years now : 26-year old Serena Gordon . |
| 17 | This enables the Bureau to find out at first hand how authorities are tackling the issue and what they need form the centre . |
| 18 | Springsteen was out but there were tell-tale signs that he 'd been ruling the roost and no evidence that he was pining for my return . |
| 19 | Yes , I 'd argue that it does make a difference , because we are announcing the fact that er we are coming along to possibly alert somebody er that we were coming into a building and then hence we encounter even more problems . |
| 20 | The Metropolitan Police are co-ordinating the survey and six other forces , Avon and Somerset , Devon and Cornwall , Northumbria , North Wales , Sussex and South Yorkshire , are looking at specific police roles . |
| 21 | It is striking , however , that it is the richer developing countries , with a strong biomass base , that are utilising the technology and producing systems that are cheaper than those manufactured in the developed countries . |
| 22 | So we are we are twisting the definition if you like a and , and er redefining the word which is most |
| 23 | I am minding the shop so we must stay downstairs for a while . ’ |
| 24 | QCs Desmond Boal and Robert McCartney are representing the council and objectors respectively at the hearing , which is expected to end tomorrow afternoon . |
| 25 | As Piaget said when he reported the original finding , trying to explain the children 's behaviour away by saying that they ‘ misinterpret the question ’ is circular : of course they are misinterpreting the question and the next question is about cognitive determinants of this misinterpretation — this ‘ non-conservation ’ . |
| 26 | Today we are ending the loneliness and solitude for ever . |
| 27 | So I must say I entirely agree with Heather on this , it seems to me inevitable logic of Freud 's theory and erm my own view is that group psychoanalysis is a contradiction in terms , you can not do psychoanalysis in a group of this and those who say they can I think have n never understood what psychoanalysis is all about and are misleading the public and people pay good money for it . |
| 28 | There 's usually some , some mums who are meeting the school and and walking dogs at the same time . |
| 29 | are writing the remit and then the remits are n't going out to the other competitors . |
| 30 | The research nurses are establishing the principle that the rigid compartments of the medical profession are not as watertight as they appear . |