Example sentences of "[prep] be [v-ing] [pron] the " in BNC.

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1 that , that there are others equally we say that we women to determine what happens to their own bodies and their destiny is for them , I respect that view too but in those circumstances you do n't resolve problems by the majority whatever it happens to be determining what the minority will do .
2 What social services ought this generation to be constructing which the next or next but one will erect when the need for them is already yielding place to others ?
3 It seemed to be testing him the whole time .
4 Someone who put £50,000 into his licensed dealer 's portfolio , and who let it be churned around ad infinitum , was likely to be testing what the firm would do with it .
5 It is in the management of effective communications that ‘ parents know best ’ and this is the area where we need to be giving them the very best of our attention .
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