Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [be] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Manipulation of ‘ needs ’ by both creating them and satisfying them is the process by which social control is effected . |
| 2 | Now because the potential difference across the resistance R of the unknown impedance Z must be in phase with the potential difference across the standard series resistance , the phasor representing it is the projection AC of AB along the direction of OA . |
| 3 | Similarly , because the potential difference across the reactance X of the unknown impedance Z must be in phase quadrature ( 90° out of phase ) with the potential difference across the standard series resistance , the phasor representing it is the projection CB of AB perpendicular to the direction of OA . |
| 4 | As with any type of climbing it 's the footwork that 's all important , and it matters little what you have in your hands if your feet are n't used properly . |
| 5 | Tapping them was the achievement of the canals . |
| 6 | All you have to do is keep remembering you are the Sky . |
| 7 | ‘ Meeting her was the turning point in my life , ’ he admits . |
| 8 | He would sit and hold her , rocking her gently to and fro as if she was a child whilst she , muttering gibberish , rubbed salt into his wound by believing he was the nobleman come back to claim her . |
| 9 | They call the stone Xorandor but , still half believing it is the ghost of Merlin , they amuse themselves teaching it to speak their own peculiar cybernetic slang . |
| 10 | Her motive for writing it was the dearth of relevant information and the recurrent request for sex education . |
| 11 | But what was still troubling her was the fact that she had still not broached the subject of Janice . |
| 12 | It 's not paying it 's the hold up is n't it ? |
| 13 | ‘ Wyvis Hall , Nunes , Suffolk , and the twenty acres of land surrounding it were the property , through his marriage , of my uncle , Hilbert Verne-Smith . |
| 14 | Understanding how and why that struggle occurs and suggesting ways for regulating it is the purpose of the discipline . |
| 15 | Facing them were the battalions of Dara Shukoh , among them Dara 's junior artilleryman Niccolao Manucci : |
| 16 | It is this that bears on my father 's second question-how to contain the uncontainable : producing these extremes and then controlling and containing them are the problems . |
| 17 | Generally speaking they are the ones who do not wear suits — or look rather uncomfortable when they do . |
| 18 | Whether strictly order twenty eight , er order sixty , rule twenty eight for erm applies in this case is not amount entirely clear to me because the obligation to lodge a bill of taxation under rule twenty nine provides that he must begin proceedings for the taxation either within three months after the judgement direction or order of the terminations enter sides are otherwise perfected , and that is presently on it 's face which seemed to be debited May of nineteen ninety three and er accordingly that is right , it 's not in fact been any failure to comply with order tw order sixty two , rule twenty nine , one , and that has n't been disregarded , it 's not entirely clear to me that erm there is any matter come from paragraph sub paragraph A of rule twenty eight , four , it may already require , still nevertheless erm fall within paragraph B of rule fo , erm there has in fact been a delay in lodging the bill of costs for taxation , the delay being really and truly , the delay in having the order of Mr Justice perfected and it seems to me that although in chasing matters generally speaking it is the court will itself draw the order , nevertheless where er it seems to be clearly in this case would contemplate it that counsel would sign a minute erm that counsel do sign a minute and that minute has been signed having forwarded by the defendants solicitors to the defendants solicitors seems to me it must be the case that erm the obligation to , as it were , forward that minute to the court , it is an obligation which would lie upon the plaintiffs solicitors and it maybe said that erm there has been delay and erm on the best it should be lodged with the court sealed , er shortly after it was received and that therefore on that footing there has been delay lodging the bill of costs for concession , er Mr , doctor does n't seemed to be take any point in relation to that er because it 's not in his interest to do so , it seems to be that he does have to say if it has been delayed , with an order of twenty eight rule four that 's a rule , rule , rule twenty eight er four if he is to have interest disbarred and er Mr er he 'll apparently have the matter of read before the taxing master , it seems that the taxing master did not chew any sympathy with that er suggestion , that er there was in fact no breach of the requirement rule twenty , four , Mr he said , very probably , that erm , look on text upon it , he really is concerned to erm have this case dealt with as you put it on the merits , it seems to me it 's in the interest of all parties that erm I should deal with the case on merits have on the assumption erm that er , that that was lodged properly I think , I ca I , a matter of which found within rule twenty eight , four and that the taxing officer give our interest under that rule . |
| 19 | He watched Tessa start reluctantly down the stairs , cradling the open suitcase in her arms , then went back into the flat , wishing it were the middle of the night once more . |
| 20 | Accompanying us was the delegation from the Sudan , led by Sir John Maffey , the Governor-General ; he was six foot three and impressive in appearance , with natural charm and a spontaneous interest in others . |
| 21 | It was with interest that I read Audrey Haagensen 's letter in the September issue of The Artist , saying she was the owner of a 1938 edition of your magazine . |
| 22 | The muddled thinking that makes us claim at least some vague idea of what God is leads us disastrously to thinking that if we say God can not be one kind of thing we must be saying he is the other . |
| 23 | That sound posher than saying it 's the phone-in number . |
| 24 | Yeah the clock , the clock 's there I always get groups that say where 's the clock cos they ca n't sort of see where it is and I 'm sort of saying it 's the angle tell the time . |
| 25 | No , we 're not saying it 's the leeway might be important , cos as I said , these choices , and Sandra will agree , there 's only two columns , that is n't gon na increase ! |
| 26 | Yeah it 's in there somewhere , and they 're complaining , you know the people who play golf , the golf club are complaining , and the , the Council are saying it 's the Southwold Council , so maybe it 's the Parish Council , they 're saying that er yes it 's our responsibility this club and we must look after it and we must find the culprits and so on , it 's in there somewhere cos I read it this morning |
| 27 | Is it the uncertainty I mean are you are you saying it 's the uncertainty of what the future 'll bring , that 's why you feel |
| 28 | ‘ Grand Met keeps saying it is the government 's fault and the government keeps blaming Grand Met . |
| 29 | I remember an old friend saying it was the rape of Russia 's heritage . ’ |
| 30 | The Commander was fond of saying it was the sea on which the Spanish Armada had been defeated , the sea that Adolf Hitler had not dared to cross . |