Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] [be] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Funny how turning points can visit in plain clothing and only on looking back is the impression found , an impression made by the weight of a moment so apparently modest it 's hard to recall . |
| 2 | I know but what all going on is the history , that fact is since the mid-fifties we , we have had dealings cos they 've been one of the stronger of the world |
| 3 | " We are convinced that what is going on is the beginning of Renamo in South Africa , " said Mandela on Sept. 14 , in a reference to the actions of white-backed rebels in Mozambique . |
| 4 | There is one community that is chortling to itself over IBM Corp 's worldwide shredding of its mainframe price list , and that is the big leasing companies : while any prudent data processing manager has to call in Amdahl Corp , Hitachi Data Systems Ltd and Comparex Informationssysteme GmbH to be sure that the bid is n't a rip-off , there is still the nagging doubt that other people may be getting much better deals from IBM , and the only community that sees a wide variety of deals going down is the leasing fraternity , and the big ones say their people have n't been so busy in ages ; the effect of all this is to stretch out the buying process by weeks , to the likely detriment of the IBM first quarter figures . |
| 5 | It is on the way to being as reasonable as refusing to say about the see-saw that one end 's going down is the effect of the other end 's going up . |
| 6 | As the picture shows , Mrs Perdigao ( right , with the wife of President Mario Soares , left , at the prize-winning ceremony ) took the view that turning up is the key to victory . |
| 7 | She said that unemployment , mortgage problems and even families splitting up are the cause of an influx of more than 45 animals in the last eight weeks . |
| 8 | The only disadvantage in moving across is the fact that you need to process the resulting film or bromide photographically — an extra stage which costs both time and money . |
| 9 | STEPPING OUT is the story of the lives , laughs and loves of a weekly tap dancing class with ten ladies of assorted ages , ambitions and sizes … plus one man who does n't want to be noticed , and usually is n't ! |
| 10 | Does my hon. Friend agree that the secret of contracting out is the drawing up of a contract between those who buy a service and those who supply it , and that , together with independent inspection , that is an essential ingredient to ensure that quality and standards are maintained in the public 's interest ? |
| 11 | The third factor which argues against a low rate of inflation coming through is the extent of the devaluation that has taken place so far . |
| 12 | You see a woman see a woman and your man did n't know where he was , and then she walked out one night and put her hand through the window and she ripped it from there to there and she said the doctors told her the only thing that stopped her the arm from coming off was the bone . |
| 13 | HAYDN-LOVERS are in for a good time this autumn : coming up are the Haydn at Esterhaza concerts at the Wigmore Hall ( part of the Magyarok Britain Salutes Hungary Festival ) ; already on display is the Haydn and England exhibition at the British Library ; and just started is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment 's QEH Haydn series concentrating on his late choral works . |
| 14 | A similar item coming up is the attitude to Maastricht — the first major debate to be held by the new parliament . |
| 15 | The only real thing that seems to be changing in is the compound in position of the oxy |
| 16 | Heavy duty long-sleeve T-shirts and sweats look good , but standing out is the Ronin doo-rag , a French-Foreign , Legion-meets-Dessert-Storm hat . |
| 17 | One could play around with the word ad nauseam ; then , the next thing that we would be arguing about is the place of the potato in English folklore . |
| 18 | Just as the Prime Minister , or whoever briefed him , will be doing a few months after that when he tells the House that the report that Summerchild was working on was the comparability study which has since been published . |
| 19 | But as , as I say it was a job at that time and and in fact I 'd never , this was the only factory I had n't fancied , working in was the B M K , and yet I like it the best . |
| 20 | Better ( > ) stretching out is the key to this remedy . |