Example sentences of "[v-ing] and [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So you know there the recoveries are very good , very welcomed by us , but basically we 're two years now since this happened erm pensioners have been suffering extreme mental turmoil for that period , quite frankly they 're , they 're utterly confused , they do n't understand what 's happening and to ask those sort of people to rely and put their s their , their whole future security on the outcomings of out of court settlements where claims are made for two hundred million and there 's a thirty two million you know they 're getting totally confused and I think that that they just do not know what 's happening , they , they want long-term security , we 're now getting an increasing number of people who 've retired since the schemes were wound up and are therefore getting a hundred per cent of their , their money from the company fund , which we 're told is going to run out in two-and-a-half years time . |
| 2 | He would go some way to doing so if he told the House tonight that he intends to monitor carefully what is happening and to initiate independent research into the strengths and weaknesses of the new system in its initial stages . |
| 3 | The smoking minority should be entitled to choose whether and when they will give up smoking and to take short smoking breaks during work time . |
| 4 | Our teachers try to be aware of what the children are saying and doing and to record significant instances which tell how thinking is developing . |
| 5 | The government published on June 30 , 1989 , the Securities ( Insider Dealing ) Bill , the principal purpose of which was to tighten definitions of the practice of insider dealing and to introduce new penalties . |
| 6 | Conversely , where the futures markets are used purely for hedging purposes or by sophisticated investors who are able to assess the risks they are taking and to integrate those risks into an overall investment strategy , there is less need for stringent regulation . |
| 7 | Listeners have to recognize that for them , too , communication is an active process , requiring them to relate the utterance to the context obtaining and to signal any inadequacy or comprehension failure when it occurs . |
| 8 | They are added to rinse water to speed up drying and to achieve shiny finish without spotting , smearing or other blemishes . |