Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] [v-ing] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps , as one specialist puts it , ‘ if we are to reverse the epidemic , we should be aiming to reduce that average ’ . |
| 2 | Is there any vitamin I should be taking to avoid this happening ? |
| 3 | What do you believe governments , given the resources , should be doing to prevent this destruction and sale of looted antiquities ? |
| 4 | By now , you should be starting to see some interesting results on your first tape even if they are just pot-shots taken at random . |
| 5 | You might be trying to do this via their thoughts , beliefs , attitudes , feelings or by directly attempting to influence their behaviour . |
| 6 | Partly , these relate to fears that state policy ( especially social security and housing policy ) might be helping to create such families ; and partly to disapproval of the way in which absent parents are able to evade their ‘ responsibilities ’ to provide for their families . |
| 7 | She could see she was at the point where the police might be going to do some hard questioning . |
| 8 | Edward might be seeming to ignore these , but in fact he must be concerned . |
| 9 | I I 'm grateful I I I 'm winding up that we on this side we do believe that these additional six seats are very important because we believe that the European parliament elections are going to be very important and fighting them on these new boundaries with the minimum of delay in spite of the delay that had been caused by the government' incompetence , we regard as very important , we regard this debate tonight as very important to approve these orders because we can not so far work out whether the government will be fighting the er the whole campaign on the basis of back to basics while the E P P will be doing it on the basis of some other manifesto , vorsprung durch technik or whatever it might be , and they 'll be trying to merge those into two slogans of o of er vorsprung durch basics or or whatever it might be and this we do not know at all whether the government want to be part of Europe and whether their back benchers are gon na be willing to cooperate with the European peoples party or they take the money from the European peoples party but they do n't want to participate with them in the manifesto . |
| 10 | But from day one we 'll be working to achieve that result . |
| 11 | Writing from the heart is the recommendation of a muse who could be seeking to make such writing a legitimate part of poetry , an activity which takes place under the muse 's control . |
| 12 | There 's a slide projector at the back of the hall which I can control from the front so I may be aiming to get some slides for you instead of the overhead projector . |
| 13 | These are probably in the region of half a million pounds at the moment , which does not bode well for the company which may be trying to raise half a million pounds of equity . |
| 14 | Wear a sunblock cream if you think you may be going to spend any time outdoors and wear clothes that cover sensitive areas . |
| 15 | Should you succeed in becoming a planner you would be helping to create these parameters . |
| 16 | Er now let me ask the Planners whether they see that as the way in which they would be trying to operate this policy through the local plan . |
| 17 | It was a practical certainty that he would be trying to raise more loans long before these were ever repaid . |
| 18 | Whoever wrote it or designed those basic garments knew that you would be struggling to learn all you could in the shortest possible time and that to give you concise diagrams and stitch and row numbers would cut down any need for extra calculations by you . |
| 19 | They would be looking to gain some practical advantage — promotion or extra pay . ’ |
| 20 | We shall be hoping to collate this information as early as possible in the next session |
| 21 | We shall be continuing to impress that simple message on the Government . |
| 22 | Barney gave him a knowing wink , ‘ we shall be coming to watch this project of yours and Julie 's mind , ’ he called after him . |
| 23 | King will be seeking to re-establish that winning consistency against a Southend team who have lost much of last season 's impressive drive . |
| 24 | King will be seeking to re-establish that winning consistency against a Southend team who have lost much of last season 's impressive drive . |
| 25 | In the semi-final they meet James Talbot and Michael Nutt of the Old Bleach Club , who will be seeking to gain some compensation after they were in the Old Bleach side which lost this season 's CIS Irish Senior Cup championship final to Carrickfergus by a mere five shots . |
| 26 | The purchaser will seek to allow the management of the vendor company as little latitude as possible in the preparation of the completion accounts and will be seeking to ensure that past practices which have no doubt been adventageous for the vendor can not be used . |
| 27 | You will be experimenting to identify any foods that may be causing you health problems and weight gain . |
| 28 | As the final election results come in from all over the country , it is clear they will be helping to run many Soviet towns and cities . |
| 29 | Again under the captaincy of Steve Smyth , they will be hoping to top this league and gain promotion to the County Regional League . |
| 30 | But the Whites and Baxters marched on by increasing margins and will be hoping to meet this afternoon to dispute a place in tomorrow 's quarter-finals . |