Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | CUMMINS Engine , the U.S. diesel engine maker with a plant in Darlington , claims it should be returning to profit in the first quarter of this year . |
| 2 | The council will be looking to save in the region of £700,000 to remain within the new target level . |
| 3 | But why ( if it were not for the fact that one is a Christian ) should one be wanting to stay with the experience of women within the biblical tradition ? |
| 4 | She said , ‘ Will you be wanting to look around the labs afterwards ? ’ |
| 5 | Most people applying to drama school will be seeking to enrol on the full-time diploma course , which usually runs over a three-year period . |
| 6 | we , we , we , we , we 've , we 've , we 've got one decision I think which we are making , which is that we should n't at the moment , make any recruitment until we 've got confirmation that we can guarantee employment next year , se , secondly I think we 're saying that the first appointment that we do want to make is of a complaint examiner , and that if further investigators leave us , then we would n't be seeking to replace them as investigators , we 'd be seeking to replace with the complaint examiner , that , that , that , |
| 7 | One of the things that we shall be seeking to do in the negotiations on the political union treaty is to try to ensure that the Commission — at present under no effective control — increasingly comes under the control of the most appropriate Parliament , in this case the European Parliament . |
| 8 | Why else would you be seeking to travel to the Greshorns in such times ? ’ |
| 9 | We ought to be seeking to build on the quite hopeful developments , in the greater Beirut area anyway , over the last few days , but instead we appear to be getting even more dog in the manger in our attitude towards Syria . |
| 10 | A report issued by the United States State Department on April 17 , 1990 , made it clear that the USA , which had left UNESCO in 1984 [ see p. 33500 ] , would not be seeking to rejoin in the foreseeable future . |
| 11 | If the authorities intervened in the gilt-edged market to support prices , they would be tending to add to the liquidity of the banking system . |
| 12 | It can also be enlightening to ask about the circumstances of the original referral . |
| 13 | He could not divulge his sources but he thinks something may be going to happen in the southern North Sea . |
| 14 | He 's going to be going to talk about the . |
| 15 | I welcome the initiative that have already been started within the County and I shall be going to look at the site which is being offered to us , er but I do feel that we should be progressing these matters as soon as possible . |
| 16 | Meanwhile the cleaners have a nintety day redundancy period , during which time they 'll be waiting to hear from the firms which they hope will become their new employers . |
| 17 | I will be staying put with the President 's mortal remains , and you can be sure I will not be in the shadow of Mrs Aquino , using the death for personal and political reasons . ’ |
| 18 | They should be playing the Beatles or the Rolling Stones , and they should n't be getting married in the first place — modern people did n't . |
| 19 | What do these results indicate you should be doing to minister to the situation ? |
| 20 | Tinbergen argues further that human adaptations to older agricultural and pre-agricultural ways of life may be failing to cope with the societal artefacts of cultural success , and he gives evidence from several areas of mental health and education . |
| 21 | And most frustrating of all would be having to witness at the conclusion of each such anecdote otherwise decent employees shaking their heads in wonder and uttering phrases like : ‘ That Mr Neighbours , he really is the best . ’ |
| 22 | C E C are accepting , coupled with a statement and with a qualification and then I 'll be asking to respond for the C E C. Motion three two three May Day Holidays . |
| 23 | because we would not be able to raise it as a shield in that one respect , now if your Lordship tried and then said well alright we stay the counterclaim is a set off , then what would your Lordship be intending to do about the remaining defences to say we 're not allowed defend our claim er at all on the basis of article eighty five will that be |
| 24 | Nevertheless , certain commentators ( particularly Atkinson , 1984 ; Meager , 1985 ) have seized upon these or similar examples and Presented them as showing the direction which personnel policy ( and here their writings are rather unclear ) is , or should be taking to cope with the challenges posed by a rapidly changing , increasingly competitive economic environment . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , what would it be standing shivering around the streets here , telling lies about being in hospital ? |
| 26 | But something would still have been gained , for we would not be claiming to know on the basis of experience the nature of a world which is independent of experience . |
| 27 | He was widely believed to be preparing to run for the post of President of the Republic , a post which would entail his departure from the trade union leadership . |
| 28 | Knaresborough 's Simon Parke will be hoping to profit from the absence of ten times British Open winner Jahangir Khan when the HiTec sponsored event takes place next month . |
| 29 | This is a match in which Best will be hoping to follow in the footsteps of the great Syd Thompson , who last won the title for his club in 1950 . |
| 30 | And there was nothing for my father had a few drinks you know and he 'd come home and he he 'd just come he 'd he 'd b be whistling coming up the street you know . |