Example sentences of "be [verb] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | With this approach , the language experience approach , the learners ’ interest is held because they are using their own words and telling their own story . |
| 32 | It will also help you to keep track of how they are using their free time |
| 33 | The series was scheduled before the current ‘ Cop Killer ’ controversy , and once again Warners are using their considerable muscle to promote their man : HBO is owned by Time-Warner . |
| 34 | For the bride , particularly if they are using her old bedroom , this probably means throwing out her posters of Mel Gibson et al , consigning her huge collection of cuddly toys to the attic and getting rid of the pink frilly duvet . |
| 35 | 6 You accept that in making amendments or alterations to your scripts , in designing any illustrations and in manufacturing the books we are using our best efforts and knowledge of the market and you consequently waive your moral rights in these matters . |
| 36 | If you are using your own office rather than an interview room , arrange for telephone calls to be intercepted and make sure you are not disturbed or distracted while interviewing . |
| 37 | The children are producing their own spelling dictionary which is freely available to the whole class . |
| 38 | And although overseas sales are steadily growing , many countries , such as the US , Germany , Italy , and the UK , are producing their own robots , and using them innovatively in a variety of non-manufacturing applications . |
| 39 | ‘ We know we are producing our best cars , so we are backing this with a simple offer to refund the price for unhappy customers , ’ said Jaguar president Michael Dale . |
| 40 | The HDZ government of Croatia had been building its own army : it had 35,000 police units of which 25,000 were in the reserves and 10,000 belong to special units . |
| 41 | The cider and wine company has been building its soft drinks portfolio with the acquisitions of the Piermont and Sorelle brands earlier this year . |
| 42 | That 's you know it was all purely hypothetical the figures they produced but er they were comparing it to what we had pr previously been producing we all sort of realized that for a set production figure we could have been up to forty pound worse off , per week . |
| 43 | Her knickers are hobbling her skinny legs where I abandoned them . |
| 44 | As well as fine-tuning his own stamina and fitness by clocking up to 70 miles in training each week , Paul has been helping his 12-year-old daughter Sacha in her bid to compete her first four-mile London mini-marathon . |
| 45 | If your father dies and you are helping your widowed mother with these matters , you can assure her that not only will she not lose her own retirement pension , but that it may be paid at an increased rate after her husband 's death . |
| 46 | I am enjoying my own attention ; a carpenter in a large mustard sweater , and a sweet-faced young lad with glasses . |
| 47 | The UK market is small ( 4 per cent of the world ) and as Taylor said last year , ‘ we must now look overseas for opportunities if we are to continue our vigorous growth ’ . |
| 48 | Valerie Eliot was also his protector — as a secretary she had for a long time been organizing his daily life and guarding him from the world , and it was probably the calm assurance of her presence which first drew him towards her . |
| 49 | The family of a five year old boy who was crushed when a wall collapsed are to sue their local council . |
| 50 | We are maintaining our successful record of licensing modern technology to other companies around the world . |
| 51 | You are maintaining your mental defences well . |
| 52 | It is capitalist , and everybody will , would 've been given their own land . |
| 53 | Modern science , which is commonly held to have been given its philosophical base by Descartes , has nearly always presupposed precisely this kind of dualistic contrast between objective matter and introspective mind . |
| 54 | He replaced the receiver , having been given his new instructions . |
| 55 | ‘ I 've been given my marching orders . |
| 56 | ‘ Because I 've been given my marching orders , ’ Ellie said more shortly than she 'd intended . |
| 57 | DARLINGTON councillors are to debate their controversial policy of shunning links with South Africa . |
| 58 | Individualists who deny that these claims explain anything at all are , in effect , simply reasserting the hegemony of the interest from which individualism draws its life , while holists are pursuing their own concern with the constraining power of society . |
| 59 | Mr Coulter said : ‘ It is becoming clear that building societies are pursuing their own interests by rescheduling loans or entering into shared ownership agreements , rather than biting the bullet of low interest loans to housing associations . ’ |
| 60 | Helped by local artist Sian Parry , they have been using their artistic talents to brighten hoardings around the site of Llandudno 's £4m arts , leisure and convention centre complex , with paintings inspired by the sea , fairy tales and the story of Alice in Wonderland . |