Example sentences of "be [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | President Jorge Serrano Elias on May 20 publicly dismissed the possibility of a military coup , rumours of which had been widely circulating in recent weeks . |
| 2 | To say that a certain village enjoys a certain level of accessibility is to summarize much too crudely the position of the middle-class person in a two-car household and the elderly person without a car because , as Moseley ( 1979a ) so correctly points out , these neighbours are effectively living in different worlds in terms of mobility . |
| 3 | Simply by existing in a successful role , both bands are effectively working against that mentality . |
| 4 | It must have pleased the powerful church of Canterbury , with which he seems to have wished to be on good terms , and been gratifyingly displeasing to that of London . |
| 5 | All of this ignores the nurses who have been unofficially deputising in medical roles for many years , according to senior nurse advocates . |
| 6 | the axes are somewhere depending on these . |
| 7 | Such interests are slowly diffusing to other feminist psychologists , who have previously been distanced from them by the constraints of the mainstream discipline . |
| 8 | Despite these finds , competition in the modelling business gets tougher every year , and agencies are constantly looking for new talent . |
| 9 | As well as spending a great deal of time servicing existing customers we are constantly looking for new opportunities in developing markets around the world . |
| 10 | They are constantly looking for these changes , especially in situations which have previously been difficult . |
| 11 | Today 's martial artists are constantly looking at other forms of combat technique in order to broaden and improve their own fighting methods . |
| 12 | Not all the effects of the privity doctrine are necessarily damaging to third party purchasers or creditors . |
| 13 | This overriding goal entails that the best constitutional arrangements each person can reach while acting in conformity with his own moral ideals are morally valid , and since the commonly agreed upon arrangements are so regarded by everyone , they are morally binding on all . |
| 14 | As you know , we have been valiantly battling against this awful proposal for the last two years . |
| 15 | Nature , produced by Robin Hellier , has a lot of pace as did Horizon 's The Geneva event ( BBC2 , 24 January ) What the latter did not have was much patience with the aspirant but relatively unlearned student of what is going on in the world of high energy physics The main Geneva event — the identification of the W subatomic particle which , with the Z , will enable the theory that the four fundamental forces of nature can be unified within a single framework to be sustained — has yet to be announced , though it is believed imminent Horizon had been patiently filming for four years . |
| 16 | Occupational and social careers are mutually facilitating in this respect . |
| 17 | Dogs and owners are apparently revelling in this ultimate test of agility.And one competitor found an easy way to build up her pet 's stamina . |
| 18 | We are so lacking in any form of racism that we never actually noticed . ’ |
| 19 | Britain simply can not afford anomalies that are so damaging to one of its strategic manufacturing industries , to its balance of payments , not to mention tax revenue . |
| 20 | There should be no long pauses — as you are only listening at this stage |
| 21 | ‘ The government is very cautious — they say they are only talking about domestic accounting principles — but this is a big step forward . ’ |
| 22 | The surrounding volcanic cones are gently sloping with few gullies to the south , but increasingly steep and heavily gullied towards the north . |
| 23 | So when staff are literally fuming at each other , and wanting to sue , the simple solution is to install an electrostatic air filter . |
| 24 | ‘ The trout are literally dying of old age , ’ said fishery spokesman Aidan Barry . |
| 25 | In only his second start of the season , Snodin provided the spark of midfield inspiration and stong running that Everton have been desperately searching for all season . |
| 26 | Mongolia has been desperately looking for some . |
| 27 | It is important to note that even though back variants of /a/ are strongly emblematic of vernacular speech , they are nevertheless spreading to higher-status groups in the wider community . |
| 28 | Reliable cause of death statistics are woefully lacking for developing countries and of less than desirable quality for many developed ones . |
| 29 | I am not looking for maximum performance or power . |
| 30 | ‘ But I am not looking like Hindu . ’ |