Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Increasingly today , they are accepting that scientific pronouncements have an unavoidable element , not only of subjectivity , but also of informed guesswork about them . |
| 2 | Critics are seeing this new interest in Kahn as indicative of a public dislike for the superficialities of Post Modern architecture . |
| 3 | Environmental groups believe that because the big industrial nations control these committees and are anxious to avoid curbs on industry and car use , they are using this scientific research as an excuse for taking no action . |
| 4 | More and more employees are using these casual workers and every one of our jobs is under threat cos if you lose your job tomorrow , you 're a casual the day after . |
| 5 | The Midlands ' shop stewards knew it was only a question of time before the strike affected supplies to their own plants and those in the South , jeopardising the recovery plan which had been producing such vast improvements in performance . |
| 6 | The Yorkshire outfit have been producing some good results in their own division , and have lost only one of their eight league games so far , but we saw the big gulf in scoring power between some of the first and lower division clubs in the county competitions and York look to be facing something of a Mission Impossible . |
| 7 | Trials of state-of-the-art technology to monitor air quality in and around Wilton have been producing some interesting data . |
| 8 | But the market seems to have been generating some big increases for certain quite junior City people — notably in foreign exchange and swaps . |
| 9 | Have the Child Support Agency had an interview with you yet ? because from April this year er they are pursuing all absent fathers for maintenance . |
| 10 | Approximately 12 students are pursuing this valuable course of study , which will give them a real insight into credit management , with a special emphasis on the development of competence in the job . |
| 11 | As he followed her from the room , he said , ‘ Has he been using any new chemicals ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You told me you had n't been using any different chemicals , Bob . ’ |
| 13 | Er er what should we what have we been u have we been using any particular sort of of form of words Jane ? |
| 14 | By now the coroner should have been singing some lewd song at the top of his voice , bellowing abuse at the landlord , or urging Athelstan to come back to his house in Cheapside . |
| 15 | And I certainly love the way that both eyes are catching those lovely highlights ! |
| 16 | The National Council of Aviculture are bringing this special talent along with an assortment of their birds — everything from canaries to spectacular birds of prey . |
| 17 | Safeway , Asda and the Co-op have responded to the EIA 's call , while Sainsbury and Marks & Spencer are labelling all Faroese fish . |
| 18 | Now people living in Park Terrace are demanding that high security fencing protection is provided by Langbaurgh Council . |
| 19 | What will ensure that we are eating enough dietary fibre ? a ) Adding bran to our foods b ) Eating plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables every day . |
| 20 | Also within the /a/ system , however , there is a high incidence of back varieties of /a/ : in BV , this vowel is realized in certain following consonantal environments as a long , back vowel , which is in many contexts virtually identical to RP ( as in RP dance , bath ) ; on a superficial view we may therefore be tempted to believe that speakers are adopting this external norm . |
| 21 | are dusting this elevated island , |
| 22 | You should contact the shop again and explain that you are returning this faulty watch to them under your statutory rights and not under guarantee . |
| 23 | If you are keeping several different types of aphid you can work out the figure for each type separately and compare them . |
| 24 | And there was the gatepost Dad had driven into because he 'd been eyeing some young girl instead of looking where he was going . |
| 25 | The offer was accepted with alacrity and Harry has been writing these little vignettes for the paper ever since . |
| 26 | GPA had been developing such new forms of finance , he said , most notably with the launch of ALPS92–1 — the first publicly rated aircraft fund . |
| 27 | In doing so I am not suggesting that I am delineating some objective essence of classicism . |
| 28 | But these chaps down at Bootle on Merseyside — in fact the correspondent is a woman — are , one assumes , ordinary , helpful ( they are communicating some helpful information ) and hardworking people . |
| 29 | Some marine biologists are warning that widespread coral reef " bleaching " — a reef disorder believed to be caused by unusually warm water — is an early biological effect of global warming . |
| 30 | Rehabilitation is not a real term for staff [ he said ] , especially when men are serving such long sentences . |