Example sentences of "to [be] [v-ing] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now you seem to be laying a great deal of stress on the introduction of minimum standards , what , what 's the point behind that and what does it mean ? |
| 2 | This hope had been inspired by events in France , where the financier John Law , exiled after a fatal duel , was perceived to be achieving a spectacular unloading of the public debt . |
| 3 | Since the new forms of treatment set up have not reduced the demand for state hospital admissions and the alternatives so far devised have not guaranteed more cost-effective services , the move into the community can be seen to be reaching a critical stage of development . |
| 4 | The falsificationist now appears to be reaching a tentative solution to his problem , although he does not consider himself to have proved by experiment how bats avoid collisions while flying . |
| 5 | However , it is possible that such " cutting " was intentional , in order to create the effect of a movement away from the spectator ( who is seen to be receiving a privileged view ) . |
| 6 | The green light surrounding them now seemed to be imparting a sick lifeless pallor . |
| 7 | As I seem to be getting a real thing about digital clip distortion lately , this elevates the Alpha 2.0 on my list of processors to be seen with . |
| 8 | Judge Peter Greenwood told Hilton : ‘ The supplying of drugs is a very serious offence and you are fortunate to be getting a short sentence . ’ |
| 9 | I just said to Walt , we ought to be getting a gon-doh-lar back . ’ |
| 10 | Already the only preserved railway to be operating a regular commercial freight contract jointly with British Rail , the present proposals would lift it to a new level of national importance . |
| 11 | This is another spot which seems to be enjoying a good run of birds of prey for common buzzard and hen harrier were also there and on Saturday a red kite was seen . |
| 12 | He seemed to be wearing a dark-coloured suit . |
| 13 | This male shape or essence seemed to be wearing a white coat ( a medic 's stark white smock ) . |
| 14 | Or he occasionally buys a er a shirt with a a fine stripe in it , but he says the continentals expect you to be wearing a white shirt . |
| 15 | If you can imagine being on a steep , snow-covered slope , below which there is a 1000 m ( 3,500 ft ) sheer drop , would you prefer to be wearing a shiny nylon cagoule or a rough old woollen jumper ? |
| 16 | From what I could see of him — mostly his spectacles and his left arm around the door jamb — he appeared to be wearing a red silk kimono . |
| 17 | System 3 are meant to be bringing a new game called Silly Putty out . |
| 18 | ‘ We are going to be seeing a great deal of him . ’ |
| 19 | That at a given moment I seem to be seeing a brown patch — this I can not conceivably doubt . |
| 20 | Mother had seemed to be undergoing a complete personality change , seeking danger and excitement like a reckless teenager ! |
| 21 | Painting as an art form became news once more , and young artists were said to be rediscovering a Romantic tradition in English painting that encompassed landscape artists from Turner to Paul Nash , and visionaries from Blake to Stanley Spencer . |
| 22 | In response to Labour 's move , the Prime Minister is believed to be considering a similar action . |
| 23 | Great plates of sticky , sweet cakes and pastries were being consumed with tremendous gusto , and one man appeared to be eating a huge slab of pizza . |
| 24 | He does n't deserve to be facing a long prison sentence . |
| 25 | However in South Armagh the security forces are understood to be facing a blank wall in their search for an IRA sniper who has killed three members of the security forces and for the IRA 's mortar team . |
| 26 | Currently , bands seem to be facing a shrinking number of live venues coupled with the enormous expense of going on the road . |
| 27 | She was also estranged from her only child Nicolas , from her marriage to Charrier , and looked to be facing a lonely old age . |
| 28 | There was no need in O'Reilly v. Mackman to choose between these approaches , but it seems clear that Lord Diplock considered himself to be stating a general rule with exceptions . |
| 29 | ‘ One faces a decision , I guess at such times , about how far to go with company instructions , and since the spirit of such meetings only appeared to be correcting a horrible price level situation , that there was not an attempt to actually damage customers , charge excessive prices , there was no personal gain in it for me , the company did not seem actually to be defrauding , corporate statements can evidence the fact that there have been poor profits during all these years … |
| 30 | ‘ One faces a decision , I guess , at such times , about how far to go with company instructions , and since the spirit of such meetings only appeared to be correcting a horrible price level situation , that there was not an attempt to damage customers , charge excessive prices , there was no personal gain in it for me , the company did not seem actually to be defrauding … morally it did not seem quite so bad as might be inferred by the definition of the activity itself . ’ |