Example sentences of "to [be] [v-ing] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | TEACHERS appear to be mastering the art of showing championship winning sheep with two collecting commemorative Golden Jubilee rosettes the show . |
| 2 | The two innermost trees were cut down in 1771 as they were considered to be impoverishing the soil and shading the flowers in the Garden , but the others stood guard by the watergate for another hundred years and no doubt caused interested comment from river travellers . |
| 3 | They both looked tense and uncomfortable , and seemed to be searching the journalists for faces they knew . |
| 4 | Freckles certainly seems to be achieving the aim of publicising the plight of her breed . |
| 5 | But it is understood that the US Trade Representative , Carla Hills , is insisting the US retain powers to act unilaterally against European steel producers judged by Washington to be breaking the code . |
| 6 | I am not expecting my parents to be reaching the end of their life when they are fortyish but I am likely to be expecting this , although probably unconsciously , when my parents are ninetyish . |
| 7 | The banks are believed to be reaching the point where their capital will fall below the minimum required under rules imposed by the Bank for International Settlements . |
| 8 | That so somewhere in i in between you 've got to be receiving the income that you generate . |
| 9 | With a third of all health authorities and trusts now thought to be entertaining the idea of introducing job evaluation schemes for nurses , warning noises are beginning to be sounded from all quarters . |
| 10 | He was saved by a radio engineer who had studied in England and who happened to be monitoring the audition . |
| 11 | But it 's far too soon to be writing the post-mortems . |
| 12 | He thought you 'd give up and go away , as the woman who was supposed to be writing the book did . |
| 13 | Arsenal are believed to be watching the situation closely and are set to make their move as soon as Sampdoria give them the signal . |
| 14 | Italian giants Inter Milan are understood to be watching the situation closely , with Pearce hoping Clough changes his mind and puts him more in line with the kind of wages being picked up by some of his England team-mates . |
| 15 | He did n't wander over to the rack of imported American comic books as he usually did , but he seemed to be watching the street outside . |
| 16 | They seen to be watching the passengers . |
| 17 | She seemed to be completing the check list . |
| 18 | One month later Glassford was reported to be completing the work of preparing nominal votes , and in this his lawyer , who lacked experience in such matters , was being helped by the agent of Lord Dundas , who clearly considered him still an ally , but on August 6th , Glassford removed such illusions by making it quite plain that he meant what he had said about his price for support , and denied that he was in any way pledged to Lord Dundas : |
| 19 | In Fig. 11–8 the bureau is assumed to be maximizing the size of its budget and producing an output of Oq b . |
| 20 | He did n't want to be telling the news in the territory where the maid could be involved , but followed obediently to the shabby breakfast room . |
| 21 | It is wrong to think he is supposed to be telling the truth in his songs and presenting a true picture of his personality . |
| 22 | There were very few people around who seemed to be telling the truth about their past lives , and what they told you was only meant to further their self image . |
| 23 | I did n't trust the old girl to be telling the truth — though I think she is . |
| 24 | Telling us all how we would have to adapt in various minor ways to changing circumstances , but that basically our lives would carry on very much as normal — and it was weird , I was wanting them all to believe him , and him to be telling the truth . |
| 25 | The general effect was distinctly lacklustre , and Wells 's complex , genre-hopping arrangements seemed to be causing the players no small amount of difficulty , judging by the near desperate scrutiny of charts and occasional wayward phrasing and intonation . |
| 26 | Their restraint was mainly due to their feeling of strangeness — it was unique for them to be sharing the seats with the men , their usual place being in the high gallery around the side-walls . |
| 27 | He seemed to be enjoying the notoriety , playing his greatest part , and his press interviews were getting more prolific and more extensive . |
| 28 | He began to draw , but he did n't seem to be enjoying the pursuit today . |
| 29 | However , as the evening progressed she seemed to relax and even to be enjoying the music . |
| 30 | To be enjoying the war was very wrong , but her new-found feeling of achievement was akin to joy . |