Example sentences of "to be [verb] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , in this instance you do the company a disservice , since the harmoniser patches you refer to are intended to work this way . |
| 2 | In the far corner , the Husayn twins appeared to be trying to lift one of them off its pedestal . |
| 3 | They seemed to be trying to outstare each other . |
| 4 | But John said , when she 's stupid enough to be trying to sell that house and who 'd buy that thing , stuck up the end of that road ? |
| 5 | The absurdity of beef dumping is all the greater because the EC claims to be trying to support African cattle farmers . |
| 6 | Like a washing-machine , thought Gina , and noticed that Hugh 's mother had her head on one side and appeared to be trying to observe possible maternal tendencies . |
| 7 | ‘ My primary task is going to be trying to make that work , improve it and lift the level in various countries . |
| 8 | Now , that obviously means , colleagues that we 're , we 're going over for a period of time , but we 're er slightly behind this afternoon , so certainly need to be trying to pull some work back . |
| 9 | We have received no convincing answers either from UKOOA or the Government as to the procedure that needs to be observed to ensure that offshore workers not only enjoy the right to be trade union members but can have their trade unions recognised by their employers . |
| 10 | Major obstacles remained over combat aircraft numbers , especially with regard to land-based naval aircraft , which the Soviet side had insisted on excluding unless a CFE agreement was to be extended to cover naval arms control in general . |
| 11 | Participatory democracy does need to be strengthened to promote active citizenship at local and national levels . |
| 12 | They actively seek to expand their influence and would appear to be aiming to cover most of west London … the group can be expected to continue in their attempts to undermine the police , but are unlikely to be successful except in conditions of widespread disorder , general strike , etc , when they might have a potential for destabilisation . ’ |
| 13 | THE National Tyre Distributors Association are warning motorists not to be tempted to buy cheap imported second-hand tyres . |
| 14 | There can be no serious defensible pedigrees here ( even if we could decide what characteristics had to be inherited to ensure pure descent ) . |
| 15 | Here in the social services , which , in volume of resources involved , represent between one-third and one-half of the activities of the state , the question , it seems to me , can not be posed by disconnected , spasmodic pluses and minuses but by presenting a broad and large conception of the manner in which resources ought to be redeployed to meet modern realities , and this will not be done without soberly assessing but boldly facing the in-built obstacles to that redeployment . |
| 16 | If so , either the parties most affected need attention , possibly through a change to the proposed reward patterns , or the pace of change may need to be slowed to give those most affected time to adapt . |
| 17 | Orders were given for the fires to be kept alight each night . |
| 18 | In Hong Kong yesterday the Group of Seven leading industrial nations said they wanted to give new help to Moscow 's reforms , but both they and Russia 's deputy premier stressed that future aid had to be tailored to win Russian hearts and minds . |
| 19 | Are parents going to be invited to see talented children involved in a theatrical performance or are they coming just to see their child ‘ doing something ’ on the stage with all the other children in the school ? |
| 20 | In the Middle Ages , Finland was a land on the north-eastern fringe of Europe to which architectural styles percolated slowly , and had then to be adjusted to suit national and climatic needs . |
| 21 | Rating levels continue to be adjusted to reflect changing patterns in claims experience . |
| 22 | The persistently high inflation experienced in the United Kingdom in the 1970s highlighted the need for company accounts to be adjusted to reflect this factor . |
| 23 | The system uses well and log data to provide on-the-spot reservoir analysis , enabling drilling to be adjusted to maximise well productivity . |
| 24 | Such an approach to language presentation of course means that contexts have to be contrived to motivate this lexical modification and to guide the learner in the discriminating and differential use of grammatical analysis . |
| 25 | However , any drawings of the women were forbidden , and so had to be constructed using many sources of information . |
| 26 | You said , ‘ let's pretend to be engaged to tease big brother ’ , and you made it somehow seem as if it was a sudden whim . |
| 27 | ARCHAEOLOGISTS in Devon are recording the 5,000-year history of a valley which is about to be flooded to form one of Britain 's largest reservoirs . |
| 28 | erm How does one in any case fine a motorist who is n't standing by his car or sitting in it ? erm I would , if the question is shall we try it , if that is implied , I would say it 's worth trying in a very moderate way , it may require the police and the police representatives so to speak , the wardens if they 're going to be empowered to do this kind of thing , I think it 's going to force them to become very , very diplomatic and civilized in the way they handle it , but we of course too will have to learn to respond in a civilized manner . |
| 29 | It is technically perfectly lawful for a Minister of the Crown to be empowered to make statutory instruments in such a way that they are never subjected to parliamentary scrutiny — indeed , there is no requirement of promulgation or publication for an instrument to become legally binding and an instrument made by the Minister and cached in his bottom drawer could be as binding as the Theft Act ( although in this situation ignorance might , rarely in our law , offer a defence by reason of s.3(2) of the Statutory Instruments Act |
| 30 | Disciplines have to be undertaken to take special care with potentially flammable items and those which may be chemically/physically unstable when moved from store . |