Example sentences of "to be [v-ing] the [det] " in BNC.
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1 | That is to say , each dug-in group of British soldiers could expect to be facing the same dug-in group of Germans for many months . |
2 | As other publishers are likely to be experiencing the same order profiles , wholesalers can probably expect to be approached by them too . |
3 | I would qualify this by suggesting that you ask yourself if you could bear to be knitting the same garment twenty years hence . |
4 | ‘ Now they seem to be taking the same supine approach to the milk and potato marketing boards , where the Government is in the process of selling out the interests of farmers . |
5 | 3 If you are coming back from injury or lay-off , go slowly — train progressively and do not expect to be doing the same times as you were before . |
6 | Like Novell Inc , which appears to be doing the same thing ( UX No 413 ) , WordPerfect reportedly has big-time legal beagles at its beck and call . |
7 | Everyone else who was not engaged in either survey data collection or ship handling seemed to be doing the same . |
8 | I think that recently we seem to have had such , so many changes in the health authority , so many different peoples in the post who all seem to be doing the same sort of thing , who 've got the Family Health Services Authority set up , but it would seem to me that some of the things that are on this piece of paper are things that I understood were being done by the Family Health Services Authority . |
9 | Their cars seem to be going the same way , with Daihatsu contriving to build a diesel engine of a mere 993cc for the little Charade four-seater hatchback . |
10 | New 8088 based computers have virtually disappeared from the scene , and now 80286 based PCs seem to be going the same way . |
11 | And James Herbert , another of Hodder 's biggest selling authors , is rumoured to be going the same way : he is said to be on the point of signing a two-book deal with HarperCollins worth £1.7m . |
12 | He was found by his father , Don who happened to be going the same way . |
13 | ‘ Content validity ’ ( C2 ) refers to the extent to which individual items can be shown to be measuring the same underlying skills or abilities . |
14 | Three of the four previous league clashes between the clubs had ended goalless , and this game appeared to be heading the same way . |
15 | Three of the four previous league clashes between the clubs had ended goalless , and this game appeared to be heading the same way . |
16 | I am rather unsure of my qualifications for such an honour , but I feel deeply grateful and flattered to be joining the many famous people who have received the Freedom of this great City , including my more illustrious and worthy ancestor , the third Earl Spencer . |