Example sentences of "be [adj] [noun] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The loudspeakers are two-way design using 25mm titanium dome tweeters with 160mm graphite-reinforced polypropylene bass/midrange units . |
| 2 | Regarding the environment , there are impractical proposals emanating via Brussels , designed merely to placate noisy pressure groups . |
| 3 | Also when the assignments from the different modules are combined words having with low LPF will be demoted anyway . |
| 4 | Probably the first thing that strikes you is the layout of the screen — there are dotted lines indicating the text 's margins , and as you type your purple prose , you notice that every space is marked by a little spot . |
| 5 | Labour members have been at the forefront in demanding that ethnic communities be free to keep their traditions and cultures yet here we are Labour members trying to prevent countrymen pursuing traditional country sports that have been followed by our forefathers for centuries . |
| 6 | At least once a fortnight there have been confusing signals coming from rugby in South Africa , in contrast to the clear-cut campaign that South African cricket conducted on their way to entry in the World Cup in New Zealand and Australia in this southern summer . |
| 7 | ( In Aeschylean tragedy ) the characters had been eternal types representing the universal laws implicit in myth . |
| 8 | The hon. Member for Bradford , South ( Mr. Cryer ) might like to remember that in the polyester yarn sector , which is not covered by the question , there are anti-dumping suits going on , so we are pursuing the cases of which we are aware . |
| 9 | How are political leaders reacting to participation ? |
| 10 | There are specific difficulties affecting the primary sector such as the reduced ability to release teaching staff , the demands of National Curriculum implementation , a perceived lack of relevance and the priority given to the secondary sector by many companies . |
| 11 | There are specific provisions dealing with Schedule E — the benefits in kind code in TA 1988 Part V and the specific provisions in TA 1988 , s145 and s146 dealing with the user of living accommodation . |
| 12 | There are regional labs covering the whole country but ours was the first . |
| 13 | To take more efficient power stations first ; there are advanced technologies using fossil fuels ( gas turbines , in particular ; natural gas produces less carbon dioxide than coal and oil ) which are considerably more efficient and produce less carbon dioxide . |
| 14 | We pass some strangely shaped mountains that must have been volcanic plugs poking up through vast panoramas . |
| 15 | Interbedded with these are glacier-derived muds containing the skeletons of small pelagic organisms , and mounds of sediments that have been accumulated by currents flowing along the continental slope . |
| 16 | In Scotland , there are 580,000 homes consisting of a single adult over 16 . |
| 17 | In total there are eight Books making 48 pieces all-told . |
| 18 | ( There are technical points relating to the charge that need not be considered here . ) |
| 19 | ‘ Had it been normal parents sitting in court , would they have been ordered to pay £7,000 ? |
| 20 | However , there are modified accruals accounting systems which are adopted by public sector organizations , most typically some UK local authorities . |
| 21 | Along with these are associated pointers containing the addresses of the record(s) with those corresponding field values . |
| 22 | 8–12 There have been extensive improvements going on in Jura during the last two years . |
| 23 | There are extensive grounds surrounding the Gasthof . |
| 24 | Technically , they are European institutions carrying on home-regulated investment business in the UK for the purposes of the Banking Co-ordination ( Second Council Directive ) Regulations 1992 ( the Banking Co-ordination Regulations ) . |
| 25 | Those involved in packaging and distributing the unbranded varieties wrapped in plastic are small-scale operators lacking both the necessary resources and marketing skills to capture a larger share of the detergent market . |
| 26 | There are fifty officers working on tracking down the rapist . |
| 27 | You have to use these methods because there are fifty cassettes coming in every day and you need yours to be picked out and heard with particular care . |
| 28 | Because after you listen to the evidence will be that these are professional officers doing a very difficult job and members of the public , members of the jury create very dated job they have the one objective I 've told you about to protect members of the public from further harm from what they thought was an armed criminal on the run . |
| 29 | Initially to examine the effects of differentiation on the relative levels of ATF1 and CREB we used a previously described assay in which CREB and ATF1 present in heat denatured nuclear extracts are 32 P-labelled using protein kinase A and immunoprecipitated ( figure 2B ) . |
| 30 | Brady was yesterday reluctant to say too much on the subject of his meeting with some board members , but it was obvious that the details of what ought to have been private business becoming public knowledge had disturbed the manager . |