Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun pl] [v-ing] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Etzioni formulates a hypothesis about organizations seeking to be effective : that they will shift their compliance structure towards one in which there is greater congruence between power and involvement , either by changing the nature of the power employed ( e.g. from sanctions to ‘ leadership ’ ) or the participants involved ( e.g. by recruitment methods ) ( Etzioni 1961 ) . |
| 2 | Jimmy and Alison ended the play as playmates pretending to be squirrels and bears . |
| 3 | Yet for women religious , celibacy has come to be a statement in direct opposition to western cultural norms of women having to be available to men and usually defined by their relationships to them . |
| 4 | Two lads turned up at Goodison for trials claiming to be Dutch internationals from Maastricht Hertz Van Rental and Leasowe Van Hire . |
| 5 | There is no change in the proportion of directors claiming to be more optimistic . |
| 6 | In November 1883 a quantity of bottles purporting to be Champagne made by Deutz & Geldermann attracted attention in Munich . |
| 7 | If that can be done with improved efficiency with the whole range of services continuing to be carried out , there is no reason why the Secretary of State for Wales should not dive approval to such a scheme . |
| 8 | Refreshed , we drove on to Shwebo and had breakfast with a small group of SPG missionaries who had camped out there , looking after the stream of refugees hoping to be flown to India . |
| 9 | While there is a steady stream of visitors looking to be fed , the volunteers are also needing a steady stream of food , especially soup . |
| 10 | In spite of the old-fashioned view of leaders implied in this letter , there is , in the last analysis , no other position which can be put forward which does not depend on some group of leaders claiming to be more rational in their understanding of what human societies need in order to develop peacefully . |
| 11 | The commission is a preliminary vetting and investigatory body which , in addition to entertaining references from states parties themselves ( Art.24 ) , ‘ may receive petitions … from any person , non-governmental organisation or group of individuals claiming to be the victim of a violation by one of the High Contracting Parties … ’ |
| 12 | To read Barthes 's Mythologies is to make going on the London Underground an agonizing assault of messages begging to be decoded ; advertisements and dress styles proclaim loudly while faces remain blank and meaningless . |
| 13 | b ) enabling such grants to be made in respect of costs falling to be charged to accounts in respect of financial years ending after March 1993 but not later than March 1996 . |
| 14 | I remember small boys all wanting to be cowboys and the role of Indians having to be forced on the smaller ones . |
| 15 | Young led , in terrace parlance , the steaming in , which at one stage involved at least 10 players with punches appearing to be thrown . |
| 16 | Like they 'd crawl across the floor in restaurants pretending to be a couple of dogs . |
| 17 | A court dealing with an offender who is already subject to a community service order may make a further consecutive order , so long as the total number of hours remaining to be performed does not exceed 240 ( as this is a matter of principle rather than statute , the court is prepared to contemplate minor departures , as where the offender has very few hours to work off under the original order . ) |
| 18 | The workshop identified a number of issues needing to be tackled if employment for women is to be created . |
| 19 | the number of modules waiting to be stored offline |
| 20 | the number of modules waiting to be restored online |
| 21 | The legend that Crabb was taken back to Russia alive continued to circulate for several years and indeed still does , helped by a number of books claiming to be based on secret information from the East . |
| 22 | Yeah but a lo a lot of quotes gon na be made to them after are n't there ? |
| 23 | Whatever the style of travel — as an independent traveller or in an organized group — there is a kaleidoscope of destinations waiting to be reached . |
| 24 | So although his neighbours opposite occupied houses with gardens , his side of the street had to work for a living : he would have been used to seeing the flame fanned by the bellows of the blacksmith , the steam rising from the sweating horses in the carrier , s stables , and — we may hope — a line of customers waiting to be served in his little shop . |
| 25 | An example is the Vaccine Damage Tribunals established under s.4 of the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 to review questions of the extent and cause of disablement by persons claiming to be entitled to payments under the Act as a result of disabilities arising from vaccination damage . |
| 26 | About three years ago I was running a workshop for students training to be secondary teachers at the Institute of Education in London , something I and colleagues have been doing annually for the last ten years or so . |
| 27 | By an originating summons dated 15 April 1992 the plaintiff , the Deposit Protection Board , sought relief against the defendants , Mrs. Varsha Dalia and Barclays Bank Plc. , namely ( 1 ) that it might be determined whether a person entitled by reason of assignment of part of a deposit ( as defined by section 5(1) of the Banking Act 1987 ) was a depositor holding a protected deposit entitled to a compensation payment from the plaintiff pursuant to section 58(1) of the Banking Act 1987 ; ( 2 ) that an order be made that the first defendant should represent that class of persons claiming to be entitled to compensation payments from the plaintiff pursuant to section 58(1) of the Banking Act 1987 by reason of assignment of part of a deposit held with Bank of Credit and Commerce International S.A. ; and ( 3 ) that an order be made that the second defendant should represent that class of persons being contributory institutions within the meaning of section 52(1) of the Banking Act 1987 . |
| 28 | Erm we 're hearing reports that parts of schools having to be closed or th threatened to be closed because they 're not sufficiently hygienic for pupils or teachers to work in . |
| 29 | Like rows of tulips in buckets waiting to be bought . |