Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why they should be so flinching on this score is beyond me , but let me assure Ed that I 'm note remotely intolerant of any of them , only surprised and amused that its mention should matter to them so much . |
| 2 | But it may not be enough according to some industry commentators . |
| 3 | The pressure on feed prices came after a big Chinese order , for 1.7m tonnes of EC wheat , turned out to be largely coming from French intervention stores . |
| 4 | Here are a couple who must be just rejoicing in this kind of weather because when it 's cold the only way they get warm is to take their shoes or boots off and go into bed in the early evening with all their clothes on . |
| 5 | the M sixty two in west Yorkshire near junction twenty nine , the loft house interchange , there are various roadworks and lane restrictions on the slip roads there , and that 's causing traffic to be slow moving around that junction at the moment . |
| 6 | Will he do everything to ensure that the recent announcement by the European Community , which reflects the attitude of the French and those who agree with them in respect of the general agreement on tariffs and trade proposals , will not be immensely damaging to British farming and world trade as a whole ? |
| 7 | One was a complicated case in which the client had a number of relatives living nearby , who were said to be always arguing with each other ( including about the client 's care ) . |
| 8 | I believe that , if we are not participants in it , it will be severely damaging to inward investment . |
| 9 | you 're gon na be really talking about next week are n't you ? |
| 10 | This Memorandum of Understanding is not intended to be legally binding on any person except to the extent that paragraphs 4 , 5 and 6 oblige the Company and the Shareholders to pay certain costs . |
| 11 | erm This is quite an interesting cartoon , and really has no connection with either St Aldate 's or Oxford , erm but it was actually published in 1642 , and it shows the two sides , the Roundheads and the Cavaliers , and what I think is interesting about it is that it does seem to be quite objective , it does n't seem to be particularly getting at one side or the other , which is very rare for the kind of erm cartoons that were later issued during the war . |
| 12 | The editorial , ‘ The principles of restructuring : the revolutionary nature of thinking and acting ’ , 'insisted that there was ‘ no alternative to perestroika ’ and that even its postponement would be gravely damaging to Soviet society and to socialism internationally . |
| 13 | Something that seems to be sadly lacking in this house . |
| 14 | In particular they had considerably more marital difficulties , and were much more likely to be currently suffering from psychiatric disorder . |