Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] [vb pp] [adv] [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed there are many highly intelligent children who are completely uninterested in the kinds of questions set at O or A level in English , questions about the choice of words in the sonnets of Keats or Jane Austen 's power of characterization , who have been set to read these texts with a view to answering such questions , and who are perhaps turned away from reading for ever by being required to embark on a specialized and academic study of literary criticism for which they are totally unsuited by taste , temperament , or ability . |
| 2 | Perhaps the changes to Illustrator are best summed up by stating that the program has simultaneously made itself more accessible to the average user and significantly more useful to the professional . |
| 3 | Many CAD turnkey systems produced are thus aimed directly at satisfying these needs . |
| 4 | Now they may have their own reasons for that and it may be difficult for them to send someone at this precise moment , but I do n't think that they 're necessarily geared up to dealing with the sorts of things that you want them to deal with . |
| 5 | We 're actually trying to let people have fun while they 're doing this , instead of maybe hectoring them erm we stand on enough picket lines as it is outside D I Y stores , so they 're probably fed up with seeing us there . |
| 6 | You 're pretty burned out after interning . |
| 7 | We are always forced back on seeking some control outside and greater than the earth itself . |
| 8 | Journalists are quickly caught up in pursuing the stories they generate , with an invigorating rush of adrenalin . |
| 9 | According to their report , " dismantling " or " recycling " are often used euphemistically for dumping , as toxic residues resulting from the process almost always end up staying in Poland rather than returning to their country of origin . |
| 10 | Slivers of butter are often added just before serving ( see Risotto Milanese , p58 ) , but I like to add Parmesan to this recipe for extra flavour , especially if the salame is the only meat being used . |
| 11 | In psychological experiments , data are often derived directly by presenting the experimental subject with the required test via the screen of a computer terminal ; this is clearly most useful for visual perception studies . |
| 12 | This means that substantial unprofitable parts of the enumeration tree are often pruned away by bounding . |
| 13 | Obviously at the moment we we all of us are really tied up with living from a Tuesday to a Saturday really you know with Tuesdays our meeting and then all that has to be done after that and then Saturday is the food parcels you know so and most people work as well either part time or full time work at home er with the kids and bringing up families so and obviously also money is shor short for people that are directly involved in the strike so erm . |
| 14 | Mr Chairman , er , it 's an important point , but I 'm so fed up with hearing people using this as a political issue , erm , and , and , and I 'm a high critic of the government er , for many other reasons , but I would like to know where these people think the money would come from . |
| 15 | No I 'm not bothered about going on holiday , I suppose I 'm all worked up about getting bedroom sorted , ha |
| 16 | Second , it is not clear that conditional statements are strongly verified simply by showing that both antecedent and consequent are true . |
| 17 | Instead of the dominant males moving in and taking over the females during the breeding period , they are simply allowed in for mating only and then driven out again . |
| 18 | Unfortunately I am completely tied up with filming during the whole of June but I will certainly make the effort to visit you some time in July . |