Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [be] [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was asking what you 'd do if you discovered someone you cared for was doing wrong . |
| 2 | ‘ I told Fitzroy : ‘ You are a bloody good player and you do n't need to be doing that . |
| 3 | Just as the disease process has moments when things appear to be getting better even though in the long-term they are getting progressively worse , so also in relapse there will also be times when things appear to be getting better even though in the long-term they are getting progressively worse , so also in relapse there will also be times when things appear to be getting better even though in the long-term they are getting progressively worse . |
| 4 | Just as the disease process has moments when things appear to be getting better even though in the long-term they are getting progressively worse , so also in relapse there will also be times when things appear to be getting better even though in the long-term they are getting progressively worse , so also in relapse there will also be times when things appear to be getting better even though in the long-term they are getting progressively worse . |
| 5 | Just as the disease process has moments when things appear to be getting better even though in the long-term they are getting progressively worse , so also in relapse there will also be times when things appear to be getting better even though in the long-term they are getting progressively worse , so also in relapse there will also be times when things appear to be getting better even though in the long-term they are getting progressively worse . |
| 6 | ‘ His lapses appear to be getting fewer . ’ |
| 7 | At the height of the gale I go down to the pier to see how our local boats are doing , but all the anchors appear to be holding firm . |
| 8 | Aspects of this more sociological and humanistic interpretation of teaching quality will be developed within the chapter through a discussion of teacher cultures , careers and strategies , and their implications for the maintenance and persistence of those ‘ transmission ’ styles of classroom teaching which appear to be incurring official disapproval . |
| 9 | You certainly appear to be experiencing dramatic alterations in the working pattern of your life and the Full Moon on September 5th may well bring about another major change or sizeable upheaval . |
| 10 | Standards in this field issues recently by the International Standards Organisation ( ISO ) appear to be using either spelling , depending upon the origin of the draft . |
| 11 | Bones in organic rich soil appear to be altering more than bones in well drained sandy soil , but it is too early to attach any significance to this apparent change . |
| 12 | And a glance at the supermarket shelves reveals that many manufacturers appear to be ignoring environmental concerns , especially about packaging . |
| 13 | For Deutschland ( literally ‘ Germany ’ ) is the name given , half in envy , half in derision , to that region beyond the Ghetto where successful neighbors appear to be imitating German Jewish standards of living . |
| 14 | Empirical evidence also began to build up , and Spooner ( 1972 ) , in a study of employers who had moved to the southwest found that more of them cited the attractive environment of Devon and Cornwall as reasons for moving to the area , than its labour supply , and Lonsdale and Browning ( 1971 , 267 ) found that manufacturing plants in 10 southern USA States were more orientated to rural than urban areas and that : ‘ manufacturing firms appear to be placing increased emphasis on rural and small town sites ’ . |
| 15 | I am glad to see that at last many parents now appear to be doing this . |
| 16 | Not least , Tokyo share prices will fall if Japanese companies , lulled into complacency , appear to be delaying overdue cost-cutting . |
| 17 | In just over an hour 's time up to twenty million people are expected to be watching one television programme — the final episode of Inspector Morse . |
| 18 | Actually , I have been slipping in quite a large amount of social anthropological theory while appearing to be discussing other things , though , at the grand scale level , I still have to justify my claim that a mechanical model of functionalist integration is to be preferred to an organic model . |
| 19 | At least 34 states expect to be spending more than they collect . |
| 20 | This can matter if you expect to be working late and the bus stage is some distance away from your place of work . |
| 21 | David I do n't suppose you want to be doing that for |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't know if I want to be doing this in ten years ’ time but I certainly believe it is important to plan ahead . |
| 23 | ‘ We want to be talking two to three days here . |
| 24 | Fires are reported to be causing huge amounts of damage to Costa Rica 's largest-remaining tracts of forest and nature reserves . |
| 25 | France , Belgium and the USA , Zaïre 's principal aid donors , were said to have stressed their backing for Tshisekedi , and on Dec. 3 the Belgian government was reported to be considering military intervention , following Mobutu 's order to his Prime Minister to form a new government within 48 hours . |
| 26 | Sun Microsystems Inc is reported to be readying new 3D graphic accelerators which will replace its impotent low-end GS and GT boards , further ammunition in its campaign against graphics leader Silicon Graphics Inc . |
| 27 | The Duchess of York is reported to be receiving psychiatric help and has therefore fallen victim of the classic dilemma . |
| 28 | By March 8 all of Baghdad was reported to be receiving night-time electricity . |
| 29 | Among the shattered Iraqi forces only the Republican Guard was reported to be standing firm north of the Kuwait-Iraq border . |
| 30 | Nigerian troops were also reported to be guarding key installations in the capital , Freetown . |