Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [noun pl] [be] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , in er mammals wha you could say what was happening in mammals is that males are competing for access to uteruses . |
| 2 | The problem , though , according to Keynesians is that stages 1 and 2 are unpredictable and perhaps rather weak . |
| 3 | We need to know how to see the world as the Christian Fathers saw it ; and the purpose of reascending to origins is that we should be able to return , with greater spiritual knowledge , to our own situation . |
| 4 | The over-riding priority in deciding on cuts was that our essential core-funded research activities should not be harmed in the short or longer term , and I am satisfied that this objective has been met . |
| 5 | Now a very important issue in relation to conforming with requirements is that we can go over the top , we can go O T T as we say . |
| 6 | One of the criticisms that Buisseret foresaw coming from academics was that ‘ the bias was unexpectedly towards changes in the already strong science base rather than addressing priority problems in industry ’ . |
| 7 | Another reason for difficulties arising in relationships is that each of us has a number of different ‘ faces ’ . |
| 8 | The semantic characteristics of adults talking to children are that adults talk about objects and events in their immediate surroundings and they frequently focus on topics identified in the child 's talk . |
| 9 | One of the many advantages in working with miniatures is that you can create an enormous variety of different visual effects according to the way in which you group the finished pictures . |
| 10 | One of the reasons they go shopping in groups is because not everyone agrees about which foods are OK and which ones are going to plunge you into hell-fire . |