Example sentences of "what i [be] [v-ing] be " in BNC.

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1 What I am advising is that you consider acquiring some well-proven software ( I can recommend PC-Tools or the Norton Utilities , for instance ) for the occasions when a little home diagnosis is required , and learn how to use it .
2 What I am suggesting is that introspective reports , while often providing helpful qualitative information , can never be reliable enough to use as quantitative data defining the presence or absence of conscious awareness .
3 What I am suggesting is a more subtle movement between the two .
4 I have been talking about experiences which affect both men and women ; what I am suggesting is that the role of the Weaving Mother is to spin a thread , a bond , from the ‘ raw material ’ proffered by the male .
5 What I am suggesting is that both my aunt 's remark and her attitude stemmed from assumptions already prevalent within the family as to what was appropriate behaviour .
6 What I am suggesting is that you should not underrate your ability to succeed in what is now a highly competitive market place .
7 What I am suggesting is that if education is for all then it must meet all needs .
8 What I am suggesting is that this use of ultra simple " binary logic " , which is tied in with the way we recognize speech sounds , is an inbuilt feature of our psychological make-up which distinguishes us as human beings .
9 What I am suggesting is that Spenser 's texts offer glimpses of issues which Elizabethan culture found awkward to confront directly — a belief in the precariousness of its civilisation given the existence of savagery ( exemplified by other customs , baser classes , other religions ) confronting a self-defined orderly minority .
10 What I am suggesting is you knew there was an armed man in the flat , you were worried he was under the bed and if only concern was to get that bed up and over to check he was n't there , you did n't bother to wait to get Julie off it .
11 So what I am suggesting is that you do n't accept this resolution and you accept a modified or amended version of it .
12 What I am suggesting is that I think if you if you concentrate only on the question of who are the chief officers that 's very important and that 's very indicative , but it 's not the whole story .
13 Many of the men are black or half-caste descendants of freed Saharan slaves and I feel that what I am watching is not Islamic at root but a practice brought by their ancestors and grafted on to the religion .
14 What I am advocating is balanced view of your own work and a more sensible approach to its shortcomings .
15 What I am expressing is a tentative belief that it is raining , not the belief ( or awareness of the fact ) that I believe that it is raining .
16 It feels cold : I had hoped for spring but what I am finding is winter .
17 What I am finding is the remains of another file altogether — one kept by Serafin , which contains all the communications he received .
18 What I am arguing is that we should be trying to rescue the market economy from the libertarian philosophy with which it has become entangled and regrettably identified .
19 What I am arguing is rather that , in spite of its evident prominence , nationalism is historically less important .
20 MORRIS L.J. : It seems to me , therefore , that the father was saying , in effect : Irrespective of what may be the strict legal position , what I am asking is that you shall prove that the child will be well looked after and happy , and also that you must agree that the child is to be allowed to decide for herself whether or not she wishes to come and live with you .
21 What I am doing is leaving that literature to one side and considering factors that have been found to affect performance at work .
22 I should be feeling disloyal to Fergus , I should certainly be wondering if what I am doing is right , and if I am going to be hurt .
23 But what I am doing is giving you the opportunity to prove me wrong .
24 It is a lovely play and I am sorry to be leaving , but this is a very strenuous role , and what I am doing is perfectly normal .
25 Basically what I am doing is I want them to reply .
26 What I am doing is for the youngsters . ’
27 What I am saying is that a lot of the common English objections to Ezra Pound have substance , and would be worth taking seriously , if only we could be sure that they were advanced in good faith , in humility , and with compassion .
28 What I am saying is this .
29 What I am saying is not that culling is necessarily the right thing , but that these are genuine detailed practicable problems which must not be dismissed , as if they were easy , by solutions of the kind that I have just suggested .
30 What I am saying is that it is never too late to reformulate your goals : do n't give up and just accept your lot as if it were a sentence handed out by life .
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