Example sentences of "be [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Sterotabs Extra , £3.75 for 30 tablets , are more powerful and one tablet will purify 25 ltr of water in 10 minutes — particularly good for camping holidays when you might be using large plastic water containers . |
| 32 | They also complain about the shortage of wood brought about by iron smelting , and ask for opinions on that matter : " … also of any opinion conceived of the great consumpcon of timber and all other kinds of wood made in divers places thereabouts by the Iron Mynes " ( they must refer to wood taken for charcoal burning for the furnaces , the iron mines at this stage would not be using large amounts of timber , but the woodlands were decimated for this reason . |
| 33 | From Les Amants to Pretty Baby he has often seemed to be using sexual subjects to make films about something else entirely , and in as much as sex and the life force are connected , his two sexiest films remain Viva Maria and Zazie dans Le Metro , which have nothing to do with sex at all . |
| 34 | The workers , it seems must be using genetically-based cues , such as colour or odour , to discriminate between full and half sibs . |
| 35 | And yes , Micro Focus says that it will be using Object-Oriented Cobol internally . |
| 36 | The system of course relies on the fact that large boats and ships will be using active radar systems , not passive systems like Watchman 's . |
| 37 | These checks are only justified if the person is likely to be handling large sums of money or to be exposed to the possibility of bribery . |
| 38 | I take it , it will mostly be building new prisons , but they will take some time , especially if the Ministry of Works have anything to do with the plans . |
| 39 | Instead of carrying the miserable burden of mass unemployment , we could be investing in new technology and in new skills , training and retraining our talented people to face a fiercely competitive world : instead of our education system declining and our health service fracturing , we could be building high-quality public services which extend security and opportunity to every family in the land ; instead of a society diminished by the violence and dishonesty of crime , we could be building strong communities which provided opportunity as well as protection for every citizen . |
| 40 | Instead of carrying the miserable burden of mass unemployment , we could be investing in new technology and in new skills , training and retraining our talented people to face a fiercely competitive world : instead of our education system declining and our health service fracturing , we could be building high-quality public services which extend security and opportunity to every family in the land ; instead of a society diminished by the violence and dishonesty of crime , we could be building strong communities which provided opportunity as well as protection for every citizen . |
| 41 | All design work to be undertaken in-house . |
| 42 | A Corporate Finance Engagement Letter should be obtained from every client for whom corporate finance activities are to be undertaken prior to the first engagement . |
| 43 | On April 2 , the US State Department confirmed that " the [ Iraqi ] government seems to be levelling substantial portions of the Turkoman town of Tuz Khurmatu , 40 miles south of Kirkuk " . |
| 44 | The tenant should resist a provision that interest should be deemed to be rent due to the landlord as this will have the effect of making available the remedy of distress as well as that of forfeiture without the necessity to serve a s 146 notice . |
| 45 | JS specifies that machinery such as that used for harvesting should be energy efficient , and that waste must be neutralised prior to disposal . |
| 46 | Yes he 'll have mentioned the United States on occasions I hope cos he teaches the United States , yeah , well as you know I mean there are a number of separate powers , there 's the presidential erm there 's the presidential power , in foreign policy making I 'm talking about , there 's president , there 's the congress there 's the Pentagon , there 's the secretary of state for foreign affairs as well , and one of the characteristics of American policy is the way in which sometimes they can be ha be pursuing separate erm aims and using different methods . |
| 47 | Through the Federation Against Software Theft , the company will also be pursuing collective measures with Uniplex Ltd , the Santa Cruz Operation Inc and Oracle Corp . |
| 48 | Although at the local level we will be pursuing similar objectives , when it comes tot he wider national issues , it will be CPRW that speaks out for those who not only care about the Park , but also see it as a special part of a special country . |
| 49 | If I were looking for a record deal , I would be pursuing individual A&R people , getting them to come and see my band . |
| 50 | In that it joins other states like Iran , Israel , Pakistan and India who are all thought to be pursuing military nuclear programmes . |
| 51 | The Mason , who had been going to protest , saw that his own strong-arm ruffians were among them , and knew that to argue would be to risk public defeat . |
| 52 | These nets must also be fastened top and bottom to each stake since they will be required to catch rabbits bolting in either direction . |
| 53 | Now I can be constipatied constipated and I can be the other way . |
| 54 | Now I can be constipatied constipated and I can be the other way . |
| 55 | However , the provision was concentrated mainly in Phase 1 schools , and in the later stages of PNP even these schools claimed to be encountering increased difficulty in sustaining their earlier staffing commitments in this area . |
| 56 | Despite the continuing efforts of its best soothsayers , the Advanced Computing Environment initiative seems to be gathering unstoppable and irreversible entropic momentum . |
| 57 | Occasionally , flights may be delayed due to circumstances beyond our control . |
| 58 | Hyndman , now a keen supporter of the war , argued that Labour should be demanding general nationalization of industry in the name both of equality of sacrifice and of war-fighting efficiency . |
| 59 | If we 're not careful they 'll be demanding single table bargaining and they 'll be then putting us in the minority in local authorities and we 're gon na see this union under tremendous offensive as a quarter of our membership in local authorities , so we need to get our act together and get on top of this now . |
| 60 | The proposal , which caused a storm at last week 's council meeting , has led to further suggestions that other organisations throughout Ards could soon be demanding free refuse collection . |