Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The warders you asked to see are here , Mr Nicholson , ’ his secretary told him . |
| 2 | He argues the company has tried to monopolise the market by convincing customers that its relational database management system is effectively the computer , making it appear that all other functions and tasks the user may want to perform are bound tightly to the database — requirements that can only be met by other Oracle products . |
| 3 | To go jogging is belonging |
| 4 | See , what you got to realize is — there are rules . ’ |
| 5 | One reason why the ideological premises of grammar so often remain hidden is that linguists deny their existence . |
| 6 | Even allowing that man 's capacity to overlook what he does not want to see is almost unlimited , the folk of this age can hardly have failed to observe that new law was being made all the time . |
| 7 | We see we see this forum as very much the right sort of forum for either making or breaking the case for a new settlement , the one thing I do have to say , however , is that the Department wants to see this particular issue settled in the context of the alteration , and full significance of that is n't immediately apparent , it , what we do n't want to see is what was envisaged in the H B F statement , where they thought that we might end up with a decision to have a new settlement in principle and then leave it open to the local plans , all four of them around the city , to then explore the possible alternative locations . |
| 8 | I agree wholeheartedly , with what we were saying , what we do n't want to see is a whole one house block in the countryside , he wants to see it as part of a farmstead and order to prove that it 's going to be part of a farmstead , the buildings should be prerequisite to go up first before the house does . |
| 9 | ‘ What we do n't want to see is our own producers being undercut . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ What we do n't want to see is our own producers being undercut . ’ |
| 11 | So what do you want to see being done ? |
| 12 | Being constrained upon penalty to leave the place where one would prefer to remain is surely such an interference , calling for justification . |
| 13 | He concealed his identity with such success that his desire to remain hidden was probably deliberate . |
| 14 | What the notion is intended to emphasise are those issues to do with the how and the why of sociology 's empirical reference . |
| 15 | If a specific sum is anticipated in 6 months time , and today 's price of the share in which it is intended to invest is considered low or is forecast to rise , then the price may be fixed now by the use of a call option . |
| 16 | When the dark blue sidecar , a red coat-of-arms on its tailboard and a grey horse between its shafts , came swirling towards her , iron-tyred wheels crunching merrily along , with the noble sound of a horse 's well-shod feet , the very last person she expected to see was Anderson . |
| 17 | I was n't actually pleased with Zak as I did n't want to risk being identified as an actor , but that , I supposed , would be a great deal better than the truth . |
| 18 | ‘ Time Lords are supposed to remain calm , ’ he told himself , ‘ but then again , I do n't want to risk being late to meet Mait , do I ? ’ |
| 19 | It is not that these things are in themselves opposed to religion , but the possessiveness and distractedness which they tend to promote are . |
| 20 | What she undoubtedly failed to see was just how remarkable her Scottish kingdom was , both in its political life and in its perceptions of itself and other nations . |
| 21 | Among the high-powered list of people expected to attend are Noel Davies , chief executive of Laird 's parent company VSEL , local MPs , trade union leaders and Merseyside Development Corporation chief Chris Farrow . |
| 22 | The only cookery I got taught was survival training in the SAS . ’ |
| 23 | In fact , what we have witnessed has been the spectacle of governments running so hard to get away from this concept that they have been unable to hear the voice of the British business community , pleading that the interest it would like the government to show in its affairs is of a different nature altogether . |
| 24 | Yet such as it is , what I have witnessed has been enough to throw a strong light on the materials I have used , and , for me , has made the dry bones live . |
| 25 | A PLAN to draw up registers of land which may be polluted has been abandoned by the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , writes Auslan Cramb . |
| 26 | These issues have been well raised and aired over the last few months I would like to now raise another issue that I do n't think has been publicized enough that is the issue of under-provision in old age . |
| 27 | The analogy to light has been a favourite religious image when talking of God . |
| 28 | Many are extremely tense , not only since the infarct , but have been for many years , and it is possible that the inward tension that they suffer has been a contributory factor to their disease . |
| 29 | I mean driving is n't , driving is not necessarily |
| 30 | However , the small proportion of research that involves has been , and will continue to be , essential for medical progress . |