Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | To go jogging is belonging |
| 2 | I mean driving is n't , driving is not necessarily |
| 3 | The stacks of plates were put beside them , and the bowls of coleslaw , potato salad and other food that did not need cooking were set in place . |
| 4 | The first time it stopped raining was on the ferry back from Boulogne . |
| 5 | ‘ Glue sniffing is becoming an increasing problem in the town . |
| 6 | Announcing the new campaign junior health minister Baroness Harper said : ‘ Glue sniffing is not a problem that has gone away . ’ |
| 7 | The Sports Council has confirmed that Andrew Saxton CAN take part , if selected , but it has attacked weighlifting 's ruling body for not taking any action against Saxton . |
| 8 | The formalities required before a company can commence trading are relatively straightforward . |
| 9 | On the other hand the ‘ real ’ crime that did need correcting was being perpetrated by the capitalists themselves ( and those very same agents ) , and was being ignored . |
| 10 | An algorithm which performs this trick before it starts searching is said to be goal directed , or a backwards searcher . |
| 11 | and I , they informed him want scrumping was |
| 12 | Termination of the agreement by the HP finance company if the consumer stopped paying was allowed only if he had disregarded a default notice allowing him at least a week to pay up . |
| 13 | But that local needs heading is one heading , the other heading which I think would be unavoidable is erm on migration . |
| 14 | Syringe sharing is less common than it was before 1987 , but it has not been eliminated , and bleach is commonly recommended in the absence of sterilised syringes . |
| 15 | The year in which social welfare spending 's rising share of the national income stopped rising was 1976 . |
| 16 | All that needs saying is that Mould is back with a razor sharp cleaver , a new band , a re-tuned view of the uneven-ness of life . |
| 17 | all that needs saying is that Mould is back in a big way … |
| 18 | ‘ What we may consider doing is to threaten to refuse to renew the temporary planning permission for the portakabin , ’ said Coun Christine Russell . |
| 19 | All employees identified by linkage to industrial records also reported that they had worked in the nuclear industry and no additional parents reported having been an employee . |
| 20 | In an experimental study of a case management service for homeless mentally ill people only two out of 94 people referred in a year reported having been admitted to hospital for a year or longer . |
| 21 | These were the number accidents the driver reported having being involved in over the past five years and the number of near misses they had experienced in the previous year . |
| 22 | And if two actresses can survive having been cast in the same part and still go on to be friends , they can survive anything . |
| 23 | These arguments stem from ignorance and the mistaken impression that touch legering is advocated as the answer to all legering situations . |
| 24 | Touch legering is not simply just a good idea because it is a sensitive way of detecting bites ; it can also be extremely useful when the fish need slack line after mouthing the bait . |
| 25 | What I found startling was the maturity of the crews . |
| 26 | To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many dwellings for general needs housing were completed in the Monmouth constituency by Monmouth borough council and by housing associations in 1981 and 1991 . |
| 27 | ‘ You often say guessing is n't good enough in our work . ’ |
| 28 | The points that would need stressing are the time-scale over which the reform would be implemented , and the commitment to use the revenue to reduce the standard rate of tax . |
| 29 | In my book the only time a manager should consider resigning is when he starts believing his own programme notes . |
| 30 | They say renting is a good alternative . |