Example sentences of "[adj] [v-ing] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're funny looking are n't they , though ? |
| 2 | I do n't know , you 're sort of half dozing are n't you ? |
| 3 | This re-releasing is unfortunately often necessary because man breaks the delicate balance owls have with their habitat . |
| 4 | Immediately before the rate cut was made public , the FTSE index of the 100 biggest companies was down 4.4 points at 3031.0 having been 10.8 lower at its worst in early dealing . |
| 5 | For many of his supporters he could do no wrong and any semblance of wrong having been done was explained as part of the ecumenical conspiracy to defeat true Protestantism . |
| 6 | The position of the beads in the grave normally suggests they were worn on a necklace , but a case can be made for some having been worn in the hair . |
| 7 | Some speculative builders boomed in these conditions , few having been active prior to the 1920s , though their characteristics suggest some link or other with housebuilding : |
| 8 | Only the lower storey of the main mill block survives , plus a few ancillary buildings , this having been imaginatively converted into showrooms , still retaining some of the original iron Venetian mill windows . |
| 9 | The meeting between the councillors and local residents did not take place , despite this having been agreed unanimously by the Planning Committee . |
| 10 | This having been accomplished , the assembled populace could ‘ enjoy ’ the hunt , staged by the venatores and their assistants , the bestiarii . |
| 11 | This having been confirmed , the city is spending about $5.3 million for the ‘ Ottoman ’ show , with projected attendance of 500,000 , and $3.2 million for the smaller ‘ Etruscans ’ exhibition , which should attract about 200,000 . |
| 12 | An exhibition entitled ‘ The world of Fabergé ’ has opened in the exhibition hall of the Kremlin Belfry , this having been designated Fabergé Year by Unesco , and the collection of works by this famous firm being in the Kremlin Museums . |
| 13 | To the left of this doorway , right down on the ground , is an arched opening known as ‘ The Cagots ’ window' , this having been , so one story claims , the window through which the Cagots , who were not allowed into the church , could hear the mass . |
| 14 | Our usual sense of time is dependent on measurable changes proceeding in a linear sequence and this having been thoroughly and very pleasantly disrupted , a kind of musical clairvoyance is created in which past , present and future seem to intermingle . |
| 15 | This having been done the whole program is in x — IF/ALT , as required , after perhaps some renaming of bound variables . |
| 16 | This having been done the " what if " situations can be analysed and examined . |
| 17 | About 400 sick conscripts were discharged ( this having been one of the demonstrators ' demands ) , as were those who had served 18 months of their two-year service . |
| 18 | This having been confirmed in writing , two things occurred : first , the Security Council 's adoption of Resolution 686 , to reinforce the cease-fire ; and , second , the outbreak of the revolts in Iraq reviewed earlier in the chapter . |
| 19 | This having been said , the consultation generated almost three times the volume correspondence as the last major consultation on the revision of the practice rules in 1990 , and roughly four times as many responses as were received in connection with the consultation on multi-disciplinary partnerships in 1987 ( although more local law society responses were received to the 1987 consultation ) . |
| 20 | There were reports that Iraq had received another Russian system , the SS-21 , though specialist circles are uncertain about this and arrival was not independently confirmed — perhaps the confusion arose from the last digits of the SS-12 having been inverted . |
| 21 | Intravenous magnesium and temporary atrial or ventricular pacing are initial choices of therapy . |
| 22 | That 's average looking is n't it ? |
| 23 | The use of symbolic addressing is not fully exploited to cope with pre-existing forms of citation and for automated authoring of large quantities of text . |
| 24 | The second failing is thus of effectiveness , of failure to guide and motivate change . |
| 25 | The minutes of the A.G.M. held on 29th April 1991 having been distributed , were approved . |
| 26 | The minutes of the A.G.M. held on 29th April 1991 having been distributed , were approved . |
| 27 | Overseas graduates who would like to contribute to these meeting are invited to write to Mr Arnold Gourevitch , Sands Cox Society , Medical School , Birmingham B15 2TT . |
| 28 | The minutes of the meeting of 10 June 1992 were approved having been proposed by Fr Chambers and seconded by Fr Connelly . |
| 29 | And er I 'm not saying they 're ill treated cos they 're probably not , but there 's different ways of ill treating is n't there ? |
| 30 | exerts a strong indirect influence on the other ten African departments , all of these having been established by the DET or one of its predecessors before being granted ‘ independence ’ . |