Example sentences of "[adj] be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Optimistic statements from government sources suggest that the real incomes of the retired are increasing and that this group is improving its economic position with regard to the rest of society . |
| 2 | Ca n't help it I I 'm such a give away when things like that are happening . |
| 3 | But with the sales of that are going on , there are needs to move tenants around and make alterations to boundaries and buildings , as we split up holdings , so I would say Chair , it 's essential that we have something in the kitty to do this work , I mean , it 's obviously far exceeded by the capital receipts that the revue is generating . |
| 4 | Are there any questions that people would , would like to ask , er I think it 's a very important paper , er important also because as most of you know it was all these new technologies and new drug treatments and things like that that are coming in , an awful lot of rather easy criteria are being used to , to look at the , the various things , and I think that 's why there 's a lot of confusion about what is and is not a good method of treatment . |
| 5 | With five top 40 hits under their belt and a top ten album , you might think Take That are rolling in it . |
| 6 | Currently there are over I million lone mothers in Great Britain , of whom about two-thirds are living in poverty . |
| 7 | The deaf are finding that their hearing aids are amplifying more than just the voices of their friends . |
| 8 | Only the disadvantaged are going to succeed in seventies ’ England . ’ |
| 9 | But many of the Andalucian farm workers who voted for the Socialists in 1982 and 1986 are turning to Mr Pacheco 's party to voice their discontent . |
| 10 | In South Australia , Holden 's Motor Company at Elizabeth near Adelaide have since 1986 been introducing sophisticated manufacturing technology , as part of an Australian $350 million investment programme , and establishing ‘ family cells ’ — shop-floor groups who organize themselves and monitor their own production performance . |
| 11 | This week , Zoe Muir has been updating us on the progress of our five Lunchtime dieters who have each been trying a different method of losing weight . |
| 12 | Piers Ottey , Catherine Somerville and Christopher Baker are all graduates and have each been painting for over 20 years . |
| 13 | Exactly at the same time the Girls , who had each been standing behind a door , burst through and on to the stage . |
| 14 | In Newham , there are 519 young people without a job ; 58 say that they are not interested , so that means that 451 are seeking a YT place . |
| 15 | Has that been recording all the time ? |
| 16 | Well right , well then , how long has , how long has that been going ? |
| 17 | while you 've been swearing and that been going ever so , police 'll be round tomorrow |
| 18 | You 'll just have to make sure you clean your sheets after that been jizzling all over it . |
| 19 | Mr Brian Challis , Inter-City chef of the year , and his team of eight are packing in converts to bacon and eggs . |
| 20 | CHILDREN as young as eight are playing deadly ‘ chicken in the box ’ inches from train lines . |
| 21 | ASTAGGERING number of the hard-up are failing to claim benefit under the Family Credit Scheme — despite a recent change in government calculations . |
| 22 | ASTAGGERING number of the hard-up are failing to claim benefit under the Family Credit Scheme — despite a recent change in government calculations . |
| 23 | ASTAGGERING number of the hard-up are failing to claim benefit under the Family Credit Scheme — despite a recent change in government calculations . |
| 24 | The Posh are making a strong promotion challenge and their experienced , hard-running side knocked Liverpool out of the Rumbelows League Cup and impressed in defeat against Middlesbrough . |
| 25 | Even if those who are living in institutions are excluded , it is estimated that half of old people under 75 and about two-thirds of those over 75 are suffering from a long-standing illness in addition to normal minor ailments . |
| 26 | On the one hand you 've got everything , accounting-wise , you need to run a large company now , and on the other , the bits that make what you send to other people look professional are coming ‘ real soon now ’ in a later release . |
| 27 | Anybody from forty to forty nine , will pay three percent and then they 've got this strange idea that ladies over the age of fifty are going to have more time off work through illness , so they 're going to charge us four percent , and the men three percent . |
| 28 | He should not be named , but he begged me to tell the outside world of the appalling situation where the wounded are dying unnecessarily because the UN are refusing to transport the wounded out of the city . ’ |
| 29 | And Labour are looking forward to an even bigger laugh next week when Laurel and Hardy take their act to the Tory Conference in Brighton . |
| 30 | But in Gloucester , Labour are hoping to take overall control of a hung council . |