Example sentences of "[vb base] [v-ing] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean driving is n't , driving is not necessarily |
| 2 | ‘ Glue sniffing is becoming an increasing problem in the town . |
| 3 | Announcing the new campaign junior health minister Baroness Harper said : ‘ Glue sniffing is not a problem that has gone away . ’ |
| 4 | and I , they informed him want scrumping was |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | These arguments stem from ignorance and the mistaken impression that touch legering is advocated as the answer to all legering situations . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ You often say guessing is n't good enough in our work . ’ |
| 9 | They say renting is a good alternative . |
| 10 | According to Dr George F. Kroker , an allergist working in Wisconsin : ‘ Carbohydrate and/or yeast craving is such a characteristic finding in this disorder that one should seriously doubt the diagnosis of this illness if it is not present . ’ |
| 11 | Substantive matters such as hours of work , overtime and shift working are covered by complex legislation that gives rise to legal battles over interpretation . |
| 12 | I mean acting is n't a cure for cancer or anything , but it is something I can potentially be very good at so I try and do my best , but my narrow-minded qualities do tend to come through on film sometimes . |
| 13 | He says all the studies show sunburning is linked to cancer . |
| 14 | Organ donation has not kept pace with the demands for transplantation , and a considerable minority of patients die having been accepted for , and while waiting for , transplantation . |
| 15 | Telephone collecting is not cheap . |
| 16 | Telephone campaigning is an expanding field and one that can be very effective , but it is open to misuse ; you can say almost anything on the telephone and campaigners have to be trained in the right technique . |
| 17 | The kind of songs I sit there and enjoy singing are like ‘ Eternal Flame ’ , songs that have rich melodies . ’ |
| 18 | Drag and drop launching is a new feature , and part of the Windows 3.1 ethos . |
| 19 | Travel wholesaling is common practice today but Cooks pioneered it so successfully that they were issuing printed standard contracts to their agents by 1884 . |
| 20 | Echo sounding is also responsible for an erroneous impression given on chart traces , suggesting that the loch walls continue down for 1000 m or so beneath a filling of loose sediment . |
| 21 | Fender Bass VI The first Bass VI I remember seeing was being used on television by Jack Bruce , during a mimed performance of Strange Brewby Cream . |
| 22 | The only other thing I remember catching was my right thumb . |
| 23 | We know counterfeiting is a problem . |
| 24 | The basic mechanisms which utilize splitting are therefore always to be understood as a division in the subject as well as the object . |
| 25 | Ultrasound scanning is a great help . |
| 26 | You know having been labelled |
| 27 | In-mast and headsail furling is standard , as is laid teak in the cockpit and on the bathing platform , but to continue this treatment on the upper deck costs an additional £5,000 ex VAT . |
| 28 | While this may seem an unnecessary lesson — after all , most of us assume breathing is one thing we do know how to do — nothing could be further from the truth . |
| 29 | The last I remember thinking was that Syl should marry my mother , his contemporary , and that then perhaps I would have to call him Daddy . |
| 30 | She did n't go out drinking or dancing ; she did n't do as one mother she 'd known ( in a story of maternal neglect that I remember feeling was over the top at the time ) and tie a piece of string round my big toe , dangle it through the window and down the front of the house , so that the drunken mother , returning from her carousing , could tug at it , wake the child , get the front door opened and send it down the shop for a basin of pie and peas . |