Example sentences of "[v-ing] be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact what he has been using are exactly the same as the cheap mass-produced lasers used in CD machines . |
| 2 | Most young people who try sniffing ( and remember , those who try sniffing are only a small minority ) will only do it a few times and stop without any help from adults . |
| 3 | ( f ) That daywork hours for such items as unloading are accurately checked . |
| 4 | These techniques of consumer targeting are now so widely applied that a separate chapter must be devoted to them . |
| 5 | Those 13 CypA residues involved in CsA binding are also drawn ( see text ) . |
| 6 | Obviously , the flavour which whisky gives to a sauce differs from that produced by cognac , armagnac or Calvados ; certainly the aromas coming from the pot while the whisky is cooking are also very different ; but by the time the alcohol has been burned and cooked away I wonder how many people would spot what precisely the difference is . |
| 7 | The political spin-offs from crusading are therefore more difficult to calculate than at first glance they might appear . |
| 8 | Trapping and snaring are both professional methods of rabbit control . |
| 9 | The damage done can be much worse than from a fire — while the chances of it happening are much higher . |
| 10 | I could n't swear that a thalidomide sort of accident will never happen again , but the chance of it happening are much less . |
| 11 | The businesses that Laporte is acquiring are mainly in Germany . |
| 12 | This will ensure that the effects of any system thrashing are largely confined to their own work . |
| 13 | Farm thefts and poaching are now highly organised and big business . |
| 14 | The system can function only so long as the financial stability of LCH 's position is preserved so that the risks normally inherent in futures and options trading are effectively balanced . |
| 15 | The formalities required before a company can commence trading are relatively straightforward . |
| 16 | This implies that , like normal observers , C.C. saw the green shapes as the perceptual figures whether they appeared on the right or the left , implying that figure-ground segregation operated normally across the display ( his phenomenal descriptions of ‘ green shapes at either side ’ on debriefing are also consistent with this ) . |
| 17 | Weeping , sobbing , shaking , sweating , even laughing are all able to discharge emotion . |
| 18 | ‘ That 's why regular brushing and flossing are so important . |
| 19 | Saline alluvial soils have high levels of exchangeable sodium and the effects of gleying are clearly evident . |
| 20 | Jokes about men driving are mostly on the macho theme : ‘ Men love a fast and powerful car , especially painted red — it 's a virility symbol . ’ |
| 21 | Finally , when she was fastening the long row of buttons on a classic dark blue creation , her mother came in , her lovely calm as untouched as ever , as though missing daughters suddenly returning were quite a normal thing . |
| 22 | Even dowsing is obliquely referred to in the official reports as ‘ probing with metal rods ’ ! |
| 23 | Some gardeners will do anything to win prizes ( marrows filled with lead shot to add weight , for instance ) , but there 's one show where cheating is positively encouraged . |
| 24 | Cooling is usually done by passing the gas through pipes . |
| 25 | There is enough area there to call for a two-person crew , so launching is rarely a problem . |
| 26 | With the water high up on the beach the sea is very choppy and launching is very difficult because the waves break viciously on the steep upper slopes of the beach which is frequently a shingle ridge . |
| 27 | Launching is very difficult . |
| 28 | What we hear as squeaking is only the lower end of a sonic signal mostly beyond the range of our human ears . |
| 29 | And we 're booked up to go and see Cats in January , oh we 've quite a few and then like , there actually spooling 's quite good at organizing for er charity . |
| 30 | ‘ Knocking is certainly immoral , ’ says Muggleton , ‘ but without witnesses we have difficulty proving that the knocker boys have employed fraud . |