Example sentences of "[v-ing] is [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The knack in dowsing is to be in the right frame of mind , not caring too much what answer you get , but at the same time having a clear idea of what you are looking for , otherwise you are opening yourself up to a very wide ‘ waveband ’ and things will get very confused . |
| 2 | Therefore , if the assumption that the speaker is actually cooperating is to be preserved , some informative inference must be made . |
| 3 | Somebody er to whom the erm er er matters could be referred er whom er could remove trustees er who are er not acting in er the best interests er of the fund erm to whom er I understand that the erm beneficiaries could er appeal if they felt that their fund was being erm used i in the wrong way which is something that we have n't got at the moment erm I mean just going very , very briefly back to the question that you asked erm about this how would you stop what 's happen happening is by having , we would have thought a pensioner trustee , because even the question has been asked how did it get through the union trustees and the answer is that most of them are employed , and they are looking over their shoulder because jobs are going and redundancies are being made . |
| 4 | Erm I mean just going very , very briefly back to the question that you asked erm about this how would you stop what 's happen happening is by having , we would have thought a pensioner trustee , because even the question has been asked how did it get through the union trustees , and the answer that most of them are employed and they are looking over their shoulder because jobs are going , redundancies are being made , you 've got a pensioner employee er a pensioner trustee on there , and they 're not looking over their shoulder for their job , they are going to do the job of a trustee and watch the fund and they would then be able to go to the regulator if they saw something that was amiss , but if somebody is employed by the firm might be very worried about doing because they 're more bothered about keeping their job . |
| 5 | Building surveying is by definition a very technical skill . |
| 6 | Recourse to stabbing is at least potentially more open to abuse . |
| 7 | It 's a pity in a way that we did n't have this discussion before , because I do think it 's important and I think parties these days , goodness knows what we 're matching is to , should be a bit and they want more , sort of less than putting in less fifty percent . |
| 8 | Some questions which need to be addressed are what the overall quality of memory for driving is like , what types of detail can or can not be remembered , and what variables , both psychological and environmental , are related to memory ? |
| 9 | Dividend stripping is to some extent considered legitimate tax planning by the Inland Revenue , provided it is done within the confines of s176 and provided also that reserves out of which to pay a dividend are not " artificially " created . |
| 10 | Loving is about feeling . |
| 11 | The sound of the four doors clunking is like rifle-bolts slamming home . |
| 12 | yeah I think right but I think the way of analyzing is through just saying you , what are your grievances and then ultimately that will result in landlords being driven out . |
| 13 | Alan says powerboating is like going down a hill in snow on a tin tray … its a bit punishing … shakes you about … he 's got a good throttle man and a good navigator |
| 14 | ‘ With adults the process of acting is about the losing of inhibitions . |
| 15 | ‘ Acting is in my blood and always has been , ’ said Akram . |
| 16 | Talking about acting is like boasting about pictures you 're going to paint . |
| 17 | As gossip is to ladies and gambling to gentlemen , flirting is to both together . |
| 18 | The most obvious sign of ageing is through our skin tissues . |
| 19 | At least in Drosophila , ageing is in general genetically variable and polygenic . |
| 20 | Assuming it to be out there somewhere they have joined forces with the Utopians and Marxists and missed the fact that the spiritual galaxy for which they are searching is like the Milky Way . |
| 21 | A further use of microprogramming is in writing programs to test for and diagnose faults in the computer hardware . |
| 22 | This bridge we 're guarding is of great strategic importance . |
| 23 | ‘ Celeste may attend every Grand Prix , but — ’ his dark brown eyes met hers ‘ — that wo n't stop the gossips assuming that the next place we 're heading is into bed . ’ |
| 24 | Recent commentaries , therefore , such as the review by O. B. Stabell , maintain that the case for imprinting is at best not proved . |
| 25 | Dramatic as imprinting is as a form of learning , it suffered from my point of view from the problem that for a bird to become imprinted requires exposing it to the stimulus , the flashing light or whatever , for a couple of hours ; memory builds up slowly over that time , and so the cellular changes that are going on during the period inevitably intermingle the effects of learning and of visual stimulation with those of memory formation . |
| 26 | ‘ But one place it certainly is n't going is through that door . ’ |
| 27 | the job that could be going is at , this erm and they do these tapes or something in Flint |
| 28 | Another display entitled ‘ La Corrida ’ featuring 120 paintings and drawings by Botero on the theme of bullfighting is at the Grand Palais from 20 to 29 November . |
| 29 | Cleaning your house while the kids are still growing is like shovelling the snow before it stops snowing . |
| 30 | Racing is for the track not for the road . |