Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Urban land enjoying immunities was confiscated and artisans and traders living there were included in the towns ’ tax-paying rolls . |
| 2 | In 1987 the number of people shot dead in Britain by the police using firearms was five . |
| 3 | Although leaching profiles are developed throughout the platform carbonates , a much stronger one is normally present at the top of the Z3 Carbonate ( Fig. 28 ) . |
| 4 | What had happened to the Berwick raiding squadron was not to be known ; but the chance of any of its craft being able to penetrate the blockade , even by night , was minimal . |
| 5 | This may sound like cold comfort when you 're desperately hoping for something to come along and get you going — but continuing your work and maintaining skills is vitally important . |
| 6 | DNA binding reactions were performed at room temperature in a 20 µl reaction mixture containing 100 mM NaCl , 20 mM N -2-hydroxyethylpiperazine- N' -ethanesulfonic acid ( HEPES ) -KOH ( pH 7.5 ) , 0.5 mM EDTA , 0.5 mM DTT , 0.025% Nonidet P-40 , 4% Ficoll , 5 ng/µl poly(dI-dC) , 100 ng/µl bovine serum albumin , 1–2 µl of 1:20 diluted fusion protein ( see above ) and 0.25 ng of labelled binding-site probe ( 10.000–20.000 cpm ) . |
| 7 | Labelling index was expressed as the number of labelled cells per 1000 cells . |
| 8 | Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA has now sold a block of 5.6% of its ordinary shares to Digital Equipment Corp , bringing DEC 's holding in Olivetti to almost 10% and fulfilling the agreement concluded last year , which gives the Italian privileged access to DEC 's Alpha RISC . |
| 9 | John Sayers who recently retired as divisional manager of Decommissioning & Radwaste 's ( D&R ) Radwaste Operations & Handling Division is pictured here with his ‘ surprise ’ retirement gift of a model made by D&R 's Remote Handling & Robotics Department . |
| 10 | Enjoying birds is easy — look and listen and nothing more is required . |
| 11 | For example , the analysis indicated that information about establishing and maintaining accounts was necessary in support of the finance function . |
| 12 | It is more useful on a combination oven ( for conventional or combination cooking ) than on a microwave ( where cooking times are very short anyway , and food may need turning or stirring ) . |
| 13 | who was at Cambuslang at that time , commented " He seems hurt at being asked to preach as a candidate and I sympathize with him in this , as I think candidating and preaching contests are the most objectional things conceivable , and also the least satisfactory way possible of getting good ministers as a rule good men who have done their work well will not preach as candidates for myself I never in my life either preached as a candidate , offered for a parish or got a certificate . " |
| 14 | He said the profession of surfing photography was like a pyramid . |
| 15 | However , there is general agreement that using Creole is more appropriate with " friends " than with members of the older generation . |
| 16 | A preference for using Creole is certainly related to individual cultural values , as Edwards and Sutcliffe found in their West Midlands study . |
| 17 | It is in these situations that centring skills are most useful . |
| 18 | The cannon firing rules are the same as for other cannon . |
| 19 | For dry harvesting , machines with rotating teeth are pushed up and down the bogs to gently comb the berries from the vines . |
| 20 | Quality was Whitaker 's prime consideration in realising Newman 's brief . |
| 21 | There seems no good reason why herbs should not be used at home to cure many minor ills , in the same way that aspirin are useful for headaches , toothache , etc. , and the day may not be far away when a book of standard prescriptions using herbs is universally available . |
| 22 | The man responsible for instigating change was Robin Darwin who had taken over as Rector on 1 January 1948 . |
| 23 | The country 's top paragliding experts were staging a national competition … the first time it 's been held in the region . |
| 24 | This need would be particularly acute in mature schemes where most members are drawing their pensions and the need for income generating investments is greatest . |
| 25 | The cumulative probability of maintaining remission at six months was 0.67 after treatment with prednisolone compared with 0.28 after treatment with elemental diet , and at one year the probability of maintaining remission was 0.35 in the prednisolone group and 0.09 in the elemental diet treated group ( p<0.05 ; log rank test ) . |
| 26 | ‘ We did feel concerned at first , but we have since been reassured that the chances of Andrew catching TB are extremely remote , ’ said Mr Morrison . |
| 27 | They say the tests were a purely precautionary measure and that the chances of anyone catching TB were ‘ a million to one . ’ |
| 28 | The solution using differentiation is shown in Figure 2B , where I have shown that the same transfer price is spot on for both divisions . |
| 29 | Handling naughtiness is one of the thornier issues that parents have to face . |
| 30 | Because in practice there are alternative ways of proving purchase are n't there ? |