Example sentences of "[v-ing] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , but the trips he 's using are big . |
| 2 | The related themes I am pursuing are difficult to keep apart , and really require a contrapuntal or fugal exposition . |
| 3 | The effects of sniffing are similar to being drunk on alcohol . |
| 4 | Chewing and sucking are comforting for the human being and the roots of this go right back into babyhood . |
| 5 | Very recent figures on the precise extent of subcontracting are difficult to obtain but the Fifth Basic Survey of Industry ( 1979 ) showed that over 60 per cent of small and medium-sized firms ( i.e. up to 300 employees ) were dependent on orders from other firms . |
| 6 | Resting , sleeping and generally vegetating are obvious ways of unwinding . |
| 7 | But , thanks both to Daimler 's bad luck and bad judgment , the odds against this ever happening are high — and getting higher . |
| 8 | The odds against it happening are astronomical , but if it does , then so are the winnings . |
| 9 | Artists of the stature of Sendak and Keeping are visual explorers , never satisfied merely to repeat performances , even though those performances are outstanding . |
| 10 | In general , through the development of the National Curriculum , links across the primary secondary phase have strengthened to ensure curriculum continuity and consistency , joint working parties on teaching and record keeping are common place . |
| 11 | A software development environment and multiprocessing are extra . |
| 12 | A software development environment and multiprocessing are extra . |
| 13 | The first chart is an ideal courtship , Physical intimacy and cost are low , while communication and blending are high . |
| 14 | Bank references are sought by companies to ensure that those with whom they are trading are solvent and can pay for goods and services supplied to them . |
| 15 | One of the reasons for writing so much about growing your own plants is that not all flowers and foliage suitable for pressing are available from florists , which can considerably limit the palette of colours from which you will work . |
| 16 | Short-term gains by cheating are likely to be offset by long-term losses that may affect one 's offspring and those of relatives . |
| 17 | Other measures which are clearly associated with subjective risk while driving are cognitive load as measured by dual-task performance ( e.g. Harms , 1986 , 1991 ; Hoyos , 1988 ) and verbal ratings of the chances of being involved in a near miss ( Watts & Quimby , 1980 ) . |
| 18 | Physiological measures which have been equated with subjective risk when driving are galvanic skin response ( GSR ) ( e.g. Helander & Söderberg , 1973 — described in Summala , 1976 ; Hulbert , 1957 ; Preston , 1969 ; Taylor , 1964 ) and heart rate ( Rutley & Mace , 1972 ) , both of which are often used as measures of physiological arousal . |
| 19 | ‘ Eavesdropping is despicable , Señor de Santis , ’ she said , her cheeks beginning to glow . |
| 20 | ‘ Walking is good for everyone whatever their age or level of fitness , ’ said Frank Kelly , the Health Promotion Agency 's physical activity programme manager . |
| 21 | Walking is good for the soul , it 's . |
| 22 | But if cheating is necessary , you can commonly get away with it for a time . |
| 23 | Cheating is easy . |
| 24 | It is easy to imagine cases where cheating is advantageous . |
| 25 | The Albion , representing is due to appear as part of a BBC Look East programme . |
| 26 | The picture of the meadows laughing is immediate ’ ( 1958a:208 ) . |
| 27 | Blending is useful when trying to obtain a smooth finish . |
| 28 | Blending is low because communication is low . |
| 29 | ‘ To be honest no , lurking 's boring and if it 's all the same to you , Nigel old boy , lurking 's out . ’ |
| 30 | However , the degree to which this is actually happening is minimal . |