Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An arms trade committee , the function of which would be to issue export licences to enterprises , was in preparation . |
| 2 | You would be drawing sucker from E two in your anti-development policies in your local plan . |
| 3 | This may , however , change by the end of the century when most married women in employment will be drawing retirement pensions reflecting their previous earnings . |
| 4 | Unfortunately , it is not possible to state what the overall dependency total is , as most supplementary benefit claimants will also be drawing housing benefit . |
| 5 | Because of these difficulties , there is a widespread view that auditors will regularly be drawing attention to inherent uncertainties surrounding the going concern . |
| 6 | What you have to steal : If you have an expensive car sitting in the driveway , or inadvertently let slip in the pub about your latest classy hi-fi , you could be drawing attention to your house as being potentially worth breaking into . |
| 7 | But director Phil Noyce called for the scene to be re-shot time after time . |
| 8 | He was quick to point out , however , that one should not therefore equate the law of value with the law of labour expenditure , since to do so would be to lose sight of the specific historical form and character of value relations . |
| 9 | Your aim should not be to lose weight , but to bring your eating habits under your control . |
| 10 | On Dec. 5 Hachani announced that the FIS would not be organizing street demonstrations in the run-up to the elections , in order not to " draw the country into a spiral of confrontations , in which the only beneficiaries will be the enemies of the Islamic solution " . |
| 11 | Mr Dilworth explained that our programmes would form part of the radio services for the troops wherever they were , at home or abroad , that those concerned with broadcast production would be organizing War Bonds and recruiting campaigns , and that keeping at our work would be the best way of serving the war effort . |
| 12 | Before the end of the session , we shall also be contacting centre co-ordinators , asking for information about first destinations of candidates who have completed a general SVQ . |
| 13 | Attempting to take up a post abroad without any preparatory updating could be courting disaster . |
| 14 | He grew very hot and thought that he was probably looking runnier than ever , but felt it would be courting horse trouble to take off his jacket . |
| 15 | Yet the laibon seems to be suggesting complicity by his own family in what Fairfax calls ‘ the balls-up ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ You ca n't possibly be suggesting Father intimidates her , ’ Guy said . |
| 17 | It promises to be electrifying stuff . |
| 18 | Presumably ACE will be submitting evidence . |
| 19 | When they had finished unloading , Therese said , ‘ My coco , I shall be helping Loulou for the next week or two , I do n't like leaving him much when he 's working on those big things . |
| 20 | Pupils at Branksome Comprehensive School will be helping raise money for the appeal with a ‘ mufti day ’ when they can wear their own clothes in return for paying a small fee to the charity . |
| 21 | Guinness manager Ken Morrison said : ‘ We are delighted to be helping stage this year 's tournament and it demonstrates our commitment to hockey in Northern Ireland . ’ |
| 22 | Or would that not be defying fate ? … the same fate that had reversed his own fortunes that very night ? |
| 23 | Liberal leader and Premier-elect Ray Groom promised that his new government 's first priority would be to combat unemployment within the state . |
| 24 | Vogel stated that his priorities would be to combat unemployment and to secure more investment for Thuringia . |
| 25 | The role of the auditor should be to support management by assisting in pointing out deficiencies and advising on possible courses of action . |
| 26 | A member of the Council of Overseas Research Centers of the Smithsonian Institution , the Academy 's mission will be to support research in the arts and humanities by American and Central European scholars and to become an important part of a new American presence in Europe . |
| 27 | You should aim to be using video in the classroom as easily as you use the audiocassette recorder or the Overhead Projector . |
| 28 | While the people of one region might still be using stone tools , those in another were already using bronze for all their tools and weapons and sometimes iron as well . |
| 29 | Here one may be using negotiating skills within a relationship , with a home help organiser for example , and using counselling skill in deciding how far to push the claims of one particular client . |
| 30 | I reasoned the pilot must be using descent speed to keep the rotor spinning in readiness for his ‘ landing ’ . |