Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [conj] be [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , further down the chain , demand for low-time pilots and ex-military aircrew has slumped and is not expected to pick up again until the pool of laid-off pilots has been used up , probably in a year 's time . |
| 2 | " The changeable international situation , " he said , " has affected and is still affecting Xinjiang 's social stability . |
| 3 | As the girl dances close to me I can smell her perfume and all that has gone before is completely forgotten ; the slit trenches , the mosquitoes , the wounded and my dead comrades . |
| 4 | Pupils could be encouraged to ascertain what is going on in the picture , what has happened or is about to happen , why are people doing certain things . |
| 5 | The KGB has survived and is even taking on new tasks , such as distributing western food aid . |
| 6 | The only doubt about this was raised by the Court of Appeal in Faccenda Chicken Ltd v Fowler [ 1985 ] 1 All ER 724 where the court specifically left open the question whether additional protection should be afforded to an employer where the former employee is not seeking to earn his living by making use of the body of skill , knowledge and experience which he has acquired but is merely selling the knowledge to a third party ( see p79 above ) . |
| 7 | under Sub-Section 2(a) unless the person driving holds a licence to drive such car or has held and is not disqualified for holding or obtaining such a licence |
| 8 | under Sub-Section 2 ( b ) ( c ) or ( d ) if to the knowledge of the person claiming to be indemnified the person driving does not hold a licence to drive such car unless he has held and is not disqualified for holding or obtaining such a licence |
| 9 | driven by the Policyholder unless he holds a licence to drive such car or has held and is not disqualified for holding or obtaining such a licence |
| 10 | driven on the order or with the permission of the Policyholder by any person who to the Policyholders knowledge does not hold a licence to drive such car unless such person has held and is not disqualified for holding or obtaining such a licence |
| 11 | Markby asked twice if she were cold and she knew he 'd noticed and was politely trying to find out what was wrong . |
| 12 | She thinks of herself as a discursive fabric in which beliefs get lodged and are subsequently removed . |
| 13 | Another im prominent toxoid vaccine which you should all have received and be regularly receiving boosters for is the tetanus vaccine , and really , a very similar situation pertains here , that the toxin is so important in the pathogenesis of disease , tetanus , that simply immunity to that one factor can lead to immunity er to the disease as a whole . |
| 14 | The crew of the boat on which he was travelling attacked and were about to kill him when he asked for a last favour — to play a tune . |
| 15 | In other important cities , however , including Málaga in the south , Santander on the north coast , and the Basque city of Bilbao , the rising either failed to get started or was swiftly quelled by loyal troops and members of the two main armed police forces , the Civil Guard and Assault Guard . |
| 16 | She almost asked whether he had not been there the previous Friday but stopped , unsure whether he had forgotten or was deliberately misleading her . |
| 17 | Some members of staff at the school felt that it had suffered and was still suffering from the effects of the reorganization . |
| 18 | Since then she had searched and searched , her curiosity unflagging , trying to catch him out — to find some small part of this world he had made that was n't finished . |
| 19 | Then , just when they thought that they had finished and were about to leave the room , up pipes a small Scottish voice in the corner which says , ’ What about Scotland ? ’ |
| 20 | The right hon. Member for Lagan Valley said that he was not clear whether the right hon. and learned Gentleman had finished or was still giving way , and my right hon. Friend referred to what looked like only the first half of his speech . |
| 21 | But the sight of the glass took him back into the past again , the past which he believed he had exorcised but was now fetched back in fragments and longer scenarios by every possible association . |
| 22 | He had something up his sleeve … an idea had germinated and was already going into action . |
| 23 | Now a woman had returned and was probably going to lead trouble back to him , and he wanted no part of it . |
| 24 | Like Dr Neil , J.D. thought how much she had changed and was still changing . |
| 25 | Shock , do you understand the difference between the loss of pressure and loss of volume , volume would be when liquid was leaking out , coming out of the blood vessels , okay , pressure would be when the heart itself , the pump itself had failed or was not working properly , failed completely or was not working properly , do you understand the difference ? |
| 26 | along with Terry Snow , have kindly agreed to serve as Chairmen of the Advisory Panels to which I have referred and are currently agreeing the terms of reference and membership of the Panels . |
| 27 | Local mothers have formed and are now administering Scotland 's first Gaelic-speaking pre-school playgroups . |
| 28 | The Financial Times of Feb. 4 had identified a " shift in EC mood " , which it ascribed to " a realization that the EEA may only be short-lived , as most EFTA countries have applied or are about to apply for full EC membership " . |
| 29 | This means that people who have suffered or are currently suffering from schizophrenia need to be able to withdraw from arousing circumstances , but that the extreme understimulation which could sometimes be found in an old-fashioned mental hospital should equally be avoided . |
| 30 | At times I feel a wee bit guilty having returned home to Scotland all in one piece , when so many of my friends have died or were badly injured . |