Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People are angry and are pitching hard because of the polarisation of the debate between the status quo or independence . |
| 2 | Because I recko , I reckon they must of been paid for that because Maury has n't been phoning up and saying oh you have n't paid it ! |
| 3 | ‘ The boys are naturally worried and they have been phoning home to find out more about the situation , ’ Mathur said . |
| 4 | The Ch'noze are raiding further east than usual this year . ’ |
| 5 | It does seem an anachronism that the Australian government could in theory be sacked by the Queen in London , particularly as both countries are devoting much greater attention to their regional interests . |
| 6 | Companies are devoting very low attention — at least in terms of money — to controlling investment ’ . |
| 7 | Scientists are stepping up tests to find the source of dioxin contamination which has brought financial ruin to two farmers . |
| 8 | The revival in borrowing was concentrated on credit cards , suggesting that consumers are stepping up purchases of everyday items but are still reluctant to take on debt to finance household durables and cars . |
| 9 | COMPANIES that supply optical fibres to British Telecom are stepping up their efforts to cut the price of the fibres in the face of international competition . |
| 10 | In the UK , GaAs-based computer chips are now being marketed , and UK manufacturers are stepping up production of GaAs materials . |
| 11 | AIRLINES are stepping up safety checks on Boeing 747s following last month 's Amsterdam air crash . |
| 12 | Detectives are stepping up their hunt for a rapist who attacked a woman at Nottingham 's Music Festival at the weekend . |
| 13 | Gulf oil states are stepping up production of a " green " petrol additive in an effort to meet the requirements of the US Clean Air Act , which demands higher levels of oxygen in petrol . |
| 14 | Police are stepping up their hunt for two armed raiders who 've kidnapped and threatened shop managers in a spate of robberies . |
| 15 | Police are stepping up their hunt for a man who 's carried out a series of sexual attacks on women in the last seven months . |
| 16 | HEALTH watchdogs in Aberconwy are stepping up their pressure on Gwynedd Health Authority to ensure there is adequate weekend and night-time anaesthetic cover at Llandudno Hospital . |
| 17 | POLICE are stepping up patrols on Wrexham industrial estate after a spate of factory break-ins in which office equipment and other property was stolen . |
| 18 | NORTH Wales Police are stepping up patrols of flood areas in a bid to ward off looters . |
| 19 | POLICE in County Durham are stepping up the fight against crime after a wide ranging shake-up in senior personnel . |
| 20 | NEW Yorkers are stepping out to weird Foot Friend parties to meet the partner of their dreams . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't think ordinary people really appreciate the scale of what we are building here , ’ he said . |
| 22 | At present , local authorities are building not for the poorest , nor for the slum-dweller , but mainly for those better off . |
| 23 | Against this , J.H. Gagnon and William Simon have argued in their book Sexual Conduct that sexuality is subject to ‘ socio-cultural moulding to a degree surpassed by few other forms of human behaviour ’ , and in so arguing they are building both on a century of sex research and on a century of questioning the notion of ‘ natural man ’ . |
| 24 | What is also new is that they are building on and developing research in the various components of information skills . |
| 25 | Conversely , if you are building up to a competition and wish to greatly increase your fitness and endurance , the FDR should be very intense and should make up a large part of your training . |
| 26 | For the GDR 's ageing leadership , the political pressures are building up inexorably . |
| 27 | But , if you plan your planting , and especially if you are building up a garden from scratch , it pays to think in terms of shape , colour and texture , and then arrange the plants with these factors in mind . |
| 28 | You are building up his arbitrary obedience to conscience instead of his understanding and acceptance of ethical standards . |
| 29 | Gradually they are building up a resistance to a sting that could otherwise kill them . |
| 30 | That is one reason why companies like ICI and IBM are building up comprehensive communications programmes , internal as well as external which involve listening just as much as talking . |