Example sentences of "[Wh pn] be [verb] to be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is easier said than done for cash-strapped City , who are said to be losing £10,000 a week . |
| 2 | The law has long recognised the right of society to remove children from parents who are believed to be damaging them and , in recent times , has become alert to more subtle kinds of damage . |
| 3 | Campaigners against the project point out that a mixture of economic recession and growing enthusiasm for energy efficiency may deprive Hydro-Quebec of the bulk of its potential revenue from the scheme , in the form of orders from US power supply companies , who are believed to be reconsidering the need to import power from Canada . |
| 4 | Company sources said yesterday that British Aerospace and Thomson , who are believed to be negotiating a joint proposal , had not yet put anything to Ferranti which counted as a firm offer . |
| 5 | Finally you need to consider the people who are going to be using the product ; are they writers , or designers , or managers . |
| 6 | I only highlight that to encourage those who are going to be making er concluding commentaries to p sharpen up their summary . |
| 7 | This assumes that all the women who are found to be carrying a child with Down 's syndrome will want to terminate their pregnancies . |
| 8 | However , since evaluation gives prestige and rewards to those who are judged to be doing well , and condemns those who are not , it is very important that any evaluation should be fair and linked to positive suggestions for improvement . |
| 9 | In popularizing this slogan Labour was enormously aided by widespread resentment against ‘ profiteers ’ — a word universally used during the war to describe the conduct of shipowners , food wholesalers , arms contractors , landlords and all the other ‘ Brit-Huns ’ who were said to be exploiting wartime scarcities to line their own pockets while workers and soldiers loyally gave their all for the war effort . |
| 10 | World-wide co-operation in the matter of the venereal diseases was first formalized by the Brussels agreement of 1924 when the signatories undertook to provide a free treatment service for seamen of all countries who were found to be suffering from infection . |
| 11 | The tensions of wartime could easily turn anger against refugees who were thought to be getting privileged treatment . |
| 12 | And , for hundreds of years , workers who were thought to be failing in their duties were subjected to imprisonment and other penalties . |
| 13 | ‘ None of us could be sure if we would have a job tomorrow ; the uncertainty was preventing us winning new business ; and we had looked at the various companies who were rumoured to be bidding for us and did n't like what we saw . ’ |
| 14 | According to Foster , in the cotton districts of south-west Lancashire union leadership fell into the hands of political radicals who were reported to be drinking the prime minister 's health in consequence ! |
| 15 | ‘ What , the one who 's meant to be finding out about your dad ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I understand people associating me with bands I 've worked on as an engineer , but I do n't understand why I am the only engineer in the world who 's expected to be discriminating about the bands he 's worked with … ’ |
| 17 | It 's probably true to say , is n't it , that anybody who 's going to be picking this up are going to be in the school system rather than in the private school system ? |
| 18 | Then we think about who 's going to be using it ; in an inner-city area , for instance , we might consider what other play opportunities there are nearby to find out whether we should cater mostly for toddlers or older children . |
| 19 | I do n't know precisely who 's going to be who 's going to be using it . |
| 20 | so who 's going to be sitting in this chair for the rest of the season … if you 're an Oxford fan you 'll have some thoughts … and you can have your say … we 've a competition to pick the manager … |
| 21 | so who 's going to be sitting in this chair for the rest of the season … if you 're an Oxford fan you 'll have some thoughts … and you can have your say … we 've a competition to pick the manager … |
| 22 | Who 's going to be playing for Chelsea ? — a northern Ireland international . |
| 23 | And erm I 'd also like to introduce Keith Mardell from the Longman spoken corpus who 's going to be recording our meeting . |
| 24 | The said belle is one Miss Stephanie Lowe , a blonde beauty and person , who is said to be co-habiting with Mr Schofield in a ‘ luxury Thameside home ’ . |
| 25 | The big question now is how soon the blond from Henley will eclipse the blonde from Finchley , who is said to be planning a speech which would make Joan of Arc sound hesitant . |
| 26 | However , it is possible that such " cutting " was intentional , in order to create the effect of a movement away from the spectator ( who is seen to be receiving a privileged view ) . |
| 27 | In particular Amer Midani , the United director who has a 15 per cent holding and who is believed to be waiting to buy Edwards 's stake . |
| 28 | This notice would be served on the person who is deemed to be contravening the provision and this could include any person on whom responsibilities are placed , whether he is an employer , an employed person , or a supplier of equipment or materials . |
| 29 | Certainly Luke , who is thought to be writing for Gentiles , omits the story , probably out of respect for his Gentile readers . |
| 30 | Said a source close to Paula , who is reported to be expecting their first baby in December : ‘ They had a whirlwind romance and just wanted to get together straight away . |