Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [adj] [be] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People blame stress for changes to their hair : greying or balding are sometimes considered to be ‘ premature ’ . |
| 2 | And he 's warning if this is n't tackled now , we are creating a lethal cocktail which will result in a spiral of despair . |
| 3 | This can be seen from ( 10 ) , where one feels that seeing and loving are potentially predicated of any support capable of realizing these actions ( " you " , " him " , " anyone " ) . |
| 4 | I 'm delighted to welcome er the various initiatives that result from partnerships between industry and government er and in particular the investors in people which encourages training and skilling er on a life long basis and I have pleasure in confirming that that is not confined to the private sector and that today ACAS became the first civil service er body to receive the full award of Investors in People . |
| 5 | the play equipment is in need of up-grading but this is not scheduled to take place till session 1995–96 . |
| 6 | Zuwaya exchanges , methods of saving , accounting and investing were far removed from those which are used to scourge and oppress workers . |
| 7 | And some are saying that that 's already happening . |
| 8 | the play equipment is in need of upgrading but this is not scheduled to take place till session 1995–96 . |
| 9 | All the uses of need and dare as full modal auxiliaries involve therefore a non-assertive quality whereby the needing or daring are not asserted but denied , questioned , conceded , represented as mere possibilities rather than as real events . |
| 10 | Gradually beat in the eggs , one at a time , ensuring that each is thoroughly mixed before adding the next one . |
| 11 | Comparison of the modal use of these two verbs with what occurs in affirmative contexts shows that when need and dare are positively asserted , the needing and daring are necessarily felt to represent before- positions relative to the infinitive 's event . |