Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | You start moving men about from one job to another , and they start complaining , or demanding to be put on a higher grade . |
| 2 | There was nothing to do , or demanding to be done , but hang around ; to visit the market where gringos stoked up on alpaca jerseys much cheaper than in Cuzco . |
| 3 | Middleclass youths are often ‘ mouths ’ but rarely become gougers because the latter require an element of ‘ pure badness ’ , which from the view of the police tends to exclude the middle classes , for ‘ pure badness ’ derives from being ( or appearing to be ) educationally subnormal , coming from ‘ bad homes ’ , or having a history of crime . |
| 4 | the property was deposited by or on behalf of the guest expressly for safe custody with the proprietor or some servant of his authorised , or appearing to be authorised , for the purpose , and , if so required by the proprietor or that servant , in a container fastened or sealed by the depositor ; or |
| 5 | The test of incapacity should be either that contained in s94(2) ( where a judge has to be satisfied of the incapacity ) or that in the wider provision of s145(1) ( where the patient is " a person suffering or appearing to be suffering from mental disorder " ) . |
| 6 | Pushing at a line of policemen or refusing to be moved on is acceptable ; throwing bricks is not . |
| 7 | Application for revocation of an order for committal of the debtor under s 23(7) of the Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 must be made to the judge ex parte in writing explaining the reason for failure to attend court or refusing to be sworn or to give evidence , and undertaking to comply in future ( Ord 27 , r 8(2) ) . |
| 8 | For most this is a consequence of them being , or aspiring to be , objective sciences incorporating , well or badly , the scientific method . |
| 9 | This is a position which requires the researcher to adopt a false role , for example , pretending to be an author looking for atmosphere for a book or pretending to be a management trainee with a firm . |
| 10 | The postman usually bicycled up around mid-morning , a time when everyone in the house was busy or pretending to be . |
| 11 | When she went back he was asleep or pretending to be in his own bed . |
| 12 | Patients were selected from a group of 496 patients with insulin dependent diabetes who attended our clinic regularly , according to the following criteria : they were aged 18–60 , had insulin dependent diabetes mellitus of at least five years ' duration , had a stable body mass index not exceeding 30 kg/m , a glycated haemoglobin concentration of less than 10% , were not hypertensive ( supine blood pressure less than 160/95 mm Hg and no antihypertensive treatment ) , had persistent microalbuminuria — that is , urinary albumin excretion between 30 and 300 mg/24 h at least twice during the previous six months — were not pregnant or wanting to be pregnant , and had no chronic disease other than diabetes . |
| 13 | Enemy resistance was unexpectedly light , with many thousands of Iraqi troops either fleeing their defensive positions or waiting to be overrun in order to surrender en masse . |
| 14 | ‘ That you ’ This point means the identity of the person using , causing or permitting to be used |
| 15 | Since , in practice , shares in British companies are ‘ registered ’ and not ‘ bearer ’ and since the process of becoming ( or ceasing to be ) a member and shareholder is incomplete until entry on the register , the statutory provisions regarding its maintenance are of importance . |
| 16 | However , with stand magnifiers , the restricted space under the lens does not permit activities such as writing or sewing to be undertaken while the lens is being held . |
| 17 | The processing of applications takes four to six months , or more , so that missing the deadline or failing to be appointed means wasting an entire year . |
| 18 | There was no cleaning or tidying to be done . |
| 19 | During this same period the local police , courts and probation service were noting a rapid increase in offences involving the possession and supply of drugs and , more subtly , in the number of crimes involving offenders said to be or admitting to be heroin users . |
| 20 | Or trying to be funny ? |
| 21 | We were all young — or trying to be young . |
| 22 | Portuguese , although appearing to be similar to Spanish on paper , is pronounced completely differently , and so despite the fact that we could communicate in French and Spanish , we could not make ourselves understood in Portuguese other than to ask , ‘ Fala ingles ? — do you speak English ? ’ |
| 23 | Although appearing to be clinging precariously to life , once introduced to the pool they quickly produce roots and become established . |
| 24 | Although confessing to being ‘ a bit surprised ’ , she told ACCOUNTANCY : ‘ I worked quite hard for the month before but in the end , it 's a question of learning the stuff , and making sure you remember it when you get in there . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ There 's nothing more depressing than pretending to be jolly in a prison camp . ’ |
| 26 | The fourth member of the four-ball was neither silent nor relaxing to be with . |
| 27 | Much anxiety may be avoided for your elderly parents if you can organise yourself and other members of the family to help them regularly with the jobs they can not cope with — anticipating their needs rather than waiting to be asked . |
| 28 | When compared to their peers who fail to pass the entrance examinations , they have the prospect of a better life : four or more years at university ( rather than waiting to be assigned to low-skilled , often low-paid work ) and the likelihood on graduation of a secure post in the state bureaucracy . |
| 29 | Yeah , but is n't that going to be incorporated in as one package ? |
| 30 | I got the job at and I 'd had e I 'd had experience , I knew that going to was no problem . |