Example sentences of "[vb base] [be] discussing " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's dark , cold and pouring with rain as I leave the office of E. and B. Productions where I 've been discussing the pantomime orchestra with Paul , the company musical director . |
| 2 | By investing some time and trouble in learning to capture and interpret your own dreams , you may well gain insight into those aspects of your life that we 've been discussing throughout this chapter — some of your needs as living , loving , sexual being , surviving , as we all must , in complex relationships with other people . |
| 3 | It did not aim for the situation that we 've been discussing , where people are trying to get the information . |
| 4 | In addition to the note I gave you about the AO Development course , we 've been discussing the range of courses available , and we 've come up with the following ‘ wants list ’ . |
| 5 | We 've been discussing the release of the three British hostages . |
| 6 | . We 've been discussing guests coming to stay at your place over Christmas . |
| 7 | But before I move on to suggest we have a break for coffee , is there anyone else would like to pick up any points on the demographic matters that we 've been discussing , leaving aside the discussions on migration . |
| 8 | I 'm glad you said that , Chairman , I was I was just thinking erm , cut out the but , regarding on Equal Opportunities , erm , Policies , as we 've been discussing already , I would have thought housewives would have been delighted to have conservative hours rest presumably I just thought I was |
| 9 | But certainly there was no objection in principle from the County Council 's Highway Authority and acting as agents for the Department of Transport , as trunk road agent , as a matter of principle , to any of the sectors that we 've been discussing today . |
| 10 | We erm we 've been discussing all last week the amount of housing that has to be accommodated in Harrogate District and in North Yorkshire as as a whole . |
| 11 | Many times in this council when we 've been discussing more important points , when we 've been discussing the needs of people who have real needs , we have not been able to have our priority we have not been able to have our priority because we could not afford it . |
| 12 | Many times in this council when we 've been discussing more important points , when we 've been discussing the needs of people who have real needs , we have not been able to have our priority we have not been able to have our priority because we could not afford it . |
| 13 | Well I think I understand that answer to be an affirmative , that if this aircraft is capable of replacing , if you like , the suite of aircraft we 've been discussing , then er that may well result in orders for more than two hundred fifty . |
| 14 | ‘ I bet you 've been discussing it with Ian , who , nice as he is , is a male vet , and they 're like the farmers . |
| 15 | Well you 've only got to go back to what we 've been discussing and Jesus |
| 16 | In other words it would have to be job beneficial , it would have to be of strategic importance and and all those other things we 've been discussing . |
| 17 | It was just a quickie , I just wanted to read this little point that I actually think brings lots of what you 've been discussing about together , and it 's a light hearted , but it does have some relevance if I can just say it . |
| 18 | Now obviously that requires a more precise working knowledge of newspapers and the other media , what they want , when and how they need it , what the sort of particular publication is , you 've been discussing some of that and we can perhaps go into some of that in , in a bit more detail a bit later on . |
| 19 | So far we have been discussing the role of activity in the development of referential thinking , the development of the knowledge that ‘ there is a world out there ’ . |
| 20 | In Northern Ireland ‘ The Thing ’ eventually unchained some of the other phenomena that we have been discussing here , which are inherently separate : endemic hooliganism ; the breakthrough of the use of the firearm ; and the infinite potential for blocking the formation of antibodies , for blocking the natural reaction of a society to violence , which exists in a divided community . |
| 21 | He began by distinguishing between destructive mass phenomena , such as we have been discussing , and the destinies of individuals : ‘ Divine Providence … under the twofold aspect of General Law and Special Interposition . ’ |
| 22 | In the past two chapters , I have been discussing the mechanisms of evolution , but have said little about the outcome of the process . |
| 23 | ( Referring to whatever we have been discussing : hooliganism ; child abuse ; industrial unrest ; pollution — whatever has been in the news … ) |
| 24 | Saints secretary , Geoff Sutcliffe , said : ‘ We have been discussing the situation with Mike for some weeks now , but he wishes to leave and we will advertise the job in this country and abroad . ’ |
| 25 | The mediation between theory and practice that I have been discussing here defines the domain of applied linguistics as this relates to language teaching . |
| 26 | Although many people possess the psychotic traits we have been discussing , only a few will show the signs of even a borderline disorder and still fewer will develop a full-blown psychotic illness . |
| 27 | But all these things that we have been discussing — rediscoveries in the history of art , changes in taste , etc — all this makes me wonder . |
| 28 | So far we have been discussing the intentional aspect of language in our comparison of human with other animal communication . |
| 29 | Essentially , you will be looking for the fullest possible information , not only about how fantastic the colour is , but about all the other factors we have been discussing , and how candid are the comments on the shortcomings . |
| 30 | The chief executives of the three firms have been discussing the plan for five months and have now handed over the task of implementing the grand design to their operating systems managers . |