Example sentences of "[v-ing] be [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The instructions provide a generative programme , the folding and unfolding are like the contractions and changes in contact in cell sheets in the embryo . |
| 2 | that er , we applied for test of proportionality , the minimum necessary , my Lord this is a , your Lordship 's focus on admission rules which of course different to what we 're concerned with here , admission to the market , erm , and it , it is the minimum necessary to ensure that all those who should be in the market and are capable of competing are in the market . |
| 3 | Secondly , as Knox argued after publication of the RAWP report , people who are dying are among the heaviest users of services . |
| 4 | ‘ With adults the process of acting is about the losing of inhibitions . |
| 5 | Assuming it to be out there somewhere they have joined forces with the Utopians and Marxists and missed the fact that the spiritual galaxy for which they are searching is like the Milky Way . |
| 6 | The one she insisted on inspecting was at the back . |
| 7 | So what you 're really saying is that the computers of the kind you 're describing are for the ordinary person . |
| 8 | Another display entitled ‘ La Corrida ’ featuring 120 paintings and drawings by Botero on the theme of bullfighting is at the Grand Palais from 20 to 29 November . |
| 9 | Racing is for the track not for the road . |
| 10 | Racing is in the blood , and while a driver still thinks he can do it , at or near the top , he is always going to be tempted . |
| 11 | TINDAL C.J. : The only question now remaining is upon the demurrer to the fourth plea . |
| 12 | The other thing I was wondering is about the grave-diggers. nowadays they 're at the side of the grave ready are n't they . |
| 13 | The hon. Members who are rising are on the list of those wishing to speak in the debate . |
| 14 | FUR WEARING IS ON THE INCREASE |
| 15 | Fur wearing is on the increase . |
| 16 | The direction in which opinion was moving was toward the left of the political spectrum . |
| 17 | Having been through the experience , though , may facilitate a certain realism about the conflict in question . ’ |
| 18 | Despite having been through the regulatory mangle time again and time again , the group still has the potential to generate a lot of cash , and yields about 8 p.c. on forecasts for 1993 . |
| 19 | Having been through the usual bass/guitar/drum formative years , they 've moved sideways to a shiny guitar/keyboard sound which draws on the good bits of the early '80s , without being retro . |
| 20 | Some of the delay is inevitably due to the way in which the applicant , having been through the preliminary investigation and the visit from the occupational therapist , considers the scheme proposed for him before proceeding to the formal application stage . |
| 21 | Of course he understood , having been through the same gruesome ordeal . |
| 22 | Having been through the six months of the greenbelt local plan enquiry , I can say quite clearly to this er examination in public , that I doubt whether there is the land available erm er around the inner edge erm erm to increase the level of of housing development in and around the city without seriously prejudicing greenbelt objectives . |
| 23 | Having been through the spate of using a clapped out vacuum cleaner that did n't do its job , and how different it is now |
| 24 | She had just slammed the car door by hooking it with one foot , when Mrs Frizzell , with a similar brown-paper bag of groceries , came round the nearest corner on foot , having been to the local store . |
| 25 | All golf and gin and bridge and cars and the right accent and the right money and having been to the right school and hating the arts ( the theatre being a pantomime at Christmas and ‘ Hay Fever ’ by the Town Rep Picasso and Bartók dirty words unless you wanted to get a laugh ) . |
| 26 | ‘ Having been to the World Cup finals the last time , I want more then ever to be part of everything and I fancy we can get there again by beating not only Lithuania , but Spain and Northern Ireland as well . |
| 27 | The introductory leaflet did not mince its words : ‘ It was a period when words contradicted deeds , propaganda realities , and when everyday life was full of fear , hypocrisy , and people felt helpless , having been at the mercy of those in power . ’ |
| 28 | That 's sounds very reasonable but I I er I I ha not having been at the level , form tutor |
| 29 | Having been at the Methodist conference last week , or fattist . |
| 30 | Having been at the end of a queue of Germans and Austrians all champing at the bit to go heliskiing , it was our turn . |