Example sentences of "[v-ing] be [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The effects of sniffing are similar to being drunk on alcohol . |
| 2 | Chewing and sucking are comforting for the human being and the roots of this go right back into babyhood . |
| 3 | One of the reasons for writing so much about growing your own plants is that not all flowers and foliage suitable for pressing are available from florists , which can considerably limit the palette of colours from which you will work . |
| 4 | Short-term gains by cheating are likely to be offset by long-term losses that may affect one 's offspring and those of relatives . |
| 5 | ‘ Walking is good for everyone whatever their age or level of fitness , ’ said Frank Kelly , the Health Promotion Agency 's physical activity programme manager . |
| 6 | Walking is good for the soul , it 's . |
| 7 | They write , ‘ Deliberately prolonging a patient 's dying is unacceptable for any reason . ’ |
| 8 | Sunbathing is akin to smoking ; the immediate psychological effects outweigh the long-term risks . |
| 9 | Pressing is difficult with pile fabrics . |
| 10 | When the winding is to be excited both transistors ( are switched on , so the voltage applied to the phase winding is equal to the sun , of the two supply voltages ( VL + VH ) , the diode D2 being reverse-biased by VH.There is no series resistance to limit the current , which therefore starts to rise towards a value which is many times the rated winding current . |
| 11 | Each phase winding is excited by a separate drive circuit , which is controlled by a low-power " phase control signal " . |
| 12 | The information we are gaining is essential in developing more realistic models . ’ |
| 13 | So understanding is integral to faith , just as faith and understanding are both integral to experience . |
| 14 | Emptying was normal in 27 ( 17% ) patients , and either uniformly rapid ( 31 patients — 20% ) or biophasic with an early rapid phase ( 65 patients — 42% ) in the remainder . |
| 15 | The European language user interfaces USL is developing are due in the second quarter . |
| 16 | Medical opinion is another influential source of dominant social attitudes , and its views on ageing are central to the expectations we have about the ‘ normal ’ condition of older people . |
| 17 | Can you remember for example , given the the levels of relief you are advocating are acceptable on the blue route , how such roads such a link as an alternative to the western link would perform . |
| 18 | Intravenous acetylcysteine remains the antidote of choice in Britain for patients presenting to medical care early enough ; oral methionine , another precursor of hepatic glutathione , is probably inferior to acetylcysteine as vomiting is common after overdose and metabolism to glutathione may be impaired by increasing liver dysfunction . |
| 19 | This more complex account of the process of levels of social formation interacting is reminiscent of Althusser 's theory of overdetermination . |
| 20 | The issue of population ageing is central to the consideration of current arrangements for the provision of care by formal services . |
| 21 | Ageing is full of mercies . |
| 22 | Some of the changes which he is describing are visible to everyone . |
| 23 | and he 's Ron you 're going to experience a lot of things that you 're not going be happy about he says but I 'll let you find out for yourself . |
| 24 | Because the more ideas you get , the better your problem solving is likely to be . |
| 25 | These are available in lightweight materials , so fixing is possible with panel adhesive , or the adhesive often supplied with the rose . |
| 26 | Interviewing is vulnerable to reactivity and bias effects as well as sampling difficulties . |
| 27 | As with repayment loans , the interest you are paying is eligible for tax relief ( see under MIRAS on page 25 ) . |
| 28 | certainly do n't think where we going is suitable for a puddy tat , hours and hours on end and not being allowed to go outside and even when we 're there , I say , we ca n't be running up and down them bloody staircases letting cats out , I could n't , I could n't bear the thought of it never going out . |
| 29 | Low kicks to the legs are not allowed , but apart from that and a few other rules , kickboxing is similar to the other martial art ring-sports . |
| 30 | Ignoring is counter-productive in such confrontations . |