Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [v-ing] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The balance between gaining and losing is by no means even ; many infrequent users of search are seen as prime poaching grounds , whereas companies constantly recruiting may not necessarily be losing people , but experiencing rapid growth . |
| 2 | ‘ Lying in hospital with plenty of time to think , one wonders whether racing is worth all the hassle . |
| 3 | Women trapped at home sewing and gluing and stapling are at the dustbin end of dreadful employment practices . |
| 4 | In westernized hierarchically stratified societies , the form this linguistic sex-marking has commonly been interpreted as taking is for women to approximate more closely than men of similar status to the prestige norm . |
| 5 | Q8 The answer is Yes since there is no longer a capital investment to finance and buying is at competitive prices . |
| 6 | The distinction between knowing and doing is by no means clear-cut , but the real problem arises with the third stance identified in Figure 2.1 , that of ‘ being ’ . |
| 7 | Organizing , managing and administering are about controlling and co-ordinating the diverse contributions needed for the attainment of some collective goal . |
| 8 | In those patients who are identified as having been at risk of sudden death a number of therapeutic options should be considered . |
| 9 | In addition , with loans from private collectors as well as museums in Germany and abroad , thirty-eight out of the thirty-nine surviving snuff boxes recorded as having been in the possession of Frederick the Great have been assembled . |
| 10 | If , therefore , a person occupies or uses land by licence of the owner with the paper title and his licence has not been duly determined , he can not be treated as having been in " adverse possession " … |
| 11 | Detailing the " ruthless " abuse of human rights against opponents of the regime , the report said that many executions were officially described as having been for drug-trafficking offences , adding that prisoners had no recourse to legal counsel or right to appeal . |
| 12 | At a meeting on 1 September , the " Women Compositors " , Readers " and Monotype Operators " Union " was described as having been in existence for some nine weeks . |