Example sentences of "[vb base] [be] discussing the " 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 | 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 ’ . |
| 3 | We 've been discussing the release of the three British hostages . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ’ . |
| 6 | In the past two chapters , I have been discussing the mechanisms of evolution , but have said little about the outcome of the process . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | So far we have been discussing the intentional aspect of language in our comparison of human with other animal communication . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Apple Computer Inc and Novell Inc have been discussing the possibility of a merger between the two companies according to the San Jose Mercury News Apple declined to comment on the report , and Novell denied it , saying that ‘ We 're always in industry discussions with them , but we 're not having discussions with them about merging , ’ but the paper says that the talks between Apple chairman John Sculley and Novell chairman Ray Noorda were a closely-guarded secret and known only by an elite group of senior executives at the two firms . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | A number of US companies have been discussing the possibility of a sale with Piper , which has all but stopped production because of cash flow problems . |
| 13 | Of course , we have been discussing the problem in a very abstract manner , in both the state-owned and the state-regulated cases . |
| 14 | We have been discussing The Outsider by Camus . |
| 15 | We have been discussing the DLA scheme , which is good in principle . |
| 16 | Councils have been discussing the proposal since a meeting last year with transport undersecretary Patrick McLoughlin . |