Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [indef pn] is [verb] " in BNC.

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1 And that bloke is responsible for seeing that everything is put in place .
2 I can let go , trusting that everything is happening perfectly .
3 Social learning theory does not take into account the biological and genetic factors of nature however , in believing that everything is learnt and nothing is innate and sometimes these must be taken into account .
4 Examples of this may be : the agoraphobic person who never goes out because they believe they will collapse and die of a heart attack ; the lift phobic who believes they may become trapped in the lift and suffocate to death ; a person who avoids meeting others because , if a disagreement starts , they believe they will lose their temper and hit people ; and last , a person may obsessively check the locks on doors and windows , believing that somebody is bound to break into the house if they fail to make these checks .
5 Love is in never considering whether one is loved but how one can increase one 's love .
6 We are not arguing that everything is predetermined .
7 When two cats are fighting and one is forced into submission , it often performs what is called ‘ cut-off ’ , where it turns away from its tormentor and shuts its eyes , trying to blot out the frightening image of its dominant rival .
8 First by recognising that one is dealing with an illness and not a moral issue .
9 There is no way of telling if someone is infected by looking at them , but a special blood test declares a person negative or positive .
10 ‘ It 's been a fine day , the sun is setting and somebody is telling you your daughter has been murdered .
11 Unless one has data from repeated surveys across time , there is no way of telling whether one is dealing with pure age effects , pure period effects or an interaction between the two , termed generation or cohort effects .
12 STAINI RACK NUUL Introspection ( sometimes prompted by birthdays ) that one is not living as one determined to live when one was very young ; or , on the other hand , realizing that one is living in a mode decided upon when one was very young and which is now no longer applicable or appropriate
13 Will he order an immediate review of those cases with a view to ensuring that nobody is penalised financially purely because of the bravery that they showed and the sacrifice that they were prepared to make for their country ?
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