Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [ex0] [am/are] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A nesting box must be positioned in an area that has no existing barn owl settlement , after checking that there are enough small mammals to feed an expanding population . |
| 2 | Prevalence rates for severe mental handicap are , however , considerably lower than this , perhaps four per 1000 , and given the more limited life expectancy in more severe cases , the most frequently quoted rate for severe mental handicap is 3.2 per 1000 suggesting that there are around 160,000 severely mentally handicapped people in the country . |
| 3 | It is worth remembering that there are still people in Britain today who have never been to London . |
| 4 | Erm again , this is why er er jogging at th at this point became so er popular if you remember everyb er a little while , few years ago everybody was rushing out jogging and there are still people who are doing it . |
| 5 | It is worth noting that there are not a few cases where constructions containing postverbal adjectives are equivalent to different structures having the same subject and the same adjectival and verbal properties , but with the former now in ordinary predicative position and the latter replaced by an adverb : ( 61 ) Mario seemed regretful Mario was apparently regretful ( 62 ) the sharks remain dangerous the sharks are still dangerous This is exactly what could have been expected , given structure ( 47 ) . |
| 6 | Considering that there are only ten full time members of staff on site , wonders have been worked on a number of the aeronautical exhibits . |
| 7 | Now I offer that as a little illustration of the difficulties of saying that there are deep national dispositions between one nation and another , which exist inside in some sort of permanent , rock-like way . |
| 8 | IN spite of all the encouragement handed out by England in the shape of team trips here and there , it goes without saying that there are always individuals who , at the end of the day , will feel that they have not had a fair crack of the whip . |
| 9 | Credit cards are particularly useful when travelling and there are often insurance benefits if you pay for your travel through them . |
| 10 | The scope of the present debate will now be expanded by examining whether there are more substantial grounds than those so far considered for regarding companies as ‘ private ’ bodies . |
| 11 | You can say that three year olds are more like other three year olds than , say , thirty year olds would be like other thirty year olds , and the younger the child the more true that is , so that would be much more true at age a year , assuming that there are n't any physical defects or mental defects , than say at three . |
| 12 | You can say that three year olds are more like other three year olds than , say , thirty year olds would be like other thirty year olds , and the younger the child the more true that is , so that would be much more true at age a year , assuming that there are n't any physical defects or mental defects , than say at three . |
| 13 | Lonsdale accepts that the material defies easy summary and generalization [ ECWP , p. xxii ] but proceeds to survey the actual work of women poets through the century , recognizing that there are always some poets who stand outside general trends . |
| 14 | Prince is now demanding listeners as mixed up and variegated inside as himself , and is finding that there are n't that many around . |
| 15 | It is all very well for us to sit here and tell teachers to go on extra courses , but they 're finding that there are n't any left , so the next thing that they can turn to the next person they can turn to is the educational psychologist . |
| 16 | Now if that is correct perhaps a minister could say so and clear in explicit terms er because it is very , very important because increasingly er a number of firms act in er in er in in both capacities and indeed for the large firms I think many of us are aware of the difficulty that 's now arising and there are only half a dozen very large accountancy firms that are capable of providing accounting and auditing services in this country and indeed most of them are beneficiaries of this government 's largesse in awarding public service contracts er to a surprising degree and so the government will be well aware of the problem . |
| 17 | When allowance is made for the hours needed for sleep and eating and keeping fit and carrying out Union and Society activities , you would be pardoned for thinking that there are not many left to be used for organising a study programme . |
| 18 | In this respect my position will amount to thinking that there are intrinsically prescriptive features to reality , but this will not be done by blurring the distinction between judgements about how the world is characterised and the ways in which we respond to it , as with McDowell . |
| 19 | Although Rosa Guy 's style also contains energy , hope , imaginative descriptions and sadness , there are no contrasts between happy and sad scenes seeing as there are n't any happy scenes and although Rosa Guy has chosen to write a book on a very serious topic , I do n't think any really stylish book can be without a hint of happiness . |