Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [v-ing] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now we are trying to target some of the 8,000 existing businesses who should be looking to use our facilities . |
| 2 | Surely accountants should be seeking to give their clients value for money and if the audit of a small company is deemed to be of very little value , then how can we in all conscience — justify the charging of substantial fees for such a service . |
| 3 | Or perhaps it is that life is simply not fair , and that skill and cunning are what we should be using to navigate its choppy waters , rather than making open displays of bravado against the odds . |
| 4 | Instead , they should be trying to save their nations ' economies . |
| 5 | In EastEnders you really are concerned with whether or not Sharon should be trying to find her mother , or whether her mother should really have treated Sharon like that , and whether Michelle should have told Sharon that her mother was pregnant . |
| 6 | And there may be something you should be doing to help your own situation or the situation of someone else . |
| 7 | At a time when football — our so-called national game — has finally been sold out by its organisers to big-money TV , rugby league should be attempting to woo its support . |
| 8 | He must be going to take your advice , Isabel . |
| 9 | It might be attempting to bluff its way through this chapter . |
| 10 | I thought they might be going to pay their rents , for I was told it was about the settling-time . |
| 11 | You might be going to become my wife in name , but not even your putative father can force me to live with you . |
| 12 | She might be falling to do her job , but she was continuing to take her generous wages . |
| 13 | Here in the studio with me is one of the organisers , Dominic D'Angelo , and he 'll be helping take your calls . |
| 14 | I expect you 'll be wanting to rescue your friend . ’ |
| 15 | He 'll be fighting to keep his lead the next day , for this first full stage , a circuit through the Basque country , will be fast , tricky , and an especial challenge for the Spanish riders . |
| 16 | Enjoy a Mediterranean-style diet , with lots of olive oil , salads , pasta , grains and fresh bread and you could be helping to reduce your risk of cancer and heart disease . |
| 17 | One way and another , it appears that the search for a new chief executive for IBM Corp is not going too well as one after another , the most fancied candidates declare that they are non-runners — so long after their names were first widely canvassed in the press that they leave the strong impression that they have considered or been considered for the job , but after having looked into it , decided that they would n't touch it with a bargepole : latest to declare his belated non-candidacy is former Hewlett-Packard Co chief executive John Young , who says he is ‘ definitely not a candidate ’ — ‘ He 's enjoying retirement , ’ said a Hewlett spokeswoman ; all attention is now focussed on the thought-to-be front runners that have n't ruled themselves out — Paul Stern , recently retired chairman and tough manager of Northern Telecom Ltd , who could be planning to repeat his double act at that company with another former IBMer , Edward Lucente , who has also just resigned from Northern Telecom ; the other two whose odds have shortened are George Fisher , chairman and chief executive of Motorola Inc , Morton Myerson , chairman of Perot Systems Corp , and Louis Gerstner , head of RJR Nabisco Co ; industry sources told Reuter that the name of Michael Armstrong keeps coming up within IBM — but he quit only a year ago , and has just taken the top job at Hughes Aircraft Co . |
| 18 | Tacky Taki also claims that Andrew 's estranged wife Fergie could be planning to sell her story — and that her ‘ financial adviser ’ John Bryan is negotiating on her behalf . |
| 19 | Your mental arithmetic 's getting very good , by the way , I mean , at one stage , when you first started , you 'd be using using your calculator for all this , would n't you ? |
| 20 | Thereafter , it may be looking to increase its stake to 29.99 per cent by purchases pursuant to the tender offer which , as mentioned above , are exempt from the SARs . |
| 21 | Most graduates move away from the town where they 've been studying when they start work , so may be looking to transfer their bank account to a more convenient branch . |
| 22 | Thus , for example , within local government there appears to be an increasing tendency to move towards a more decentralised service provision and organisational structure ; at the next level of government the centre may be wishing to increase its control over what local government does . |
| 23 | Opposite left : When the factory pig bites the bar , it may be trying to satisfy its hay-gathering instinct . |
| 24 | She may be trying to get your attention . |
| 25 | Although these schemes result in instant cash to be enjoyed during your lifetime , they can cut a sizeable chunk out of the legacy you may be planning to leave your surviving dependants . |
| 26 | Before much longer fellow professionals would be wanting to touch his clothing just in case some ‘ fluence ’ would rub off on them . |
| 27 | In the middle of 1989 they sold their holding on Adobe and announced that they would be seeking to develop their own version of PostScript and their own font technology . |
| 28 | Half of us could continue to drown ourselves in usquebaugh and self-pity ( ‘ Here 's tae us , / Wha 's like us ? / Damn few/ All deid ’ ) , the other half could relax , relieved that the English would be continuing to do our thinking for us . |
| 29 | Any moment now , Rohan would be arriving to keep their appointment , and her problem would be over . |
| 30 | As we look around us , we see particularly in the field of litter that there is so much to do , and I 'm sure that this is one area where we shall be looking to improve our country and improve our countryside . |