Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We shall be drawing upon this case further , but for the moment we want to draw attention only to the way in which the reporter , by a particular choice of descriptive vocabulary , conveyed the impression that the actions of the group were meaningless . |
| 2 | Rather they rely not only to some extent upon judgement and intuition about the future , but also upon personal negotiations and bargaining between the executives , who may be competing with each other for scarce resources and may each be supporting their case with OR and economic models . |
| 3 | They would be competing with each other in the canopy for exactly the same sunlight , but they would all have ‘ paid ’ much smaller growing costs to get into the canopy . |
| 4 | A of teams will be competing in this year 's hockey tournament at Grosvenor Ladies ' Hockey Club , heralding the start of the new season . |
| 5 | ‘ Sixteen coffees , ’ she announced in the cool voice that they seemed to be using to each other , ‘ followed by — er — ’ Consulting her list , she continued , ‘ Six rounds of toast , five boiled eggs with soldiers … ’ |
| 6 | Britain was actually given a lower standard check , on the basis that we would be using in many places our own coal , which has a quite a high sulphur content , or de-sulphurisation , we were given a lower standard , or a higher standard , or whatever it is , it was more relaxed for Britain , and that 's why I like the idea of taking this up with the M.E.D. , how it 'll happen , how it will square in his mind . |
| 7 | The proposals included the establishment of a regional parliament , the decisions of which would be binding on all member states , thus avoiding the need for ECOWAS resolutions to be ratified by individual governments . |
| 8 | Similarly , the advice and judgments of a proposed ECOWAS Court of Justice would be binding on all institutions and members . |
| 9 | If a Court Scheme is agreed to by the target 's shareholders ( or a particular class of them ) by the requisite majority , and is approved by the court , then it will be binding on all shareholders ( or the particular class of them ) and the company . |
| 10 | Repeatedly it is urged that there is no intention to introduce , through legislation , a nationally prescribed curriculum that would be binding on all LEAs and on all schools . |
| 11 | Will the outcome of the expert 's or arbitrator 's determination be binding on all parties ? |
| 12 | If the person or institution is not willing , the clause may be ineffective , because the contract will not be binding on that person or institution and the court will not make the appointment : see 10.3.1 . |
| 13 | In Protestant countries the morality of sexual restraint and fidelity was supposed to be binding on both sexes , but the very fact that it was felt to be so even by those who broke it , led them not so much into hypocrisy as into personal torment . |
| 14 | It was corporation booty however , and it was only reasonable to expect that this early entertainment centre might not be firing on all cylinders . |
| 15 | I shall be elaborating upon this point in a short while , but for the moment let us observe that fundamentalism has flowered because it has concluded that liberalism is effete , ineffectual and impoverished . |
| 16 | She was listening intently and her eyes were thoughtful , as if she might be toying with some idea of her own . |
| 17 | London East TEC is obviously not getting everything that it would like , and the hon. Member for Newham , North-East and I will be pressing for more spending to cure the ills of unemployment in our area . |
| 18 | ‘ You will be checking on each other . ’ |
| 19 | Can you really be reneging on that vow , merely because a connected case is being investigated by the Inspector ? ’ |
| 20 | As for ACR , a full discography will be appearing on this page in the next couple of weeks . |
| 21 | Meanwhile , Alastair may also be appearing at this year 's Coca Cola Lisburn Triathlon , which is one of the top local triathlons . |
| 22 | ‘ It will not be appearing in any systems in the near future , but the cost advantage for large systems makes it an attractive prospect . ’ |
| 23 | Among the performers who will be appearing in this year 's Spring Thing are 18-year-old Lynn Tocker , the Hokum Hotshots , Beggars Velvet and Whippersnapper . |
| 24 | Our results now make it relatively straightforward to predict where phosphorylation might be occurring in these proteins . |
| 25 | Basically , because it 's felt that the parish council should n't be interfering with those organizations , that is , their operation |
| 26 | There are a lot of people after them , so I doubt if Zarina or her friend will be returning for some time . ’ |
| 27 | I shall be returning to these topics below , but at this stage it should be stressed again that the rather more re fined and flexible view of literariness that I have just outlined was derived from the founding principles of Formalism . |
| 28 | We shall be returning to these arguments about the mixed market for personal social services and recent government policy in Chapter 11 . |
| 29 | St Helens won both age groups last year and two of the girls who starred for them then Sue Smith and Rebecca Smith will be returning with that borough 's under-14 side . |
| 30 | The impression of IBM Corp , Digital Equipment Corp and their ilk lining up like lambs to the slaughter may seem hard to credit for customers that have been driven to accept very hard bargains , but that is what appears to be happening with this Gadarene rush by the major manufacturers to get into the facilities management business in the US : we understand that many of the savings and loans , banks and securities houses that have gratefully accepted offers by the majors to run their data processing operations for them has little to do with saving money over the term of the contract , much to do with their urgent need for cash upfront to repair their ravaged balance sheets — the key attraction of the deals being the money paid at the start of the contract for the data processing facilities ; if the customers are in that much need of cash , chances are that many of them wo n't be around in five or seven years ' time , so that having spent good money for computers they do n't need , the facilities managers will be left with idle installations and contracts with no residual value . |