Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [adv] [to-vb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Robertson suggested the possible end of timber-cutting in 62 out of 156 national forests , covering 24m hectares ( 59m acres ) of land , where cutting has been costing more to administer than the Forest Service has been able to recoup from sales . |
| 2 | Not only is that unfair , but it will require checks by local authorities , and snooping to see how couples are living together to decide whether they are liable for each other 's bill . |
| 3 | Moorlake is much too big for her and it 's been going steadily to rack and ruin for years . |
| 4 | Many of their young men are going forward to train as priests , and at some time in the near future the people will be ministered to by their own men . |
| 5 | He then goes on erm going on from that , going on from say commercialization , increased commercialization erm that there 's an effort to build more roads and repairing and that basically there seems to be a picture that the peasants are getting together to try and improve their own lot . |
| 6 | Some institutions , such as Mitsubishi Bank , are doing well to worry that it might . |
| 7 | Logistical experts will be meeting shortly to ensure that that aid gets swiftly to those in need . |
| 8 | Their pupils could be learning either to duck and cover again or to stop worrying and live with the bomb . |
| 9 | In practice , it is likely that you will be trying both to re-emphasize or reinforce at least some of your strong points , and to reduce or eliminate at least some of your weak points . |
| 10 | The controversial nature of Gates 's nomination was highlighted when many of his supporters , most notably Boren , warned him that they would be watching closely to ensure that he did not take retaliatory action against his critics within the CIA . |
| 11 | It was announced that HCIMA and Kennedy Woodward Allen , London based chartered surveyors and architects , would be working together to advise and assist HCIMA members on matters of property and construction , as part of the association 's membership services programme . |
| 12 | Coming on top of a worryingly high inflation rate and a sequence of record-breaking trade deficits , Labour will be working hard to demonstrate that ordinary people are paying dearly for mistakes which the once super-abundantly confident Chancellor has made in economic management . |
| 13 | His Figures of Plants were appearing periodically to amplify and embellish his writing , the very successful Abridgement had reached its fourth edition and the Garden Kalender its tenth . |
| 14 | USL won the day by persuading Open Software Foundation chief , David Tory , to speak , revealing that USL and OSF were working together to ensure that the OSF Application Environment Specification and SVR4 would be aligned and compatibility maintained . |
| 15 | Nine indicated that they were planning either to introduce or change SCOTVEC awards during the lifetime of the project and that they would be happy to permit SCOTVEC officers to observe their various internal quality assurance procedures as part of the pilot . |
| 16 | Perhaps not , but Sheena Fraser is trying hard to ensure that you will soon . |
| 17 | Although Allied have been working steadily to free or sell their required quota of pubs under government rules , few of the disposals have come from the 700-plus London estate of Taylor Walker . |
| 18 | ‘ I am working hard to try and build on this and so far we have about 16 corporate members . |
| 19 | Members of the Association de Restauratrices Cuisinières ( ARC ) , a body of lady chefs , are working hard to prove that it exists and that it is a vital component of French cooking today . |
| 20 | The hon. Gentleman should know that advertising money is being spent and electoral registration officers are working hard to ensure that their electoral registers are up to date and accurate . |
| 21 | Four unions representing workers in the health and public services are working together to re-evaluate and up-grade so-called ‘ women 's ’ jobs , thus moving towards equal pay ( Guardian , 1986 , 1987 ) . |
| 22 | In other UDC areas local authorities and UDC Boards are working together to ensure that there is some balance to redevelopment , and officials are making great efforts to reassure residents and distance themselves from the LDDC experience . |
| 23 | It was degrading even to contemplate that she would feel an obligation towards him . |
| 24 | At the same time he was aware that he was growing hard to understand and that he must have fallen into spitting , because the corset buyer opposite was glaring at him and wiping her face with a lace handkerchief . |
| 25 | Whatever the problems for the CNAA and for the institutions , and however irritating it was for DES officers or some college principals , the CNAA was working methodically to ensure that complex questions of comparability of standards were resolved to the satisfaction of the various parts of the validating machinery . |