Example sentences of "'s [verb] [prep] [be] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's proving to be a strain , both financially and physically — since we are doing as much of the work ourselves as possible — and our friends were convinced for some time that we had gone mad ! |
| 2 | Carole did n't appear to notice the English girl 's slightly hesitant reply as she continued enthusiastically , ‘ He 's proving to be a terrific father-figure , is n't he ? |
| 3 | But as business picks up , ironically there 's proving to be a shortage of available workers with the right skills . |
| 4 | ‘ Because I know it 's goin' to be a son … |
| 5 | ‘ It 's a tragedy that it looks as if he 's quitting just when he 's developed from being a superstar into an awesome megastar . |
| 6 | There 's reported to be a four to ten vehicle pile up there and that 's close to the roadworks . |
| 7 | Los Altos , California-based Full Source Software Inc has begun shipping UniShred , a $150 suite of media erasure applications that irrevocably delete files and securely obliterate data in files , making any kind of retrieval impossible : it 's claimed to be the first Unix package to conform to the strictest government and commercial standards , directly replacing Unix 's rm utility . |
| 8 | Dragon racing uses skills learned from a two thousand year old legend … yet it 's claimed to be the fastest growing sport in Britain . |
| 9 | That 's considered to be a full page . |
| 10 | The mini is a long way from what 's considered to be the first jukebox ; the Edison Phonograph . |
| 11 | With other attractions planned in the village , such as the church flower festival , it 's expected to be a particularly busy day . |
| 12 | Erm he 's aspiring to be a fireman or something . |
| 13 | This project , we 're very pleased , is directed by Doctor Eric Briot , you may remember was the Chief Education Officer in London until he retired and came to lead this project , and a man of very great standing in education field , and what he 's looking at is the effect of the falling school populations , which is already hitting primary schools , on these large comprehensives that we 've created . |
| 14 | It 's said to be a symbolic tale with the casting out of the snakes related to the ousting of the old beliefs . |
| 15 | She 's said to be the daughter of a English general and apparently very beautiful … a good bit younger than him , of course . ’ |
| 16 | Now she 's training to be a teacher . |
| 17 | It 's reckoned to be the best method yet devised of keeping the body in good condition . |
| 18 | Turns out , Deardrie , she 's applied to be an astronaut — I remember seeing the advert , asking for people to go to the moon — it 's not that I 'm jealous , but why did n't she ask me first ? |
| 19 | They 've er they 've done fairly well there with Perhaps if it 's happen to be a time when I 'm busy Richard you might do it as vice chairman . |
| 20 | Eighty two staff at the Sainsbury 's supermarket on Tewkesbury Road in Cheltenham have contracted what 's thought to be a virus infection that causes fever , aches and vomiting.They 've all been sent home , and staff from other stores have been drafted in to keep the supermarket open.Tests are being carried out at the public health laboratory in the town to identify the illness.But Cheltenham 's Assistant Chief Environmental health officer says shoppers at the store should n't be worried about the outbreak : |
| 21 | It 's thought to be the first time the species has been bred in captivity . |
| 22 | A former Ministry of Defence worker , has been found guilty of accepting one and a half million pounds in backhanders from arms companies , in what 's thought to be the biggest ever corruption case . |
| 23 | The Sultan who 's thought to be the richest man in the world , is on a state visit to Britain . |
| 24 | Perhaps all that 's needed to be a good judge of another person is the art of listening , not only with our ears but with our whole attention . |
| 25 | OK , so you 'd probably end up getting gunned down by the SAS or something , but that 's got to be a better end for a bunch of real rock terrorists than ending up as a Levi 's advert . |
| 26 | So that 's got to be a good thing , is n't it ? |
| 27 | ‘ We 'd expect you to stay a couple of years , but obviously there 's going to be no pressure on you to move on at the end of that period . |
| 28 | For God 's sake , unless we talk to these people , there 's going to be no answer . |
| 29 | Erm it 's quite clear there 's going to be no more new money for patient care and without that I do n't think we 're going to get the increase in quality of service but that we actually need . |
| 30 | Er but there are of course h n while we 're on that point there are , I 'm afraid , there are s people who take advantage of Marks and Spencers , erm because they know there 's going to be no problem about having goods exchanged so what they do , they buy something from Marks and Spencers wear it on one evening for , for a party or special occasion |