Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [v-ing] [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The situation is changing now as young people with skills are becoming more in demand in the labour market with the falling youth population . |
| 2 | The French and Germans are creeping closer to Britain 's open-market version of the Gaullist Europe des patries . |
| 3 | Such operations are running successfully in Ghana , Sierra Leone , St Vincent and Grenada . |
| 4 | All the discussion seems to show that the same attitudes are coming through in society . |
| 5 | Rather than run the risk of financing lengthy bridging loans , employers are turning increasingly to specialist relocation companies which , through guaranteed home sale schemes , reduce the length of time necessary to sell an employee 's old property . |
| 6 | At a time when local authorities are cutting back on services , many may reject this additional financial responsibility . |
| 7 | ‘ Dad 's coming over here and he and Mum are going down to Cornwall . |
| 8 | Well , while airmen from RAF Lyneham are winning medals for their bravery bringing relief to Sarajevo , another detachment from the base are working tirelessly in Africa , to help the starving people of Somalia . |
| 9 | Erm , but at the trot , when th the the legs are moving the diagonals are moving so of course the front and the hind foot come very close together |
| 10 | ‘ Brighton are struggling just like West Brom were when we beat them . |
| 11 | PC Software houses are turning on to Windows more quickly than the users — there are n't many who do n't have a Windows product in their portfolios these days — and Sage has joined the band of the enlightened few who package both DOS and Windows versions together with its second foray into the GUI market — Sterling + 2 . |
| 12 | Twenty students from the University are coming in as extras . ’ |
| 13 | New cities are pushing up like mushrooms to replace the old . |
| 14 | ASIANS in the West are moving in on Hollywood . |
| 15 | Despite the diminishing fishing industry , material improvements are coming fast to Lewis . |
| 16 | Opposition groups are springing up like mushrooms , calling ever more boldly and openly for reforms — freedom of opinion , democracy , justice , freedom to travel . |
| 17 | Hers is perhaps a 30 year plan , a code that will keep her name in neon until her teenage fans are getting on for grandparenthood and Madonna is another has-been . |
| 18 | In the search for alternatives , eyes are turning away from faraway galaxies and towards the nearest and most humdrum piece of astrophysics : the sun . |
| 19 | My Lords , is the Minister that nearly half of all surgical units are cutting back on operations a third are giving priority to patients of G P fund holders and more than half of the N H S Trust er er have a facing a steep rise in emergency admissions of the G Ps that as they fight to get beds for their patients . |
| 20 | Bananas in pyjamas are coming down the stairs , bananas in pyjamas are coming down in pairs , bananas in pyjamas are chasing teddy bears , half of you will be alright to catch them on their way . |
| 21 | Bananas in pyjamas are coming down the stairs , bananas in pyjamas are coming down in pairs , bananas in pyjamas are chasing teddy bears , half of you will be alright to catch them on their way . |
| 22 | Bananas in pyjamas are coming down the stairs , bananas in pyjamas are coming down in pairs , bananas in pyjamas |
| 23 | Drivers are lining up for hours in front of petrol stations guarded by sullen , sometimes angry soldiers who keep control by firing their automatic weapons into the air . |
| 24 | IT IS the year 2013 , and shares in GlobalBank are falling fast in New York . |
| 25 | Doing it for real : forget well-toned bodies and cute faces , America 's home porn addicts are getting off on sex between Mr and Mrs Average ( and we mean average ) |
| 26 | Two cars are drawing up outside Number 17 and quite a lot of people are going in the front door . |
| 27 | They 're keeping quiet at the moment saying simply that they 've invested a lot in new technology and models , and their cars are doing well against others in the country . |
| 28 | We have both got arthritis in our hands and both our husbands are coming up to retirement age . |
| 29 | HELP the Aged 's shops are warming up for winter with a special promotion of woollies , wellies and waterproofs . |
| 30 | Next morning John and Andy are sitting up in bed . |