Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [v-ing] [conj] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While manufacturers were perceived as the traditional users of sales promotion , now retailers and financial institutions are realising that these techniques can help build business . |
| 2 | The worry in Washington is that the economy and national defence are suffering because young Americans have neither the technical skills of the Japanese nor the linguistic and scientific proficiency of Russian students . |
| 3 | We should remember when Irish eyes are smiling and Irish hearts are happy even the angels sing . |
| 4 | The telepathy is working and extra singles are being clocked up . |
| 5 | Research is showing that many animals actually do possess a sixth sense but this is a natural " supersense " , rather than anything supernatural . |
| 6 | Research is showing that many animals respond to other weather cues . |
| 7 | We wake and sleep according to the sun 's cycle , and research is showing that celestial rhythms still control many other areas of our life . |
| 8 | As I chew and chew without swallowing , the Monster 's slobbering and sucky-grunting falls silent making me look up in alarm . |
| 9 | But , what with the way rugby is evolving and fewer scrums , a prop whose contribution is mainly confined to the scrummages can often seem something of an anachronism . |
| 10 | But now Wiltshire County Council 's proposing that those buses should be scrapped to save money . |
| 11 | The council is hoping that local firms will help to fund tourism promotion in the future . |
| 12 | As there were no other masculine arms but Alain 's then that too was obvious and the girl 's knowing and amused looks explained it all thoroughly . |
| 13 | This inappropriate behaviour can indicate the level of distress or anger that the child is feeling and extensive investigations into family functioning are indicated . |
| 14 | You will get the lazy child who copies what the next child is doing and these copiers must be helped to think for themselves . |
| 15 | In general , links between impoverished peasants , landlords whose rent incomes were falling and junior officers were based on common opposition to the ‘ anti-social ’ actions of the zaibatsu and their allies . |
| 16 | The partnership is not really working , although of course erm what happened on Saturday was that after an awful pasting during the week verbally from Mick their manager , and indeed having both been brought off very controversially at Molyneux last Tuesday evening , both substituted in the closing stages when Notts were losing and both strikers we er were brought off , you could n't get much more controversial tha that by a manager could you ? |
| 17 | Reverend Sawyer is praying that these measures will help fortify the congregation and the the church coffers . |
| 18 | More and more , people are learning that these laws grant them rights and privileges unknown before the creation of the European Community . |
| 19 | Now the pains were returning but 4 weeks after Arg Nit LM2 she was able to say that the digestive symptoms had been negligible . |
| 20 | The Museums and Galleries Commission is hoping that these considerations will lead the Charity Commissioners to reconsider their decision under the cy-pres ( i.e. next best thing ) provision of the 1960 Charities Act , which allows a charitable bequest or trust to be altered where the original stipulation is no longer relevant . |
| 21 | In effect , Bruno was arguing that divine attributes could be given physical meaning — as Newton was to do later when he reconstructed space in terms of God 's omnipresence . |
| 22 | By the fifteenth century portraiture in figure statuary was evolving and German sculptors began to challenge the French supremacy . |
| 23 | Teachers are finding that many children are spending substantial amounts of time playing the games to the detriment of their school work . |
| 24 | Club members are serving or retired police officers , customs officers or prison officers . |
| 25 | Prices were falling and far-sighted men were looking for something else to cultivate . |
| 26 | All around him , not only on the huge main trunk of the tree but also on all the big branches that grew out of it , other tiny windows were opening and tiny faces were peering out . |
| 27 | ‘ Shop girls were screaming and young mothers were crying as they ran up the street , ’ she said . |
| 28 | A CHURCH is praying that local planners will have a change of heart . |
| 29 | Newton Aycliffe police are warning that forged notes are still circulating after a fake £20 note was handed to a Ferryhill newsagent . |
| 30 | 7 days after Richard Miles 's death , the police are hoping that passing motorists can provide them with vital clues . |