Example sentences of "[noun] [am/are] [v-ing] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 More often than not , the A&R personnel are working to a brief .
2 Speaking at Barcelona 's Real Club de Polo where British riders are competing in the dressage , the Major hit back at Pound 's accusations .
3 Discussions are proceeding on the introduction of a four-year course in Mathematics which perhaps one-third of the undergraduates reading the subject would take .
4 Discussions are continuing with the artist about a second work , but Wilson , on his way to Berlin with a DAAD scholarship , told The Art Newspaper that he doubted that the funds for a new commission would be forthcoming .
5 The acquisition would not have been possible without the help of the National Heritage Museum Fund and discussions are continuing with the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland regarding a grant towards endowment costs .
6 Look for them where fairly large , heavy objects are resting on the soil , for example , under large stones , a garden roller or a log .
7 Meanwhile the eastern states are sliding towards a budget deficit of DM50 billion this year and many towns there are nearly bankrupt .
8 An SBU or divisional manager will be motivated to seek appropriate investments if he knows clearly what the generic strategy for his SBU is ( he would presumably have participated in determining it ) , is aware of what is expected of him in terms of building or maintaining competitive strengths , and knows that early-warning indicators will be set up to monitor how his investments are contributing to the improvement or maintenance of those specific strengths .
9 Since the Board are entering into a Scheme for adult education in co-operation with the LEA in Cambridgeshire much in the same way ( as ) had been done in Bedfordshire it seems as if it might be best for the Board to be recognised as the Responsible Body for this type of course .
10 Detectives working on the case are working on the theory that they died of hypothermia or suffocation or a combination of both .
11 Nominal interest rates do count : high rates hurt , for instance , if cash flows are falling in a recession and leaving less available to service debts .
12 Hoddle kicked off by telling Swindon he wanted to leave … he wanted a bigger club … next thing Chelsea are knocking at the door for both Hoddle and John Gorman … they both resigned …
13 Well the way Chelsea are playing at the moment , you 've got a very good chance of winning .
14 The purpose of the remainder of this chapter is to analyse the changing structure and composition of the national population , assess the principal dimensions of population redistribution , and examine the impact which both these sources of change are having on the geography of Britain .
15 Continuity in marketing can count for a lot , but not if consumer attitudes are going through a sea change , and BMW 's light-footedness in launching the 3-series earned it the brand of the year award for durables .
16 most days you 'll find Tony Meek racing his dogs at the Oxford stadium … not tonight … because the speedway machines are there … its a gala night … the top twenty riders from the second division are racing for the Service Master Trophy …
17 Zaher el-Khatib ( Sunni , of the ‘ Marxist Bloc ’ from the Chouf ) and two other deputies are campaigning for an end to confessionalism .
18 the shareholders are acting as a group ( eg each has agreed to sell his or her shares if all the others also agree to sell ) ; and
19 Institutional shareholders are calling for a change in the trust 's management and an eventual winding up .
20 Andy and William are standing on a seat ; Andy leans out over a table laden with glasses , a champagne bottle in one hand and his other arm held by William , who leans out the opposite way to balance him .
21 When kittens are sucking at the nipple , letting the mother know all is well .
22 Already , my fingers are picking at the edge of the pad and I have only written , ( dragged out ) 178 words , but who 's counting ?
23 This is also known as the purposive approach , since the courts are looking at the purpose for which the Act was passed .
24 The need to assess the likelihood of possible future changes in the climates of the world provides a strong reason for encouraging research on these problems , and is reinforced by the recognition that human activities are developing towards a scale from which significant effects on world climate might arise within the next century …
25 In the normally austere Hereford Breed , Journal , the owners of the Llandinabo herd claim foreign bulls are leading to the disintegration of the British Hereford by introducing alien blood .
26 Now the Moroccan authorities are holding onto the body and that 's angered Private Morrison 's Abingdon based family .
27 The majority of Tom Troubadour 's opponents are coming to the end of much busier campaigns , and the novice Merry Master may prove the main threat .
28 According to the Brazilian government 's own figures , two-thirds of the population now suffers from some degree of malnutrition and in the north-east nutritionists are talking about an epidemic of dwarfism .
29 In a high-bay warehouse , when and where the operators are working within the racking at a height above the ground , suitable means of egress should be provided , such as a ladder forming part of the equipment , inertia reels , rope , ladder , etc. to ground level and leading a clear path to escape doors .
30 In the cities , even traditionally non-commercial fuels are going on the market .
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