Example sentences of "[noun] are [v-ing] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More often than not , the A&R personnel are working to a brief . |
| 2 | Hundreds of ramblers from the Forest of Dean are campaigning against the governments proposals . |
| 3 | Speaking at Barcelona 's Real Club de Polo where British riders are competing in the dressage , the Major hit back at Pound 's accusations . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Look for them where fairly large , heavy objects are resting on the soil , for example , under large stones , a garden roller or a log . |
| 8 | Meanwhile the eastern states are sliding towards a budget deficit of DM50 billion this year and many towns there are nearly bankrupt . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Detectives working on the case are working on the theory that they died of hypothermia or suffocation or a combination of both . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The Germans are going to the US twice this year in June and December , when they will play games against England , Brazil and the US ( twice ) . |
| 14 | 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 … |
| 15 | Well the way Chelsea are playing at the moment , you 've got a very good chance of winning . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 … |
| 19 | Welsh international Pascoe is unsettled at Roker and Stoke City are waiting in the wings if Sunderland drop their original asking price of £500,000 . |
| 20 | Welsh international Pascoe is unsettled at Roker and Stoke City are waiting in the wings if Sunderland drop their original asking price of £500,000 . |
| 21 | Zaher el-Khatib ( Sunni , of the ‘ Marxist Bloc ’ from the Chouf ) and two other deputies are campaigning for an end to confessionalism . |
| 22 | 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 |
| 23 | Institutional shareholders are calling for a change in the trust 's management and an eventual winding up . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | When kittens are sucking at the nipple , letting the mother know all is well . |
| 26 | Already , my fingers are picking at the edge of the pad and I have only written , ( dragged out ) 178 words , but who 's counting ? |
| 27 | This is also known as the purposive approach , since the courts are looking at the purpose for which the Act was passed . |
| 28 | Brian Adair : country 's courts are creaking at the seams |
| 29 | 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 … |
| 30 | 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 . |