Example sentences of "[adj] [be] [v-ing] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if those who are living in institutions are excluded , it is estimated that half of old people under 75 and about two-thirds of those over 75 are suffering from a long-standing illness in addition to normal minor ailments . |
| 2 | Gardeners looking for something different are turning to a new hobby … growing meat-eating plants . |
| 3 | The fear of Cardiff 's rivals is that , without the same resources , they can only lose in a transfer war , and some are looking to the Welsh Rugby Union for legislative salvation . |
| 4 | Some are working with the displaced or in the controlled zones , carrying out literacy campaigns and press or political work . |
| 5 | False atrocity stories , misguidedly spread to encourage a spirit of resistance , and well-founded rumours that the French were waiting on the far side of the Channel to launch a second invasion added to the prevailing gloom and when , on what the diarist Horace Walpole described as ‘ Black Friday ’ , people in London learned that the Jacobites were already at Derby something approaching panic swept the capital . |
| 6 | You probably remember , erm , a stimulating little book published last year by Frank on the Impulse to Philanthropy , where certainly in his nineteenth century analysis of the growth of philanthropy , he saw to main things , evangelicalism , which er , meant that people were going out looking for converts , and therefore doing good social work on the way , and the growth of the women 's movement , in the sense that women otherwise unemployed were looking for a new area of activity to get into . |
| 7 | I think this is policing on the cheap , and it is something profoundly to be regretted . |
| 8 | The manufacturing labour force in developed countries is now in accelerating decline as productivity and the investment per worker increases , this is resulting in a further increase in service industries and an increase in unemployment . |
| 9 | Neil MacDonald looks at the havoc this is creating in a coup-prone land . |
| 10 | And this is gon na a big no . |
| 11 | Since Mao they 've definitely taken the view that they should stabilize their population numbers as soon as possible , and they now have the most restrictive policies in relation to families , deferral of marriage , penalties for those couples that in the towns have more than one child erm and this is leading to a dramatic reduction in crude birthrate . |
| 12 | This is emerging in the 90s with Post-modernism , particularly the kind of Reconstructive Post-modernism described by Suzi Gablik in her book ‘ the Enchantment of Art ’ . |
| 13 | Consequently there has been a marked fall in recruitment since 1964 — although it is still not enough on its own to create a shortage of labour — and this is contributing to the ageing labour force . |
| 14 | Now this , is this is going at a fantastic rate . |
| 15 | ( And the prospective mothers-in-law must be aware that this is going through the young man 's mind , must n't they ? |
| 16 | I appeal to the Government to think again , this is going down the wrong road , we do not need these appointed , these appointees appointed by the Home Office and they know how it 's done , they know this new method , but there is the list of the greater the good , and if there 's of course there will be a bias one way or the other arising out of the very method by which it is done . |
| 17 | This is playing of the first order . |
| 18 | The fine polish of his technique does not disguise the music 's refinements : this is playing of the utmost subtlety , strength and thoughtful insight . |
| 19 | This is verging on the tragic , because even if there is only a remote chance of these clumps being survivors from prehistoric times , it must be our duty to ensure their continuity . |
| 20 | All this is happening on the main bed , of course . |
| 21 | At this stage of recognition , using the Mothercare catalogue or the Ahlbergs ' witty The baby 's catalogue , the young reader is learning some of the conventions we have mentioned , is finding a relationship between the content of books and outside reality , building up a useful vocabulary , and — if this is happening in a relaxed and loving environment — having a good time . |
| 22 | This is coming from a 34-year-old goat-mad , nut — but one who also understands the needs and wants of goats , as I have been keeping goats since I was 16 years old . |
| 23 | Bu but basically we are , we are now going for land reform and if the , if th th the momentum from this is coming from the spontaneous actions of the peasants themselves , and if it 's not coming then we 've got ta give them the guidance to move in that direction . |
| 24 | This is occurring at the same time as the Commission is using the single market as an excuse to augment its power for political means . |
| 25 | Given the revival of interest in local radio and the fact that this is occurring within a general context of economic and financial difficulty in the country as a whole , it is rather surprising that so little attention has been paid to the potential role of radio in contributing to local economic development . |
| 26 | He has two kinds of Test performance — five for very few , and none for a lot , and this was looking like the latter . |
| 27 | But I knew this was wishing for the impossible . |
| 28 | Déjà vu was one thing , she thought irritably , but this was bordering on the ridiculous ! |
| 29 | I need to explain why this was happening in the first place . |
| 30 | All of this was happening alongside the steady decline of the Luftwaffe which did not enjoy our operational tour scheme and rest periods . |