Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] are [v-ing] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He supposes that some frogs are sitting on the coping stones of a circular lily pond . |
| 2 | Revisiting the site at intervals ( of at least a week ) note whether the marked animals are feeding on the same prey or not . |
| 3 | I ca n't seem to get the lighting right — some plants are browning on the lower level — others are going brown all over . |
| 4 | High hopes are riding on the Chancellor 's annual speech on monetary policy at the Mansion House next Thursday . |
| 5 | A group of 5- and 6-year-old infants are sitting on the carpet . |
| 6 | 35 officrs are working on the case . |
| 7 | THREE pensioners are going on the ‘ trip of a lifetime ’ to the bulb fields of Holland and the Floriade Garden Festival on Saturday . |
| 8 | If it is largely the public-school spirit which has made England great in the past , any means by which a similar spirit may be fostered in the boys who leave the elementary schools at the very age when the sons of the monied classes are entering on the most valuable years of their school career , is of incalculable importance . |
| 9 | YOUR article highlighting the potential for injury in Cindy Crawford 's new exercise video was timely and pertinent — too many celebrities are getting on the health bandwagon and producing ill-conceived ‘ fitness ’ manuals . |
| 10 | Look for them where fairly large , heavy objects are resting on the soil , for example , under large stones , a garden roller or a log . |
| 11 | Seven Labour Members are sitting on the Opposition Front Bench . |
| 12 | In the cities , even traditionally non-commercial fuels are going on the market . |
| 13 | In real life , all the clever algorithms with OPEN lists are verging on the irrelevant . |
| 14 | 60 detectives are working on the case and they 've eliminated from their enquiries a man arrested and held overnight . |
| 15 | About 200 scientists are working on the project which is hoping to develop an alternative energy source which would use nuclear fusion . |
| 16 | Only five officers from the fraud squad of London 's Metropolitan Police are working on the case . |
| 17 | Most anglers are concentrating on the Tiverton and Beeston sections where roach and skimmers are taking punched bread and gozzer . |