Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [v-ing] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Interiors are light owing to the large clerestory and aisle windows . |
| 2 | In countries like Colombia and Venezuela , there has been some tinkering with the traditional agrarian system , but on the other hand , Cuba has experienced a complete restructuring of the agrarian sector . |
| 3 | The fibre layers are different according to the required stiffness at that point of the frame . |
| 4 | And since it looks as if we 're all goin' to the same place , why do n't we take our kit to the left luggage then see if we ca n't find that canteen ? ’ |
| 5 | and let's hope they 're all looking on the bright side of life for this week 's coca cola cup games … now there was a time when Gloucester rugby would always give us a cheer … but they 're down in the dumps too … |
| 6 | They were all grafted on and they 're all growing on the same tree . |
| 7 | ‘ Like us , they 're all going to the yearly meeting in New York . ’ |
| 8 | I think we 're all working towards the same goal . |
| 9 | ‘ That 's one of the main reasons for having the newsletter in the first place , because they 're all working to the same end , but it is n't always easy to know what they 're up to , ’ says Current Account editor Brigid Cleary . |
| 10 | This means that when they watch another group 's work they are affected by what they do , they 're all working within the same fictional context . |
| 11 | like when we 're all sitting in the front room at night and then they sa I think they chirp away to each other quite happily , you know . |
| 12 | So you 're all starting at the same |
| 13 | But you 're all arriving at the one time . |
| 14 | And er yes have a word with Pat and so that you 're both writing along the same lines . |
| 15 | I should think it sounds as if they 're both teaching in the same school , myself , |
| 16 | Why in in that case do you think that Sir Nicholas and he he he 's not stupid , I mean he 's a career politician , he 's come out and said this his wife has said that they 're both smiling on the front page of the newspaper at the moment and they go on to say it 's not fair on a man if a women undresses and then changes her mind . |
| 17 | It is assumed that all trains are of equal length and are all moving at the same speed , so that they each take p seconds to pass the crossing . |
| 18 | Although all separate entities , they do co-operate with each other as , naturally , they are all working towards the same ideal . |
| 19 | ‘ We are all working for the same goal , ’ he says . |
| 20 | ‘ We are all working for the same country , after all . |
| 21 | the team leader at work who is concerned to ensure that members of the group are all pulling in the same direction towards greater productivity or an improved service . |
| 22 | The nuclei of certain atoms resemble tops in that they have an intrinsic angular momentum — or spin , such atoms are said to be polarised when they are all spinning in the same direction . |
| 23 | The usual view is that they are all suffering from the same disease and yet it is plain that there are marked differences between the reaction of one patient to that of another . |
| 24 | ‘ They are all fighting over the same cake . |
| 25 | The distal oral papillae are spine-like arising on the adoral shields , occasionally there is a supplementary papilla on the oral plate ( see Mortensen , 1933a , Fig. 36 ) . |
| 26 | Only those acting at the second and third stages have been described in the present chapter , but the most important agents for small mammal bone accumulations are those operating at the first stage of taphonomic modification . |
| 27 | ‘ Within these criteria I have so far ensured that buildings have not suffered closure , but in the future this may not be possible owing to the shrinking budget , ’ said Mr Eyton Jones . |
| 28 | From this position he could not expect to be prominent going to the first bend , the clubhouse turn , and Shoemaker held him back in about eighth place , some four horses out from the rails , as the runners came past the stands . |
| 29 | This was deemed to be discriminatory according to the European Directive on payment of benefits , and it was replaced with the severe disablement allowance for all claimants in 1984 . |
| 30 | We have virtually reached the position where a defendant will not be considered liable when he would not be liable according to the ordinary principles of negligence . |