Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [v-ing] [art] [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Putting on a Show The Windows aficionado will be well pleased with the look and feel of Presentations 2.0 — it maintains that 3D kind of look that Windows 3.1 is so good at , to the point where you might just be persuaded that you 're actually running a Windows application full screen . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm also wearing a sports shirt and trainers , like you . |
| 3 | MPs were today playing the numbers game as the crucial Euro vote drew closer . |
| 4 | The broker is still recommending the chemicals giant as the ‘ perfect election heldge ’ — if the Tories get in , the big blue chips can not fail to attract support ; if Labour prospers , well , at least there will be a few capital allowances washing around and , in the words of one dealer , ‘ fund managers will have to buy something on Friday morning ’ . |
| 5 | Nearby , the New England Medical Centre in Boston is also developing a MBS application . |
| 6 | ‘ Fife is fast becoming a jobs disaster area , ’ he warned . |
| 7 | We are therefore asking the Sports Council for a grant of £1,000 to enable the work to go ahead . |
| 8 | Mass , the most accomplished veteran of Sportscar racing , was just passing the pits entrance when the slight drizzle turned into a downpour : he had a torrid time out there on Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez , spending almost 3 minutes slithering around to the pits . |
| 9 | Similarly , in Engineers ' and Managers ' Association v. ACAS ( 1980 ) the House of Lords by a majority held that ACAS had not acted unreasonably in postponing its statutory enquiries for the time being because another union was also seeking recognition and the plaintiff Association was also suing the Trades Union Congress . |
| 10 | Everyone was then seeking the monarchs presence . |