Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Silent battles are constantly waging as coral colonies fight each other for living space and , as with fish , every species of invertebrate has its predators and many of these are other invertebrates .
2 Extensive grassland based systems are especially sparing of energy use ( 14 ) and could well assume an increasing importance not only for this reason but also because the rate of expansion of production has now declined to around 2% per annum in lowland agriculture and may not increase ( 15 ) .
3 However , once we start to distort the operation of open justice and the consideration of the matters , we may very well , through the operation of rumour and all its insidious effects that are so damaging in libel cases — the only justification that I know for the high damages granted in such cases — inflict more damage on justice than we realise .
4 At the moment they are only selling by mail order and at Woodturning Supplies , 7 Parker Close , Elson , Gosport , Hampshire , ( 0705 ) 522032 .
5 In practice this is likely to mean those schools which are already participating in school improvement schemes or have shown some other indication of an ability to grapple with problems .
6 In practice this is likely to mean those schools which are already participating in school improvement schemes or have shown some other indication of an ability to grapple with problems .
7 Finally , if you are already subscribing to company AVCs , before investing in a new plan check on your present level of contributions and the benefits that these are expected to yield .
8 The promise that the poorest will be protected by adjustments to their income support levels just does n't begin to address the problems of the seven million British households who are already suffering from fuel poverty and unable adequately to heat their homes .
9 People who challenge the assumption that much of what a house officer does could be done just as well by someone without a medical qualification may be surprised to learn that in Taunton and Cheltenham nurse practitioners are already working as house officers on two surgical firms ( box ) .
10 Some are already working on contingency plans to make sure patients in the North-East are referred for treatment .
11 Well , you 're basically talking about power relationships and that goes into almost every aspect of one 's life and one 's relationship , and I suppose you 're asking men to look at themselves differently too .
12 SAG vice chairman , Howard Cohen says ‘ it was n't the smartest thing to do , pushing ahead with the specifications , but we 're now concentrating on market requirements . ’
13 I think they 're actually appealing for hand ball you know the Forest players .
14 More than two years after the move from institution to ordinary housing , Elizabeth and Helen are still learning about community living and adjusting to its demands and possibilities .
15 They are also exploring with solvency regulators the possibility of advancing current-year profits , which would not normally be paid out until 1996 — perhaps up to 5% of names ' underwriting limits .
16 Over half are also collaborating on consumer research service specifications and service planning .
17 The purchasers are also taking on board £748,000 of Kemps ' bank borrowings .
18 We are also focusing on exploration projects which will give us the opportunity to find larger oil and gas deposits at lower costs .
19 Harrow , from Courage League Middlesex 1 are also coming to North America in May for a Centenary tour that includes matches against Kats , in Vancouver , Port Alberni , on the Island , and Old Puget Sound Beach , in Seattle .
20 Below the surface , other animals are also tuning into water movements .
21 Wonderful high-fashion colours are also creeping into underwear ranges .
22 RIGHT now , thoughts are inevitably turning to home heating , and the Coal Advisory Service says for the majority of homes in the province , that means solid fuel
23 Most refugees go to neighbouring countries , which are often living at subsistence levels themselves .
24 For example , the computer industry and telecommunications are now converging as technology advances .
25 Women are now participating in credit saving schemes organised through Save The Children .
26 About 11 million people , roughly half the employed population , are now participating in company schemes .
27 Although many of us are now working around disability issues professionally , the lull in activity by self-organized disability groups such as SAD and the Liberation Network feels as though it might be coming to an end .
28 ( 1982 ) , and Venkatraman and Camillus ( 1984 ) , also provide classifications , and these alternative perspectives are now creeping into student textbooks ; see , for example , Quinn , Mintzberg and James ( 1988 ) .
29 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 .
30 I 'm more familiar with Asia so I 'm really talking about South Asia , South-East Asian countries , where the left is learning a lot from feminism , is changing a lot because of feminism .
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