Example sentences of "[is] [v-ing] a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An Collins 's expression of self-effacing humility is better than Herbert 's in the sense that Collins 's humility is paramount where Herbert is maintaining a strong concept of self and , indeed , self-applause . |
| 2 | The most popular method or organic farming is using a multi-culture system in which crops are grown and livestock reared . |
| 3 | An operating team from Princess Margaret is using a spare theatre at the RAF Hospital . |
| 4 | However , I wonder if the Institute is using a different version of FRS 1 from mine . |
| 5 | That our instinctive loathing for the way Dr. Briant is manipulating human life , is using a human child as a lever to open the box that holds God 's secrets about life , our response , I say , is not reactionary , not the stupid fears of little men , but is born of our awareness of the dangers of knowing too much , is a God-given warning , if you like . |
| 6 | We must remember that he had started his active life as a lawyer and as a student of rhetoric , and he is using a common figure of rhetoric , hyperbole , within carefully controlled limits . |
| 7 | Bellway is forecasting a pre-tax profit of around £16 million for the year to end-July . |
| 8 | At the same time it is bringing a new generation of management into the MB Group boardroom to mastermind the next phase of the company 's expansion . |
| 9 | On top of this the micro-revolution is bringing a massive rise in computer literacy . |
| 10 | The Government is pursuing a similar line of developments in television . |
| 11 | A current research trend , however , is pursuing a unifying concept of susceptibility of disease from powerlessness , that is , having a ‘ lack of control over one 's destiny ’ ( Syme , 1988 ; Haan et al , 1989 ) . |
| 12 | Meta says its problems have been compounded by the rise of IBM 's DRDA , which is seeing a tidy flow of SAG members defect to its ranks , including Oracle and Informix , who say they simply can not afford not to pick up DRDA because of IBM 's huge installation base . |
| 13 | In reality , full scripts are seldom ready in finished form by this date , especially on serials where the pressures on the Script Editor , who is handling a whole team of writers , are extreme . |
| 14 | Alternative Medicine 9/10/11/12th July Rainbow Room Kensington is manning a static stand at this event and will be advertising all aspects of our work . |
| 15 | Nadine Meisner visits a Royal Ballet project that is encouraging a different sort of child to put on pointed shoes |
| 16 | And she is proving a terrific attraction with JUST FOUR two-hour long weekend footplate slots remaining free ( at the time of going to press ) during her month long stay … two available on November 8 , and one each on the 14th and 15th . |
| 17 | It has launched a thousand folk tales ; and now is proving a superb model for studying the hormones that control plant growth |
| 18 | In the absence of growth in conventional new business , necessity is proving a fertile mother of invention . |
| 19 | There 's no doubt that 1992 is proving a bumper year for lingerie fanciers . |
| 20 | WIMPEY Homes ' redundancy protection plan is proving a big incentive to potential purchasers with more and more customers buying because of this policy . |
| 21 | This is proving a vintage year for Cumbrian trainer , Gordon Richards , whose Clever Folly was winning for the fourth time . |
| 22 | which IS proving a popular choice with our customers . |
| 23 | Sometimes if it 's completely wrong you start over , or you have to get in and actually wade into the paper and do some design work on it , but the other thing is allowing a certain sense of experimentation . |
| 24 | The Russian Orthodox Church in Exile is building a new church in Chiswick , west London . |
| 25 | Lionheart : Paul Lever is building a new business in areas such as retail display systems , but generating sales is difficult |
| 26 | The original application from Anchor , which is building a similar complex in Gateshead , was refused by magistrates in December . |
| 27 | A five-member UN war crimes commission that has been sifting through mountains of documents submitted by governments and non-governmental bodies is building a computerised database of reported atrocities , accompanied by names of victims , alleged perpetrators and witnesses . |
| 28 | Kurtz , once an exemplary Green Berets officer , is waging a private war against both Communist and American forces with the help of Montagnard tribesmen . |
| 29 | At the moment , however , Conner is waging a psychological war against Koch , who , despite his achievements , is the greatest weakness — as a helmsman — in the America syndicate . |
| 30 | Rosemary Shergold is waging a constant battle against the tobacco companies , and she 's enlisted the help of Oxford East MP Andrew Smith . |