Example sentences of "[noun sg] [am/are] [v-ing] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Since the Board are entering into a Scheme for adult education in co-operation with the LEA in Cambridgeshire much in the same way ( as ) had been done in Bedfordshire it seems as if it might be best for the Board to be recognised as the Responsible Body for this type of course . |
| 2 | Detectives working on the case are working on the theory that they died of hypothermia or suffocation or a combination of both . |
| 3 | The purpose of the remainder of this chapter is to analyse the changing structure and composition of the national population , assess the principal dimensions of population redistribution , and examine the impact which both these sources of change are having on the geography of Britain . |
| 4 | most days you 'll find Tony Meek racing his dogs at the Oxford stadium … not tonight … because the speedway machines are there … its a gala night … the top twenty riders from the second division are racing for the Service Master Trophy … |
| 5 | Current advances in graptolite biostratigraphy are leading to the recognition of further subdivisions in the Ordovician and Silurian which provide an accurate calibration for parallel work on acritarchs and chitinozoa . |
| 6 | ACT Financial Systems Ltd and Hewlett-Packard Co are working on a Unix version of ACT 's Digital Equipment Corp VMS-based credit risk analysis system , Limits . |
| 7 | But both Dr Kohl and Mr Modrow , aware that the hopes of many for reunification are growing by the day , and more quickly than the politicians can accommodate , tried to cool expectations . |
| 8 | HOUSE builders in the North West are looking for the Government to do more to stimulate sales and economic growth . |
| 9 | Downland Housing Association are building at the Larch Cottage site , Portsmouth Road , while the second site is at Lynchborough Road , Passfield . |
| 10 | Volleyball : Chelmsford Partners women 's volleyball side are banking on a wealth of experience to give them the edge this Sunday in their first English Volleyball Association Cup Final.The team has an average age of nearly 34 , but they still fancy their chances of defeating a younger Sheffield Wednesday at Riverside ( start 1.30 pm ) . |
| 11 | Miss Bangholm reports that members of the club are hanging around the hall as girls are leaving and some of them are rather afraid . |
| 12 | The stalwarts of the Hunterston Cycle Club are taking to the road again in the name of charity . |
| 13 | Now the club are looking for a player of your capabilities . |
| 14 | The rugby club are helping with the organisation . |
| 15 | The remains of the old Motherwell car are lying in the inspection pit underneath ! |
| 16 | On the contrary , all perceptions as well of the sense as of the mind are according to the measure of the individual and not according to the measure of the universe . |
| 17 | The Regional Secretary 's Department are dealing with the transfer from payroll 51 to payroll 57 and 501 , of some of the DS0 Cleaning and Catering staff . |
| 18 | May I draw to my hon. Friend 's attention a report in the Sunday Express pointing out that paramilitaries convicted of bombing and murder are sheltering in the Republic are drawing more than £2 million per week in dole money and social security , paid for by the British taxpayer , while many would face reconviction if they returned to Ulster ? |
| 19 | He told the Scottish Grand Committee : ‘ The days of the Victorian mental institution are coming to an end . |
| 20 | Representatives of the cream of Scotland 's film and television industry are gathering in a Glasgow hotel at the moment for the Scottish version of the Academy awards . |
| 21 | Because both sides of the political divide are benefiting from the traffic , the issue is brushed under the carpet . |
| 22 | ‘ All we have been told is that there will be a profit of £7,000-a-year but similar facilities in the North-East are running at a loss . ’ |
| 23 | Sticking with clothing , those hapless popsters OCEAN COLOUR SCENE are grieving over the loss of more than £2,000 worth of T-shirts which managed to fall out of the back of their van while they drove through the Moseley area of Birmingham last week . |
| 24 | Those in work are paying for the pensions of those past retirement age at the current time , rather than for their own pensions in the future . |
| 25 | you know er all the blokes at work are going on a rave in Newcastle this weekend . |
| 26 | ‘ a management tool comprising a systematic , documented , periodic and objective evaluation of how well environmental organisation , management and equipment are performing with the aim of helping to safeguard the environment by : ( i ) facilitating management control of environmental practices ; and ( ii ) assessing compliance with company policies , which would include meeting regulatory requirements ’ . |
| 27 | He says that the council are looking at a number of options , the pool is being considered because it 's very costly to run . |
| 28 | Because the Arts Council are working on the parity funding principle , local theatres , who are dependent on local government subsidy , are now losing out doubly because local funding has dropped ; therefore the parity funding drops . |
| 29 | Relatives of a ninety-one year old widow left battered in her own home are pleading for the public to help catch her attacker . |
| 30 | Really we still know very little about what teachers actually do in the classroom and it 's all very well standing back in university and saying teachers should do this and should do that , but in order to be able to offer guidance I think we really need to do more research in mixed ability classrooms to discover how teachers at the moment are dealing with the situation and where we might offer them more support , and that 's the direction I 'd like to see research going ; rather than more of the grandiose large-scale quantitative studies , which collect lots of figures and statistics , I 'd like to see a lot more studies in actual classrooms looking at actual teachers teaching , looking at what they do and how we can improve that . |