Example sentences of "[noun sg] which is [v-ing] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , through the ‘ Choices ’ programme which is operating in three districts and is to be extended considerably this year , we are offering more and more staff the chance for career counselling and support from JS in improving skills and gaining qualifications . |
| 2 | Among the former are many participles , both present and past : ( 26 ) the watching crowd started to laugh he was greeted by smiling well-wishers the injured man had been feeding the orang-utan but participles do not exhaust the possibilities : ( 27 ) the angry bartender slammed the drink down five empty tumblers were standing by his elbow Notice , too , the clear ambiguity of : ( 28 ) a flashing light as meaning either a light which is flashing on some particular occasion , or one which normally has this characteristic . |
| 3 | ‘ More quantifiably , there 's been a significant improvement in productivity and activity out of a budget which is increasing in real terms but not by much . |
| 4 | It is precisely this sense of legitimacy which is lacking in capitalist societies today . |
| 5 | Despite cruelty and sinfulness there is a common sense of the moral and spiritual universe which is binding on all persons . |
| 6 | The idea is the brainchild of Chester , Ellesmere Port and Wirral Training and Enterprise Council which is looking for 15 companies in the region to take part in a pilot scheme . |
| 7 | A ROLLS Wood Group team which is looking into internal communications as part of a Total Quality Management Programme found that an in-house newsletter would be useful in bridging the communications gaps . |
| 8 | This is a process which is going on all the time in the world of bacteria , and drug firms are managing to keep ahead , just , by producing newer ( and inevitably , more expensive ) antibiotics that will still be effective . |
| 9 | Japan , too , is highlighted as part of the huge Japan Festival which is running for three months in Northern Ireland and throughout Britain — but , yes , it was another coincidence that Scottish Opera chose to offer us Madama Butterfly ! |
| 10 | In recent years this aspect has been corrected to a large extent through the response of Third World Christian thinkers and the radical discipleship movement which is emerging among younger Christians in the more affluent nations . |
| 11 | Traffic experts are predicting jams and misery over a large part of the region because of a bridge which is suffering from structural corrosion . |
| 12 | On performance standards , under our proposals in the Local Government Bill which is going through another place , the Audit Commission will issue directions whose effect will be to define yardsticks against which local authorities will report their performance . |
| 13 | One quality of backbench life which is distracting for those with a professional or commercial training is that it lacks coherence , and there is an aimlessness which is debilitating . |
| 14 | Children could be sent home from a school which is suffering from chronic overcrowding . |