Example sentences of "[noun sg] are [v-ing] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Detectives working on the case are working on the theory that they died of hypothermia or suffocation or a combination of both . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 … |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | HOUSE builders in the North West are looking for the Government to do more to stimulate sales and economic growth . |
| 7 | Downland Housing Association are building at the Larch Cottage site , Portsmouth Road , while the second site is at Lynchborough Road , Passfield . |
| 8 | Miss Bangholm reports that members of the club are hanging around the hall as girls are leaving and some of them are rather afraid . |
| 9 | The stalwarts of the Hunterston Cycle Club are taking to the road again in the name of charity . |
| 10 | The rugby club are helping with the organisation . |
| 11 | The remains of the old Motherwell car are lying in the inspection pit underneath ! |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 ? |
| 15 | Because both sides of the political divide are benefiting from the traffic , the issue is brushed under the carpet . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 ’ . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Relatives of a ninety-one year old widow left battered in her own home are pleading for the public to help catch her attacker . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Current advances in knowledge of graptolite morphology and distribution are leading to the recognition of further subdivisions in the Ordovician and the Silurian . |
| 23 | And tonight , Swindon Town are playing in the league , at Bristol Rovers . |
| 24 | One fifteen till three fifteen the Blidworth Wow Group are meeting in the Blidworth Social and Welfare Centre to learn more about screen printing . |
| 25 | Many of the latter group are preparing for the Cambridge Proficiency Certificate and other Examinations . |
| 26 | Organisers of the Women 's Festival are looking for the woman who has done most for the welfare , health or quality of life of women in the town in the last year . |
| 27 | AT A crowded night market in Bangkok a stallholder and a tourist are haggling over the price of a polo shirt . |
| 28 | Amazingly famous music supremos Oliver Messiaen , Pierre Boulez and John Cage are coming to the Yorkshire town for the annual Contemporary Music Festival , Britain 's highlight in the world of electro-acoustic chords and allied disharmony . |
| 29 | The rest are hauling at the crowbars that wind down the press , hobnails gritting on the frosty concrete . |
| 30 | If an application is declared admissible , and a friendly settlement can not be achieved , the subsequent decisions of the Court are binding on the United Kingdom . |