Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [noun] be [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whilst discussing Derwentwater he discourages drawing from a boat or small island , ‘ the passion for boat prospects is owing to the delusive fascinations of the water . ’ |
| 2 | The residents of Unity Flats are shrugging off the stigma of living in what has long been regarded as one of the city 's most undesirable areas . |
| 3 | They are is the qualities which Robert Reid , Chief Executive of Shell UK was looking for in new recruits , as he told the North of England Education Conference in the Isle of Man in 1989 . |
| 4 | A woman with hair the colour of the purplest of peacock feathers was singing on a yard-high rostrum . |
| 5 | Victorian , of course , but if you spend sixty-four years on the throne then a lot of building styles are going to be named after you . |
| 6 | This is what the manufacturers of hi-fi equipment are striving towards all the time , and the DNA-replication process , as we have seen , is spectactularly good at reducing errors . |
| 7 | When he brusquely told visitors that of course China was going to station units of the People 's Liberation Army in Hong Kong after 1997 , the colony shuddered . |
| 8 | Sister Clare Lewington , who runs the Royal Free Prostate Laboratory where she helps conduct treatment trials , believes that increasing media coverage of prostate disease is resulting in more self-referrals to her hospital . |
| 9 | A number of board members are pressing for the directors ' new suites , now being readied at the top of a spanking new building on Washington 's H Street , to be exempted from the Bank-wide policy of no smoking that begins on July 1st . |
| 10 | Already the first squadrons of sepoy cavalry were swooping over the abandoned ramparts and racing for the Cutcherry to kick away just a few inches of that thin trickle of grey powder before it burnt its way home . |
| 11 | Over the weekend only a third of ambulance crews were working in London , where the dispute is taking the biggest toll because of staff shortages . |
| 12 | ‘ Listen , ’ I replied , ‘ pretty soon the whole of south-west London is going to be under the iron heel of Argol of the planet Tellenor . |
| 13 | Heading further north , a journey along the 60 miles of coast road is rewarding for its spectacular views . |
| 14 | Heading farther north , a journey along the 60 miles of coast road is rewarding for its spectacular views . |
| 15 | An important part of interview follow-up is coping with possible rejection . |
| 16 | Then , there was nothing else to be done except get back to work in the cutting room at Paramount where he was working around the clock on The Two Jakes , for which the world of movie entertainment was waiting with bated breath ; because even though all of the above makes fascinating reading for everyone intrigued by Hollywood 's pop royalty , especially one so colourful and mercurial as Nicholson , it is the mere trivia , the overcoat of gloss and glitz , that hides the real Jack Nicholson … |
| 17 | An annual report published by HM Inspectorate of Pollution in 1987–88 stated that leakage of methane gas was occurring at around 600 landfill sites situated near buildings in Britain and Wales . |
| 18 | A great deal of research effort is going into overcoming hydrogen 's shortcomings , mainly because it 's such a clean fuel . |
| 19 | A group of OSF/Motif suppliers are embarking on a process to keep the graphical user interface ‘ open ’ and allay end-user fears that it could one day be hijacked by an unscrupulous vendor and turned into a proprietary superset of interface characteristics . |
| 20 | However , the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants warned that the immigration authorities ' ’ cold and brutal ’ treatment of asylum seekers was leading to a dangerously volatile situation . |
| 21 | A GROWING number of rape victims are coming to a Teesside-based support group for help . |
| 22 | In 1986 , about two-thirds of degree students were studying for university degrees and one third for CNAA degrees . |
| 23 | The Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths is calling for all ads featuring sleeping babies to be shown lying on their backs , following its new safety guidelines , issued in October last year . |
| 24 | Towards evening Fleury was leaning against the rampart at the banqueting hall staring dully out over the foliage , occupied in vague thoughts about food and reviewing in his mind various outstanding meals he had eaten in the course of his existence . |
| 25 | Dozens of vintage aircraft are converging on an old airfield for a nostalgic flying display . |
| 26 | Along its high white granite walls , hundreds of funeral wreaths were coalescing into one great hanging garden of remembrance . |
| 27 | The destruction of peat bogs is contributing to global warming , according to a report commissioned by Friends of the Earth and prepared by the Wetland Ecosystems Research Group of Exeter University . |
| 28 | There is also a further cut in the pipeline , but this second phase of diesel pollution is running into technical problems . |
| 29 | WHILE the number of mortgage defaulters is rising in Britain , it is falling in the United States . |
| 30 | Although the overall picture which emerges in this essentially exploratory study will not feel new to Social Services practitioners — that is , that the financial costs of caring are considerable even in the better off three-adult households , and the majority of two-adult households are living in poverty — the detail of the data adds both emphasis and new angles . |