Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [v-ing] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Speaking at Barcelona 's Real Club de Polo where British riders are competing in the dressage , the Major hit back at Pound 's accusations . |
| 2 | Discussions are proceeding on the introduction of a four-year course in Mathematics which perhaps one-third of the undergraduates reading the subject would take . |
| 3 | Discussions are continuing with the artist about a second work , but Wilson , on his way to Berlin with a DAAD scholarship , told The Art Newspaper that he doubted that the funds for a new commission would be forthcoming . |
| 4 | The acquisition would not have been possible without the help of the National Heritage Museum Fund and discussions are continuing with the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland regarding a grant towards endowment costs . |
| 5 | Look for them where fairly large , heavy objects are resting on the soil , for example , under large stones , a garden roller or a log . |
| 6 | An SBU or divisional manager will be motivated to seek appropriate investments if he knows clearly what the generic strategy for his SBU is ( he would presumably have participated in determining it ) , is aware of what is expected of him in terms of building or maintaining competitive strengths , and knows that early-warning indicators will be set up to monitor how his investments are contributing to the improvement or maintenance of those specific strengths . |
| 7 | The Germans are going to the US twice this year in June and December , when they will play games against England , Brazil and the US ( twice ) . |
| 8 | When kittens are sucking at the nipple , letting the mother know all is well . |
| 9 | Already , my fingers are picking at the edge of the pad and I have only written , ( dragged out ) 178 words , but who 's counting ? |
| 10 | This is also known as the purposive approach , since the courts are looking at the purpose for which the Act was passed . |
| 11 | Brian Adair : country 's courts are creaking at the seams |
| 12 | In the normally austere Hereford Breed , Journal , the owners of the Llandinabo herd claim foreign bulls are leading to the disintegration of the British Hereford by introducing alien blood . |
| 13 | Now the Moroccan authorities are holding onto the body and that 's angered Private Morrison 's Abingdon based family . |
| 14 | The majority of Tom Troubadour 's opponents are coming to the end of much busier campaigns , and the novice Merry Master may prove the main threat . |
| 15 | Couples at their pursuits are laughing in the lanes . |
| 16 | In a high-bay warehouse , when and where the operators are working within the racking at a height above the ground , suitable means of egress should be provided , such as a ladder forming part of the equipment , inertia reels , rope , ladder , etc. to ground level and leading a clear path to escape doors . |
| 17 | In the cities , even traditionally non-commercial fuels are going on the market . |
| 18 | Some American artists are responding to the recession by creating more modestly priced works . |
| 19 | Curators and experts are counting on the exhibition devoted to the restoration in the Salle des Fetes at the Louvre until 29 March 1993 and their highly detailed catalogue describing the technical aspects of the restoration process ( Les Noces de Cana de Veronese — Une oeuvre et sa restauration , Reunion des Musées Nationaux , 1992 , FFr350 ) to refute the historical and artistic arguments . |
| 20 | Simultaneously , calls are growing for the introduction of a new rouble backed by gold , akin to the Chervonets , a monetary unit brought in by Lenin in 1922 as part of his Economic Policy which permitted a measure of private enterprise . |
| 21 | No wonder calls are growing for the show to be put out of its misery once and for all . |
| 22 | I am delighted to see that lots of improvements are happening within the business and that people are not waiting for ‘ Felcourt ’ to make things happen — the best initiatives start in the field and are developed by enthusiastic individuals and long may this continue . |
| 23 | Researchers are collaborating with the Department of Medical Statistics and Christie Hospital , Manchester , in the analysis of data on childhood leukaemia . |
| 24 | The researchers are working for the Frog Mortality Project , set up last year amidst reports of rapid and inexplicable declines in amphibian numbers worldwide [ see EDs 72/73 ; 51 ; 49 ; 47 ; 44 ] . |
| 25 | I think of him sometimes , as the birds are singing in the hedges and the rising sun glints in the windows of houses across the bay . |
| 26 | It 's now believed the worst of the outbreak is over and some birds are getting over the disease . |
| 27 | ( ANNE ) In a few minutes … the battle of the buskers.A host of street performers are vying for the title of Best of British … |
| 28 | But after 40 years of post-war public sector housing there is now evidence of widespread rejection , and some community groups are looking to the promise of community architecture ( Wates and Knevitt , 1987 ) . |
| 29 | More and more camcorders are coming off the production lines with this useful feature ; however , it is not a point which need concern you unduly if you happen to have one of the older machines , as the effect is noticeable only on edits where there is a big change in the character of the colours at the shot-change . |
| 30 | Dutch growers are experimenting with the use of lightweight acrylic fleece mulches to advance the flowering times of cut flowers . |