Example sentences of "[noun pl] are [adv] [v-ing] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even so , it remains true that the performance of the individual is a function of the way he developed skills in his earlier more formative years and the way in which his capacities and skills are still changing in the work environment . |
| 2 | The company 's oil-producing activities have been concentrated in the north , but operations are increasingly expanding in the south due to escalating militant action from tribal groups . |
| 3 | Today the melanistic moths are still thriving in the grimier habitats and , if our cities go on spreading at their present rate , these black ones may well become the common form of the species . |
| 4 | Milk quotas are not working in the United Kingdom 's favour . |
| 5 | But it 's obvious from a quick glance that that plan that in fact a number of those settlements are already coalescing in the form of a definition of a one kilometre cordon around the the village and there are actually very few areas outside of the greenbelt in that zone which could possibly accommodate a new settlement of the size we 're contemplating , without causing coalescence . |
| 6 | These plants are undoubtedly growing in the harshest terrestrial conditions on our planet and can metabolise only for about 300 hours a year . |
| 7 | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many young people under the age of 18 years are currently serving in the armed forces . |
| 8 | ‘ Families are increasingly settling in the neighbourhood . ’ |
| 9 | While the situation in the south remains a major concern , greater violations of human rights are now occurring in the North and Eastern provinces of the island , where government security forces are engaged in a full-scale civil war with elements of the Tamil-minority population . |
| 10 | UK , Cambridge-based IXI Ltd has reportedly cut a deal for that ever mysterious Sparc follower , HaL Computer Systems — whose range of OLTP machines are still waiting in the wings to be introduced — to standardize on its X.desktop interface . |
| 11 | The events and circumstances surrounding such plots are difficult to control and organise because the characters are supposedly living in the real world . |
| 12 | In real terms , this means 20,000 software professionals are now living in the region , while another 7,000 or so students are studying software-related disciplines in Scotland 's 12 universities . |
| 13 | The CLE subsidises fees of students at the ICSL to the tune of £700,000 and chambers are now offering in the region of £200,000 by way of pupillage awards . |
| 14 | The familial links are not wanting in the poetry either . |
| 15 | In the past they said men should n't be concerned about their looks and things , but it 's pretty obvious that they are , because boys are always looking in the mirror , and these days they have slicked-back hair and fancy clothes , and that sort of thing . |
| 16 | ( 1982 ) found that a quarter of normal 3-year-olds are still wetting in the day at least once a week but that this rapidly reduces to 8 per cent at 4 years and 2 per cent at 8 years . |
| 17 | LM But natural beings are always living in the expectation or half-expectation of aggression . |
| 18 | and then erm it will as you go along , as the crops are actually growing in the fields , you can change the yield on it so as |