Example sentences of "[noun prp] is [v-ing] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Field is hoping to meet President of the Board of Trade Michael Heseltine and Prime Minister John Major to discuss the issue . |
| 2 | One stable owner at Evesham in Worcester is having to clear ragwort from his land by hand . |
| 3 | Mr Hikmatyar is trying to wrest control of the capital from the defence minister , Ahmad Shah Masood . |
| 4 | Israel is attempting to recreate part of the Hula wetlands , drained in the 1950s to create arable land for farming . |
| 5 | As British women and children continue to fly out of the Gulf , the Oxford based charity Oxfam is trying to increase awareness of other foreign nationals they 've left behind . |
| 6 | During the week of the general election , Britain is threatening to take part in an attack on two countries with which it is not at war . |
| 7 | The MHW decision on haemophiliacs comes at a time when Japan is beginning to accept AIDS as a national health problem . |
| 8 | I 'm off with my family for a week 's holiday in Cornwall and Jenny is hoping to take advantage of my absence to get some rest so the office will be ‘ manned ’ all next week by Heidi , though Jenny will be around at home . |
| 9 | DEC is trying to gain visibility for the 661 companies it says are converting programmes for Alpha RISC . |
| 10 | Now neuro-surgeon Mr Nath is intending to take part in a cross country half marathon on the North Yorks Moors in July but he is hoping local clubs and societies will also join in his fundraising push . |
| 11 | In the meantime , the DoE is trying to gather information on essential uses of tetra and 1,1,1 for which exemptions should be issued . |
| 12 | The unions suspect that Mr MacGregor is trying to introduce appraisal on the cheap . |
| 13 | John Mowlem is planning to sell part of its stake in the loss-making London City Airport . |