Example sentences of "is doing [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surrounded by sizzling noodle stalls and noisy restaurants offering such delicacies as sea slug , the chippy in old Chinatown is doing roaring trade as the Chinese clamour for haddock and chips with mushy peas . |
| 2 | The Next Directory is doing good mail-order fashion business and savage cost-cutting in the group 's buying policy and its high-street shops have all helped to produce profits of £8.3 million in the six months to August . |
| 3 | Certainly , that institute is of the highest international standard and it is doing good work here and overseas providing advice and assistance . |
| 4 | THE Wellspring soup kitchen at the back of St Joseph 's Church in the centre of Stockport is doing great service . |
| 5 | Jim Clark spends his working day in the store-room of Stoddards Carpets — but in his spare time , he is doing excellent work for Elderslie Boys Club where he has recently arranged a football trip to Holland . |
| 6 | Armed Response is doing wonderful business these days in the captured area . |