Example sentences of "be [v-ing] in a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stars from the National English Opera , Janice Cairns ( soprano ) and Anthony Mee ( tenor ) are singing in a Grand Opera Gala with full orchestra and chorus at Sunderland Empire at 7.30pm , Saturday March 28 . |
| 2 | Tony was supposed to have been singing in a Black Sabbath ‘ reunion ’ in the States , which did n't happen for him in the end , but that gave us some breathing space . |
| 3 | Hamlet the out-of-work thespian pig has been appearing in a weekly strip in ‘ The Stage ’ since 1988 . |
| 4 | Again the doors closed tightly initially , but , praise God , they are opening in a big way . |
| 5 | The puppet pigs with the squeaky voices who captured the imagination of a generation of youngsters are appearing in a new ITV children 's series on puppetry . |
| 6 | Yeah well I was talking , I was talking to a friend and they said that , you know , there 's some homophobic attacks and some of them just happen to occur because people are walking in a gay area |
| 7 | Several disposable types are available from pet shops , and are essential for dog owners where it is compulsory to clean up after their pets if they are walking in a public area . |
| 8 | The TARDIS has brought the time-travellers back to Roman times — to 64 AD to be exact — and they have been holidaying in a deserted villa near a small town . |
| 9 | If you are holidaying in a hot climate , do not expose the camcorder to the sun for long periods , and take a neutral density filter along with you if the light is likely to be particularly brilliant ( sunlight on snow , for example ) to avoid the risk of spoiling shots through over exposure . |
| 10 | So far , he 'd been driving in a one-car team and in that situation , there is no way of knowing who is quick . |
| 11 | The restructuring approach tended to focus more on detailed investigation of what had been happening in a small number of cases , in a particular industry perhaps . |
| 12 | Suddenly Europe tells me I am living in a new country called Bosnia-Hercegovina . |
| 13 | However , my corresponding Ego fantasy is of losing my wits to such an extent that I am unable to work ; I am living in a filthy bedsit and the floor is strewn with pieces of paper that I am unable to make sense of , final demands which have not been paid , dirty clothes , plants which have fallen over , unwashed plates and mugs — and I am curled up in a foetal ball , wishing the world would go away ! |
| 14 | Scottish Office Ministers are extremely selective about when we are operating in a unitary Parliament with unitary interests and when we are operating as a small segment of the United Kingdom when that segment is not supposed to know what is going on in another . |
| 15 | But it is the responsibility of every person on site to make sure that they are operating in a safe manner . |
| 16 | The big food chains are now showing more interest in buying British , he says but are operating in a competitive environment and need to define their margins and their supply lines . |
| 17 | I think that people who are living in a fixed abode are paying in the end . |
| 18 | They also made a good point , that all timber-frame houses should be formally recorded as such either by the NHBC or on the title deeds , ‘ so that people realise they are living in a timber-frame house and can take professional advice when making alterations ’ . |
| 19 | Perhaps it is less hopeful in some senses , because unlike the early church we are living in a post-Christian age . |
| 20 | In the first place , as the title makes plain , if offers a searching criticism of the claim that we are living in a postmodern epoch , and the consequence of that claim , that the culture and politics appropriate to such an epoch are structurally different from those of the preceding — and now past — Modern one . |
| 21 | Living in modernity does not mean living in an age that is intrinsically evil because it is modern , but it does mean that we have to understand that we are living in a fallen culture : a culture whose people and institutions and social habits need to be redeemed . |
| 22 | We are living in a remarkable time , when the conflict of opinions renders a firm foundation of knowledge indispensable … |
| 23 | But a single indicator dominates the equations , namely the estimated number of children aged 5–17 who are living in a lone-parent family : each such child accrues a thousand pounds . |
| 24 | ‘ We are living in a cultural wilderness at the moment . |
| 25 | So we do feel that er , while children feel they do n't er have the freedom , we feel that er , er , er a very nice system , which has been socially used for , is being sacrificed because we are living in a different set-up . |
| 26 | At that moment they are living in a monothematic world limited to one thought : to attain the goal they are fighting for . |
| 27 | Vesa had been living in a small apartment in the Mids since their aunt had died a year back . |
| 28 | Since these results are obtained in animals that have been living in a normal environment , they mean that the clock originates , at least in these animals , from an abnormal ‘ internal ’ structure , the chromosome . |
| 29 | ‘ I have been living in a Social Services Home for about seven years . |
| 30 | If you 're driving in a flash car , driving a porsche you 'll pay more than in a mini . |