Example sentences of "and are [v-ing] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may be handling a horse and get a feeling that we are in tune with the horse and that it is accepting and even anticipating whatever we want to do : we are in rapport with the horse , and are communicating with the horse but in a way that is not through the other senses . |
| 2 | The sole difference is that we serve one corporate client [ divided into numerous business units ] and are participating in the development and changes of the whole corporation to a much greater degree . |
| 3 | The other residents are mainly visiting academics , often very senior members of their own universities , from many countries , any academic discipline , and are staying in the college usually for a short time . |
| 4 | Well , it , it might be that once we 've dealt , , once we have dealt and , and are dealing with the budget , it might be that we , we receive some , some papers erm , from the department for future social services reports . |
| 5 | A Darlington police spokesman said : ‘ We are aware of the latest incident at Mrs Earley 's house and are looking into the situation . ’ |
| 6 | Most experts think normal cells probably have to undergo several mutations in order to become cancerous ; and it is generally suspected that the mouse cells — a laboratory line known as NIH 3T3 cells — have already undergone numerous mutations and are hovering on the brink of becoming cancerous . |
| 7 | Somebody has locked the gates there and people who come to exercise their dogs can not get through and are pushing through the hedges and railings . ’ |
| 8 | They contribute 14 per cent of the greenhouse effect and are increasing at the rate of 6 per cent a year . |
| 9 | It is equally clear , however , that it is a remarkable phenomenon and that the chances of its leading to the detection of a diversion that has already taken place , or is in the course of taking place , are reasonably good and are improving as the Agency 's technology in this area develops … |
| 10 | I think what 's very striking about the report which the students ' union have recently published and are circulating around the university , is the extent to which they have tended to define sexual harassment as being as much or at least as much a problem between students , a problem of behaviour between students and a problem of the sort of atmosphere in the colleges in terms of how that affects how peoples lives feel and and how they are how their behaviour what sort of behaviour is acceptable . |
| 11 | I mean , if you 've got your group on there 's nothing better than having your floor there and are dancing on the floor at , at , in front of the group kind of thing like |
| 12 | We are again one step ahead of the legislators and are conforming to the Environment Protection Act 's ‘ Duty of care ’ by installing our own purpose built incinerators throughout the country . |
| 13 | They contain endlessly frustrated plantation slaves who are rebellious at assessments and in encounters with professionals , but whose views only reach daylight in fragmented and unvalidated form ; and they contain house slaves who agree with everything that goes on and use ‘ massa 's ’ language and concepts , but who believe something else all the time and are waiting for the day . |
| 14 | Mr Heseltine and Michael Howard , the environment secretary , have both written to their German opposite numbers , and are waiting for the Germans to react . |
| 15 | England reckon the pitch will fail to assist the seamers and are banking on the spinners to produce victory — without leg-spinner Ian Salisbury , who loses his place to John Emburey . |
| 16 | A vagrant jazz trio have set up their tattered equipment on a grassy knoll and are tearing into the theme from The Flintstones with commendable gusto . |