Example sentences of "to be [v-ing] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A schoolteacher from Eastern Europe , believed to be touring in the area . |
| 2 | A team of burglars is thought to be operating in the Chester Road area of Hartlepool . |
| 3 | Investors do not always sell their shares for exogenous reasons irrespective of whether or not they perceive insiders to be operating in the market . |
| 4 | Mayor David Dinkins expressed his sadness over the incident and promised more resources to tackle the hundreds of unlicensed clubs thought to be operating in the city , many of which were violating safety regulations . |
| 5 | On Aug. 20 France declared that it would contribute 10 Mirage 2000 jets ; more than 200 US aircraft were believed already to be operating in the area . |
| 6 | But nobody then dared question the magical properties of the first five years when Oedipal fantasies were supposed to be raging in the unconscious . |
| 7 | Now remember that a helicopter , unlike a conventional aircraft , does not necessarily have to be pointing in the direction that it is moving and that the pilot must tell the tail where to go at all times . |
| 8 | The king believed that although Lancaster and his followers claimed to be acting in the king 's name they would in fact create disorder and in any case ‘ it was not their duty to act as judge and do justice ’ . |
| 9 | However , it will presumably be rare that a business can be held not to be acting in the course of business if it sells goods on its standard terms . |
| 10 | Here she would receive such visitors as happened to be staying in the house , and subsequently reverential visitors , who appealed to her for aid or sympathy . |
| 11 | What sort of person ( or creature ) appears to be speaking in the text ? |
| 12 | Erm er that problem did seem to be appealing in the shape of a tachograph . |
| 13 | Peter Lilley , the trade secretary , is thought to be underperforming in the Commons . |
| 14 | Blackbird Leys now seems to be succeeding in the struggle to improve its image , and later in the programme Nick Clark talks to the people who live there . |
| 15 | We have failed to grasp it and , although some of the eastern European countries now seem to be succeeding in the adaptation to a market economy , many others , including Russia , are likely to fail . |
| 16 | Sir Neill Cooper-Key , Lord Rothermere 's son-in-law , procured the safe Conservative seat of Hastings because , as a young army officer in 1945 he happened to be drinking in the bar of the Berkeley Hotel . |
| 17 | Growth had appeared to be stalling in the US , Germany had reported a sharp decline in activity and output remained weak in Japan . |
| 18 | At the door she suddenly grinned at him , and when she had gone the grin seemed to him still to be hanging in the air , like the Cheshire cat 's . |
| 19 | By setting up the Secret Committee Alexander acted in the style of his father ; by ordering Nazimov to delve more deeply into the views of the north-westerners he showed sympathy for a landless concept of emancipation which belonged to the reign of Alexander I. The regime seemed to be moving in the direction not so much of freeing the serfs as of turning a blind eye to them ( by consigning their future to yet another assembly of antediluvian officials ) or making their condition worse ( by opting for a form of emancipation which would blight their future ) . |
| 20 | Alexander seemed not so much to be moving in the direction of reform as to be making the achievement of emancipation more difficult . |
| 21 | The company also claimed to be investing in the use of biotechnology to neutralise waste and plans to recycle CFCs and plastics [ ED no. 40 ] . |
| 22 | Highly-rated Beresford , named as the best left-back in the Second Division in the recent PFA awards , was rumoured to be leaving in the summer when his contract expires . |
| 23 | People in Donegal listened earnestly to the priest , craning forward as if to show him that they were there , but did not seem to be taking in the words . |
| 24 | And she reports that the recession seems to be easing in the area , with companies expressing renewed interest in investment and acquisitions . |
| 25 | This perception of Reagan as an ideologue had its beneficial side for ‘ the strong beliefs that made many voters fearful of Reagan also attracted voters to him , since they suggested leadership and decis-iveness — qualities widely felt to be lacking in the Carter presidency ’ . |
| 26 | Glad to be living in the past |
| 27 | Garretta , believed to be living in the USA , was additionally fined F500,000 ( about US$100,000 ) . |
| 28 | Mrs Barlow is now thought to be living in the United States . |
| 29 | Scottish Office minister Allan Stewart said most of the women who have still to be contacted are now thought to be living in the United States . |
| 30 | How we managed without all these aids — in fact by merely buying a coffin and getting on with it — I ca n't imagine , but I know that we were lucky to be living in the UK and not the US , where the open coffin , or at least one quarter open at the head end , is de rigueur . |