Example sentences of "of [noun sg] be [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The purpose of the remainder of this chapter is to analyse the changing structure and composition of the national population , assess the principal dimensions of population redistribution , and examine the impact which both these sources of change are having on the geography of Britain . |
| 2 | Long before the Gulf crisis , American , British and French ministries of defence were warning about the new threat from the South — the increase in missiles and chemical weapons , the danger of fanatics , fundamentalists , drug traffickers and so forth . |
| 3 | The other type of damage is chipping of the salient angles of microtine teeth , where whole corners of the tooth are broken away ( Fig. 1.5D ) . |
| 4 | Next year 's will of course be going through the new procedure |
| 5 | A few sections of rail were lying on the bottom , several more were scattered on the ground and one was propped against the end of the trailer as if whoever had been in the act of loading or unloading had abandoned it in a hurry . |
| 6 | These are , of course , commercially important questions and a good deal of money is going into the collection of such data by insurance companies . |
| 7 | A lot of money is going to the losers . |
| 8 | Large sums of money were missing from the business , and while his colleagues now realised that her father was ill — and obviously had n't deliberately intended to commit any kind of fraud — nevertheless , the money had had to be replaced as quickly as possible . |
| 9 | The most rapid rates of deforestation are occurring in the tropical rainforest regions , but deforestation is also significant in the savanna woodlands that occupy the drier tropical and subtropical regions . |
| 10 | Should England win the World Cup next time round , you will undoubtedly notice that a small shard of plexiglass is missing from the said carrying case . |
| 11 | And the nature of caring is changing to the caring professions . |
| 12 | The elaborate ceremonial and the oaths of kingship were spreading throughout the Christian West . |
| 13 | In the morning , the sailors saw that great pieces of ice were floating round the ship . |
| 14 | The signs of reform were stirring before the advent of Sir Peter . |
| 15 | A few heavy spots of rain were falling on the pavements like coins . |
| 16 | A few drops of rain were falling from the overheated sky . |
| 17 | Rings of mist were forming as the temperature dropped around the peaks . |
| 18 | All three directors of Name are staying with the company and are totally committed to the business ; |
| 19 | Signals of compromise are coming from the tepee . |
| 20 | ‘ You want a list of people whose idea of fun is listening to the fridge at three o'clock in the morning ? |
| 21 | Now move in a little closer , and your next shot might show just one corner of the square which we can now see includes an attractive little feature : an ancient water-trough into which a cascade of water is pouring from the mouth of a gargoyle-like creature in stone . |
| 22 | The first red light of morning was shining through the window as he closed his eyes . |
| 23 | Much of the previous chapter was taken up with the question of what kind of economy is emerging in the UK . |
| 24 | A wave of movement was sweeping across the forest . |
| 25 | The Royal College of Nursing is applying to the Court of Appeal for a judicial review of Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley 's decision to hold a private inquiry into the case . |
| 26 | ‘ So am I. ’ Heather turned again to the opening and gazed hard over the fields to where the spirals of smoke were rising behind the bushes . |
| 27 | A wisp of smoke was rising from the other side of a clump of bushes on the edge of one hayfield where the hay had been stacked . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , new problems of access were appearing on the horizon , as were issues of cost containment . |
| 29 | And there , sure enough , a brand-new piece of chalk was hovering near the grey-black writing surface of the blackboard . |
| 30 | As Geoffrey Holmes has suggested , the demographic and economic underpinnings of stability were emerging in the second half of the seventeenth century — a stagnant population , years of agricul-tural plenty and a more buoyant economy meant that there was not the same pressure on resources and scarcity of food and employment which had caused such social distress and serious unrest in the late-Elizabethan and early-Stuart period . |