Example sentences of "is [adv] [v-ing] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While it has made no formal application to offer video-on-demand to customers — the official line is that it is merely looking at the technology 's potential — it is already clear that it faces a tough task convincing regulatory bodies that it has the right to do so . |
| 2 | Just as the smell of a ripe Camembert is only mouthwatering at the dinner table , the attraction of female odours is likely to depend on their context . |
| 3 | The book is also universally regarded as McGahern 's masterpiece , a view probably best expressed by playwright Tom Kilroy who described ‘ Amongst Women ’ as ‘ one of the most significant achievements in Irish fiction ’ and suggested that McGahern ‘ is obviously writing at the fullness of his power . ’ |
| 4 | London , of course , and our Amsterdam exhibition has been trading since the beginning of the year and the price increase is generally coming at the beginning of the season , which is more or less now for the parks , earlier for the exhibitions . |
| 5 | ‘ She is not staying at the house then ? ’ |
| 6 | There was also an admission that the demand for water is not growing at the rate Thames Water had earlier predicted . |
| 7 | A special Home Office committee is already looking at the problem with orders to report back to Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke within the next few months . |
| 8 | Mrs Thatcher will have to be satisfied with the assurances she will receive from Mr Bush , who will tell her that , since defence cuts are politically inevitable , it is far better for modest and planned reductions to be proposed by his cabinet and the Pentagon than for swingeing cuts to be imposed by the US Congress , which is already chafing at the thought of the US budget deficit being deepened to pay for the defence of the wealthy Europeans . |
| 9 | ‘ County Durham 's constabulary has been increased since 1979 and the Home Office is still looking at the possibility of reallocating some of the 1,000 extra posts to the county , ’ he said . |
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| 12 | Cecil Moores has passed on , but John is still going at the age of 96 . |
| 13 | I did n't see you , er all I 'm doing is like stopping at the end of the drive to light a fag up or something , she 's |
| 14 | Sheila Redmond is also looking at the possibility of arranging talks on the menopause for female employees . |
| 15 | Former BAe executive Richard Hooke says he has been told Board of Trade President Michael Heseltine is also looking at the deal , along with Welsh Secretary John Redwood and Employment Secretary David Hunt to see if it is in the best interests of the shareholders and taxpayers . |
| 16 | Mr Hooke says he has been told that Board of Trade President Michael Heseltine is also looking at the deal , along with Welsh Secretary John Redwood and Employment Secretary David Hunt to see if it is in the best interests of the shareholders and taxpayers . |
| 17 | It is also looking at the interest being shown by producers in Yorkshire and Cumbria . |
| 18 | The Boulby potash mine in North Yorkshire , working Upper Permian Zechstein evaporites at a depth of 1100m , began production in 1974 and is now producing at the rate of 770000t/y KCl . |
| 19 | Thus , tired of being the poor and comparatively impotent relation , General Synod is now chafing at the bit . |
| 20 | The company is now looking at a future that is brighter than for any time in the past 20 years . |
| 21 | Exchange visits between company and school have kept the project going and Courtaulds is now looking at the possibility of helping them design a fibre spinning rig . |
| 22 | He is now looking at the win as the foundation to his future . |
| 23 | The cat is now recovering at an animal home in Great Ayton . |
| 24 | Germany 's current account , which shifted into deficit in January , is also likely to be near balance for the year as a whole , while Japan 's current-account surplus is now running at a quarter of its 1986 level . |
| 25 | sarcastic , my brain is n't working at the moment . |
| 26 | Atkinson is privately seething at the intervention of chairman Ellis in last week 's transfer talks with Liverpool for striker Dean Saunders . |
| 27 | One of the main purposes of o of a consortium is actually looking at the health needs erm it 's impressions that I 've I actually got o on a number of occasions that I 've er I think involvement in assessing health needs but I 've actually answered anywhere er , and I 'd very interested as to how or what kind of input erm we will be looking to on that ? |
| 28 | It is not difficult to form a physical picture of what is actually happening at a re-entrant such as a crack , especially if we consider the matter upon a molecular scale . |
| 29 | Careful timing will also he required to ensure that the item is actually happening at the time it fits into the programme . |
| 30 | And , and I think what is actually happening at the moment in , in the parish is that there is some perception , there is a perception , that something is , that things are changing and that the parish council is of importance . |