Example sentences of "is [v-ing] [adv] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now he is driving slowly along a straight street cut like a slot between the towers . |
| 2 | But he demonstrated yesterday that he is now back on song and he is looking forward to a good run in the National Championships at Newark at the end of the month . |
| 3 | Most of the money will find its way into Flint which is looking forward to a major town centre redevelopment supermarket , DIY store , smaller shops , fast food restaurant and new car park . |
| 4 | The Talyllyn is looking forward to a brighter future and plans for 1993 are well in hand . |
| 5 | The improvement in January was better than had been expected in December , sales of both vehicles and parts and accessories increased and the trade is looking forward to a further improvement in February . |
| 6 | Now she is looking forward to a valuable contrasting experience in Denmark . |
| 7 | The conservative teacher who is looking only for a reasonable salary and a peaceful life . |
| 8 | It is particularly vulnerable to claims that it is acting abusively in a particular market , and must avoid discriminating between its competitors or using its market dominance in a manner which can be construed as unfair or intended to eliminate a competitor or competition . |
| 9 | The actor is operating virtually in a one-way communication pattern with little room for negotiating . |
| 10 | But the celebrated Mayfair fashion house is operating only on a week-to-week basis to complete orders and little hope exists of securing its future by finding a buyer . |
| 11 | We are thrilled that she is living happily with a sweet Jack Russell Terrier , several cats , rabbits , and even a horse ! |
| 12 | I am afraid that this war , which started for all the reasons I have mentioned , is turning gradually into a similar kind of war to the Lebanese . |
| 13 | Felixstowe is growing rapidly as a new container port with special equipment to handle the containers of manufactured goods and parts going mainly to and from other countries of the EEC . |
| 14 | Australian 250 rider David Evelyn has just collided with Cadalora in qualifying and is heading straight for a concrete wall . |
| 15 | Next door , steady work is going ahead on a long term , very ambitious educational project to which he is now turning his energies . |
| 16 | A company is going ahead with a one point two million pound contract to supply water filtering equipment to Libya despite increasing tension between Britain and Colonel Gadaffi 's regime . |
| 17 | But the union has said it is going ahead with a formal appeal to the Employment Appeals Tribunal . |
| 18 | Reflectance values are favourable , but the Zechstein rock salt is lacking here as a good seal horizon ( cf. |
| 19 | To justify this and Stalin presents it as a revolutionary me measure , as a shift to the left , as the creation of socialism , to justify it er Stalin presents the argument that the whole world is moving forward to a new stage on the road to socialism , it 's all a lot of nonsense but the ideological needs of the regime in Russia are determining the advice which is being given to er various communist parties . |
| 20 | However , the Home is moving soon to a purpose-built house which will provide single rooms and better facilities . |
| 21 | The company is moving literally to a single-code structure for iAPX-86 , Alpha and R-series , and licensees are restricted from changing the code . |
| 22 | The company is moving literally to a single-code structure for Intel , Alpha and Mips and licensees are restricted from changing the code . |
| 23 | Peterborough is expanding rapidly as a New Town . |
| 24 | The UK government has deferred funding support for a major road scheme through the rainforests of the Central African Republic , and is calling instead for a thorough environmental impact assessment . |
| 25 | And I actually think it is coming close to a professional slur on Mr to suggest that he ca n't take an independent view . |
| 26 | Yet at the time the report was released , the actual company that was used as the basis for the research had been trading for five months and is coping well with a difficult launch period and providing to be highly successful in meeting its targets . |
| 27 | THE state is withering away in a very unMarxist fashion in Punjab . |
| 28 | A TIMEBOMB is ticking away in a British jail . |
| 29 | With two factories here and 17 manufacturing units worldwide , the firm is investing heavily in a new plant to meet the expected increase in UK demand . |