Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [v-ing] [vb infin] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Ironically , crime is helping provide legitimate employment for 420,000 people battling AGAINST it . |
| 2 | It was a very dangerous business , if up to thirty or so golfers were letting fly . |
| 3 | Information and cash are two very practical ways that the Campaign is helping encourage more people actively to care for their local surroundings . |
| 4 | A NEW breed of telephone is helping create 41 new jobs at the Darlington operation of telecommunications group Hutchison . |
| 5 | But the question we must ask is why so many British workers are getting a two-week break when other European workers are making do with just three days ' holiday . |
| 6 | THE football stars of AC Milan are helping sell British lamb to soccer-mad Italians . |
| 7 | Members of the Action Group are helping redress the balance with local initiatives to improve the area . |
| 8 | Ever-improving direct air service from Britain to the gateways of Miami and Orlando is helping keep travel costs down , and tourist living expenses in Florida benefits from competition in the hotel , car rental and tour business , especially in the off-season . |
| 9 | An electronic bug the size of a staple is helping protect valuable antiques . |
| 10 | The Headmaster was helping prepare for the grand event and was so confident it would be a success , he had contacted a specialist to come to take the Bookman away when caught . |
| 11 | Such are the changes infiltrating society that now long-serving criminals are helping supply the soundtrack to the big throwdown . |
| 12 | Then she feels Sycorax struggling , and though she clamps her arms over hers where they are clasped around her shoulders so that Roukoubé 's head lies against them , Sycorax is letting go . |
| 13 | Mr Johnson 's fiancee Gillyanne is helping compile the list — despite her grief . |
| 14 | CHESTER Tory MP , author and television personality Gyles Brandreth was helping explain Europe to the people yesterday . |
| 15 | Now the slave 's ghost was helping push Yeremi upward … |
| 16 | Beyond the slightest doubt the new technology is helping reshape politics here far more dramatically than pious talk of the ‘ socialist market economy ’ . |