Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the Board are entering into a Scheme for adult education in co-operation with the LEA in Cambridgeshire much in the same way ( as ) had been done in Bedfordshire it seems as if it might be best for the Board to be recognised as the Responsible Body for this type of course . |
| 2 | Detectives working on the case are working on the theory that they died of hypothermia or suffocation or a combination of both . |
| 3 | The musical flavour will be supplied by Edinburgh 's own Tam White and the Caledonian Brewery are laying on some of their amber liquid and pies to give you just a taste of what the atmosphere will be like during the weekend 13–15 August . |
| 4 | We 've organized a fashion show , and Spice are playing for us . ’ |
| 5 | We know HP and IBM Corp are working on an early sample version of COSE code , which will include interface widgets , and HP 's VUE look and feel dominated the COSE desktop shown at the original announcement ( UX No 428 ) . |
| 6 | We know Hewlett-Packard and IBM Corp are working on an early sample version of the Common Open Software Environment code , which will include interface widgets , and VUE look and feel dominated the COSE desktop shown at the original announcement . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ But my feeling is that the winds of change are blowing through this club and that the old guard 's days are numbered . ’ |
| 9 | most days you 'll find Tony Meek racing his dogs at the Oxford stadium … not tonight … because the speedway machines are there … its a gala night … the top twenty riders from the second division are racing for the Service Master Trophy … |
| 10 | Two transport and supply regiments from the Third Armoured division are returning from Germany , as part of the rundown of NATO forces there . |
| 11 | Two people who think they are disagreeing may , in fact , be talking about different things and would n't disagree if they were talking about the same thing , but it 's important to recognise that when the university and colleges talk about what they want to do about sexual harassment , they certainly imagine that a range of different forms of response are going to be appropriate to this range of different forms of behaviour , ranging from on the one hand education , encouraging people to think they have a right to protest and answer back , to giving them access to erm people who may mediate and persuade another person who they 're not making an impact on that their behaviour is unreasonable , to the most extreme disciplinary procedures against someone who 's behaving in a way which is generally thought to be unacceptable and who 's not prepared to desist . |
| 12 | The president and the parliament are struggling for power , but both have said that individual savers will be compensated for the ravages of inflation . |
| 13 | The three tenants evicted this afternoon are staying with friends while they search for a new home . |
| 14 | There are farmers who with the existing lack of any political support are looking at different avenues to improve their profits or even make a profit . |
| 15 | And of course what you really get from your membership is the satisfaction that your money and your support are going towards bird protection : that the RSPB will be putting its money where its mouth is . |
| 16 | We have tried to spread the shows out and the majority are coming from Stockton . ’ |
| 17 | Hello , well what 's your mum been doing to you this morning ? |
| 18 | In the East there are social problems on a much more basic level than in the West , and these of course are competing with cultural needs . |
| 19 | Current advances in graptolite biostratigraphy are leading to the recognition of further subdivisions in the Ordovician and Silurian which provide an accurate calibration for parallel work on acritarchs and chitinozoa . |
| 20 | But Mr Garrett said others who have taken only the three-hour assessment are responding to pursuits despite force guidelines prohibiting them . |
| 21 | ACT Financial Systems Ltd and Hewlett-Packard Co are working on a Unix version of ACT 's Digital Equipment Corp VMS-based credit risk analysis system , Limits . |
| 22 | Almost a year since the end of the Gulf War , more and more of the British men and women who took part are asking for help in straightening out their lives . |
| 23 | Oxford University are looking in good shape for Sunday 's womens boat race . |
| 24 | Researchers from Washington State University are embarking on a three-year project to measure the amount of methane produced by belching cows . |
| 25 | The Institute of Terrestrial Ecology and Reading University are embarking on a three-year study on the effects of pesticides on wildlife . |
| 26 | Easter , eight o'clock , half-seven my brother and sister are looking for Easter eggs in the house . |
| 27 | But both Dr Kohl and Mr Modrow , aware that the hopes of many for reunification are growing by the day , and more quickly than the politicians can accommodate , tried to cool expectations . |
| 28 | Doubts about Communist motives in Spain would have been submerged under the general enthusiasm for the Republic , had not doubts about Soviet Communism been growing at the same time . |
| 29 | The shares in the composite index are selling at 16 times prospective earnings . |
| 30 | HOUSE builders in the North West are looking for the Government to do more to stimulate sales and economic growth . |