Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [v-ing] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Lions are turning round their entire team for Wednesday 's game against first division North Harbour in Auckland . |
| 2 | I can not understand why riders are holding back just when the sport needs them most . |
| 3 | A new era is dawning in eventing … the young riders are galloping in … and William Fox Pitt from Bicester is leading the charge with his horse Chaka … |
| 4 | NEW Yorkers are stepping out to weird Foot Friend parties to meet the partner of their dreams . |
| 5 | ‘ All officers are paying attention to this as a matter of priority and divisional commanders are carrying out their own projects in the areas they know are vulnerable . ’ |
| 6 | I 'm just a little bit concerned that if we do delay it while discussions are going on about the unitary authorities and such like , we 'll put restrictions on Mr running it as a commercial enterprise , and I think we have got to make sure that any long term deferral on this , we do n't inhibit him rationalising selling off the odd cottage and this sort of thing , and the farmhouse as we go along , and amalgamating ones because I think it 's , he 's got to be able to run it as a commercial proposition during the course of deliberations . |
| 7 | PRISONERS are brushing up their Shakespeare so they can learn new insults to hurl in jail . |
| 8 | Gulf oil states are stepping up production of a " green " petrol additive in an effort to meet the requirements of the US Clean Air Act , which demands higher levels of oxygen in petrol . |
| 9 | That is not the sacrifice it may seem , because the western states are raking in lots of extra tax revenue thanks to the boom fuelled by demand from the east . |
| 10 | He warned the Conservatives and Labour that ‘ from the ancient bastion of liberalism , the flames are fanning out in all directions , consuming your shabby campaigns , your out-of-date policies , your visions of the future ’ . |
| 11 | And a much more substantial prospect is to be found in continental Europe , where the German worker is assiduously pricing himself out of the market — and far from the Ossies pricing themselves into jobs lost by the Wessies , the former East Germans are insisting on even more uneconomic wages in relation to their skills and capabilities . |
| 12 | It appears the Germans are taking over the running of Standard 's European branches . |
| 13 | Investigations are going on , but a health official said : ‘ The sandwiches were prepared by 10am and often remained on display in a warm room until 10 at night . ’ |
| 14 | PHYSICS lecturers are going back to the nursery to teach toddlers in the water tub while admissions tutors consider the merits of palm-reading and astrology for selecting students at Newcastle Polytechnic . |
| 15 | Russians are filling in some of the gaps in their lives by seeking out anything that was forbidden or hard to get in Soviet times . |
| 16 | It is just that we Russians are living in unbearably horrible conditions . |
| 17 | The environmental group Greenpeace has published a report on the Gulf War in which it warns that funds for clean-up operations are running out , with much work remaining to be done . |
| 18 | All the discussion seems to show that the same attitudes are coming through in society . |
| 19 | SUPERMARKET chains are ripping off customers by packaging joints of beef with extra fat . |
| 20 | And they suggested many employers are holding back bad economic news until after the general election . |
| 21 | Potential employers are lining up leading members of the ‘ Grey Guard ’ , who have dominated amateur cycling in the 1980s . |
| 22 | Anorexics are crying out inside and ca n't believe that no-one has noticed how thin they have become . ’ |
| 23 | THE Shamen are shelling out £10,000 in a bid to help victims of the war in Yugoslavia . |
| 24 | In this case , the shareholders are passing off some risk on to the manager . |
| 25 | oh er are yeah , Maxwell , you see his sons are clamming up , they 're not saying a flipping word |
| 26 | A recent policy statement from the AUT , Investing in the future : research and development in the universities , says that the overhead costs of research projects funded by government departments , research councils , industry and other bodies , are not being properly met and so these projects are eating up funds allocated by the Universities Funding Council . |
| 27 | More and more self-build projects are taking off all over the NorthEast and Mr Edwards said clear guidelines had to be laid down . |
| 28 | Airborne gets a reputation for quick service from the companies they 're interested in because the bikes are cruising round outside just waiting for a call . |
| 29 | Said a Drug Squad source : ‘ We are extremely pleased with these stiff sentences and it should send out a warning to those involved in the drugs scene that the courts are coming down hard on them . ’ |
| 30 | All of which activities are declining around here . |