Example sentences of "[am/are] [v-ing] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hundreds of people are queueing at cinemas across the region to see Hollywood 's new dinosaur blockbuster Jurassic Park . |
| 2 | Hundreds of people are queueing at cinemas across the region to see Hollywood 's new dinosaur blockbuster Jurassic Park . |
| 3 | Trading standards are liasing with colleagues in Liverpool where similar material has been found . |
| 4 | GPs have cottoned on to it and are clamouring for beds . |
| 5 | Why , then , when people speak with such apparent honesty about such an important issue , do we feel we are drowning beneath cataracts of monologue ? |
| 6 | Professional people in research , business , government and public service , whose work depends on information , are drowning in memos , reports , surveys , lists and other communications , many of which are trivial and unsolicited … . |
| 7 | Lads in the first team , while the kids are drawing at places like Sheffield Wednesday , Leeds and Sunderland . |
| 8 | But they are not only competing amongst each other , they are competing with men as well . |
| 9 | East European countries are thus competing for the best western companies just as western companies are competing for contracts . |
| 10 | This not merely makes direct comparison difficult , but it may also mean that such comparisons would be of questionable value given that they would not relate to the actual situation in which traditional and non-traditional students are competing for places , and in which their work and achievement can be meaningfully compared . |
| 11 | Nearly three thousand runners … climbers … orienteers are competing in teams of two … among the fittest and fastest are two scientists from Oxfordshire … |
| 12 | ‘ I think it will be harder because Plymouth will work their socks off they are struggling for points and will be totally committed to getting a result . |
| 13 | We can not afford to let the Labour Party go on unopposed , cos I feel that the Conservatives are struggling for candidates , in fact I know they are . |
| 14 | We are struggling with judges are n't we ? |
| 15 | I should make it clear that I am drawing on notions of an idealised business environment when I refer to unambiguous communication being the motive power which occasions accountability . |
| 16 | Day and night they are hanging in swarms above the trench making it extremely difficult to rest . |
| 17 | Most self-poisoning patients are reacting to crises in interpersonal relationships . |
| 18 | ‘ At that age , the kids round here are copulating like rabbits . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ ( 1 ) In this Act a ‘ self-regulating organisation ’ means a body ( whether a body corporate or an unincorporated association ) which regulates the carrying on of investment business of any kind by enforcing rules which are binding on persons carrying on business of that kind either because they are members of that body or because they are otherwise subject to its control . |
| 20 | ‘ ( 1 ) In this Act a ‘ self-regulating organisation ’ means a body ( whether a body corporate or an unincorporated association ) which regulates the carrying on of investment business of any kind by enforcing rules which are binding on persons carrying on business of that kind either because they are members of that body or because they are otherwise subject to its control . |
| 21 | People will say ‘ I 'll never forgive myself if I do n't do what he asks ’ , and death-bed promises become sacrosanct , so that people feel they are binding in generations to come . |
| 22 | IBM , Boeing and Paramax , a Unisys Corp company , are collaborating on STARS , which is meant to develop and integrate technologies in support of megaprogramming . |
| 23 | But the problem has now transferred to the town centre , where crowds of young people , sometimes in excess of 150 , are gathering at weekends . |
| 24 | Confronted with the entrance of significant new competitors , the secular decline and progressive decomposition of mass demand , innovative manufacturers are experimenting with methods of increasing productive flexibility , reducing the total cost of producing an extended and shifting product range for particular market niches rather than minimizing the average output cost of a narrow range of standardized commodities ( Sabel , 1982 ) . |
| 25 | The waifs and strays from the Dead worldwide carnival are picnicking on blankets in the car park , wandering round with one finger up in the air murmuring ‘ Need a miracle ’ ( rough translations : Gissa ticket , guv ) , and generally making sure nobody gets into Wembley till well after their heroes have ambled onto the stage . |
| 26 | The waifs and strays from the Dead worldwide carnival are picnicking on blankets in the car park , wandering round with one finger up in the air murmuring ‘ Need a miracle ’ ( rough translations : Gissa ticket , guv ) , and generally making sure nobody gets into Wembley till well after their heroes have ambled onto the stage . |
| 27 | It is a pleasure for the coach to have two players as good as they are challenging for positions . |
| 28 | Large losses are occurring in warehouses of all types and are causing concern . |
| 29 | We are only just beginning to recognize that if we take this attitude , we are denying to arts and letters , and to the criticism of them , any bearing at all on public life — including , for instance , public education . |
| 30 | The geological structures of the South China Sea ( and the Yellow Sea ) offer the potential of massive oil resources of anything between 2 and 20 billion tonnes and at least thirty companies are bidding for blocks . |