Example sentences of "[am/are] [v-ing] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 31 | Pels-Leusden in Berlin , and Wolfgang Werner 's Berlin and Bremen galleries and Edwin Vömel in Düsseldorf are collaborating on a large-scale project designed as a tribute to a largely undiscovered sculptor , Hermann Blumenthal ( 1905–42 ) . |
| 32 | Because the presentation is diagrammatic , needing no specialist knowledge to construct or discuss , it encourages discussion between workers of different disciplines and backgrounds who are collaborating on a project . |
| 33 | Castle Court Shopping Centre ( right ) one of the new retail complexes which are profiting from a surfeit of eager customers |
| 34 | Representatives of the cream of Scotland 's film and television industry are gathering in a Glasgow hotel at the moment for the Scottish version of the Academy awards . |
| 35 | Fruit growers are gathering in a bumper crop of apples . |
| 36 | Most of them are sticking to a policy , adopted during the Falklands war , of not stocking war games until the war is over . |
| 37 | In general , children and adults should not be given too much milk to drink if they are recovering from a stomach upset . |
| 38 | But other places are experimenting with a different mechanism : controlling the market . |
| 39 | Perhaps , if I am strong , then I am scheming like a man ? |
| 40 | I am , at present I am applying for a job on the |
| 41 | However much the family cling to their culture and security , the younger generation at work and school are grappling with a different set of realities ; the wisdom of the older family member may be less acceptable . |
| 42 | Su Ragazzi , who are bidding for a league and cup double , beat Jets in straight sets in Sewell 's second game in charge earlier this season but defeated them in the return in Edinburgh . |
| 43 | Q. When you are bidding for a contract , what gives you the edge over competitors ? |
| 44 | Again the doors closed tightly initially , but , praise God , they are opening in a big way . |
| 45 | The Director of the State Historical Library , Mikhail Afanas'yev , has confessed in an interview with the newspaper Kuranty that , ‘ Books from captured German holdings are perishing to a limited extent ’ . |
| 46 | Group Two rivals Holland entertain leaders Norway , and England are praying for a Scandinavian win to increase their chances of making the World Cup finals . |
| 47 | SKIERS from the Middle East are praying to a new Mecca , the holy shrine of — Inverness . |
| 48 | Send it whenever you are applying for a job ‘ on spec. ’ or where no mention is made in an advertisement of an application form ( which usually covers the same type of information ) . |
| 49 | It is a conversation between equals , even if you are applying for a relatively humble post . |
| 50 | If you are applying for a job , then your sitting too close may irritate me because I will be expecting to use visual and auditory rather than tactile or olfactory channels . |
| 51 | If you are applying for a loan with your own bank , this may not be necessary . |
| 52 | ( Two year cases only ) If you are applying for a divorce because you and your husband or wife have lived apart for at least two years , your husband or wife must also consent to the divorce — IN WRITING ( a form is supplied for this ) . |
| 53 | ( Five year cases only ) If you are applying for a divorce because you have lived apart from your husband or wife for at least five years , your application would not be granted if it meant that your husband or wife would suffer grave financial hardship . |
| 54 | bank statements for the last twelve months if you are applying to a bank other than your own ; |
| 55 | ALMOST four years after the 1985 crash of an airliner in Gander , Newfoundland , in which 248 US servicemen were killed , a group of congressmen are pressing for a new inquiry into the disaster . |
| 56 | The Football Supporters Association , who are pressing for a rethink on the Taylor Report , have received a letter from the Premier League 's chairman , Sir John Quinton , expressing his opposition to all-seat stadiums . |
| 57 | Priests inside Malawi are pressing for a new statement from the bishops . |
| 58 | Environmentalists are pressing for a ban on logging in ancient forests throughout Europe . |
| 59 | The dilemma facing Ray Gasson , is that after decades of being encouraged to expand and produce more , the message from Brussels now is to cut down production , while environmentalists are pressing for a completely different approach to farming . |
| 60 | It is significant that it is the Africans who are pressing for a partial lifting of the ban and the maligned fur trade has made no move in that direction . |