Example sentences of "[am/are] [v-ing] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The glands on its face are bestowing the cat 's personal scent , making its owner smell pleasanter and more familiar . |
| 2 | Roy Hardiman , the railway 's General Manager outlined the Gala arrangements ; ‘ Our two Hunslets , Holy War and Maid Marian will be working the passenger services between Llanuwchllyn and Bala Station and at present we are finalising the visit of two locos from the South of England . |
| 3 | Canada in the Spring is already planned and Roy and his wife , Ann , are finalising the details of what promises to be an exciting six-week sojourn . |
| 4 | It is I who am handling the sale of the lease on the office premises . |
| 5 | Most of Eurotunnel 's shares are held and traded on the Paris market these days and there is fear that the company will end up issuing shares as full or part payment to Transmanche Link , the group of 10 contractors which are building the tunnel . |
| 6 | The team are building the properties on Hoskins Way , Homerton Road , Pallister Park . |
| 7 | Construction are building the Banbury bypass section of the M 40 . |
| 8 | Of course , if you are financing the purchase through a Bank or Building Society , a valuation report will be commissioned and you receive a courtesy copy in most instances . |
| 9 | Japanese corporations which are financing the felling of virgin Chilean forest for the wood chip industry are running into growing opposition from the country 's environmental movement — and from its state forestry concern . |
| 10 | Erm , and if if I can just , we will Treasurer and ourselves , be reporting to you in more detail on this , in the appropriate areas , but suffice it to say , that the government are accepting the need for further investigation on some of these issues , to look at some of them in the light of the national B U D report , on superannuation and pension arrangements generally , have nevertheless agreed that individual authorities ought to have some more discretion , and the compensation regulations that I mentioned earlier , is one example of that . |
| 11 | One reason why the courts upheld the fee limits was that doctors are not forced to treat Medicare or Medicaid patients and thus are accepting the fee limits voluntarily . |
| 12 | I mean you 're exercising your right of reply , but for what particular purpose , I do n't know because the C E C are accepting the motion . |
| 13 | The lakes are poisoning the desert soil , and trapping — and killing — large numbers of birds and insects , as well as causing respiratory problems in nearby towns . |
| 14 | Soil is being lost , rivers polluted , over use of fertilisers and pesticides are poisoning the land . |
| 15 | Computer Horizons ' directors are opposing the proposal . |
| 16 | Environmental and human rights groups are opposing the involvement of international companies in oil exploration in Burma , which they say is destroying a relatively untouched forest environment and helping to fund a military government with a poor human rights record . |
| 17 | Some villagers are opposing the school saying the site is unsuitable . |
| 18 | CONSERVATIONISTS are opposing the extension to a large limestone quarry which they claim would damage irrevocably the Mendip Hills in Somerset . |
| 19 | It 's now occupied by Montupet who are allowing the legion of De Lorean fans to drive their cars on the old test track once again . |
| 20 | Data fusion techniques are allowing the credit marketer to harness the strengths of both lifestyle and geodemographic/financial direct marketing systems . |
| 21 | We are very pleased to see that the draft directives are allowing the partnership between the profession and the supervisory authorities to continue . |
| 22 | I am seeing the surgeon on Monday , and shall ask him what magic he employed . |
| 23 | When you are told to move the lace carriage more than once ( by a succession of straight arrows ) , you are shaping the stitches on the needles to firm the pattern , in the same way that you slip stitches to and fro on knitting needles before ‘ purling ’ back . |
| 24 | Three trends are shaping the living standards of households with children . |
| 25 | sort of track are contacting the people who done a very good job on the on the public footpath erm and that was actually going through our land , and they done some steps with erm you know erm wooden erm supports in them , er maybe in in conjunction with , was it ? |
| 26 | If you are over retirement age , disabled , or sick , disconnection can be delayed for 14 days or more ( 21 days in the case of gas ) if you inform the fuel boards that you are contacting the Department of Social Security ( D.S.S. ) or Social Services for help . |
| 27 | There are many rumours that people in other countries are reproducing test-tube fusion , but in American government labs they are getting nowhere ; however , many people do not believe them and assert that the big laboratories are seeing the phenomenon and keeping quiet because the oil companies with so much to lose have bought their silence . |
| 28 | Less often , a company also needs more than its home market can provide ; frequently , however , firms that trade globally are seeing the merits of a global shareholder-base to match . |
| 29 | High and low angles are often used as point-of-view shots in which we are seeing the scenes through the eyes of one of the characters . |
| 30 | My hon. Friend is right to talk about nation states in some respects , but today we are seeing the dismantling of conglomerations . |