Example sentences of "[is] [v-ing] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were pilots getting their aircraft away on two engines , with armourers hanging on underneath checking the bombs , incendiaries blazing and HE S exploding in all directions . |
| 2 | In depression , less is known about biological vulnerability , but knowledge is accumulating about other explanations ( see chapters 4 and 5 ) . |
| 3 | To our church came such spiritual giants as Rev Reginald Barlett of Samoa , and the South Seas , Miss Mabel Shaw of Mbershi , whose adopted daughter is helping with modern Zambia , a housewoman from Dr Ida Scudder 's hospital at Velore , central India and a missionary from China who knew about the conditions there and in Hong Kong , and who had also met Toyohiko Kagawa of Japan and knew that , in very truth , this son of a Geisha and who knows who , was a world figure , now pleading at the League of Nations for more attention to World Health than to armaments . |
| 4 | Apart from sending troops , Egypt is helping in other ways . |
| 5 | In 1991-92 , the TDC had a budget allocation of £51 million , which it is using to great effect . |
| 6 | PC Sandy Kelly , 32 , was also shot and is recovering under armed guard in hospital . |
| 7 | Elsewhere in the capital , the Royal Lyceum claims it is recovering after last year 's £1.2 million debt crisis and ticket sales which were 10 to 15 per cent below target . |
| 8 | His move to Japan 's Grampus Eight club hinges on the health of his baby son George , who is recovering from acute myeloid leukaemia . |
| 9 | Mallett is recovering from dreadful first-half figures . |
| 10 | AXA has since ploughed almost $100m more into Equitable Life , which is recovering from heavy losses on its property portfolio , and reckons it will soon see a good return on its investment . |
| 11 | In other areas , notably in relation to the right of freedom of association and collective bargaining , the Commission is abstaining from any action , because it believes that these measures are best dealt with by social partners of industry , or , as appropriate , by the Member States . |
| 12 | Er we set up on a regional basis er er Robert talked to you a couple of months ago about the initiatives that he 's taking from our and that again is a very much of a cross practice initiative er which is drawing on all the skills that we 've got within the with within the office penetrate the middle market sector and we are going to er specifically use er our grounds expertise and er computer audit expertise as a product which we saw would be attractive to these er these sort of companies . |
| 13 | The evening is drawing in early but it 's sad how the shadows lenghthen around Melville 's words . |
| 14 | I mean if obviously the child is reacting in some way or feels that they ca n't even relax when they 're at home , erm then someone 's overstepped the mark . |
| 15 | That erm the county council is pursuing at this er at this alteration . |
| 16 | Jones seems to have found elements of the trend of thought he is pursuing in modern Western culture , for example in Owen Barfield , Loren Eiseley , Michael Polanyi and Peter Ouspensky . |
| 17 | Then one cold afternoon later that winter when we were all huddled round the fire for warmth from the snow falling outside , Dad sighed , looked at his mother 's photo and said , ‘ I wonder how yer Granny is faring in this cold weather ? ’ |
| 18 | Clift said , ‘ Marlon is sloppy — he 's using about one-tenth of his talent . ’ |
| 19 | Yes Doris is seeing to that |
| 20 | More optimistically , facilities management company Northern Computing Services , acquired in May , returned to profit as did Integrated Engineering Products Ltd , which is seeing in 1993 with healthy order books . |
| 21 | The latter is a book in which the author is firing on all cylinders . |
| 22 | GERMANY IS firing on all cylinders these days , and labels like MFS epitomise where the scene is headed over there . |
| 23 | Your Reticular Activating System is firing on all cylinders , your cortex is turning somersaults . |
| 24 | The company says it is porting to other platforms in September , hinting at ICL and Hewlett Packard . |
| 25 | Among the former are many participles , both present and past : ( 26 ) the watching crowd started to laugh he was greeted by smiling well-wishers the injured man had been feeding the orang-utan but participles do not exhaust the possibilities : ( 27 ) the angry bartender slammed the drink down five empty tumblers were standing by his elbow Notice , too , the clear ambiguity of : ( 28 ) a flashing light as meaning either a light which is flashing on some particular occasion , or one which normally has this characteristic . |
| 26 | Despite cruelty and sinfulness there is a common sense of the moral and spiritual universe which is binding on all persons . |
| 27 | However , if one party is to bear the costs of the other it is important to specify this in the heads and ensure it is binding on all parties . |
| 28 | These are as follows : ( 1 ) Once a Court Scheme has been approved by the requisite majority of members and sanctioned by the court it is binding on all the members ( or the particular class of them ) and the company . |
| 29 | The Tax Faculty believes that an employer should be able to negotiate a settlement that is binding on both departments . |
| 30 | The introduction to the heads will specify that the clause is binding on both parties and is not subject to contract . |