Example sentences of "[pron] is [verb] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is the STUDENTS WORLD CUP which is taking place in Italy this summer . |
| 2 | Nowadays , actuaries are spearheading the revolution which is taking place in the pensions field . |
| 3 | Throughout the year there has been a growing realisation that Scotland 's future economic prospects will be influenced to a substantial degree by the economic and political realignment which is taking place in Continental Europe . |
| 4 | Ah yes , the second point was , is that a consideration which is determines location in strategic terms ? |
| 5 | 1990 : 26 ) — an approach which is gaining ground in schools . |
| 6 | Now I I 've chosen an example w with a Conservative Secretary of State and the Labour majority , but I ask the Noble Lords on all , in all parts of the House to think it could work the other way round , because a Labour Secretary of State could exercise exactly these powers in an area where with a er Conservative majority on on er on on the local council or councils and I ask the House to think of this , not in a party er as a as a party issue between Labour , Conservative or Liberal Democrat , I just ask you to consider whether it is right for a Secretary of State of any political persuasion to er secure by appointment to a police authority a political control from the centre of that police authority , because that is what the Government 's presents proposals would still achieve and er it is our view and it is the view of which is which is finds expression in Amendments five , eight and eleven that the we should return to the tripartite system of p of policing which policing is a partnership between the Chief Constable er the local authority in the area and the Home Secretary , that er tripartite arrangement has worked extremely well for thirty years , there have been minor conflicts in some parts of the country , but nothing to justify the wholesale removal of of of the partnership which is now proposed . |
| 7 | A political row has blown up over public grants to an american firm which is ending production in Scotland . |
| 8 | ‘ Thank you , but my maid will do so ; she is drinking tea in the servants ’ quarters , and will come as soon as she is sent for . ’ |
| 9 | She is dressed hippie-style in jeans and shirt . |
| 10 | Once again though she is enjoying pre-eminence in the taste or pre-adolescent spring — as evinced by the success of the song ‘ Stay ’ . |
| 11 | Martin Brundle speaks with the disarming honesty of an F1 driver who is buying lunch in a private room at Au Jardin des Gourmets for a dozen pressmen on the day the Gulf war ended and a week before the F1 season started . |
| 12 | But its anxiety on this occasion surely reflects the worries of Mr Gorbachev himself , who is to take part in this weekend 's celebrations in Berlin of the 40th anniversary of East German statehood . |
| 13 | Who is researching aerospace in Australia ? |
| 14 | Optimal scaffolding is that which promotes the highest level of functioning with the minimal level of support ; a child who is having difficulty in making herself understood may require a great deal of support ; a few minutes later that same child dealing with a different topic may become relatively fluent and require a much lower level of adult participation . |
| 15 | The fact that no one is given command in the green movements does not mean that no one stands out among the ruck . |
| 16 | When one is considering law in the hands of the judges , law means the body of rules and guidelines within which society requires its judges to administer justice . |
| 17 | There is festering resentment in dark green quarters over what is seen as Julia 's reluctance to state baldly that there is no such thing as a green product , or that continued consumption at the present rate can only lead to us all dying in some particularly horrible way . |
| 18 | Clerk of the course Nick Lees said : ‘ There is standing water in the straight and the weather forecast is bad as well . ’ |
| 19 | There is anchoring space in both harbours , even during the most popular events such as Race week and Charter Agents week . |
| 20 | There is parking space in a disused quarry alongside The Street near its junction with the A683 . |
| 21 | ’ There is mounting hope in the world for better relations , and I think the Soviet Union and Cuba understand their responsibilities . |
| 22 | It is taking place in France , Germany and the United States . |
| 23 | A more serious concern is the extent to which it is undermining faith in the criminal justice system . |
| 24 | Achieving a standstill is vital for Heron if it is to make headway in rescheduling its debt . |
| 25 | It is approaching midnight in Munster when the recovery crew return to conclude another busy day for the workshop . |
| 26 | ICL 's second trophy went to its Bracknell , Berkshire-based Mid Range Systems division for the volume of DRS 6000 series systems and associated Unix products and services shipped abroad — its revenues are reckoned to have trebled over the past three years to over £250m ; Cambridge-based IXI Ltd was recognised for its success in the open systems software arena with its X.desktop product for Unix , and Chalfont , Buckinghamshire-based Madge Networks Ltd , which ships its high performance Token Ring networking products across the world , and finds it necessary to kid the locals that it 's an American company when it is doing business in the US , also wins an Export award . |
| 27 | Apparently it is considered ill-bred in the extreme to speak Welsh in front of English people who do n't understand it . |
| 28 | He is called Magister in the manuscripts , a title reserved for doctors of theology . |
| 29 | He does not know he is taking part in a battle . |
| 30 | The man is a rogue , he stole from his own firm and now that he is serving time in Swansea Prison , I could never allow him near you , let alone marry you . ’ |