Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [v-ing] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Swindon are bouncing up the table into third now . |
| 2 | It appears the Germans are taking over the running of Standard 's European branches . |
| 3 | MIPS ' known design wins , including SNI , Sumitomo Electric Inc , Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA , Acer Group Inc and parent SGI , are not the stuff of massive volumes despite MIPS ' claims that Sony Corp and NEC Corp are racking up the numbers in Japan . |
| 4 | THOSE WHO LEAVE THE WEST HIGHLAND LINE AT FORT WILLIAM ARE MISSING possibly the most beautiful section of railway in Europe , that is the line that runs westward to Mallaig . |
| 5 | However , what is currently causing concern is that human activities are increasing rapidly the concentrations of greenhouse gases in the earth 's atmosphere . |
| 6 | In their different ways , Hanson and ICI are doing much the same thing : running a portfolio of businesses . |
| 7 | The groups are urging both the Scottish Office and Department of the Environment to match their offer . |
| 8 | It appears that the German Infantry facing the Marines has surrendered , and now No. 4 Commando Brigade are following up the retreating Germans . |
| 9 | But because lifestyles are changing constantly the rules of etiquette are changing too — a little slower than lifestyles perhaps , but still changing . |
| 10 | However , it is an irony , that may referees are blowing up the ruck and maul situation much earlier than before , with the consequence of a plethora of scrummages which is killing the flow of play , and presumably increasing the chances of injury . |
| 11 | The rise in oil prices towards $19 a barrel yesterday indicated that some traders are taking seriously the latest efforts by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries to trim output in an attempt to achieve a target level of at least $21 a barrel . |
| 12 | While the BARB meters can record whether the VCR or an on-air programme is being watched , there is no way of telling whether people watching a time-shifted programme are cutting out the commercial breaks — or , indeed , what programme they are watching . |
| 13 | The toons are taking over the show Bob Swain on animation after the Roger Rabbit revolution . |
| 14 | Fran Bennett , CPAG director , suggests both major parties are softening up the public for more means-testing and fewer rights to universal benefits . |
| 15 | That is why the opposition parties are turning over the prospect that the prime minister , Mr Turgut Ozal , may impose a head of state from his own conservatives . |
| 16 | More designers are going down the locking tuner route and it 's something which I personally welcome ; it does away with that lumpiness at the nut end of the fingerboard and offers up a more traditional look into the bargain . |
| 17 | More interested in the style than the fashion , Huggy Bear are carrying on the feminist tradition of punk bands like The Slits and X-Ray Spex with all the musicality of Pete Duel & The Shit or Alien Sex Fiend . |
| 18 | German flares were lighting up the sky behind me as I hurried along the road , keeping close to the houses and in their shadows as much as possible . |
| 19 | The other Frenchmen were retreating up the slope , unwilling to give battle to the greater number of black-uniformed Hussars . |
| 20 | But even as her low , husky voice rang out with the first notes of the song , her eyes were seeking out the stranger , unable to resist his strangely magnetic pull . |
| 21 | And last night the Prime Minister 's despairing supporters were trotting out the ‘ back him or sack him ’ line that Mrs Thatcher used to fall back on when she was in trouble . |
| 22 | Millie 's lids were blinking , and her lips were licking up the salt tears as she brought out , ‘ I … |
| 23 | Other old shipmates like Phil Andrews , Eddie Clarke and Ron Giles were still crewing but others like Des Ferret , Vic Roberts and Bob Wellock were disappearing up the promotion ladder . |
| 24 | The wind is coming up the valley — quite slowly , like an army that will win . |
| 25 | It is currently 35 degrees Fahrenheit out and the wind is blowing up the canyon at 87 mph hour which gives us a wind chill factor of — just a moment while I look at the chart — says ‘ Should not be skiing ’ which is good because we are n't . |
| 26 | Lever is playing down the move . |
| 27 | In the RSPB 's biggest-ever reedbed rescue , a mechanical digger is digging out the surface of the entire 55 acres of fen and volunteers are carrying out strenuous scrub clearance . |
| 28 | Research is filling in the tale of their counterpart in the New World — maize |
| 29 | So the mayor 's taking out the oranges ? |
| 30 | Fairfax is driving down the same track in the opposite direction . |