Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] be [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Smaller parts vary in quality , but hardly suggest that La Scala were casting from strength . |
| 2 | And so I 'm delighted that this week , reporter Alison MacDonald 's looking at our so-called child friendly society . |
| 3 | In other parts of the house James Menzies and Allan Stewart were stirring with a clumping of boots . |
| 4 | Ian Ian Ian 's going to be best at it . |
| 5 | And when you come to things like whether or not the U N is going to th er U N actions in Bosnia at the moment , it 's the Security Council erm which is trying to take the decisions with the Secretary General of course in charge . |
| 6 | Colin MacDonald is writing from Napier University in Edinburgh , which I think used to be my primary school . |
| 7 | Defence activities are suffering at Racal as everywhere , although the order book was boosted to £250million by two orders from West Germany announced yesterday . |
| 8 | The budget deficit is running at 10 per cent of GDP , reflecting the Gorbachev administration 's inability to resist the demands of special interest groups . |
| 9 | The French budget deficit was heading towards 6% of GDP this year before the latest austerity measures , not 3% as formerly thought . |
| 10 | It transpired that nothing dramatic had happened since they had left : tests on pairs of scissors at TVL headquarters were getting under way and Hugh Parnham , the third candidate for the Inside Out presenter 's job , had phoned from Scotland to say he would be back in London the next day for an interview . |
| 11 | For example , VCR products are growing at three times the rate of other audiovisual products ( Ohmae 1985 ) . |
| 12 | Andre van Troost is growing in technique and control , close to making his bid for a permanent place . |
| 13 | Swindon speedway hope to make it 20 league wins out of 20 at Blunsdon tomorrow … star rider Jason Crump is racing for his 10th successive maximum … |
| 14 | The actual study skills part is running in tandem with the library Project , and we are beginning to see already … , in the third year for example [ where ] they did have library skills [ and it 's apparent from what members of staff are saying ] that … in areas where they are expected to research themselves that there has been a big improvement . |
| 15 | That 's not gon na affect the point that Jim Jim 's talking about |
| 16 | Already the first squadrons of sepoy cavalry were swooping over the abandoned ramparts and racing for the Cutcherry to kick away just a few inches of that thin trickle of grey powder before it burnt its way home . |
| 17 | After midnight on 11 September , William Moodie was reading in bed in Dunsyre House when he saw smoke coming through the floorboards . |
| 18 | The 22 NorthEast Rotaract Clubs are looking for worthwhile charities to support in their September fund-raising week . |
| 19 | Lepine makes his way down to the ground-floor cafeteria where the nursing student Barbara Maria Kleuznick is standing by the cash and service area , and he kills her with two shots . |
| 20 | I do n't know I do n't know how long income support 's going to be , I do n't know how long my next pay packet 's gon na be or what have you . |
| 21 | And Kenneth Branagh is careering towards an early knighthood . |
| 22 | COMEDIAN Jim Davidson is hoping for a New Year reconciliation with his estranged wife Tracie Hilton . |
| 23 | Downstairs , under the aegis of Professor Garth Swanson , researcher Jim Luck is looking into the possibilities of designing and fabricating monolithic high-frequency filters , using gallium arsenide GaAs insulated gate field effect transistors ( igfets ) . |
| 24 | The re-contra commanders were returning from talks in Managua with President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro concerning the continued violence between re-contras and re-compas . |
| 25 | Erika disappeared into the bathroom , Frau Nordern into the bedroom where Herr Nordern was sitting at his desk , looking absently at the wall . |
| 26 | Only this week , Lord Chief Justice Taylor been commenting on the need to look at sentencing and I think this case highlights that need is very , very urgent indeed . |
| 27 | The Shadow Health Minister and labrador Offa were waiting at a Blackpool rank when Brian pulled up in his Ford Orion . |
| 28 | In every way , the submarine cable was proving to be ‘ … one of the great technical adventures of the 19th century , something akin to exploration of space today ’ .9 |
| 29 | In spite of concern that budgetary restrictions might have forced its cancellation , the Fondation Pierre Gianadda is proceeding with its exhibition of works by Ben Nicholson ( until 31 January ) . |
| 30 | Palm and AC Canoe Products are acting as importers for the Kober range of paddles with their Shock Absorbing System , a foam system which lets dropped paddles bounce higher without breaking . |