Example sentences of "[noun] be [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of ‘ The Food of the Gods ’ the giants are fighting against the little people , for freedom . |
| 2 | Hundreds of ramblers from the Forest of Dean are campaigning against the governments proposals . |
| 3 | Speaking at Barcelona 's Real Club de Polo where British riders are competing in the dressage , the Major hit back at Pound 's accusations . |
| 4 | Discussions are proceeding on the introduction of a four-year course in Mathematics which perhaps one-third of the undergraduates reading the subject would take . |
| 5 | Discussions are continuing with the artist about a second work , but Wilson , on his way to Berlin with a DAAD scholarship , told The Art Newspaper that he doubted that the funds for a new commission would be forthcoming . |
| 6 | The acquisition would not have been possible without the help of the National Heritage Museum Fund and discussions are continuing with the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland regarding a grant towards endowment costs . |
| 7 | Discussions are continuing with the Scottish Universities ' Council on Entrance regarding possible future recognition of the new general SVQ in science at level III for purposes of entry to higher education . |
| 8 | Look for them where fairly large , heavy objects are resting on the soil , for example , under large stones , a garden roller or a log . |
| 9 | An SBU or divisional manager will be motivated to seek appropriate investments if he knows clearly what the generic strategy for his SBU is ( he would presumably have participated in determining it ) , is aware of what is expected of him in terms of building or maintaining competitive strengths , and knows that early-warning indicators will be set up to monitor how his investments are contributing to the improvement or maintenance of those specific strengths . |
| 10 | Detectives working on the case are working on the theory that they died of hypothermia or suffocation or a combination of both . |
| 11 | Wyse Technology found itself a technology playmate in Siemens Nixdorf , having forged a pact some months ago that they 're just getting around to telling us about : Wyse is selling SNI its Intel Corp-based symmetric multi-processing designs and subsystems which the Germans are using in the MX500 superserver line released in Europe and the Far East late last year . |
| 12 | The Germans are going to the US twice this year in June and December , when they will play games against England , Brazil and the US ( twice ) . |
| 13 | Investigations are continuing into the exact cuasee of a crash that turned three husbands into widowers and robbed eight children of their mothers . |
| 14 | Zimbabwe Geological investigations are continuing in the Archaean Midlands Greenstone Belt of Zimbabwe as part of an integrated exploration project in which appropriate methods of regional structural analysis are being introduced as a basis for formulating sound gold exploration strategies and identifying targets for follow-up by the commercial sector.By the end of the second year about 1700 square kilometres ( or 70% ) of the project area has been tectonically mapped at scales of 1:25 000 to 1:50 000 , and selected areas , including over 80 medium-to-small gold mines , have been subjected to detailed structural analysis at survey scales of 1:200 to 1:2500 . |
| 15 | Madam Speaker , what er I and my right honourable friend will go on emphasising is the contribution which our tax policies are making to the economic strength and the improved standards of living of this country . |
| 16 | Pam Legate reports on how hoteliers are coping with the new EC Package Directive |
| 17 | Hoddle kicked off by telling Swindon he wanted to leave … he wanted a bigger club … next thing Chelsea are knocking at the door for both Hoddle and John Gorman … they both resigned … |
| 18 | Well the way Chelsea are playing at the moment , you 've got a very good chance of winning . |
| 19 | CHELSEA are banking on the second oldest swinger in town to outwit Middlesbrough 's attack tonight . |
| 20 | The purpose of the remainder of this chapter is to analyse the changing structure and composition of the national population , assess the principal dimensions of population redistribution , and examine the impact which both these sources of change are having on the geography of Britain . |
| 21 | most days you 'll find Tony Meek racing his dogs at the Oxford stadium … not tonight … because the speedway machines are there … its a gala night … the top twenty riders from the second division are racing for the Service Master Trophy … |
| 22 | Welsh international Pascoe is unsettled at Roker and Stoke City are waiting in the wings if Sunderland drop their original asking price of £500,000 . |
| 23 | Welsh international Pascoe is unsettled at Roker and Stoke City are waiting in the wings if Sunderland drop their original asking price of £500,000 . |
| 24 | New projects are beginning into the industrial steam coal market ( G MacKerron ) , power station fuels ( S Thomas ) , policy options for reducing acid rain ( J Skea ) and a review of trends in energy demand ( J Chesshire and J Surrey ) . |
| 25 | When kittens are sucking at the nipple , letting the mother know all is well . |
| 26 | Already , my fingers are picking at the edge of the pad and I have only written , ( dragged out ) 178 words , but who 's counting ? |
| 27 | This is also known as the purposive approach , since the courts are looking at the purpose for which the Act was passed . |
| 28 | Brian Adair : country 's courts are creaking at the seams |
| 29 | What primary activities are happening in the northern part of Brazil . |
| 30 | Sales of farm inputs and opportunities for new investment in food processing and related activities are increasing in the poor countries in close relation to the acreage planted to the high-yielding varieties . |