Example sentences of "[adj] [be] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Currently there are over I million lone mothers in Great Britain , of whom about two-thirds are living in poverty . |
| 2 | Many organisations in fact are overwhelmed by a superabundance of communications and some are looking to computerisation to solve some of the problems created by information bombardment . |
| 3 | Well , it , the reason , you know the reason why some are going to heaven , when you think of a kingdom |
| 4 | Some are resorting to alcohol or cigarettes to help them overcome work pressures . |
| 5 | Some were screaming with terror . |
| 6 | The Panel Chairman told the parents that their children were well , settling down in their foster homes , and that some were going to school . |
| 7 | However if any woman reading this is looking for marriage and parenthood , I would certainly be interested in corresponding with her . |
| 8 | This is growing in popularity and provides an opportunity for sensitive and careful experimentation in order to embrace a wide range of local people , of all ages and with different musical preferences . |
| 9 | But I would say to you Well the point is this is spending on hope . |
| 10 | Certainly do n't put them one in front of the other , as this is asking for trouble . |
| 11 | This is going to work very well . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't think this is going to work , ’ said Endill , knowing his nerves could n't stand much more . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't think this is going to work , ’ she said . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't think this is going to work , ’ she said , not announcing herself , confident that he would recognize her voice and the thoughts which filled her mind . |
| 15 | One of the things that 's perhaps a little difficult to say with that tape recorder running in the middle of the room , is , that this course offers , operates a sense of code of confidentiality , and I 'm not sure how this is going to work . |
| 16 | This is selling by satellite . |
| 17 | Something very funny is going on back in London . |
| 18 | Suppose that a two-year bond with cash flows of 10.25 at the end of year 1 and 110.25 at the end of year 2 is trading at par ( i.e. has a par yield of 10.25 per cent ) . |
| 19 | CCL is catering to chip demands from local Sparc cloners such as Tatung , Datatech , Twinhead , Sampo and Chicony . |
| 20 | One wonders how successful this was bearing in mind that residues are used there to feed livestock , as fuel to cook food , and to construct roofs for houses . |
| 21 | This was travelling in style — as one Imperial Airways passenger put it : ‘ I was sorry to get out ; it had been like sitting in a comfortable friendly club . ’ |
| 22 | Another was peacemaking through marriage , death by homicide , defence of property ( or failure to defend it ) . |
| 23 | In the early eighteen hundreds were boring for coal at Woodhall . |
| 24 | Overall , four-fifths were studying at university and one-fifth were polytechnic students . |
| 25 | One executive said : ‘ Tiny is looking for pie in the sky . |
| 26 | Even allowing for the passions of the moment , the story is probably true ; it is thoroughly in keeping with Pétain 's character ( and the 33rd was suffering from lack of discipline when he took it over ) . |
| 27 | I thought McAllister played quite poorly and with Strachan having a quiet game , this meant that nothing much was happening in midfield . |
| 28 | The first cone was melted to a puddle , the second was bending in obeisance to the blaze — as I felt myself to be , stooped there before the kiln , wanting to gaze and gaze , but the vision was barely supportable . |
| 29 | This appears especially curious as the issue of providing powers was assuming considerable national importance for the WEA which in 1929 was pressing for retention of its Chapter III providing powers during the Board of Education 's review of the 1924 Regulations . |
| 30 | But something more serious was happening to reality . |