Example sentences of "[conj] [is] [v-ing] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trainer Kim Bailey has managed to keep the strapping chaser away from the coughing that is affecting some of his stable companions . |
| 2 | There is one thing , and I think I did take it with you , erm , Mr Chairman , I 'm with the erm , I 've forgotten what the question on , corporational liberties , the thing that is concentrating many of our minds quite some , but the er , would , would the Chief Fire Officer like to ? |
| 3 | In the remainder of this paper , therefore , I shall review some of the evidence that is becoming available on adults ' styles of interaction in the settings of home and school , and on the influences that these styles have on children 's learning . |
| 4 | Matsutakes and chanterelles need undisturbed forest , something that is becoming scarce in the much-logged north-west . |
| 5 | Minutes later the little five-year-old lay in agony — the latest victim of a craze that is claiming thousands of young casualties a year . |
| 6 | " If global warming occurs , the cyclone that killed 150,000 in Bangladesh will be far more devastating … and the famine that is killing millions in Africa could wipe out life itself in that region " . |
| 7 | And the next thing that 's going wrong in the bathroom will be that I 'll have to replace that central heating pump . |
| 8 | Civil war has severely hampered the efforts of relief agencies to curb the ravages of drought and famine which has swept through the Horn of Africa and is threatening much of the surviving Somali population with further massive loss of life . |
| 9 | Argentine officials have asked the NASA space agency to help locate an oil slick which has killed hundreds of birds and is threatening one of the world 's largest penguin reserves . |
| 10 | It 's possible that wilko has learnt his lesson with Rocky and is showing this with Deane . |
| 11 | Psychic healing , once written off by the medical establishment as bunkum and jiggery- pokery , is now recommended by some GPs and is becoming available on the NHS . |
| 12 | He was subsequently dismissed and is suing ABS for unfair dismissal . |
| 13 | They are now second to the Conservatives in 145 seats ( against Labour 's 186 ) ; but while 90 per cent of Lib Dem second places are in seats with massive Tory majorities , mainly in the south-east , Labour now has double the Liberal Democrat popular vote and is lying second in 144 seats where the Tory lead is less than 4,000 votes . |
| 14 | Down , currently races in the Far East and is lying second in the Japanese Formula 3000 championship . |
| 15 | ICI has crèches at its Runcorn , Welwyn Garden City and Fernhurst sites , has just opened one on Teesside and is planning another at Jealott 's Hill . |
| 16 | You 've actually got yourself believing your dead sister has risen from the dead and is running loose in this Cathedral , hunting you down like an animal . |
| 17 | Already available for Windows 3 and OS/2 , and with an on-going deal to develop a Novell NetWare version , the company regards Unix as a highly important part of its strategy — but is remaining tight-lipped about what exactly will be announced at the Show . |
| 18 | A gold-framed certificate I have n't seen before is hanging crooked above the TV . |