Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [v-ing] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The methods available are constantly increasing in number and their utility is greater as the complexity of contemporary processes is revealed . |
| 2 | This has been greatly increasing in popularity in recent years and , according to all the forecasts , looks set to become even more widespread . |
| 3 | ‘ If some of our visitors are somewhat lacking in restraint , ’ noted an RCM report euphemistically , ‘ it must be remembered that many are overwrought with anxiety . ’ |
| 4 | Today , it is difficult to define a particular Hautvillers style : all have a good fruit content , and although some are perhaps lacking in definition , the finest attain great distinction , balancing high extract with a delicacy of flavour . |
| 5 | However , once we start to distort the operation of open justice and the consideration of the matters , we may very well , through the operation of rumour and all its insidious effects that are so damaging in libel cases — the only justification that I know for the high damages granted in such cases — inflict more damage on justice than we realise . |
| 6 | According to this understanding , people who make vows of celibacy are somehow standing in judgement over those who do not . |
| 7 | I think , to come back to ‘ where does knowledge come from ? ’ , just how can you produce work that actually counters that weight of belief in the invincibility of people who are patently failing in front of your eyes ! |
| 8 | The studies used as a basis for judgement are generally lacking in control because of the finality of educational decision making and placement ( in the sense that we can not return the child to an original or alternative placement a year later and be able to start from the same point again ) . |
| 9 | And that 's beginning to show er up in the chemistry of the lakes and streams , some recovery of some lakes are already recovering in response to that reduction of emissions , but not all by any means . |
| 10 | In practice this is likely to mean those schools which are already participating in school improvement schemes or have shown some other indication of an ability to grapple with problems . |
| 11 | In practice this is likely to mean those schools which are already participating in school improvement schemes or have shown some other indication of an ability to grapple with problems . |
| 12 | The stars are already shining in Suede 's eyes . |
| 13 | I think they 're only coming in case there 's any money for them . ’ |
| 14 | We 're both swimming in tea , we 're both sinking in tea . ’ |
| 15 | We 're both swimming in tea , we 're both sinking in tea . ’ |
| 16 | Catching a roof early could add 20 years to its effective life , so you 're really investing in peace of mind in the future . |
| 17 | It 's a kind of dreamtime — the darkness , the way you 're almost lying in bed . |
| 18 | But I am wondering if they are tasks that have no appeal to you because they 're completely lacking in glamour . ’ |
| 19 | Engineers of this discipline are in the greatest demand , and receive the highest salaries at an early age , Imagine also that the raw material used by these engineers has been rapidly increasing in abundance and dramatically decreasing in cost over a period of 20 years . |
| 20 | However , according to many suppliers , pasta shapes are rapidly increasing in popularity . |
| 21 | The family , as the main sufferers under his regime , clearly had every reason to seek his overthrow , and it would hardly be surprising if they had been hopefully dabbling in witchcraft — although this was a standard late-medieval smear . |
| 22 | The family , as the main sufferers under his regime , clearly had every reason to seek his overthrow , and it would hardly be surprising if they had been hopefully dabbling in witchcraft — although this was a standard late-medieval smear . |
| 23 | Look at the stuff he 's holding on to : he is n't selling any of his great Minimal works , his Carl Andres or Donald Judds , but those are works that are still climbing in value . ’ |
| 24 | He also said US airdrops so far had been grossly lacking in penicillin and anaesthetics vital for surgery . |
| 25 | Instead she said , ‘ David tells me you are also working in industry . |
| 26 | In whatever sense it is to be recognized as an objective fact that I am now responding in awareness of more factors than before , my reaction will likewise be objectively better than before . |
| 27 | In East German they are now drowning in rubbish because they used to have a perfect recycling scheme everything was collected and recycled cos they just did n't have the materials . |
| 28 | Does the Minister also accept that far too many people in such communities are now living in fear of violent crime ? |
| 29 | Women are now participating in credit saving schemes organised through Save The Children . |
| 30 | About 11 million people , roughly half the employed population , are now participating in company schemes . |