Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps we are seeing emerge a new paradox , where the voice that breaks the silence is reclaimed from religious , not secular traditions . |
| 2 | ‘ The magnitude of the changes we are seeing introduces a fundamental unpredictability on to the situation in Europe . |
| 3 | The modern version we are using has the same hole , and our wood-burning stove has a pipe that goes through it , while the rest of it is closed with a cowl that is a bitch to fix . |
| 4 | This is then used to feed the rabbits which they are producing to provide a valuable source of protein . |
| 5 | Now to the second of our reports from HMS Gloucester , which has been helping to enforce the United Nations sanctions against Serbia . |
| 6 | Along with with Robin Harris , past director of Conservative research department , who is joining the Downing Street policy unit , John O'Sullivan , editor of the US National Review and Sir Ronald Millar , playwright , Mr Patten has been helping to write the Prime Minister 's speech for today 's keynote address . |
| 7 | So why not join us , knowing that you are helping conserve the British countryside for yourself and generations to come ? |
| 8 | Kuwaitis left stranded in Britain following the invasion of their country at the beginning of August are helping to form a national resistance movement ; in some cases , small groups of men have gained access to Kuwait to fight the occupying Iraqi forces . |
| 9 | In this general context , handheld media are increasingly offering the same utilities which are helping to build the electronic information market globally , together with portability , an ingredient new to electronic media but for long one of the most cherished advantages of the printed word . |
| 10 | Does that mean that we are helping to subsidise the German coal industry while shutting pits in this country and throwing people out of work ? |
| 11 | My feeling is that Leeds are struggling to find a traditional centre-half , and until they do , will look in trouble whenever the ball is in their penalty box . |
| 12 | Given that countries are struggling to develop a rational system for formulating health policy , based on democratic principles and the principles of public health found in the WHO 's ‘ Health for All ’ documents , might not the WHO assist by formulating recommendations on health policy with these same principles ? |
| 13 | Many organizations are struggling to harness the creative energies which it releases . |
| 14 | For example , if some men are struggling to get a large cupboard ( German der Schrank , masculine ) into a small van , a bystander might comment |
| 15 | Several second row contenders such as Zoran , Thomson and Philips are struggling to capture a sizeable foot hole in the market . |
| 16 | Although it probably sounds odd that I am suggesting negotiating a written agreement with your teenager , psychologists have been using business-style contracts to resolve family conflicts for some years now . |
| 17 | Cider makers and drinkers have been gathering to find the best farmhouse cider in Britain . |
| 18 | Members of the Department of Social Anthropology and the Audio-Visual Aids Unit Cambridge are collaborating to make the first experimental videodisc at Cambridge University . |
| 19 | The comparison stretches to the fact that both Lyon and Edinburgh are bidding to host the European Central Bank . |
| 20 | THREE places are bidding to host the National Mod in 1996 . |
| 21 | If you are a solicitor or an overseas lawyer wanting to be admitted to the English Bar ; if you are seeking some reduction of the normal pupillage requirements or certain other exemptions from the regulations ; if you are applying to become an employed pupil-master — you must apply to the Joint Regulations Committee ( JRC ) . |
| 22 | And perhaps , sensing that matters have come full circle , some of that era 's pop idols are returning to host a new generation of adult oriented music shows . |
| 23 | THE CANDIDATES BARELY MENTIONED HUMAN RIGHTS IN THEIR ELECTION CAMPAIGNS ; BUT THREE ISSUES ARE RETURNING TO HAUNT THE INCOMING GOVERNMENT |
| 24 | Their statement read : ‘ We are saddened by the actions of a small vocal minority within the community who are endeavouring to impede the economic development of the area … . |
| 25 | I 've been dying to make a good ginger pudding for years ! |
| 26 | Dock Workers Union leaders have been meeting to consider a national dock strike over Government plans to scrap the jobs for life scheme . |
| 27 | Since then the ILN has been seeking to find a new readership . |
| 28 | By contrast , the Scottish Tories had been lobbying to keep the maximum personal element . |
| 29 | Since we last wrote , we have been lobbying to achieve the same relaxation for voluntary drivers from sport as is proposed to be granted to those driving in a voluntary capacity for charities . |
| 30 | While the underclass in this country is held firmly in place by unemployment , a number of other trends , such as tax and benefit disincentives , and structural changes in the job market , are operating to support the downward kick unemployment has on the living standards of this group . |