Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] are [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though two-thirds of NCR shareholders have approved the offer , NCR 's anti-takeover defences are delaying the purchase . |
| 2 | The factor that governs all cutlery sales is its cost and Young of The Direct Tableware Company warns that big Korean manufacturers are increasing the minimum orders from importers . |
| 3 | Attractive new semis , terraced and detached houses are replacing the old concrete eyesores . |
| 4 | Traditionalists claim that foreign bulls are destroying the purity of the British Hereford . |
| 5 | LOUD French frogs are disturbing the sleep of English home owners . |
| 6 | Membership of the club has dwindled from 70 to 20 and its clear commuters are feeling the pinch . |
| 7 | Travel companies are featuring Japan more and more as a destination in their brochures , and more foreign visitors are encountering the Japanese way of hotels . |
| 8 | Like their counterparts in China four months ago , East German demonstrators are chanting Mr Gorbachev 's name , while another 4,000 would-be refugees are choking the premises of Bonn 's embassy in Prague . |
| 9 | It would appear that the only Shetlanders who have reason to go into the estates at all , other than a small number of professional Shetlanders who have incomer friends who live there , are young Shetlander girls who are willing to babysit when most of the women in a social circle are attending the same function , or Shetlanders supplying some domestic service to individual households on the estates . |
| 10 | These trained workers are preparing the Ark centre , near Oxford for the arrival of youngsters , who 've been victims of sexual abuse . |
| 11 | I am not saying that churches should not state their views about social evils , but it is quite another thing to imagine that clear statements are denting the Evil One 's power . |
| 12 | Social workers are inspecting the school on a daily basis , and have uncovered complaints about care and management practices . |
| 13 | It also argues that the Conservative emphasis on family care ignores much recent research indicating that social changes are restricting the family 's capacity to care . |
| 14 | They are superficially similar but have very different underlying meanings — different people are doing the pleasing . |
| 15 | 27 constituent bodies are taking the to the roads with their Roadshows , each sponsored by nationally known organisations and with the RFU itself picking up the tab in Leicestershire , Northumberland and Somerset . |
| 16 | Yeah , British Gas are doing the ovens . |
| 17 | It remains in this state while all interested users are assessing the DC . |
| 18 | ‘ And the British Government are planning the launch of a UK-wide award , which will be announced by Michael Heseltine 's Department . |
| 19 | Some of the Saudi Arabian fields are nearing the stage where pumps are going to be utilised to maintain oil production at current levels . |
| 20 | The West and East German railways are starting the process of being united though at the moment they still operate quite separately . |
| 21 | A number of women in the Scottish party are finding the matter of female representation less humorous and have taken steps to force it to address their concerns . |
| 22 | Apart from union complaints about the few jobs generated , there is little sign that the much vaunted investments in high technology are pulling the French out of recession , once a basic tenet of the Chevenement philosophy . |
| 23 | Needless to say er Mr Deputy Speaker , other European countries are taking the job more seriously . |
| 24 | Recent topics have included updates on how European countries are handling the environmental labelling issue and proposals for a comprehensive EC labelling system . |
| 25 | And in the eighties , unemployed girls who 've never experienced economic independence are doing the only thing they can — having babies , either getting married or not , but often staying with their mam and dad , and quite soon getting a council house . |
| 26 | JOHN Major 's economic obsessions are turning the damaging recession into a destroying slump . |
| 27 | Many similar products are entering the market but S&P 's has lower costs and charges . |
| 28 | The game 's official lawmakers are preparing the new legislation , to be presented to the ICC , following last summer 's controversy surrounding Pakistan 's Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis . |
| 29 | Extra officers are patrolling the area . |
| 30 | BRITAIN may be pulling out of Hong Kong but trusty Tykes are putting the chips down in the battle for the hearts — and stomachs — of the Chinese . |