Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [v-ing] on [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Opinions are changing on that line , ’ he said gently . |
| 2 | Fashion designers are banking on more of the same |
| 3 | The two nations are collaborating on several satellite projects , including the L-Sat communications craft that British Aerospace is building for a launch in 1987 . |
| 4 | Deep down in Aspen , Colorado , Sun Laboratories Inc 's engineers are working on some object-oriented language and compiler technology called Self . |
| 5 | Shear waters are landing on all sides , filling the air with their strange cackling , gasping , whooping cries — and an oily musky smell . |
| 6 | Aforementioned principles and provisions are binding on all Member State authorities , including the courts . |
| 7 | I think it is important for trade unionists to realise this , so they know their fellow trade unionists are sitting on these appeal panels to try to ensure justice is done , and not for financial gain . |
| 8 | The reason for all the excitement over this newsheet was the information it contained ‘ The Allied armies are advancing on all Fronts ’ . |
| 9 | These things are going on all the time . |
| 10 | We had so many breakdowns and strange things were going on that one of the guys went to see a medium in Germany . |
| 11 | The movies were advancing on several fronts and the social theme was but one strand in a more complex whole . |
| 12 | The European Junior Team Championships , which England last won in 1988 , are to be played here from July 8–11 and all the governing bodies are looking on this week 's championships as the ideal trial run . |
| 13 | A police spokesman said the incidents are being investigated but it is not possible to speculate why vandals are concentrating on this car . |
| 14 | In an editorial statement later this morning , Akira Kobayashi , the Chief Executive Officer of GenTech East , will explain how unreasonable and inefficient the Soviets are proving on this issue . |
| 15 | His decisions are binding on both parties , subject only to the High Court on a point of law . |
| 16 | The discussion may be restricted to impeccably intellectual topics , but the play of market forces is going on all the time just below the surface . |
| 17 | And er I 'd got a key to get in from the works into the office once I was inside , but that was access to the works you know and er I er I en I enjoyed it more or less and I must say the firm , to some extent , looked up to me and I 'd only got to have a damned machine stop , where the girls was working on this machine , and the bobbin shop and all that sort of thing , and I was able to go look er , down and say look here I want this . |
| 18 | His standards are binding on all men . |
| 19 | Police are working on some leads , but the motive for the attack is still unknown . |
| 20 | I say it , these guys are working on this all the time . |
| 21 | The transit baggage had not been loaded and customs officials and police were insisting on all cases being opened and everything laid out on the floor . |
| 22 | Pairs of RIC men were patrolling on each side of the wide thoroughfare and , though to Jacob they were of no more account than any other pedestrians , he realised that Deirdre could not feel so unconcerned . |
| 23 | Both sides were spying on each other quite openly in the course of which many aggressive situations had occurred with loss of spy aircraft and their crews . |
| 24 | ‘ So many runners are depending on this race to qualify for the Olympics , especially the Portuguese , who have been in invincible form in half-marathons , and I would not be surprised if the winner is someone no one has heard of . ’ |
| 25 | London Transport records are conflicting on this point . ) |
| 26 | They heard the muffled thud as the charge blew before they set off to see how others were faring on this southern lock . |
| 27 | Protocols for permitting access should be drawn up ( E and K Chief Librarians are working on this ) , and technical advice has been obtained from Edinburgh University Computing Services and other sources . |
| 28 | I thank my right hon. Friend for that encouraging response and for the work that he and his colleagues are doing on this . |
| 29 | Because the tax registers of Poitiers were out of date , heavy burdens were falling on those unable to pay , including widows and orphans . |