Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] are [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Defence activities are suffering at Racal as everywhere , although the order book was boosted to £250million by two orders from West Germany announced yesterday . |
| 2 | The 22 NorthEast Rotaract Clubs are looking for worthwhile charities to support in their September fund-raising week . |
| 3 | Palm and AC Canoe Products are acting as importers for the Kober range of paddles with their Shock Absorbing System , a foam system which lets dropped paddles bounce higher without breaking . |
| 4 | This is a welcome initiative , especially as National Park Authorities are looking at ways to reduce car use by visitors . |
| 5 | Elena 's parting words are ringing in my ears . |
| 6 | Victorian , of course , but if you spend sixty-four years on the throne then a lot of building styles are going to be named after you . |
| 7 | If , as seems likely , drug makers , food companies and others who are obliged to have their new products approved by the US Food and Drug Administration are going to be asked to pay for their vetting , it seems only reasonable that they should have a say in how it is run . |
| 8 | According to the Brazilian government 's own figures , two-thirds of the population now suffers from some degree of malnutrition and in the north-east nutritionists are talking about an epidemic of dwarfism . |
| 9 | For one thing , the Club minutes are missing from 1911 to 1920 , along with most of the Artisans ' records and those of the bondholders ' and all the sub-committees ! |
| 10 | In my opinion , if this is the sort of information that college authorities are feeding to students , not only is it putting the lid on a worthwhile career , but robbing our Institute of future embalmers . |
| 11 | But for the first time in decades the opposition parties are trying at least to look like a credible alternative government . |
| 12 | ‘ The Occupational therapy department are looking for things to put on the wall , whereas for the elderly patients themselves , it is just the process of working that they find enjoyable . |
| 13 | Your only son is a college drop-out , and bleeding from the nose because his blood vessels are popping from all the cocaine in his system , and he tells you to keep your cool ! ’ |
| 14 | LOU Reed and the Velvet Underground are re-forming after 23 years to play just four British dates next month . |
| 15 | It is quite possible that the economy may converge to a steady state not characterized by equilibrium , e.g. , where capital and the labour force are growing at the same rate , but there is a constant level of unemployment . |
| 16 | Intel needs to do some stroking among this class of customer even though Intel defenders claim the P5 schematics designers are using in the absence of silicon are so exact they should have little trouble getting up and running and out the door once the chips are delivered . |
| 17 | Plastic card frauds are running at £165 million . |
| 18 | Restrict the size of the group to five or six ( although the research data are conflicting on group size ) . |
| 19 | In truth the rolling review has become a running review circumstances are changing with no respect for the committee cycle . |
| 20 | Most car companies are working on projects to make cars more recyclable . |
| 21 | It was encouraging to receive a letter from the Hastings Urban Conservation project a few months later saying , ‘ The Borough Council are talking in positive terms about the future of the building … |
| 22 | But the young fish still suffer and stocks are dwindling , so that fish-eating birds such as the reef egret are decreasing in numbers . |
| 23 | Stating at the end of the month or year that a set number of child welfare visits were achieved seems less exposing of one 's abilities than filling in a form stating what percentage of parents who received programme visits are reading to their babies , playing games with them and what nutritional and health targets have been met . |
| 24 | Customer clinics have shown that executive car buyers are looking for the following factors : durability , style , comfort , performance and interior space . |
| 25 | The club Choice Brisa has always been one of our favourite hotels in Ibiza because it has everything that Club guests are looking for . |
| 26 | This week the Action Team are going to be getting to grips with the Council Tax which came into effect from the 1st of April this year and affects us all . |
| 27 | The effect on the shrimp population appears to have been catastrophic : fishing boats are returning to Bahrain with only 1 per cent of their pre-war catches . |
| 28 | While King is looking for a repeat performance , club officials are hoping for a repeat of Friday 's biggest gate of the season . |
| 29 | While King is looking for a repeat performance , club officials are hoping for a repeat of Friday 's biggest gate of the season . |
| 30 | Three British Gas research stations are working on improving and refining existing technology , and trials are underway in five British Gas regions . |