Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [v-ing] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The musical flavour will be supplied by Edinburgh 's own Tam White and the Caledonian Brewery are laying on some of their amber liquid and pies to give you just a taste of what the atmosphere will be like during the weekend 13–15 August . |
| 2 | ‘ But my feeling is that the winds of change are blowing through this club and that the old guard 's days are numbered . ’ |
| 3 | There are farmers who with the existing lack of any political support are looking at different avenues to improve their profits or even make a profit . |
| 4 | In the East there are social problems on a much more basic level than in the West , and these of course are competing with cultural needs . |
| 5 | Oxford University are looking in good shape for Sunday 's womens boat race . |
| 6 | The shares in the composite index are selling at 16 times prospective earnings . |
| 7 | The County Hall Department are spending from nineteen ninety-two , ninety-three , this amounted to a hundred and eighty thousand four hundred and ten pounds . |
| 8 | LOU Reed and the Velvet Underground are re-forming after 23 years to play just four British dates next month . |
| 9 | An increasing number of people in the industry are working towards those qualifications . |
| 10 | Japanese corporations which are financing the felling of virgin Chilean forest for the wood chip industry are running into growing opposition from the country 's environmental movement — and from its state forestry concern . |
| 11 | Sports and active wear are turning into dressy day clothes and opulent evening wear . |
| 12 | Hope and fear were tripping over each other inside her . |
| 13 | With the aid of the LFS we were able to examine further the extent to which members of the temporary labour force in the hotel and catering industry were working on that basis because they had been unable to find permanent jobs , and to what extent they were doing so because they did not want permanent jobs . |
| 14 | His initial high hopes of a clear-cut solution to the Wetherby murder were plummeting in direct relation to his blood sugar . |
| 15 | Since they were erupted so low down , it was not long before the rivers of lava were flowing through inhabited areas . |
| 16 | Forward scouts reported that the enemy were massing at two points ahead , at their large camp below the castle hill and also nearer the town , but that the Yair ford itself was not guarded . |
| 17 | Ace had been dimly aware of it for some time , but now she realized that beads of laser light were swinging in crazy arcs all round the stub of girder on which she and Defries were standing . |
| 18 | Last season they won the Fourth Division title and Corden believed the club were heading for second division football . |
| 19 | THE Northern Ireland School 's Football Association is looking for talented young players for the coming international season . |
| 20 | THE Country Landowners ' Association is calling on local planning authorities to help farmers understand new planning controls on farm and forestry buildings . |
| 21 | Saltburn Residents ' Association is pressing on alone to take part in Britain in Bloom . |
| 22 | A great deal is riding on those words and what they produce . |
| 23 | Chairmen of other Institute technical committees may also attend to get an early impression of the way the wind is blowing on contentious issues . |
| 24 | And the odour can be carried as much as a mile away if the wind is blowing in that direction . |
| 25 | He was familiar with Pound 's writing on Japanese drama , and had been impressed by the first performance of At the Hawk 's Well when he had seen a well-known Japanese dancer take the role of the hawk . |
| 26 | And by coincidence , while this little episode is happening in downtown Deptford , in uptown we have very much the same thing . ’ |
| 27 | DOUG LAUGHTON , whose Leeds side is struggling with three wins from eight Championship matches , last night vowed : ‘ The good times will come back to Headingley . ’ |
| 28 | On a brighter note , the survey indicates that the North-South divide is continuing to narrow . |
| 29 | If high unemployment continues what good is training to most people in West Belfast ? |
| 30 | And despite a large membership , the club is appealing for new bowlers to join . |