Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [v-ing] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Growth is occurring in remote and completely rural counties , as well as in counties that are partly urban or dominated by nearby metropolitan centres , but the south and west are increasing the fastest . |
| 2 | Now the medical association are taking the Argentinian , Miguel Pereira , to court because he is not authorised to practise in Chile , and the country 's flyweight champion and former world title challenger , Alli Galvez , has begun a hunger strike to defend his right to work . |
| 3 | The Council and the Scottish Sports Association are organising the following open meetings to allow governing bodies to share views and experiences and to hear of new developments : |
| 4 | I know the mental health on th on the health service side are facing the same problems and I was wondering to what extent the director had been talking to the District Health Authority on , on those lines . |
| 5 | There 's no pot of gold for the big moto cross race of the weekend though … the Thamesdown club are staging the British round of the 250 cc World Championship at Foxhill Park at Wanborough … |
| 6 | Data General Corp , the British Computer Society , the Scottish Office Industry Department and the Department of Trade and Industry are co-sponsoring the first Scottish Open Systems conference , which takes place at the Ibrox Stadium — home to Glasgow Rangers football club — on May 14th . |
| 7 | Environmentalists welcomed the move , claiming that some fishermen in Cornwall and the South-West were disguising the true extent of the problem . |
| 8 | Kindred associations in the funeral industry were feeling the same . |
| 9 | The Leader of the Commons , Tony Newton , said : ‘ Strathclyde fire brigade is investigating the full circumstances relating to the incident . |
| 10 | The president is taking the key decision as to whether to increase his forces in the Gulf and to switch from a defensive to an offensive posture . |
| 11 | This is the deep sleep level , at which the unconscious mind is obtaining the greatest amount of real rest . |
| 12 | The Royal Mail is commemorating the Roman era in Britain with a special set of stamps show artefacts from the years of Roman rule in England and Wales . |
| 13 | The RSC Education department is organising the following residential courses and one-day symposia in 1992 : Improve your analytical techniques : open learning and workshops , courses begin 6 April 1992 and 5 October 1992 with corresponding workshops at Thames Polytechnic and Hull University . |
| 14 | The Sociology Department is offering the following two and three day courses : |
| 15 | One of the difficulties for the disciplined packer is choosing the right clothes for different trips . |
| 16 | The research is reviewing the current state of empirical research in the United Kingdom , and elsewhere , into aspects of change in industrial societies . |
| 17 | The hull is deliberately shaped so that as soon as it is put slightly off course the veer will increase and increase until the boat is facing the other way . |
| 18 | This study is examining the managerial process by which organisations develop a market-orientation . |
| 19 | Eastman Chemical is buying the Lucky Polymers polyester plant in Hartlepool , UK , from the Thakral Group , Eastman will modify the unit to produce packaging plastics and increase capacity . |
| 20 | We can say that the problem being defined here is not so much that the pupils are getting the wrong education ( though they might be getting the wrong teachers ) as that industry is getting the wrong pupils ! |
| 21 | The industry is comparing the biggest boom it ever had — the peak in 1989-90 — with today 's admittedly lower level of activity . |
| 22 | My carriage is waiting the other side of the field ! |
| 23 | In essence , Labour is proposing the Swedish model in which the state controls the economy — rather than owning it — and taxes it ferociously to pay for a ballooning public sector . |
| 24 | To mark the 700th anniversary of the founding of the Swiss Confederation , Alp Action is reintroducing the bearded vulture ( lammergeyer ) to its ancestral home in the Swiss Alps . |
| 25 | Changing the syllabus and the methodology is treating the wrong disease . |
| 26 | With Croat forces pursuing a smaller but similar offensive in western Hercegovina , the crude carve-up of the republic following its April 7 recognition is squeezing the Slavic Muslims , its biggest group . |
| 27 | 1–7 A powerful crane was building a new quay at Ardbeg distillery and a diver was laying the outer walls . |
| 28 | This was the time when the old style of gabled manor was feeling the first breath of classical ideas . |
| 29 | Marco was looking the other way . |
| 30 | The German soldier was holding the white flag above his head . |