Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [v-ing] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The board are extending a long-standing by-law which prevents a player who has rejected an international invitation from performing at club level during the summer period , ’ said Ashby . |
| 2 | ‘ The board are extending a long-standing by-law which prevents a player who has rejected an international invitation from performing at club level during the summer period , ’ said Ashby . |
| 3 | A FAMILY who discovered that their centuries-old manor stands over ‘ the lost palace ’ of the last Welsh prince are fighting a desperate battle to keep their home . |
| 4 | It occurs in Henry IV , Part I. Falstaff and the Prince are having a high old time by pretending in turn to be the King chastising Hal for his association with Falstaff . |
| 5 | Apart from the now well established Media Mind competition ( won this year by Leo Burnett Ltd ) , Express are running a monthly series of training days for media executives which are proving popular and successful — and will again be sponsoring the IPA Media Award designed to encourage excellence in media planning and buying . |
| 6 | With this kind of budget you do n't have to ask whether the Catering Branch are doing a good , professional job — if it was n't they would be having to organise domestic famine relief drops ! |
| 7 | In time for the new season 's autumn and winter knitwear , Spectrum are introducing a new Pure Wool Aran to complement their existing Strata Aran range . |
| 8 | yet the practical results of his thinking are attracting a growing world-wide audience . |
| 9 | INQUIRIES for membership to Durham County Cricket Club are eliciting a swift , grateful response . |
| 10 | The Midlands club are giving a two-week trial next month to South Africa 's top player , Doctor Kumalo , a midfielder with Kaiser Chiefs . |
| 11 | THREE members of Group Internal Audit Department are pioneering a Royal Bank scheme to create its own banker-accountants . |
| 12 | Friends and relatives of a man who was found dead in a prison cell are demanding a full investigation into his death . |
| 13 | The people there are that 's going to the neighbourhood are getting a fair crack of the whip and they 're being the centre of that every week . |
| 14 | People whose lives have been devastated by crime are backing a fund-raising appeal to help others who 've suffered as they have . |
| 15 | Labour are fielding a strong candidate in Alan Milburn . |
| 16 | The Government 's initiatives on rough sleeping are having a marked effect on the problem in London . |
| 17 | The home side were lacking a key bowler too , in seamer Willie Watson , whose absence with a thigh strain was to prove a chronic handicap to Crowe . |
| 18 | There were loads of light vans in the Mirror livery parked on both sides of the street and the pubs down one side were doing a roaring end-of-shift trade — or maybe pre-shift . |
| 19 | The article went on to say that staff employed in the tourist industry were getting a raw deal , and that the government should take a hard line and introduce new legislation on taxation for the hotel industry . |
| 20 | The residual swells coming over the reef were causing a moderate surf on the beach : I needed to reconnoitre , weighing up the possibility of swamping before taking the children in . |
| 21 | The collapse continued until many thousands of tons of rock were blocking a long section of the underground roadway . |
| 22 | THE British Association is organising a great day in London for young scientists on Saturday , 5 March . |
| 23 | From 22 to 30 May , the Hellenic Art Galleries Association is holding a contemporary art fair entitled Art Athens 1 ‘ 93 in the Athens Exhibition Centre , a 3000 square-metre space . |
| 24 | ‘ Underfunding is having a detrimental effect on the adequacy of policing services , ’ he said . |
| 25 | And Oxford fans will be taking heart that the side 's enjoying a good run at the moment and may yet avoid relegation . |
| 26 | I think as you said earlier the wind is playing a big part in the game and I I would I would imagine er the Forest the Forest management 'll be very happy to get to half time no score . |
| 27 | Jeffrey : For many people involvement in campaigns around AIDS is having a similar effect to involvement in gay liberation campaigns , in that you get a tremendous sense of common feeling , almost a sort of euphoric sense of working together . |
| 28 | It 's 10.30 in the morning and Norman Cook DJ is taping a tiny studio . |
| 29 | The intended budget of £5 million could reap benefits in a city where tourist revenue is becoming a principal source of wealth . |
| 30 | To celebrate its jubilee , the club is holding a top quality weekend tournament at the Walsall Polytechnic Campus on April 18–20 . |