Example sentences of "[noun sg] are [v-ing] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Since the Board are entering into a Scheme for adult education in co-operation with the LEA in Cambridgeshire much in the same way ( as ) had been done in Bedfordshire it seems as if it might be best for the Board to be recognised as the Responsible Body for this type of course . |
2 | Detectives working on the case are working on the theory that they died of hypothermia or suffocation or a combination of both . |
3 | We know HP and IBM Corp are working on an early sample version of COSE code , which will include interface widgets , and HP 's VUE look and feel dominated the COSE desktop shown at the original announcement ( UX No 428 ) . |
4 | We know Hewlett-Packard and IBM Corp are working on an early sample version of the Common Open Software Environment code , which will include interface widgets , and VUE look and feel dominated the COSE desktop shown at the original announcement . |
5 | The purpose of the remainder of this chapter is to analyse the changing structure and composition of the national population , assess the principal dimensions of population redistribution , and examine the impact which both these sources of change are having on the geography of Britain . |
6 | most days you 'll find Tony Meek racing his dogs at the Oxford stadium … not tonight … because the speedway machines are there … its a gala night … the top twenty riders from the second division are racing for the Service Master Trophy … |
7 | Current advances in graptolite biostratigraphy are leading to the recognition of further subdivisions in the Ordovician and Silurian which provide an accurate calibration for parallel work on acritarchs and chitinozoa . |
8 | ACT Financial Systems Ltd and Hewlett-Packard Co are working on a Unix version of ACT 's Digital Equipment Corp VMS-based credit risk analysis system , Limits . |
9 | Researchers from Washington State University are embarking on a three-year project to measure the amount of methane produced by belching cows . |
10 | The Institute of Terrestrial Ecology and Reading University are embarking on a three-year study on the effects of pesticides on wildlife . |
11 | But both Dr Kohl and Mr Modrow , aware that the hopes of many for reunification are growing by the day , and more quickly than the politicians can accommodate , tried to cool expectations . |
12 | HOUSE builders in the North West are looking for the Government to do more to stimulate sales and economic growth . |
13 | Deffenbacher 's argument is that those studies which show enhanced memory in arousing circumstances are operating on the ascending portion of the inverted-U function , while those which show impairment are operating on the descending portion of the curve associated with high arousal levels . |
14 | Downland Housing Association are building at the Larch Cottage site , Portsmouth Road , while the second site is at Lynchborough Road , Passfield . |
15 | Now Oxford West and Abingdon Conservative Association are calling for a new privacy law aimed at curbing the telefoto lens . |
16 | Volleyball : Chelmsford Partners women 's volleyball side are banking on a wealth of experience to give them the edge this Sunday in their first English Volleyball Association Cup Final.The team has an average age of nearly 34 , but they still fancy their chances of defeating a younger Sheffield Wednesday at Riverside ( start 1.30 pm ) . |
17 | Miss Bangholm reports that members of the club are hanging around the hall as girls are leaving and some of them are rather afraid . |
18 | The stalwarts of the Hunterston Cycle Club are taking to the road again in the name of charity . |
19 | Now the club are looking for a player of your capabilities . |
20 | The rugby club are helping with the organisation . |
21 | The remains of the old Motherwell car are lying in the inspection pit underneath ! |
22 | Both government and opposition are grappling with the awkward consequences of an upsurge of religious tension inspired by militant Hindu claims to a disused Muslim mosque on a site believed to have been Lord Rama 's birthplace . |
23 | On the contrary , all perceptions as well of the sense as of the mind are according to the measure of the individual and not according to the measure of the universe . |
24 | The Regional Secretary 's Department are dealing with the transfer from payroll 51 to payroll 57 and 501 , of some of the DS0 Cleaning and Catering staff . |
25 | Postgraduate students who are currently undertaking research in the department are working in the following areas : Modern German Literature and Film , ‘ Wiener Moderne ’ , GDR Literature and Society . |
26 | May I draw to my hon. Friend 's attention a report in the Sunday Express pointing out that paramilitaries convicted of bombing and murder are sheltering in the Republic are drawing more than £2 million per week in dole money and social security , paid for by the British taxpayer , while many would face reconviction if they returned to Ulster ? |
27 | He told the Scottish Grand Committee : ‘ The days of the Victorian mental institution are coming to an end . |
28 | Representatives of the cream of Scotland 's film and television industry are gathering in a Glasgow hotel at the moment for the Scottish version of the Academy awards . |
29 | Leaders of Britain 's freight industry are calling on the European Commission to help free U K truck drivers trapped by road blocks on the French Spanish border . |
30 | The following evening , the three originators of Detroit- most sought-after new export are dining at a downtown restaurant- it 's small , discreet , with no sign on the outside , just a number and a bell . |