Example sentences of "[is] [v-ing] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were pilots getting their aircraft away on two engines , with armourers hanging on underneath checking the bombs , incendiaries blazing and HE S exploding in all directions . |
| 2 | In depression , less is known about biological vulnerability , but knowledge is accumulating about other explanations ( see chapters 4 and 5 ) . |
| 3 | Apart from sending troops , Egypt is helping in other ways . |
| 4 | AXA has since ploughed almost $100m more into Equitable Life , which is recovering from heavy losses on its property portfolio , and reckons it will soon see a good return on its investment . |
| 5 | The latter is a book in which the author is firing on all cylinders . |
| 6 | GERMANY IS firing on all cylinders these days , and labels like MFS epitomise where the scene is headed over there . |
| 7 | Your Reticular Activating System is firing on all cylinders , your cortex is turning somersaults . |
| 8 | The company says it is porting to other platforms in September , hinting at ICL and Hewlett Packard . |
| 9 | Despite cruelty and sinfulness there is a common sense of the moral and spiritual universe which is binding on all persons . |
| 10 | However , if one party is to bear the costs of the other it is important to specify this in the heads and ensure it is binding on all parties . |
| 11 | The Tax Faculty believes that an employer should be able to negotiate a settlement that is binding on both departments . |
| 12 | The introduction to the heads will specify that the clause is binding on both parties and is not subject to contract . |
| 13 | And it may be a comforting thought to some that an Australian company is experimenting with eco-friendly coffins made of newspapers , which are cheap and biodegradable . |
| 14 | The Inner London Education Authority ( ILEA ) records in schools throughout its area for this purpose ; the BBC 's Open University Production Centre has recently produced a series for the training of adult education tutors following this approach ; the British Council is experimenting with edited lessons which are accompanied by an extensive index to help trainers put together their own selection of classroom examples . |
| 15 | Mr Hill , appointed chairman this week , said one of his first moves would be to separate management of the company from Bond Corp , which is struggling under huge debts . |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | Mr McCabe says : ‘ The advice to parents is if a lower school child is struggling after 45 minutes , then do n't let them continue . |
| 18 | Over copious beverages at a plush hotel in Notting Hill Gate , the stooping Lord of scabrous spleen-rock is speeding through scurrilous anecdotes about conspiracies within the monarchy , parties celebrating Freddie Mercury 's demise , sociopathic ex-Fall associates and much more . |
| 19 | And , if one accepts the concept that the spirit is journeying through many lifetimes in order to achieve that degree of evolution which makes it unnecessary to spend further time on this earth , then surely it must be essential to experience life both as a man and as a woman . |
| 20 | This spring the University is collaborating with other groups and institutions in the city and county to organise a Festival of Europe . |
| 21 | The Third World is competing with inadequate resources for sources of energy that are essential to begin and maintain development . |
| 22 | Using his Yamaha 250cc , Mono Shock trials bike , Alan McDonald , who works in the Industrial Engineering Department of Stoddard , is competing with outstanding results in the Scottish Trial Championship . |
| 23 | In terms of property management the Trust is catering for increasing numbers of well-educated visitors who want to be involved . |
| 24 | But while much of Africa is clamouring for multi-party elections in the hope of replacing indifferent or corrupt governments , the prospect of political freedom is met with apprehension in Uganda . |
| 25 | Even that substantial source of income , admission fees to properties , is shrinking in relative terms as more and more people become members of the Trust and gain free entry . |
| 26 | Going up in world of climbing ropes A Highland rope company is climbing to dizzy heights of success with its innovative product , the Smart Rope , which has rocked the international climbing world . |
| 27 | Clearly therefore equator to pole heat transfer is occurring at greater depths in the atmosphere than those for which wind patterns have been established . |
| 28 | We would expect to find that , if more planning is occurring during hesitant phases , speakers should also look less at their listeners during these phases . |
| 29 | The problems are most acute in Africa where population pressures are also greatest , though modification of South American savannas is increasing ; desertification is occurring in some areas as a result of overgrazing . |
| 30 | If Iran is cheating on nuclear weapons , the International Atomic Energy Agency has yet to catch it at it . |