Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE bitter tussle between Russia 's parliament and government appeared to be drawing to a close last night after preliminary approval was given to a compromise that would allow President Yeltsin 's administration to continue its reforms . |
| 2 | The era of the passive media consumer — or ‘ couch potato ’ — may be drawing to a close if they discoveries of the ingenious Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are any indication . |
| 3 | The reason for this is that the sub-continent 's representatives will still be competing for a one-day pot in Sharjah until the 20th . |
| 4 | JOHN ROLFE and Adrian Breton will be competing for a British Olympic place at the weekend when the rapid fire pistol match in the World Cup Tournament in Los Angeles will be the decider for Barcelona , writes Leslie Howcroft . |
| 5 | Asif and Trevor Penney , the newly-qualified Zimbabwean , will be competing for a middle-order place , though the first chance is likely to go to Paul Smith if he has shaken off last year 's injury troubles . |
| 6 | I have no doubt that there will be special preparations and allowances made by police and spectators for the Marathon , in which I will be competing for the first time tomorrow . |
| 7 | SOUTH AFRICA , who will be competing for the first time , are to stage the 1995 Rugby World Cup . |
| 8 | CHRISTO VAN RENSBURG , one of the world 's leading doubles players , went on court at the Albert Hall yesterday believing he would be competing for the last time in the official season-ending doubles championship . |
| 9 | CHRISTO VAN RENSBURG , one of the world 's leading doubles players , went on court at the Albert Hall yesterday believing he would be competing for the last time in the official season-ending doubles championship . |
| 10 | It wo n't be competing for the same resources . |
| 11 | The Alvington entry will be competing in a new class for slightly modified production models , hoping to head off the Jaguars and Porsches when the race gets underway on June the 19th . |
| 12 | my Lord I , I think it takes the view and probably not unreasonably that assuming good faith on the part of the disciplinary tribunal and assuming that there is er review by the courts , you will have complete objectivity and someone who has been excluded for a good reason , maybe fraud or something of that nature should not be competing in the first place , but he will not be excluded unreasonably and therefore if he was excluded unreasonably erm the fact of he 's exclusion could be anti competitive because it takes out of the market a player |
| 13 | It seemed to be competing in the age-old quest for the secret of perpetual motion and drove everyone bananas . |
| 14 | David and Scott Lloyd are just two of the father/son partnerships who will be competing in the national finals at Quietwaters Hotel , Golf and Country Club later this month ( 24th–28th Feb ) . |
| 15 | For the remaining resources that will be needed , the trust will be competing in the national pool of capital resources that are available to NHS trusts . |
| 16 | Promoted by Rhyl Town Council , the festival has attracted leading London band Hillingdon , who will be competing in the top section along with a record 140 soloists . |
| 17 | Twice within 10 days Northern Ireland ‘ s 17-strong squad will be competing in the independent Baltic States . |
| 18 | But what , I think we do need to have is quite a a a a a we 've not a no solution body who would agree with me , er you know , some of the things that have gone on within the er er agricultural industry in terms of gang masters , which is if if surely if if if we had been more clearly defined if would enforce probably the whole industry into disrepute , and I feel that we do need a a a a a a a framework , with a with a supply into Europe , because in the end we will not just be competing against other European countries we will be competing against the third world and some producers that are producing very different situations , so , I I think er , and and I 'm concerned that it is the , it is that delegation , and it is the interpretation that our own government will put on it , because there 's been so much mythology surrounding Europe . |
| 19 | Trafalgar House , BR 's favoured partner , is reliably understood to have rejected the idea of building a terminal at Stratford and to be sticking to the final route chosen by BR . |
| 20 | To date I have found both tools perfectly safe , used with care , and though there are rare occasions when I might choose the SuperCut , for the moment I 'll be sticking with the real thing , which remains in a class of its own . |
| 21 | That 52–17 victory for Dallas will be sticking in the collective craws of a Buffalo side that has been so close , but never close enough . |
| 22 | We 're going to erm , item three , the supermarket applications , now under youth grants , you remember that we advertised , this is the money we precepted , which we wo n't be using for the detached youth work workers ' scheme . |
| 23 | Check , recharge and/or change as required any ion exchange media that you may be using on a frequent and routine basis . |
| 24 | At the start of each session you can place all the programs you will be using in the Active Task List . |
| 25 | What grade of oil should I be using in the main and transfer boxes of my 1972 Range Rover ? |
| 26 | You may well , for instance , be depending to a large extent on the character of the victim ( as I was in The Murder of the Maharajah ) and the least troublesome way to put that character before the reader is in direct scenes showing the future victim in action . |
| 27 | The future exhibitions programme of the ICA supplies something of a guide to the sorts of significances that a critically-minded culture of a post-modernist kind will be pursuing in the next year or two . |
| 28 | While every effort is made in our processes , we can not guarantee that every line will be manufacturing on a particular day . |
| 29 | By these , creditors would meet to consider proposals for a voluntary arrangement which would be binding on a dissenting minority , and approve a trustee . |
| 30 | All acts done within the actual authority of a partner will be binding on the firm whether carried out in the usual course of business or otherwise . |