Example sentences of "[Wh det] [be] [v-ing] on [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because authorities do not have the right to impose completely independent duties on people , because their directives should reflect dependent reasons which are binding on those people in any case , they have the right to replace people 's own judgment on the merits of the case . |
| 2 | Er we set up on a regional basis er er Robert talked to you a couple of months ago about the initiatives that he 's taking from our and that again is a very much of a cross practice initiative er which is drawing on all the skills that we 've got within the with within the office penetrate the middle market sector and we are going to er specifically use er our grounds expertise and er computer audit expertise as a product which we saw would be attractive to these er these sort of companies . |
| 3 | Among the former are many participles , both present and past : ( 26 ) the watching crowd started to laugh he was greeted by smiling well-wishers the injured man had been feeding the orang-utan but participles do not exhaust the possibilities : ( 27 ) the angry bartender slammed the drink down five empty tumblers were standing by his elbow Notice , too , the clear ambiguity of : ( 28 ) a flashing light as meaning either a light which is flashing on some particular occasion , or one which normally has this characteristic . |
| 4 | Despite cruelty and sinfulness there is a common sense of the moral and spiritual universe which is binding on all persons . |
| 5 | This country is not prepared to accept the gospel of despair in mass unemployment , which is returning on such a scale today . |
| 6 | This is a process which is going on all the time in the world of bacteria , and drug firms are managing to keep ahead , just , by producing newer ( and inevitably , more expensive ) antibiotics that will still be effective . |
| 7 | The company sought judicial review of the proceedings , contending that the assessment had been effectively determined by the agreement under s 54 , which was binding on both parties . |
| 8 | You obviously need to know what 's happening on each side of the hedge . |
| 9 | yeah I would think so nights or days I would of thought nothing 's been really said about what 's happening on that yet , not till the end of towards the end of the |
| 10 | What 's going on all around you so then you concentrate on the ball again . |
| 11 | Because he likes to see what 's going on all the time . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't know what 's going on either , but I 'm sure the girls will tell us when they 're ready . |
| 13 | They know what 's going on this that and the other . |
| 14 | Well wh what 's going on this weekend do you know ? |
| 15 | Er what 's going on this weekend then ? |
| 16 | 'Cos I just , I feel as if I 'm much less aware of what 's going on this year . |
| 17 | He just asked for more erm , one thing that is disturbing , what he does very causally mention is what is going on all the time |
| 18 | What is going on that led up to that ? |
| 19 | Although Fred pretended to be surprised at my earnings I felt sure he knew what was going on all the time . |
| 20 | I heard myself say to him , though the different sections of my brain seemed to have slipped out of synch somehow , and I was aware of all sorts of different things at once , and time seemed to have slowed down and at the same time some part of my brain was racing , trying to come up with some logical explanation for what was going on that did n't involve calamity … and failing . |
| 21 | Yes , because this is describing , analysing how ordinary people lived , what was going on that enabled them to live in this way . |
| 22 | I am sure of , many of you ground and air crew members of the Three-Ninetieth , as well as the local citizenry remember what was happening on this very spot . |