Example sentences of "[Wh det] be [v-ing] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 But there is growing consensus that the broader functions of a medical education , which are assuming greater importance in the undergraduate curriculum , are not so easy to learn from someone untrained in educational method .
2 For the more environmentally sensitive areas which are assuming more importance , the
3 The following notes have been reproduced in full by courtesy of the London Chamber of Commerce which are organising this mission .
4 Since , after normal ovulation , between 6 and 12 eggs are recovered , success is measured by the number which are undergoing mitotic division and the number of divisions which can be analysed .
5 The party leadership faces unrest over the poll tax , water and electricity privatisation and the changes to the health service , in addition to rising mortgage rates , which are damaging Tory support .
6 My Lords , is my Noble Friend aware that many parents and teachers who have been deeply dissatisfied and disillusioned by local education authority schools in fact just set up their own new schools which are providing excellent education and really meeting those parental wishes , often with very strong er spiritual and moral values .
7 According to metaphysics , even terminal diseases can potentially be cured , by tackling the emotional blocks , imbalances and negative beliefs which are creating that illness .
8 However , at British Airways Cargo it is the global implications of the Single Market which are receiving most attention , ’ says Peter White .
9 Much of the stonework had become coated with a black layer of gypsum ( calcium sulphate ) and soot , while the lower levels of the façade are also affected by salt and nitrates which are causing severe damage .
10 The plant 's output will allow a 40 per cent reduction in the capacity of brown coal-fired power stations in northern Bohemia , which are causing severe pollution in the area [ see ED68 ] .
11 He created two competing monopolies which are causing considerable unrest within the industry .
12 After consulting this same healer on several further occasions , Simone decided to join a small team of people specialising in past-life therapy , and now helps others to come to terms with traumas in the past which are blocking present progress or happiness .
13 But his assertion that a Scottish parliament should have some say over the siting on Trident nuclear missiles in Scotland brought an angry Mr Hughes to the rostrum : ‘ Let's not get dragged down the back alleys of stupid silly little constitutional issues which are doing this party no good whatsoever . ’
14 Electronics designers will need to follow some rules of thumb , many of which will be familiar , such as mains filtration , adopting a sensible grounding policy , minimising ground impedance , minimising cable lengths , screening cables which are carrying high frequency , large magnitude signals or which contain sensitive signals , and grouping cables to separate the sensitive from the interfering .
15 There are several developments which are enabling rapid change to take place in telecommunications .
16 The report suggested that sulphur dioxide emissions , mainly from industry and power stations , but also volcanoes , most notably Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines , were leading to the formation of a thin film of sulphate particles in the atmosphere , which were reflecting some sunlight .
17 It was not a cause of poor economic performance ; it was yet another consequence of the attitudes which were shaping that performance .
18 Er it seems it seems that there were a lot of students , from one of the bigger un er er top class universities which were handling this train , er but er there were quite a few er things done , some of them I would think dangerous .
19 Kibona said that 42 per cent of government spending would be devoted to tackling transport and communications problems , which were hindering economic recovery .
20 There is ‘ a conflict ’ with USL , says Unix Solutions Ltd , which is seeking legal advice on the matter .
21 Barrie Lamb stated that the job would have been completed earlier had DRPS not been diverted into rescuing additional rolling stock such as their current working steam loco , a Peckett 0-4-0 ST which is undergoing extensive winter repairs .
22 Given the comments of the right hon. Member for Bath ( Mr. Patten ) , when he was Secretary of State for the Environment , that national parks were the jewels in the crown , does the Minister not think it fair that that should apply to the entire United Kingdom , not least to my constituency which contains Loch Lomond which is facing ecological disaster as a result of the political intransigence of the blockheads in the Scottish Office in Edinburgh ?
23 Areas facing irreparable damage include the Dee estuary in Wales where port , road and recreational development and pollution threaten 105,000 birds ; the Wash , where 260,000 birds are threatened by industrial development , an airport and oil refining ; the Mersey , where a tidal barrage and airport development threaten about 60,000 birds ; and the Thames , including the Medway and Swale , which is facing immediate damage from development and pollution threatening 177,000 birds .
24 The Apple-Novell effort is said to have the blessing of Intel Corp , which is providing technical assistance and compatibility testing .
25 ‘ But I 'm not convinced that Genesis are doing stuff which is breaking new ground so much now .
26 The reason why there is so little progress is horribly tangled up in the overall failure of Italy 's public life , a failure which is arousing mounting concern among her EC partners .
27 It will use a similar technique to that currently being used by a Japanese group , which is monitoring solar neutrino reactions with water .
28 South East Sumatra : Production is currently at 180,000 bopd ( 6,500 net to LASMO ) , with the major contribution coming from the Widuri field which is producing 100,000 bopd .
29 It must enable farmers to continue to do the job that they are trained and best qualified to do , which is producing essential food for the nation , at a price that the taxpayer is prepared to pay .
30 A smell near the property boundary is likely to be a blocked interceptor trap which is allowing dirty water to get to the main sewer but is creating sludge in the bottom of the inspection chamber .
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