Example sentences of "[am/are] [v-ing] [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SEAFOOD fans are queueing to buy the Eldorado prawn . |
| 2 | Cheaply produced coal from Colombia is one of the main sources of imports which are helping to undermine the competitiveness of domestically produced coal in Britain . |
| 3 | The Government are helping to support the idea that coal is a pollutant but that nuclear power is green friendly and that gas is green friendly . |
| 4 | Dr van der Merwe 's bones or , rather , those of the Crow Indians of the Ohio valley , are helping to trace the spread of maize across the Americas and establish how , by the time that the conquistadores arrived , it was powering not only the imperial civilisations of Mexico , but the modest villages of what was shortly to become New England . |
| 5 | You 've a job , you are helping to keep the fire at check , you are helping to extinguish the fire , it 's a good necessary job . |
| 6 | So both in your letter to me and your letter to Mr Deva MP , you are helping to keep the voice of public opinion heard , and I thank you for both . |
| 7 | Weak demand for windows for homes is being offset elsewhere and the West Midlands property developments and disposals are helping to keep the leap in interest charges within bounds . |
| 8 | You 've a job , you are helping to keep the fire at check , you are helping to extinguish the fire , it 's a good necessary job . |
| 9 | Scissors in the shape of dolphins are helping to boost the funds of International Dolphin Watch , the leading organisation for the study and conservation of these fun loving and intelligent mammals . |
| 10 | Terrible strain is put on three-day eventers if they are struggling to do the times cross country , and stress can mean injury . |
| 11 | contribution rule remains , along with all the damage that it does — especially to local authorities that are struggling to collect the poll tax . |
| 12 | But if some Olympic competitors are struggling to find the cash , their problems pale in comparison with the difficulties facing disabled athletes hoping to go to Spain for THEIR games . |
| 13 | It says that the money which it was prepared to commit to training will not meet the pleas of the training and enterprise councils , which are struggling to deliver the training guarantees which the Government have committed them to providing , and which can not go beyond the delivery of that guarantee to extend training opportunities in a serious or significant way . |
| 14 | We are struggling to pay the loan and the mortgage . |
| 15 | NEW ZEALAND are struggling to avoid the follow-on in the second Test against Sri Lanka after collapsing to 100-7 in Colombo yesterday . |
| 16 | For any Singer knitters out there who find they are struggling to understand the machine — the only advice I can give is to persevere and experiment . |
| 17 | Quite rightly , professionals are struggling to understand the pressures of caring , and their sympathy for carers can make them ignore or misread signs of abuse , or even to interpret abuse as a response to the difficulties some elderly people present . |
| 18 | The problem is that UK households , like US ones , are struggling to repay the debts they took on in the boom years of the 1980s , he explained . |
| 19 | Many churches overseas are struggling to meet the AIDS challenge . |
| 20 | Hospitals , clinics and Health Posts are underfunded and are struggling to meet the needs of ordinary people . |
| 21 | And the task of deciding what is ‘ new ’ falls to dictionary compilers who are struggling to catch the range of jargon , technical terms and ‘ sublanguages ’ that each year flow into usage . |
| 22 | ‘ Well we , ’ said Vi firmly , ‘ are goin' to spend the night on the Craigiebur ferry , all nice and comfortable , and we 'll be at Ardneavie in time for breakfast . |
| 23 | The Dutch Institute of Public Health has split a £300,000 grant between Prof Boulois and researchers in Adelaide , Australia , who are collaborating to develop the vaccine further . |
| 24 | Like the tuna fishery in the Pacific , dolphins are dying to increase the profits of the fishing companies . |
| 25 | I am writing to support the proposals , by Central Regional Council , for a shift in transport policy towards public transport , traffic calming , and better facilities for cyclists and pedestrians . |
| 26 | I am writing to echo the thoughts of Mrs Surridge ( Readers ' Letters April ‘ 92 issue ) . |
| 27 | I am writing to confirm the arrangements for filming inside the Big Ben Clock Tower next Wednesday , June 7th . |
| 28 | I am writing to confirm the arrangements surrounding your preparation of scripts for the components for the Central News I and II videos . |
| 29 | I am writing to confirm the arrangements surrounding your preparation of the script for the video of — . |
| 30 | Splendid , say many politicians : we are saving to finance the pensions the baby-boom generation expects to collect in the next century . |