Example sentences of "and [noun] [be] [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , traditionally lower-priced towns such as Newton Aycliffe and Crook are faring better than higher-priced Darlington and Durham . |
| 2 | MANY families and groups are paying more than they need to get into the Surrey County Agricultural Show — the UK 's largest one day — on Bank Holiday Monday , May 25th . |
| 3 | Tried to explain all this to Vic , who said I was doing fine and Matt was doing fine and he thought we 'd gel together on screen . |
| 4 | You 've got to feel what the tyres and chassis are doing all the time . |
| 5 | Esso and Shell are putting four and a half pence on a gallon of petrol from Monday . |
| 6 | The report , which was commissioned by the US Agency for International Development , claims the main producer regions of Chapare and Beni are dumping 38,000 tons of waste each year into streams which feed Amazon tributaries . |
| 7 | Saskia and Mogul were standing close behind her , embracing each other tightly and whispering . |
| 8 | Great Universal and Triton are offering 10 lucky winners showers worth £100 each , and 30 runners-up will each have spend £50 to spend on d-i-y products from the Great Universal catalogue . |
| 9 | Chasing 464 in the last innings , O'Neill and Harvey were approaching 200 and looking good . |
| 10 | ‘ Of course it will be performed , ’ said Franca , ‘ and Alison is writing another play , are n't you , Alison ? ’ |
| 11 | Private and public databases proliferate , and experts are predicting further growth over the next three years . |
| 12 | WITH so many teams vying for the play-offs , NLF officials and coaches are going dizzy trying to calculate the permutations . |
| 13 | About 40 towns and cities are investigating similar schemes but funding problems are likely to rule out most of them . |
| 14 | Birmingham and Sheffield are making similar plans . |
| 15 | Some of those who comment on subjects such as the safe disposal of nuclear wastes seem to work on the assumption that the relevant sciences and technologies are standing still . |
| 16 | The move , expected to form part of the imminent white paper on the coal industry , would come at a time when the US , Japan and Germany are pumping greater resources into clean coal research . |
| 17 | Many young people coming into industry and commerce have a basic knowledge of marketing techniques and employers are expecting more of their marketing people . |
| 18 | Nevertheless their energy and inventiveness were getting some development experts excited . |
| 19 | ‘ Throughout the world customers in medicine , industry and research are facing increasing environmental and regulatory pressure , ’ added Philip . |
| 20 | The workshop identified key areas where lack of knowledge and research are hindering effective and speedy action to combat global warming . |
| 21 | now , and Richard is working all day and because Debbie 's been told she 's got to have bed , bed rest |
| 22 | I 've got this smart suit on and Marie 's wearing this white wedding dress with all these frilly bits . |
| 23 | Ed and Johnny were sporting foolish party hat and blowing those paper things that uncurl like a chameleon 's tongue and go baarrrp . |
| 24 | ‘ It is absolutely staggering that while the Ministry of Defence was deploying soldiers in the Gulf , the Department of Trade and Industry was allowing British companies to supply equipment that could be used for munitions to the enemy , ’ he said . |
| 25 | Dr Mowlam said Jeffrey 's asthma and eczema were getting worse as a result of the stress and worry about the money he has to pay for the medication . |
| 26 | It was expensive and funds were running low . |
| 27 | Sarah 's arms and legs were getting thinner every day , and the rag mat she 'd started making for the hearth became too heavy to have on her lap . |
| 28 | These are widely used by judges , and clients are becoming aware of them . |
| 29 | In this type of mistaken fabrication of early history , by the construction of an opposite to the present , Marx and Engels were following many other writers of their time but , as we shall see , because of the nature of their theory , this was particularly harmful in their case . |
| 30 | Both Philips and Nokia were demonstrating wide screen pictures live from the satellite source . |