Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [art] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | From being the bogey of bankers , we are becoming the bankers ' friend . |
| 2 | Other scientists are investigating the compounds ' role in treating breast , brain , liver and skin cancers . |
| 3 | The Eastern Region Movement and Dance Liaison Group are holding a teachers ' workshop at Homerton College , Cambridge on Saturday 19th September — 9.30 – 4.30 — £5 for the day . |
| 4 | Something has been stealing the farmers ' chickens and carrying off the young sheep from the hills . |
| 5 | We would be imitating the Bolsheviks ' own rose-tinted over-concentration on their favourite study topics ( like the proletariat state and collective farms ) if we lingered here too long . |
| 6 | The powerful Federation of Niger Trade Unions ( USTN ) was reported on Sept. 4 to be supporting the soldiers ' action . |
| 7 | We shall be running a parents ' night , to explain issues of parity of esteem and articulation . |
| 8 | I 've been championing the suppliers ' cause for some time now and I really feel let down . |
| 9 | So it was with some surprise a few years ago that our attention was drawn from the dull French film noir onscreen to the back of the cinema , where a couple were resolving a lovers ' squabble . |
| 10 | He looked round the table at Clerkenwell , where they were having a directors ' meeting . |
| 11 | On the pavement outside , two teenagers were having a lovers ' quarrel . |
| 12 | A spokesman for the department said they were studying the consultants ' report on new signposting , highways improvements and restricted access to prevent motorists taking shortcuts through residential areas . |
| 13 | Xerox Corp announced yesterday that it had developed an advanced ink-jet technology that uses a 128-nozzle print head for desktop computer printers , and that it has retained Tokyo Electric Co Ltd to assemble the printers ; Xerox is manufacturing the printers ' ink-jet cartridges at its Canandaigua , New York plant ; it notes that the 128 nozzles enable faster print speeds than competing printers ; the printer will ship later this year . |
| 14 | The way in which the finance ministry is handling the banks ' bad-debt problems shows clearly how low a priority it attaches to fostering a competitive banking industry . |
| 15 | A major question posed is the extent to which the professional bodies , including the Engineering Council and the institutions , can be said to be performing a mediating role between the members of the profession and the government ; that is representing the memberships ' interests while also entering into agreements with the government which are likely to limit their members ' freedom of action . |
| 16 | It is passing the market-makers ' responsibility on to the companies ' own stockbrokers , who will match buyers to sellers . |
| 17 | Lesley-Anne Cull , who is writing a parents ' handbook on the subject , would like to hear from you . |
| 18 | For example , Andre Agassi uses Kevlar for the main ( vertical ) strings and Babolat VS gut for the cross strings to add ‘ resilience ’ to the strings — that is improving the strings ' ability to regain their original shape after impact with the ball . |
| 19 | On the one hand , the supporters need to learn how not to collude with any counterproductive dynamics of the institution they are trying to serve ( such as the expectation of direct advice , collusion with which would further heighten the expert image of the ‘ deskilling ’ specialist come to deliver solutions ) ; on the other hand , since their primary task is augmenting the teachers ' own skills , they must be able to cope with attributed evasion of responsibility , with not knowing their job , with letting people down . |
| 20 | Mick O'Donnell is considering an instructors ' conference in the UK during 1992 . |
| 21 | Sovereign offers generous child reductions at most hotels , providing the child is sharing the parents ' room . |
| 22 | There has been a substantial advance in real-terms pay under our Administration , and this year the pay award that has been made for the current year is increasing the teachers ' pay bill overall by 11.3 per cent . |
| 23 | And yet at the same time the government is squeezing the railways ' investment budget in an attempt to improve efficiency . |
| 24 | French sports minister Frederique Bredin is boycotting the Springboks ' opening match in Bordeaux on Saturday because of the make-up of the squad . |
| 25 | Will my right hon. Friend reassure the House that , by rejecting the social chapter , he is rejecting the strikers ' friend and the creep of socialism ? |
| 26 | That , too , is raising the neighbours ' ire . |
| 27 | He might have been planning a Cooks ' Tour . |
| 28 | They turned round and said I was wasting the officers ' time , looking around searching for me , but I could n't go anywhere with all the doors locked . |
| 29 | Now , hands on hips , she was checking the girls ' work . |
| 30 | Juliet was passing the nurses ' station when an idea came to her . |