Example sentences of "be [v-ing] a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This Government has been pursuing an energy strategy that was wrong in conception and incompetent in execution . ’ |
| 2 | The site was uncovered by Thames Water engineers , who are building a water treatment pipeline . |
| 3 | The site was uncovered by Thames Water engineers , who are building a water treatment pipeline . |
| 4 | We are building a $50-million isomerisation unit at our Castellon refinery to produce more unleaded motor spirit . |
| 5 | Distillers MG and AGA Gas are building an air separation plant near Sheffield . |
| 6 | If you are using a question sheet with space for percentage judgements on various topics make sure you have filled it in so that you can later compare candidates on all the headings . |
| 7 | If you act for a mortgagee on such a purchase of unregistered land , you will again need a certified copy of the mortgage document ; so be wise in time and have a spare carbon or print ( if you are using a building society or other printed form ) prepared when engrossing . |
| 8 | If you are using a removal firm ask them to provide tea-chests for all the small items , and they will pack them for you . |
| 9 | Kneel down to one side of your partner ( or stand if you are using a massage couch ) . |
| 10 | Once you have worked out the phonemic system of the language , if you are using a card file , work systematically through it , changing all phonetic transcriptions into phonemic ones . |
| 11 | If you are using a Passap/Pfaff machine , you do n't even need to ‘ translate ’ a two colour design for double jacquard but can use an ordinary Fair Isle card or sheet ( you manual tells you how ) . |
| 12 | THOUSANDS of women are using a washing machine that could kill , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 13 | If you are using a pressure cooker , steam for 30 mins then cook for 2 hrs under 15 lb pressure . |
| 14 | If you are using a PostScript printer with ROMs containing version 47 or later then you can get halfs , quarters and threequarters fractions by typing the ANSI codes ; 188 , 189 , 190 . |
| 15 | ( If you are using a table top , cut holes in the baize covering the table to feed the wires through and keep them tidy . ) |
| 16 | These rooms are nothing but a dangerous hazard for the adventurers , and best avoided , unless you are using an adventure theme which forces them to enter these terrains to regain some lost object or person ( see Adventures in Castle Drachenfels ) . |
| 17 | If you are using an extension flex reel , always uncoil it fully to prevent it from overheating . |
| 18 | NOBODY really noticed , but Neil Kinnock has been nursing a chest cold . |
| 19 | Redknapp added : ‘ The fans did n't realise I had been nursing a groin strain . |
| 20 | Communist Party of the Philippines — Marxist-Leninist ( CPP-ML , split from the pro-Soviet PKP in 1968 , Benito Tiamzon ch. , Saturnino Ocampo gen. sec. ) — the CCP-ML 's military wing , the New People 's Army ( NPA ) , has been waging a guerrilla war since 1969 ; Grand Alliance for Democracy ( GAD , established in 1987 to co-ordinate the anti-Aquino opposition in the legislative elections , the GAD included the Mindanao Alliance , Nacionalista Party , Social Democratic Party and the Kalaw wing of the Liberal Party , Juan Ponce Enrile pres . ) ; |
| 21 | The family are maintaining a bedside vigil for their son who suffered serious head injuries in the attack . |
| 22 | How can the Government conceivably justify the untruth of claiming that they are maintaining an aid programme when , according to their own figures , they have halved that provided by Labour ? |
| 23 | We could learn much from CPRE which has been administering a Campaign Fund for this purpose for a few years . |
| 24 | I 've been using a leave-in conditioner on my hair and am very pleased with the results . |
| 25 | The mother , who already has twins , had been using a fertility drug . |
| 26 | Wearing one of his more elaborate uniforms complete with medals , the monarch had been using a soda siphon , which , because of some defect , had backfired and showered him with mineral water . |
| 27 | The problem with my files would have been solved if I had been using an IBM machine — but they were way beyond my price range when I bought my first computer . |
| 28 | Elements within the media , the entertainment industry , academia , and the Democrat Party are waging a guerilla war against American values . |
| 29 | ‘ I am transmitting an instruction subset to the computer on the communications satellite , ’ said the Thing . |
| 30 | SIX United Nations military hostages , including three Britons , were freed unconditionally yesterday by Cambodia 's Khmer Rouge , who had been demanding a UN pullout . |