Example sentences of "is [v-ing] [num] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Blake is using one sense after the other , as you have learned to do . |
| 2 | Bremer collects gallstones , the middle-ear bones of Dwarfs and Halflings , preserved shrunken ears ( separated into male and female , nobles and commoners ) , and one of his more distressing habits is keeping one eyeball from each of his victims if at all possible . |
| 3 | In other words the principal carer 's preference is very strongly associated with where the sufferer is living one year after referral . |
| 4 | It is paying 8.9 p.c. on £2,000 for one year . |
| 5 | LLOYD 'S broker PWS Holdings is buying 75 p.c. of insurance broker Burns-Crosson for £100,000 with the undertaking to subscribe another £50,000 for further shares on completion of the deal , and can take its shareholding to 85 p.c. by 1997 for up to a total cost of £500,000 . |
| 6 | DIPLOMA , the electronics and building components group , is buying 90 p.c. of Anachem , a Luton-based distributor of liquid chromatography systems to the pharmaceutical and research sectors , for £10.4m in cash . |
| 7 | Against all this , Conner is fielding one boat with a £7 million budget — and there is no love lost between the two men . |
| 8 | ‘ The biggest difficulty is having one foot in the committee and one on the playing field . |
| 9 | ‘ From personal observation , his chief expertise is knowing one end of a claret bottle from the other . |