Example sentences of "be [v-ing] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the meantime he had been pursuing a policy of rationalizing the trade by buying patent and grain distillery businesses that were in difficulty , collaborating closely with the large blending houses . |
| 2 | ‘ This Government has been pursuing an energy strategy that was wrong in conception and incompetent in execution . ’ |
| 3 | The Soviets are building a total of six such pipelines , each one between 3000 and 4000 km long . |
| 4 | But that may not happen soon … so the Tajiks … with extraordinary commitment are building a school for their children … with their bare hands . |
| 5 | We are building a park on the land . |
| 6 | The contract provides marine crews , towing vessels and full catering services for a Dutch/American joint partnership of offshore construction contractors , Heerema and McDermott , who are building a jacket and topside modules for the new Goodwyn A platform for Woodside Offshore Petroleum Pty Ltd . |
| 7 | For the group of ardent rail enthusiasts are building a 46ft x 13ft replica of Biggleswade station , Bedfordshire . |
| 8 | The site was uncovered by Thames Water engineers , who are building a water treatment pipeline . |
| 9 | The site was uncovered by Thames Water engineers , who are building a water treatment pipeline . |
| 10 | The £1.7 million striker declared : ‘ We are building a squad , but to talk about winning titles at this stage is n't on . |
| 11 | Would you say that you are building a reputation in eccentric roles ? necessarily eccentric — that just sounds a gimmick . |
| 12 | MCDEVITT STREET Bovis are building a reputation in the healthcare sector , having recently won a US$30 million contract in their home town of Charlotte , North Carolina . |
| 13 | Unix System Laboratories Inc 's ex-director of strategic marketing Paul Calkin has surfaced as a principal in Systems & Software Integration & Distribution Inc where he and his staff are building a business consulting personal computer and low-end Unix companies on high-end strategic and sales issues . |
| 14 | ‘ We are building a team at Hillsborough which will be challenging for all the honours in the game . |
| 15 | We are building a $50-million isomerisation unit at our Castellon refinery to produce more unleaded motor spirit . |
| 16 | The Italians are building a series of barriers at its three inlets to protect the city during a storm . |
| 17 | If you are building a trailer , fit a suspension rated for a trailer heavier than the actual weight . |
| 18 | Distillers MG and AGA Gas are building an air separation plant near Sheffield . |
| 19 | If you are applying for planning permission yourself , include a letter stating the planning merits of your proposal and also any personal circumstances you think are relevant — for example , that you are building an extension for an elderly relative . |
| 20 | They are opposing a bid by the Cotton Club to stay open until 2am . |
| 21 | They are opposing a bid by the Cotton Club to stay open until 2am . |
| 22 | EUROPE 'S two A-bomb powers , Britain and France , are opposing an attempt to change the way that the EEC handles its nuclear trade . |
| 23 | If the patient has been seeing a physiotherapist privately , it still may be necessary to involve a second , specialist physiotherapist , if the patient stops progressing . |
| 24 | The first thing I learnt more or less was thkarni which means — well she said it meant — this white stork we 've been seeing a lot of . |
| 25 | The girl had been seeing a lot of another young man , an estate agent called Jose , and that association continued after the marriage — long after ! |
| 26 | THE NEW generation of personal computers that plug into company computer-networks are proving a boon to computer spies . |
| 27 | By sending permanent representatives to the courts of Europe the Ottomans would have been accepting a kind of regular and established contact with the west which denied their most deeply held assumptions , which implied an at least partial renunciation of the inherent superiority to the Christian world which they claimed , and which for a surprisingly long time , even after the balance of military strength had turned decisively against them , seemed to almost all of them unnecessary and to promise no real advantage . |
| 28 | GUILDFORD Counselling Centre — part of the Surrey Alcohol and Drug Advisory Service — are manning a stand at the Friary Centre , Guildford on Monday . |
| 29 | If , however , you are reconditioning an engine anyway , the fitting of the valve seats will only increase your expense marginally so the return will probably be after only 5,000 miles . |
| 30 | She 's been eating a seagull . |