Example sentences of "is [verb] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | JACK Johnson , general secretary of the Club and Institute Union who is to retire in October . |
| 2 | Sam Whitbread , chairman of Whitbread since 1984 , is to retire in July 1992 and will be replaced by Sir Michael Angus , chairman of Unilever . |
| 3 | SIMON WILLIS is the new director of Motability , succeeding KEN KEEN who is to retire in June . |
| 4 | The best advice is to go in search of some coaching . |
| 5 | It is also important that the teacher is quite familiar with the electronic equipment he is using in order to get the best results from his efforts . |
| 6 | There could be all the difference in the world between 500 and about 500 , and it 's important to know the margins of tolerance a person is using in order to interpret them . |
| 7 | This is cone in part by an analysis of history and this is the technique that is using in Formen . |
| 8 | Rachel , 25 , is recovering in Liverpool 's Broadgreen Hospital after allegedly being given the designer drug ecstacy at a party . |
| 9 | A man is recovering in Frenchay Hospital , Bristol , after falling from the Severn Bridge . |
| 10 | He escaped with just a broken wrist and is recovering in Wolverhampton Manor Hospital . |
| 11 | Mrs Garnett , who had the operation on Thursday , is recovering in hospital . |
| 12 | The younger boy is recovering in hospital after a kitchen knife was plunged into his chest at his home in Bath , Avon . |
| 13 | Two of the main characters are Julian , who is writing a thesis on ‘ neopostdeconstructionism ’ , and Decibel , a voice he hears inside his head when he is recovering in hospital from an accident . |
| 14 | An elderly woman who had been missing and feared dead is recovering in hospital after a helicopter search found her . |
| 15 | A ten year old boy is recovering in hospital after being savaged by his neighbour 's dog . |
| 16 | A sub-postmaster is recovering in hospital after being pistol whipped by a would-be robber . |
| 17 | Michael Heseltine is recovering in hospital tonight after suffering a heart attack while on holiday in Italy . |
| 18 | His wife was also shot and is recovering in hospital . |
| 19 | Coronation Street star Lynne Perrie is recovering in hospital after collapsing from an asthma attack . |
| 20 | A TWO-year-old girl is recovering in hospital after a savage attack by her family pet dog . |
| 21 | A NINE-YEAR-OLD girl is recovering in hospital after being struck by a car near the North-East coast at the weekend . |
| 22 | Motorcyclist Philip Hague , 26 of Langdale Road , Scarborough , is recovering in hospital after the crash . |
| 23 | The victim , Bernard Cox is recovering in hospital . |
| 24 | DAVID Foster , 47 , from Hartlepool , is recovering in Newcastle 's Royal Victoria Infirmary after being airlifted from an oil rig suffering from a knee injury . |
| 25 | Each section of the roof is calculated in turn , which can be quite complicated if the house has a bay or a hipped roof , and allowances made for corners which are near outlets . |
| 26 | A week 's pay is calculated in accordance with a series of statutory rules . |
| 27 | If the auction process fails — for example because no bids are received — the shares remain in the ownership of the former holder and the dividend is increased to a rate , known as the default rate , which is calculated in accordance with a prescribed formula . |
| 28 | Example 4:4 Turnover rent YIELDING AND PAYING THEREFOR by equal quarterly payments in advance on the usual quarter days : ( 1 ) the annual sum of £ ( " the basic rent " ) ; and ( 2 ) such sum as is calculated in accordance with the Schedule hereto ( " the turnover rent " ) SCHEDULE ( 1 ) In this schedule the following expressions have the following meanings : ( a ) " gross turnover " means the aggregate of all sums : ( i ) received by the tenant in return for goods supplied or services rendered in the course of any trade or business carried on by him in the demised property or partly in the demised property and partly elsewhere ; and ( ii ) payable to the tenant by any person in consideration of the use or occupation of the whole or any part of the demised property ( b ) " a rental year " means a period of twelve calendar months beginning on ( c ) " net turnover " means the gross turnover less : ( i ) any sum actually paid by the tenant to HM Commissioners of Customs and Excise by way of VAT or other tax chargeable on the supply of goods or services ; ( ii ) any sum refunded by the tenant to his customers in respect of defective or unsatisfactory goods or services ; ( iii ) per cent of any sums received by the tenant in return for services for which orders are received at the demised property but are performed wholly elsewhere ( d ) " qualified accountant " means a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales ( 2 ) The turnover rent for a rental year shall be : ( a ) per cent of the net turnover for the year immediately preceding that rental year exceeding £ but less than £ and ( b ) per cent of the net turnover for the year immediately preceding that rental year exceeding £ but less than £ ( 3 ) Within one month after the beginning of each rental year ( time being of the essence ) the tenant shall deliver to the landlord a certificate signed by a qualified accountant of the tenant 's gross turnover and net turnover for the year immediately preceding that rental year . |
| 29 | Where the transfer between husband and wife is one on sale , the fee is calculated in accordance with Scale A , of the 1992 Fee Order on the amount of the consideration . |
| 30 | People who become disabled as a result of industrial injury or disease may also claim disablement benefit , which is paid in compensation for the disability itself , and is calculated in relation to the assessed level or percentage of disability suffered as a result of employment . |