Example sentences of "is [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Classification of functional gut disorders is proliferating at present , but there is much overlap of various functional symptom clusters and labelling these does not necessarily prove a common cause and may lend a false validity to the diagnosis . |
| 32 | Last night , the United Kingdom Offshore Operators ' Association conceded that the ‘ sword of Damaclese ’ is hanging over oil drilling plans . |
| 33 | Not every statement made in the course of a judgment is binding as part of the ratio decidendi of the case . |
| 34 | The Law Society published guidelines in question and answer form as to accounting for commission received on 23 October 1991 in 88 L S Gazette 33. ( b ) Professional undertakings An undertaking given by a solicitor in the course of his practice or by his employee on his behalf or by a solicitor qua solicitor ( whether or not in the course of his practice ) and made with the intent that it should be relied upon is binding in law upon that solicitor personally . |
| 35 | The PDS-3 machines , which the company says it is pitching between Sun 's Sparcstation 2 and Sparcstation 10 offerings — will be available in the UK from Pinnacle Data Systems Europe Ltd , Dunstable , Bedfordshire — formerly known as Unix Solutions and now trading under the Pinnacle name — with European distributors being lined up . |
| 36 | RESEARCHERS in Europe are delighted with the quality of images which the US 's latest land-mapping satellite , Landsat 4 , is transmitting to Earth . |
| 37 | Liz Dolan ( who was top of the pops in 1991 with Airtours ) is sticking to Spring Ram . |
| 38 | Behind , beneath and about him are the oldest and dearest friends of the cause — whilst a liberated slave , now a delegate , is looking up to Clarkson with deep interest , and the hand of friendship is resting with affection on his arm , in fellowship and protection . |
| 39 | She is struggling through grass-mesh — not flying |
| 40 | The delimited field thus consists of agents and institutions and involves three types of struggle — those between ‘ makers ’ of art ( between , say , makers of consecrated art , makers of avant-garde , heretical art , and makers of ‘ middle brow ’ art ( ‘ art moyen ’ ) such as photography , cinema , and jazz , which also is struggling for consecration by the institutions ) , those between makers and ‘ marketers ’ ( in essence the institutions ) , and those between marketers . |
| 41 | With leading scorer Chris Armstrong Cup-tied , Coppell must field a patchwork attack because Paul Williams and Chris Coleman are definitely out and youngster George Ndah is struggling for fitness . |
| 42 | The young go fast on the perimeter path , and the old take the way more slowly , but each man is struggling for speed , because speed is warmth . |
| 43 | The other person does not want the relationship to end , although this can be the outcome , but perhaps feels subjected to unreasonable demands or expectations , or is struggling with guilt or frustration , or feels neglected and unwanted . |
| 44 | The three big economies are at different stages of the economic cycle : while America is struggling with recession , Japan and Germany are still fighting inflation , giving rise to differences in interest-rate policies and attitudes towards the risk of inflation . |
| 45 | Striker David Holmes is struggling with injury , while McHale is also considering resting YTS defenders Steve Swales and Jon Rocca . |
| 46 | Firstly , Dustin is hidden under a folding bed which he is repairing in readiness for his first sexual experience , and then he is off-camera , talking to his parents , in the one comic-satiric scene that Woody Allen might not have disowned . |
| 47 | She only does part-time at an estate agent 's , but audio typing is demanding on concentration . |
| 48 | Slowly you realise your house is drowning in dust . |
| 49 | They 're competing for access to male pouches , what mammalian males are doing is competing for access to female uteruses because it 's only in a female uterus that an offspring can develop if you 're a mammal . |
| 50 | They continually threaten , nudge and jostle each other ; what they are doing is competing for rank . |
| 51 | TransTools SA , a Spanish software company backed totally by private capital , is competing with Oracle Corp , Informix Corp and Sybase Inc . |
| 52 | CCL is catering to chip demands from local Sparc cloners such as Tatung , Datatech , Twinhead , Sampo and Chicony . |
| 53 | Surface runoff is rapid as is leaching from mineral horizons , and locally , in channels , there are flushed soils . |
| 54 | It 's the final of ‘ New Faces ‘ 88 ’ and the theatre is crackling with excitement . |
| 55 | The unexpected cohesive system of genetics of molecular drive could permit long-term changes in biological organisation which might lead to both pre-mating and post-mating barriers , and the formation of new species ; not within a population , for the change is occurring in unison , but between different , separate , populations . |
| 56 | Further large-scale deforestation is occurring in response to government-sanctioned development projects , many of which involve cash cropping and ranching . |
| 57 | As is the case with the parasitic wasp , it seems that sex allocation is occurring in response to environmental variation . |
| 58 | By the time ‘ taking stock ’ is occurring in preparation for the annual report to parents , priorities are being considered for next year 's Plan . |
| 59 | Thus if a member has a sound reason for believing that some malpractice is occurring in connection with the council 's funds , he is under a public duty to inform the council . |
| 60 | Revolutions occur from time to time in nearly every field of science , and I believe that such a revolution is occurring in medicine — largely through the impact of complementary medicine . |