Example sentences of "is [v-ing] with [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To our church came such spiritual giants as Rev Reginald Barlett of Samoa , and the South Seas , Miss Mabel Shaw of Mbershi , whose adopted daughter is helping with modern Zambia , a housewoman from Dr Ida Scudder 's hospital at Velore , central India and a missionary from China who knew about the conditions there and in Hong Kong , and who had also met Toyohiko Kagawa of Japan and knew that , in very truth , this son of a Geisha and who knows who , was a world figure , now pleading at the League of Nations for more attention to World Health than to armaments . |
| 2 | And it may be a comforting thought to some that an Australian company is experimenting with eco-friendly coffins made of newspapers , which are cheap and biodegradable . |
| 3 | The Inner London Education Authority ( ILEA ) records in schools throughout its area for this purpose ; the BBC 's Open University Production Centre has recently produced a series for the training of adult education tutors following this approach ; the British Council is experimenting with edited lessons which are accompanied by an extensive index to help trainers put together their own selection of classroom examples . |
| 4 | They are most useful in education , because students are able to get a fast turn-round while at the same time learning the principles of operation of a particular software package , and in draft map production , where a cartographer is experimenting with different map designs . |
| 5 | DOUG LAUGHTON , whose Leeds side is struggling with three wins from eight Championship matches , last night vowed : ‘ The good times will come back to Headingley . ’ |
| 6 | This spring the University is collaborating with other groups and institutions in the city and county to organise a Festival of Europe . |
| 7 | It has new modules for Sceptre and Senator ; it is collaborating with another unnamed software house on a broking evaluation product , which is about to be tested . |
| 8 | Now for the second of the two posters , which Guinness Today is producing with kind permission of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents . |
| 9 | The Third World is competing with inadequate resources for sources of energy that are essential to begin and maintain development . |
| 10 | Using his Yamaha 250cc , Mono Shock trials bike , Alan McDonald , who works in the Industrial Engineering Department of Stoddard , is competing with outstanding results in the Scottish Trial Championship . |
| 11 | Comparison is also used to explain a current phenomenon by comparing the past experience of the group where it is occurring with that of a group where it is not occurring . |
| 12 | I should be glad if the Minister would comment on the suggestions that have been made that there is wrangling with other Government Departments over who has to pay for these places . |
| 13 | The old man is walking with some woman and one of those red dogs from the cigarette commercials . |
| 14 | Rock City is packed , the moshpit is brimming with zealous Carpets devotees , and from the moment things explode with ‘ Generations ’ , the band and their sweaty surroundings combine to create an impression of rounded excellence . |
| 15 | The book is brimming with little aperçus : why , if dogs eat only meat , do their breaths smell of fish ? ; why , when the credits roll at the end of a film , are more songs listed than one can remember having heard ? |
| 16 | It is happening with many other crimes , as crime figures spiral out of control . |
| 17 | Walter Jaap of Florida 's Department of Marine Resources said : " We are getting very concerned that this is happening with greater frequency " . |
| 18 | Furthermore , the original intention of the 1984 Act was that the burden of proof should rest on potential proprietors to demonstrate suitability , and Harman and Harman claim that the reverse of this is happening with local authorities having to prove unsuitability . |
| 19 | I am not convinced that what is going on is a ‘ compensatory ’ secondary circuit of capital parallel to industrial production , but something is happening with residential and retail land development which appears to be separate from industrial production . |
| 20 | When it flies away it may be Pursued until it has left the vicinity — as is happening with this beleaguered golden eagle being chased by a group of aggressive ravens . |
| 21 | Mansell is driving with former Formula One and Indycar champion Mario Andretti , once his teammate with Lotus in the early 1980s , but still a rival this weekend . |
| 22 | They call it an attempt to emphasise that Macedonia is an historically and culturally Greek region just when the ex-Yugoslav Macedonia , invented and so-named after World War II by Tito , is seeking international support for its own claim to independence , so far without much success : in part because of the problem of its name , in part because of fear that it is looking with greedy eyes at Greek Macedonia . |
| 23 | The HRBMOA , which encompasses not only all the major marina and boatyard operators , but a great many other boat-related businesses on the River Hamble , is acting with one accord in this matter , despite the fact that their individual interests and aspirations are all completely different . |
| 24 | Meanwhile , insider sources suggest that Hazelwood is meeting with long-time friend Bob Dylan , to discuss the possibility of Dylan also contributing to the new Mary Chain LP . |
| 25 | Part of the pleasure of reading Lewis , when it is a pleasure , is meeting with this figure . |
| 26 | The anti-dog programme is meeting with some encouraging success , using poisoned bait which is hidden under dark ledges . |
| 27 | Seymour also condemned the commissioning of officers " not taking the Tests " , alleging " it is dispensing with all the laws at once " , whilst in the Lords speeches against the employment of Catholics in the Army came from staunch Anglicans such as Nottingham and the Bishop of London . |
| 28 | After that there are no plans to build new aircraft except for the controversial FSX , a new support-fighter based on the American F-16 that Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is developing with General Dynamics of the United States . |
| 29 | As in Australia , where Strictly Ballroom has taken the astounding sum ( for Australia ) of £4 million , British ballroom dancing is booming with new dancing schools ( tel. 071 609 1386 for details of lessons ) . |
| 30 | He is a way of Eddie explaining clearly to the reader what his views are on Rodolpho 's sexuality for instance without the subtleness of when he is conversing with another character . |