Example sentences of "is making [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BRITISH Petroleum is to press Chancellor Norman Lamont for a reduction in North Sea taxes and is making additional cuts in capital spending to avoid the risks of further cash and dividend pressures . |
| 2 | She sighed happily , then went on , ‘ We seem to have a prospective buyer and Liz is making frantic signals to me , so I 'd better go . |
| 3 | Management may be prepared to pay this higher cost when labour is scarce and has to be attracted from alternative employment , or when a union is making strong demands for a higher quality of working life . |
| 4 | Ms Hurst , who works at Unilever 's environmental engineering department in Port Sunlight , Wirral , said : ‘ The family has told me that Berend is making great strides towards a full recovery . |
| 5 | Lance is making long-distance calls from his study — he 's looking forward to seeing you in the morning . |
| 6 | Small computers are now routinely used to perform the tasks for which photographers are employed , whilst the advent of still video is making increasing inroads into the working lives of photojournalists . |
| 7 | Chester , in particular , is making loud noises about converting some of its greenbelt for housing and light industry . |
| 8 | Blackpool rock-maker John Olsen is making sweet toes in red , white and blue . |
| 9 | SmithKline Beecham is making considerable changes in research and development that will include redundancies and new investments in R&D . |
| 10 | When he is not on the golf course , he is making large sums as a company director . |
| 11 | Solbourne reckons its solutions compare very favourably with Sequent 's Intel Corp-based SMP systems , and is making aggressive noises about the amount of business it hopes to win . |
| 12 | BGS is making geochemical tests on material from two deep boreholes at Dounreay , and investigating potential interactions between the alkali-rich cementitious material used in the construction of the repository and the saturated groundwater that would bathe it . |
| 13 | Regional Railways : Thriving under the feet of elephants Quentin Cowdry profiles a giant-slaying small firm which is making big tracks in the business of building real-life train sets |
| 14 | The SEC 's New York office is making informal inquiries into several instances when a share price moved up ahead of a favourable announcement about the restructuring of the company 's debt . |
| 15 | A down to earth British boot is making giant strides in the American fashion market . |
| 16 | The problem is long-standing in some industries but is making fresh inroads with the spread of new technology and keyboards . |
| 17 | Meanwhile , as winter descends on the world 's trouble spots , another charity is making fresh appeals for clothes and cash . |
| 18 | Earlier rate cuts are beginning to filter through the economy and the retail trade is making optimistic noises about shoppers coming back to the High Street . |
| 19 | While the Semiconductor Industry Association is making mollifying noises on the issue of penetration of the Japanese chip market , but the new US administration is showing no such reticence , and US Trade Representative Mickey Kantor says he is ‘ resolute and determined ’ to pry open Japan 's semiconductor market to more US chips — ‘ We have every intention of creating a new framework of shared responsibility with our trading partners , ’ Kantor said in remarks prepared for the Semiconductor Industry Association . |
| 20 | Perhaps the researcher is making initial studies on behalf of a new client , consulting data from companies which conduct market studies which are available to anyone who subscribes , like Nielsen , Attwood , and Mintel . |