Example sentences of "[be] undergoing [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Yugoslavia and other parts of Eastern Europe are undergoing democratic change , while unrest continues in the USSR .
2 Since , after normal ovulation , between 6 and 12 eggs are recovered , success is measured by the number which are undergoing mitotic division and the number of divisions which can be analysed .
3 Hamilton also points out that the replacement of forest by well-maintained agricultural terraces may actually reduce the amount of soil erosion , and Ives ( 1987 ) provides a timely reminder that the Himalaya are undergoing tectonic uplift which itself may be of sufficient magnitude a account for much of the increased sediment load of the major drainage systems .
4 The social and economic functions of the countryside are undergoing marked change , in response both to significant shifts in agricultural , environmental and planning policies and to increasing demands placed on rural land .
5 These too are undergoing rapid improvement and new devices , such as the scanning ‘ soft ’ ( low energy X-ray microscope , show great promise .
6 For courses in which all units , or core units , are undergoing national development of unit specifications , it is intended that specified existing courses in these and closely related subjects will be converted to the new format for candidate enrolment in :
7 Many are undergoing considerable change at present .
8 By using the detachment technique during the course of the regression , it is possible for the hypnotherapist to ensure that you do not suffer in any way — if , for example , you are undergoing past-life regression and you came to a painful and untimely end in an earlier life .
9 FOR the first time in more than 20 years the Drummond Locomotive Society 's Class M7 locomotive No. 30053 hauled a passenger train at the East Anglian Railway Museum where it has been undergoing major restoration work .
10 Over recent years , China has been undergoing large-scale reform and the management processes are changing rapidly .
11 Held motionless in zero gravity by the robots with no input of information whatever , the three had been undergoing sensory deprivation for the past hour .
12 He has been undergoing expensive treatment and is trying to raise cash for the Ray Kennedy Trust Fund to help sufferers of the disease .
13 Since then those lines have been undergoing separate evolution , giving rise to yet further , more recent branches .
14 The 29-year-old has been suffering from the problem for several weeks , and has been undergoing regular physiotherapy treatment .
15 The UK car component industry has been undergoing severe contraction owing to the rationalisation strategies of UK assemblers and the increasing tendency for foreign-owned assemblers to supply the market through imports .
16 The former Villa player sustained the injury in a European tie against Panathanikos recently and has been undergoing intensive treatment .
17 But it is an aspect that appears to be undergoing significant change .
18 These three , also from South Ronaldsay , had been abused , and were undergoing extensive questioning about it .
19 In a randomised study of 16 patients with idiopathic recurrent pancreatitis who were undergoing hydrostatic balloon dilation of the pancreatic duct sphincter , somatostatin given intravenously at a dose of 250 µg/hour one hour before and 12 hours after dilatation reduced the incidence and severity of acute pancreatitis compared with placebo .
20 As he knows , the research effort in the Ministry of Defence is undergoing substantial change in terms of the Defence Research Agency .
21 The structure of the labour force in Britain is undergoing radical change ( see table below ) .
22 Not only do new computer tools present them with challenges and opportunities but the very material they store and make available to the public is undergoing radical change as more and more records are produced solely in electronic form .
23 Although traditional remedial education is undergoing radical reform , major problems remain .
24 The basic view to be explored is that the nature of education management is undergoing major change as a result of the Education Reform Acts of 1986 and 1988 — and particularly by the local management of schools and open enrolment elements of the latter .
25 Barrie Lamb stated that the job would have been completed earlier had DRPS not been diverted into rescuing additional rolling stock such as their current working steam loco , a Peckett 0-4-0 ST which is undergoing extensive winter repairs .
26 A MOTHER is undergoing psychiatric treatment following a frenzied knife attack on her sons , aged seven and nine .
27 Pears himself died in 1986 , leaving a new generation of British tenors to emerge from beneath his shadow at a time when Britten 's own work is undergoing vital reassessment and revival .
28 Four-year-old , Laura Davies , is undergoing life-saving liver and bowel surgery in the United States .
29 Family life in Britain is undergoing unprecedented change .
30 Niles , too , is undergoing painful restructuring .
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