Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] is [adv] [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He played only 95 full games for Arsenal and is now peddling the last of his talent at Exeter , where he 's rumoured to have fallen out with manager Alan Ball . |
| 2 | Indeed , comparative legal analysis forms a well-recognised feature of traditional legal scholarship and is increasingly becoming a focus of legal study in its own right . |
| 3 | Dr Mikehe qualified at Liverpool University steps in for regular hooker Paul Hackett who was dismissed in somewhat debatable circumstances against Richmond last Saturday and is still awaiting the date of his hearing . |
| 4 | It jumped headfirst into the 1980s property boom and is now paying the price : the ebbing tide has revealed not only severe recession damage , but also gaping holes which should have been plugged years ago . |
| 5 | Watson had been given a hard time from the Wednesday crowd before those goals but is now hoping the tide has turned . |
| 6 | A TALENTED teenager gets a kick out of football but is also hitting a high note as a singer . |
| 7 | The collision was on a town centre route that is fast becoming an accident blackspot . |
| 8 | Every diocese that is actively pursuing the problem has appointed a Redundant Churches Uses Committee whose task it is to seek out suitable alternative uses . |
| 9 | ESRC has funded some of the survey work and is now supporting the production of a book based on the project to be included in the series on the Inner Cities Programme . |
| 10 | AIDS affects over 160 countries and is now taking an increasingly heavy toll . |
| 11 | The worsening unemployment , poverty and despair have fostered the fascist ‘ Taukei ’ movement which was behind last year 's coups and is currently shaping the country 's political future . |
| 12 | The smash sequel has already taken the United States by storm and is now doing the same here . |
| 13 | Lamb 's solicitor Alan Herd , who represented him at the 50-minute hearing , said : ‘ Allan is very unhappy with the decision and is urgently considering an appeal to the Cricket Council . |
| 14 | Again , we do not have room to delve into the fascinating area of population changes , but it is clearly true that in the Western world there is an older and ageing population that is radically altering the shape of the population curve . |
| 15 | The line was uprated to be capable of manufacturing a complete barrier five layer plastic tube and is currently supplying the free standing Colgate tube recently launched in the UK . ’ |
| 16 | According to the influential El Pais newspaper , Real 's president Ramon Mendoza has rebuked Toshack on a number of counts and is already seeking a replacement for the Welshman hired only last summer on a £1 million contract . |
| 17 | POCHIN 's construction division of the Cheshire based building and civil engineering group has attained BS5750 quality assurance approval and is now using the package on the £24m Tesco dry goods distribution warehouse being built at Middlewich . |
| 18 | Coton , last season 's choice by his fellow professionals as the country 's top goalkeeper , has been in England squads for two years but is still awaiting a first full cap . |
| 19 | Lenders have confirmed that they do not seek possession where the borrower has suffered a severe reduction in income support but is still making a regular and routine payment , nor will they repossess — which is the point that I was making — where income support is paid direct to them . |
| 20 | Although the ledger solution , where available , is fine , for many small to medium-sized businesses it 's obviously not the best option within an organisation that is already using a variety of ledgers . |
| 21 | Central South has two of the best circuits and most of the best drivers … our guide to the track is Gary Chapman from Chinnor … he races for the Shenington Club in Oxfordshire … has won three British Championships and is currently leading the race for this year 's crown … |
| 22 | Whilst with JM Liz has successfully completed the Institute of Personnel Management examinations and is currently taking the Open University Effective Manager course . |
| 23 | Catherine settled down to her studies and is now beginning a university degree . |
| 24 | Priestley received £3,000 and is now eyeing the £30,000 first prize at the Embassy World Championship . |
| 25 | Once an arm of the Post Office as a government department , telecommunications was first re-located ( 1969 ) in a public corporation and is now experiencing a ‘ liberalisation ’ phase as the present government has introduced an element of competition into the provision of telecommunication services through re-definition of the British Telecom monopoly . |
| 26 | The latest revelation about the Government 's courting of minority parties came amid persistent speculation at Westminster that , on the Europe question , Mr Major has lost control and is effectively running a minority Government . |
| 27 | This is after only eighteen months of Labour control and is rapidly becoming the of the North . |
| 28 | Erm so you need to develop a system that 's going to always give you a method and is always making the work easier for you and not getting you lost . |
| 29 | It need n't mean that Dostoevsky had been telling lies and is now telling the truth in the privacy of his own notebooks . |
| 30 | It is a luxurious 87-room hotel overlooking the bay and is currently undergoing a complete overhaul at considerable cost . |