Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun] [is] [v-ing] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Writing books for children is becoming increasingly complex , as the arbiters of the modern child 's mores — librarians , teachers and publishers — lay down ever more stringent criteria . |
| 2 | The Association of Carers is campaigning vigorously on their behalf for more professional and financial support . |
| 3 | The fear of unemployment is hitting everywhere , particularly in the south-east . |
| 4 | And the actual practice of benchmarking is increasing both in depth and extent . |
| 5 | The Prison Department in England is moving tentatively in the same direction . |
| 6 | A college in Worcester is celebrating more than one hundred and twenty five years at the top . |
| 7 | The use of computers within taxonomy is developing rapidly in response to these perceived limitations . |
| 8 | These trends are particularly marked in manufacturing industry where the work force is falling and the capital investment per worker is rising rapidly . |
| 9 | Jane had English and biology A-levels , but she found that anyone could enrol as a mature student for training in speech therapy ; however , entry to courses is becoming increasingly competitive . |
| 10 | The opposition at home is growing ever stronger . |
| 11 | He declared that ‘ Our recently announced plan to reshape IBM into a spectrum of businesses is moving forward aggressively throughout the world , and a better focused IBM is emerging . |
| 12 | With larger lenders , the assessment of credit-worthiness is becoming increasingly objective . |
| 13 | Life in this part of Poland is changing rapidly and now is the right time to see it and to meet the Polish people who live here or those on holiday from the cities . |
| 14 | The number of books , theses and bound copies of periodicals is increasing so greatly that many libraries have a serious storage problem . |
| 15 | This kind of attitude is becoming increasingly outdated , given the number of top alternative comedians who have learned their craft at least partly outside London . |
| 16 | A third kind of digitizer is becoming more popular . |
| 17 | But this kind of MP is becoming relatively rare . |
| 18 | And nobody Even the church I mean I know the church ca n't agree on anything at the moment , we 're sitting here just down the road of course , the general synod of the church of whatsit and the archbishop of thingummybob is sitting there over their muesli and cornflakes I should imagine at the moment , or a late brunch , erm n not saying anything . |
| 19 | And are you confident that the friendly brand of computer is coming fairly soon , or is there resistance to it amongst the professionals ? |
| 20 | The slog , however , is slow and the ghost of RPG is proving hard to lay to rest . |
| 21 | In medicine the issue of economics is becoming evermore prevalent . |
| 22 | Thus Sorel in an interesting historical evaluation of the theory concludes that ‘ The human capital engine of analysis is performing most adequately , albeit not spectacularly , and the movement is alive and well . ’ |
| 23 | It is useful , tentatively , to distinguish two elements in Quine 's thinking here : his commitment to naturalism and rejection of the need for epistemology to exercise ‘ scruples about circularity ’ ; and his list of acceptable sciences , which excludes all of the social and human sciences , cognitive psychology , etc . |
| 24 | The scene in Belfast is growing as more people start realising that you have to put some effort in to make it work . |
| 25 | To summarise , it would appear that rugby in Ulster is becoming more and more insular which can do nothing but harm in the development of the game here . |
| 26 | ( a ) Exchange of contracts Exchange by telephone is becoming more and more common in all cases , and is essential in cases of a chain of such transactions . |
| 27 | Factory farming of salmon is producing too many fish for too small a market . |
| 28 | and what I concern myself with now is that this sort of thing is becoming too obvious in the area , this kind of development , this kind of an infringement in villages , looking for , somebody 's got to make a stand against it , er and I hope that we shall in this Parish Council |
| 29 | ‘ This sort of thing is happening more and more because the criminals think they can get away with it . |
| 30 | Spiritually we understand the true nature of sex is giving rather than getting , therefore it is dishonest to raise expectations in our partner that we can not rightfully fulfil . |