Example sentences of "[noun] is [v-ing] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A great deal is riding on those words and what they produce . |
| 2 | And the odour can be carried as much as a mile away if the wind is blowing in that direction . |
| 3 | If high unemployment continues what good is training to most people in West Belfast ? |
| 4 | The problems are most acute in Africa where population pressures are also greatest , though modification of South American savannas is increasing ; desertification is occurring in some areas as a result of overgrazing . |
| 5 | The gardens outside my window are bowing down to the heat of the afternoon , but my mind is racing in this stillness , like a dust devil on the apparently windless plains . |
| 6 | On an application for renewal of registration , the Law Society may require the registered foreign lawyer to provide to the Society evidence satisfactory to the Society that the registered foreign lawyer is complying with any indemnity rules or is exempt from them . |
| 7 | R.5(6) provides that a shareholder shall not exercise any voting rights in respect of any share held in breach of any part of R.5 — a breach could come about either because a shareholder is not permitted to be a shareholder or because a shareholder is holding for another person who is not permitted to be a beneficial owner . |
| 8 | Benjamin Jowett ( 181793 ) , Master of Balliol College , Oxford , and one of the modernizing dons who supported endeavours to extend university education and to attract men from new social classes to Oxford , considered that " classical study is getting in some respects worn out , and the plan proposed [ the introduction of English Language and Literature at Oxford ] would breathe new life into it . |
| 9 | Faldo is asking for less hype and a return to the days when the biennial encounter was a friendly , usually won by the Americans . |
| 10 | I pay tribute to the increasing attention that the industry is giving to these aspects . |
| 11 | INDUSTRY is preparing for another assault on advance corporation tax . |
| 12 | Also , the roof is leaking in several places , there are cracks appearing on the parapet , which need , even to my eyes , need to be filled . |
| 13 | By that time , Freud certainly had moved on a bit , from the earlier , perhaps rather narrow concentration on the repression and he was moving into the second er era of psycho psychoanalysis when there was an emphasis more on the total personality on the ego and its mechanisms of defence , to quote a title of a famous book by , and I think this is more the kind of thing that Freud is doing in this book , where you , you see not just the repressions in the unconscious , but the whole personality , and you understand it , in terms of its various defensive erm , structures , and the way which it carried out its repression . |
| 14 | While part of friendship is caring about each other to a greater or lesser degree , caring for one another is not an element inherent in the routine organization of friendship … the majority of routine friendships are not particularly well suited for providing the sort of caring community care entails , notwithstanding the friendship ideals that might make one think they would be . |
| 15 | The marriage is failing with both parties complaining about the lack of affection and sexual contact between them . |
| 16 | As the Sun is passing through that part of your solar chart traditionally related to hopes , you should now be in fine fettle and not unduly affected by others ' lack of support . |
| 17 | The total area of the interface , over which the spreading is occurring at any instant , is determined by these larger eddies . |
| 18 | The Federation of European Wholesale and International Trade Associations is calling for all references to traders ' responsibility to be removed . |
| 19 | Late last year ( UX No 362 ) , Phil Hestor , vice president of systems and technology at IBM 's Advanced Workstation Division in Austin , Texas , described how multi-processing for the RS/6000 range would start with a four-way offering rising to a maximum of 16 CPUs , with clustering required thereafter : it looks like IBM is sticking to that tack . |
| 20 | But wherever they end up , there 's a good chance they 'll be moved on again in the next few weeks — 28 groups have been moved on in the last 18 months and the County Council is moving on another group from Kirtlington , north of Oxford tomorrow . |
| 21 | I mean if obviously the child is reacting in some way or feels that they ca n't even relax when they 're at home , erm then someone 's overstepped the mark . |
| 22 | It is therefore unsurprising to note that parents fear the prospect of having a child with Down 's Syndrome , and seek to determine , at a prenatal stage , whether their child is suffering from this handicap . |
| 23 | Answer guide : This question is looking for some discussion around the realization and prudence principles . |
| 24 | For the LEA inspectors confidence is lacking in both senses stated above . |
| 25 | The latter is a book in which the author is firing on all cylinders . |
| 26 | Farmers say an increase in the badger population is leading to more cases of tuberculosis in cattle.In the past three years , cases of bovine TB have doubled in one county alone . |
| 27 | It does appear that ITV is indulging in some manipulation of the finale , instead of reflecting it as they should . |
| 28 | Meanwhile , speculation continues that the Greek collector is looking for more aircraft for his collection and is working hard to return one of his Shacks to airworthy condition and back to the UK ! |
| 29 | The Women 's Royal Voluntary Service is appealling for more people to help them with their meals on wheels service . |
| 30 | Apparently she 's got a problem that the oil pollution is coming off this site where they 're refurbishing the boilers . |