Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] be taking " in BNC.
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| 1 | The oil spread to the plaintiff 's wharf where welding was taking place . |
| 2 | Our survey shows that fear is taking away our freedom . |
| 3 | Almost half the respondents said they experienced feelings of disapproval , sadness or disgust ; only 26 per cent had felt anger or resentment towards the white authorities or pleasure that rioting was taking place . |
| 4 | But once one assumes that accumulation is taking place — and Marx asserts that this is the chief aim of capitalism — then the proportion of surplus-value which is unproductively consumed has quite a different significance . |
| 5 | She need n't have worried ; a brief note from Dana on the kitchen table said that Roman was taking her out to dinner and that she was not to wait up , neither was she to wake Dana in the morning ; she would come for her fitting in the afternoon . |
| 6 | Although development is taking place it is mainly benefitting the middle and upper class communities . |
| 7 | Commentators have argued that the movement from one level to the next would be too great to show teachers and children that learning is taking place ( McNicholas 1989 , Reason 1989 ) . |
| 8 | This looked promising : 3 He is produced by fusion , there is an excessive abundance of the substance in volcanic gases so maybe here was the evidence staring him in the face that fusion is taking place among the volcanic rocks . |
| 9 | The various fusion machines that a had been built were producing neutrons-supposedly a sign that fusion was taking place but the neutrons had nothing to do with thermonuclear reactions . |
| 10 | The reporters were also told that ‘ evidence that fusion was taking place was the fact that in addition to heat [ Fleischmann and Pons had ] detected the production of neutrons , tritium and helium — the expected by-products of fusion reactions ’ . |
| 11 | monitor compliance with existing regulations to ensure consistency of application across the Group and to confirm that compliance is taking place . |
| 12 | Any fishkeeper who has seen the fry 's response to the flicking of the black pelvic fins of their mother will have no doubt that communication is taking place . |
| 13 | It must above all be clear that perestroika was taking place under the auspices of the CPSU and that it would be conducted within the framework of socialism . |
| 14 | Despite the seizures police in Gloucestershire are playing down fears that crack is taking a hold in the county . |
| 15 | Killion stood and let the cold air chill him , as a kind of left-handed penance for not being at the Front where all that pounding and pulverizing of flesh and bone and blood with steel and explosive was taking place . |
| 16 | But , as chart 11 shows , in 1982–89 the growth in dividends slowed in the stabler industries where most of the takeovers and borrowing were taking place and where profits were rising , while it accelerated in cyclical industries . |
| 17 | Class war and self-interest are taking the place of Cooperation and the Common Good . |
| 18 | Class war and self-interest are taking the place of Cooperation and the Common Good . |
| 19 | There was no denying that the Soviet Embassy was large , enormous , one might say , making lilliputian a convoy of Russian lorries parked outside from which , mysteriously , soldiers in olive green and red were taking canteens of food . |
| 20 | It was quite clear that the immense strain and overwork was taking its toll , and two days later of course he had to give up and have a rest . ’ |
| 21 | Indeed the heat and glare were taking a heavier toll , and my head was buzzing . |
| 22 | Intasun and Horizon are taking backward integration even further by not only operating their own airlines but also developing or buying up hotels and holiday centres in the Mediterranean area . |
| 23 | From the adult position it will be clear that he or she was not in fact guilty of anything but that someone in a position of strength and power was taking advantage of his or her vulnerability mentally as well as physically . |
| 24 | Leopold , meanwhile , became frustrated that his wife and son were taking their journeys lightly : |
| 25 | ‘ And Frye is taking readings now , is n't he ? ’ |
| 26 | unless mum 's taking that , I know she 's reading |
| 27 | Nonetheless he believed that they were seeing genuine effects that were inexplicable unless fusion were taking place . |
| 28 | 4.33 While work is taking place with a known aggressive client or family , relevant information must always be shared with other colleagues who may be involved . |
| 29 | Hence , though change was taking place its pace has been slow , and it is unlikely there will be any fundamentally new pattern of population distribution in the urban hierarchy in the foreseeable future . |
| 30 | erm Darwin says in the origin , and I 'm sorry I ca n't read it to you , but I was desperately looking for the quotation in the origin before I can and I could n't find it but I assure you it 's there erm in which he remarks that in all probability the periods of time during which species are not changing is probably very large compared with those periods when change is taking place . |