Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] at the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | it 's got to pay off , because he wo n't be struggling at the end of this year to be trying to read and write , he will of achieved that |
| 2 | In addition the rights must still be subsisting at the date of the court 's order ( Kirkwood v Johnson ( 1979 ) 38 P & CR 392 ) . |
| 3 | Many take the view that there should be timetabling at the start of legislation to enable it to be seen that Members are dealing with all parts of legislation from the word go . |
| 4 | New shoots will already be appearing at the base of many herbs , and marjoram and mints respond well to this treatment . |
| 5 | The youthful trio of Scott Booth , Duncan Ferguson and Stephen Wright are all acknowledged , meanwhile , to be knocking at the door of opportunity with a greater urgency than most — apart from the indisposed Eoin Jess . |
| 6 | It seemed for the barest fraction of an instant that a smile might be knocking at the underside of that granite jaw . |
| 7 | Earlier this month , people were reported to be dying at the rate of 30 a day from hunger and the effects of Serb shelling . |
| 8 | At one point earlier this month townspeople were reported to be dying at the rate of 30 a day from shellfire and starvation . |
| 9 | They will be meeting at the beginning of April . |
| 10 | It was ten seconds or so before I realized I was supposed to be looking at the inside of the wooden door . |
| 11 | I will therefore be looking at the range of measures on offer to ensure that as we come out of the recession they offer unemployed people practical and effective help in getting back to work . ’ |
| 12 | In this chapter we shall be looking at the range of sexual opinions , ideas and practices in Britain today : for the most part , it must be expected , broadly similar among the majority of our fellow countrymen but extending widely beyond these broad norms in many individuals or groups . |
| 13 | Next week on the programme we 'll be looking at the position of religion in Scotland . |
| 14 | This week to mark the anniversary we 'll be looking at the work of Oxfam around the world . |
| 15 | Next Tuesday it 's the turn of drama and literature , and I shall be looking at the place of Britain in Europe with the help of Gabriel Droskapovchy . |
| 16 | One of them , Dr Andrew Price of York University , said he would be looking at the impact of the spill on turtles , shrimps and dolphins . |
| 17 | We shall be looking at the process of registering a death in chapter 11 . |
| 18 | A windfall or an inheritance is not out of the question , and we could be looking at the end of March , May or October-November for a material or financial boost . |
| 19 | They should be looking at the number of guns held illegally . ’ |
| 20 | In this sense we will be looking at the practice of ‘ theorizing ’ as much as at what the theories actually have to say . |
| 21 | I mean , I 'm not saying I want us to be living at the top of a tower block on some vandalized estate but there 's more to life than this , I know there is . ’ |
| 22 | Mr Lamont forecasts that the economy will be growing at the rate of three per cent per year in 12 months ' time ; he would have carried more conviction , if he had not made the same ‘ jam tomorrow ’ forecast a year ago . |
| 23 | And then I was late , when I got round there I thought well she 'll at least be waiting at the top of the drive , if not at the top of the road . |
| 24 | ‘ It seems that the farmers will be benefiting at the expense of the consumers . |
| 25 | BASCELT ( British Association of State Colleges in English Language Teaching ) members may be benefiting at the expense of Arels schools , and the UK may be losing out to the US and other Anglophone countries when it comes to perceived value for money . |
| 26 | The minority , including Eleanor Rathbone , while not opposed to the redistribution of income in favour of the poor ( Rathbone , 1949 , p. 29 ) , argued that they should also be aiming at the redistribution of income in favour of those with family responsibilities within each income group . |
| 27 | And now finally — as we always seem to be saying at the conclusion of our news bulletins — perhaps I can be allowed one or two serious observations . |
| 28 | HCTB in their recently published new Mastercraft series and HCIMA in their proposed Certificate , which will replace the Professional Qualification Part A and the Diploma which will be tabled at the next meeting of the HCIMA Education and Development Committee which I will be attending at the end of January 1989 . |
| 29 | We have had a lot of delay getting suitable material from John Ranford and Chris Roles regarding Will Aid but I gather that this is now to be ready by the end of the month and hopefully Euan will be starting at the beginning of July if we can plan accordingly . |
| 30 | The new Teacher Training Course at Horley ( four terms of four Saturdays and one residential weekend per term with piano as an optional extra ) will be commencing at the end of January . |