Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] is [adv] [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the internationalists McLaren and Robertson also outstanding , Hearts were much better balanced than a Falkirk side which is now paying the penalty for a lack of urgency in defence . |
| 2 | We write as partners in a practice which is presently enduring a three month interregnum . |
| 3 | If someone comes to ask you to move your car forward a bit so he can park his 10 ton truck which is completely blocking the road , it 'll be when you 've lost the car keys . |
| 4 | But it is not the political elite which is now paying the price for any mistakes — it is the disease-ridden baby , the mother who starves herself to feed her children , the farmer without hope of land or work . |
| 5 | Ironically , the council which is now opposing the business , sings its praises in the town 's new tourism booklet , Decide on Darlington . |
| 6 | The sport which is fast becoming a popular competitive alternative to the more traditional sports like eventing and hunter trials . |
| 7 | The Award was made for a breakthrough which is already improving the diagnosis and monitoring of treatment of major diseases including cancer , AIDS , hepatitis , rubella , and fertility disorders . |
| 8 | But it is the parent who is forever admonishing the infant to ‘ be careful ’ who is more likely to instil fear into the young mind . |
| 9 | He is smiling because behind the machine he is not taking the brunt of it , and because he is an earnest yokel who does n't realise what he is doing to people . |
| 10 | Should one get out of the business altogether in order to enter another business which is probably doing the same ? |
| 11 | Compared with the quiet control ( Group K ) , there was an increased c-jun expression in both the ‘ behaving ’ groups M and N , but the increase was much more marked in the learning group ( M ) than in the group which is merely repeating an already learned behaviour ( N ) , even though in fact the chicks of Group N are eating the food grains even more avidly that those of Group M. |
| 12 | Still coaching a boys ' football team , and taking immense pride in a four-year-old grandson who is already demonstrating an enviable left-handed off-drive , he continues to look to the future . |
| 13 | At the moment it is fast becoming the nicotine of the nineties . |
| 14 | Although development is taking place it is mainly benefitting the middle and upper class communities . |
| 15 | But , and to repeat the point , in assigning cases to a category one is not measuring the property except in some very truncated sense of the term . |
| 16 | What do Feel think of the dance craze which is currently dominating the singles charts ? |
| 17 | The bearded head gardener who is always tending the apple tree ; the wise old sea-captain who never rushes to judgment ; the character you 're not quite introduced to , but who is giving you a creepy feeling by Chapter Four … pack them off into storage , all of them . |
| 18 | One of those experts — John Kremer , a university lecturer who is currently writing a book on ‘ Psychology in Sport ’ — believes that mental training is as vital as physical training if talent is to excel . |
| 19 | This is more problematic , since threats generally refer to some future contingency rather than the present , and the section requires belief that violence ‘ will be used ’ The Court of Appeal certified that a point of law of general public importance was involved in the question whether an offence under section 5 can be committed by a person who is already breaching the peace by the acts complained of . |
| 20 | People asked to imagine they are riding a bicycle have brain waves similar to those generated by a person who is actually riding a bicycle . |
| 21 | The woman here is a demented nanny who is surreptitiously breastfeeding the child of the mother she intends to destroy . |
| 22 | Simon complains of ‘ the unsuitable blue chosen by Mr Serota ’ for the Tate 's walls and adds : ‘ If there is some deep strategy for this marginalisation of the British collection it is certainly making an impact , for there are fewer pictures on view than ever before . ’ |
| 23 | The citizens sensibly selected a man who is gradually recalling the town 's thousand year-old history back to Decin . |
| 24 | " There is no longer any possible comparison to be made between the man who is actively organising the construction of socialism , and the man who is endeavouring to wreck it . " |
| 25 | You will probably be surprised at what a different experience it is actually speaking the words rather than running through them in your head . |
| 26 | His death has affected a nation which is already facing a crisis of identity , as Moscow refuses to recognize its independence . |
| 27 | The work is a timely boost for morale at the hospital which is anxiously awaiting the Eastern Health Board 's review of acute services . |
| 28 | This call will be focussed , but I have registered an interest with the DG XII official who is currently planning the round . |
| 29 | Midwifery itself is also undergoing a crisis . |
| 30 | Stories like that of the Wall Street broker who is currently sweeping the streets as part of his sentence for possessing controlled substances . |