Example sentences of "is [v-ing] [prep] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Thames Valley police have confirmed that a man is helping with inquiries into the murder of Dr Hugh Puddephat , the English lecturer whose body was identified in Paris earlier this week , ’ the newsreader reported . |
| 2 | Motorcyclist Philip Hague , 26 of Langdale Road , Scarborough , is recovering in hospital after the crash . |
| 3 | If that is not in practice a policy which is presuming against development in the open countryside I do n't know what is . |
| 4 | Oats , barley , turnips and hay are grown and occasionally kale where there is overwintering of sheep on the low ground . |
| 5 | Yet blaming Mr Murdoch 's problems on two deals is like saying that the only sin of David Gower , England 's most gifted cricketer , is flashing at balls outside the off-stump . |
| 6 | Not every statement made in the course of a judgment is binding as part of the ratio decidendi of the case . |
| 7 | Rugby Union is experimenting with changes in the points-scoring system ; Formula One is questioning the capabilities of its cars ; and cricket in this country is being revised according to the recommendations of the Murray Commission . |
| 8 | The delimited field thus consists of agents and institutions and involves three types of struggle — those between ‘ makers ’ of art ( between , say , makers of consecrated art , makers of avant-garde , heretical art , and makers of ‘ middle brow ’ art ( ‘ art moyen ’ ) such as photography , cinema , and jazz , which also is struggling for consecration by the institutions ) , those between makers and ‘ marketers ’ ( in essence the institutions ) , and those between marketers . |
| 9 | Matt is competing in Germany in the European Cup and is up with the leaders … |
| 10 | By the time ‘ taking stock ’ is occurring in preparation for the annual report to parents , priorities are being considered for next year 's Plan . |
| 11 | Thus if a member has a sound reason for believing that some malpractice is occurring in connection with the council 's funds , he is under a public duty to inform the council . |
| 12 | Although Liz 's body is disposing of alcohol at the rate of about one unit a hour , her last drink pushed her over the legal limit for driving of 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood . |
| 13 | Last June Louise Müller is appearing at Strasbourg in the same company as one of Fouché 's female agents , who makes a routine report to the effect that Louise has obtained employment in Vienna with the Schickenader Opera . |
| 14 | Later on in the morning , a class of 15 and 16 year olds is painting in oils for the first time . |
| 15 | The point of the approach is to apply an attitude of critical affirmation to the different traditions enabling them to be studied and discussed in a way which is affirming of members of the traditions without succumbing to naivety or blandness . |
| 16 | This type of system which originated in the United Kingdom has been widely used throughout Europe and is gaining in popularity in the United States of America and Japan . |
| 17 | In one of the novels of Albert Camus an unfortunate man is walking at night on the banks of the Seine when a suicide , having cast himself upon the waters , cries for help . |
| 18 | ‘ He must feel he is walking on water at the moment , but come Christmas when the goals do n't go in , what happens then ? |
| 19 | FRENCH trainer Francois Doumen is brimming with confidence over The Fellow 's bid for a second successive victory in Kempton 's King George . |
| 20 | Since the first signs of a contraction in the employment base of manufacturing in the 1960s , the question of what is happening to manufacturing in the UK has rapidly become one of central importance . |
| 21 | The Minister , however , does not give a damn about what is happening to people on the lowest incomes ; he does not even understand what is happening to local government . |
| 22 | What is happening in India at the moment is something we were not expecting . |
| 23 | Look what was threatened and nearly happened to the Falls Women 's Centre , and it 's not just in West Belfast ; the same is happening in Ballybeen on the other side of the city . |
| 24 | I do not think that it would be proper for me to get involved in what is happening in terms of the Mirror Group pension fund . |
| 25 | If selling to a receiver you must be sure to establish whether the receiver is purchasing in his own name and assuming personal liability or whether he is purchasing on behalf of the receivership . |
| 26 | This study is looking at relations between the societies and government since the early 1970s , including the key role of the societies ' trade body the Building Societies Association . |
| 27 | With the merger of DCM Services Ltd and Kode International Plc 's Kode Computers Ltd now complete , the company has broadened its range of consultancy services , and is looking for acquisitions in the UK . |
| 28 | One executive said : ‘ Tiny is looking for pie in the sky . |
| 29 | It is looking for customers in the petroleum , automotive , aerospace and chemical industries and in large-scale environmental and long-range weather modelling . |
| 30 | THE Scottish Pig Industry Initiative , which is behind Scottish Quality pork , is looking for pigperson of the year . |