Example sentences of "[unc] [noun sg] be [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Imbert has decided not to sell anything from the show because of the poor state of the art market , and with Editions du Regard is publishing a book of the exhibition which will sell , at a loss , for FFr 250 . |
| 2 | Any manager who does handle the artist 's money is taking a foolish risk , as well as letting themselves in for an enormous amount of unnecessary work . |
| 3 | We learned soon that the money for Frank had come from the wife of our new romantic juvenile , Laurence Wheldon , a blonde and willowy man whose good looks far exceeded his acting powers but whose wife 's money was underwriting the company , to say nothing of her husband 's ambitions . |
| 4 | At the same time Aramco 's refinery is undergoing an $85 million modernisation . |
| 5 | It is when there are two diners present , even when one of them is one 's own employer , that one finds it most difficult to achieve that balance between attentiveness and the illusion of absence that is essential to good waiting ; it is in this situation that one is rarely free of the suspicion that one 's presence is inhibiting the conversation . |
| 6 | By the time they are five or six , most children 's breathing is going the opposite way of what nature intended . ’ |
| 7 | The focus-puller 's girlfriend is having a baby and he wanted to call headquarters in Caracas to see if there was any news but Vic said no . |
| 8 | Loretta speculated to herself that Bridget 's nerve was becoming a little less steady now that her own involvement in the affair was taking on a more practical aspect . |
| 9 | However , if the UK company asks the Calcutta office to carry out the work , disclosure is required , as the auditor 's associate is doing the work for the UK company . |
| 10 | In Flanders , the count 's peace was becoming a meaningful concept , at fair times at least . |
| 11 | Members of the Women 's Institute are holding a domino drive in Newbiggin village hall on Thursday February 27 at 7.30pm . |
| 12 | The success of the European women 's circuit is producing a new breed of amateur golfer — young , super-fit , full-time players who travel the world in pursuit of their sport . |
| 13 | Medirace 's business was researching a range of potential anti-cancer products including Contracan . |
| 14 | Members of Aycliffe Young People 's Group are holding a Mother 's Day dinner at St Francis church on Saturday , March 28 , at 7.30pm . |
| 15 | This would be the most natural way of questioning any of the predicative adjectives in ( 30 ) — and could be used just as well for the second and third cases of ( 28 ) : ( 30 ) his accountant was sensible Helen 's profile is striking the new coin is octagonal Just as the contrast between how ? and which ? reflects the contrast of structural position between postnominal attributive and predicate qualifier , so the contrast of question words between how ? and what ? or what … like ? allows us to infer that an adjective in ordinary predicative position is not a plausible origin for the predicate qualifier . |
| 16 | Make sure that the baby 's body is facing the breast and that he or she is taking the whole nipple to fill its mouth . |
| 17 | Finally the doctors sat Sandra down and told her Kelly 's body was rejecting the organs — and gave her six months to two years to live . |
| 18 | Could the person who was dealing with Stavanger 's post be using the address also for himself — or herself ? |
| 19 | Everybody 's shop was making a lot of money and we just could n't bear the thought of us all getting like the rest of the industry . |
| 20 | Go higher up the chain of command only if the boss 's behaviour is affecting the rest of the staff . |
| 21 | However , an influential group of central committee members made it clear they felt that Mrs Mandela 's behaviour was damaging the image of the organisation and the reputation of her husband , who appears to view her as ‘ a wayward child ’ . |
| 22 | Harley 's ball was lying a mere few inches from an out-of-bounds fence and was therefore unplayable by a right-handed golfer . |
| 23 | It 's 10am and the Mary Chain 's crew are having a quiet breakfast on the sun-drenched veranda of the hotel . |
| 24 | The writer 's kitten is spending a lot of time , and not a little of his owner 's patience , in developing a set of skills specifically to enable him to find and to cope with living prey . |
| 25 | Discussing the seeding of players in the men 's singles at Wimbledon one year , peter West remarked of one of the hopefuls , ‘ Jimmy Connors 's wife is expecting a baby and there was some doubt about his entry . ’ |
| 26 | Howard 's wife is having an affair with an exiled Hungarian student called Zoltan Torday who is writing a book on the adamantly nationalist Hungarian poet Arpad Szendrey . |
| 27 | I phoned the fire brigade , but as the station officer 's wife was having a baby in the fire engine on the way to hospital , rescuing dogs was not too high on their list of priorities . |
| 28 | Ianthe 's smile was becoming a little forced now . |
| 29 | Taking into account only those items bought from a wholesaler , Chadwick 's undertaker was making a 175 per cent profit on his original outlay . |
| 30 | 9 Jimmy 's father is making a table top to have an area of 16m . |