Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [v-ing] and the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the interesting things that I do is go every so often and talk to groups of British civil servants who are going to spend some of them a week some of them up to six weeks on an exchange visit erm with the French civil service , in an attempt to learn a certain amount erm about how the system works , both so that they will be able to understand more easily when it comes to joint erm ventures , joint matters , joint policies , what the other side is doing and the pressures within which it 's operating , and also so that sometimes they may be able to learn things , and pick up useful tips and hints about the way to handle a particular problem . |
| 2 | It began : ‘ Already in the fields the snow is melting and the swollen rivers herald Spring . ’ |
| 3 | These trends are particularly marked in manufacturing industry where the work force is falling and the capital investment per worker is rising rapidly . |
| 4 | But in places the bare rock is showing and the joints have been enlarged by chemical solution . |
| 5 | North Wales MP John Marek is to meet Home Office minister Lord Ferrers next week to express his concern at the length of time the North Wales child abuse inquiry is taking and the fact that no outside police force is overseeing it . |
| 6 | If we add more labour beyond L L 3 units , the total product is falling the total product is falling and the slope of the curve is negative what 's the slope of the curve it 's the marginal product , therefore , the marginal product of labour is also negative beyond L 3 units of labour . |
| 7 | Women are disproportionately represented among income support recipients for two main reasons : first , there is a high proportion of elderly and disabled women in the population ; and second , lone parenthood is increasing and the proportion of lone parents dependent upon state benefits has also increased ( by 1986 about 40 per cent of the income of lone parents came from state benefits ) . |
| 8 | Unobtrusive help is needed , make communication easier in tactful ways for example notice the situation when a group is chatting and the risk that one person can be left out — always the one who does not hear well . |
| 9 | Management should develop and communicate to all employees a vision of where the organisation is going and the contribution employees will make to its success , involving employee representatives as appropriate . |
| 10 | Where representative structures exist , management communicates with employee representatives a vision of where the organisation is going and the contribution employees ( and their representatives ) will make to its success . |
| 11 | The role is demanding and the director 's such an arrogant bastard ! |
| 12 | The taxation and social-security systems , for instance , assume that the man is working and the wife is not ; the wife is held to be financially dependent on her husband . |
| 13 | For example , now that autumn is fading and the leaves are carpeting the ground in a tapestry of brilliant colours , just as one imagines that winter is only a clear night sky away , along come some plants which we might all associate with a spring display . |
| 14 | The trace-horse is backing and the fill ‘ us is going another way ! ’ |
| 15 | I feel the media have a great responsibility to inform the public in ways they can understand , how great the challenge is becoming and the need to make changes before it is too late . |
| 16 | When , if a production line is going and the production breaks down but er if we can reduce our time , has anybody worked in a in a , er , a co , an industrial environment on , what sort of cost saving could you |
| 17 | I 'm quite sure that the way forward for teachers and parents is within some kind of co-operative framework , and the only way that can work effectively is for each to be aware of other 's needs and difficulties , and the kind of barriers that have existed in the past for parents to get into schools I think are being lowered by the schools , but it takes almost a generation , I think , for parents to stop being frightened about what school is doing and the kind of parents who 've had bad experiences themselves in schools , I think , have enormous difficulties in approaching teachers and I 'm sure the answer is in terms of co-operative activity — children and schools , schools and parents , and all of them together with myriad of outside agencies that are available for children with severe problems . |
| 18 | The same principle works when the sound source is moving and the listener is still . |
| 19 | Her milk supply is failing and the litter is a large one . ’ |
| 20 | When migrating to the northern hemisphere they choose a time when the atmospheric pressure is falling , the temperature is rising and the winds are blowing northwards . |