Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [v-ing] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After conceding a 1–1 draw in the Principality , Arsene Wenger 's side is relying on the foreign attacking trio of Rui Barros , George Weah and Youssouf Fofana to break down the Feyenoord defence who , as Tottenham found to their cost , have conceded only one goal in seven matches . |
| 2 | Professor Norris comments , ‘ This barbarism is bordering on the destruction by the Chinese in Tibet ; the madness is that a lot of the material relates to the Serbian community in Bosnia , so they are destroying their own history ’ . |
| 3 | At Gillingham , in close consultation with the primary and middle schools which feed the comprehensive , the science department is working on the list of 17 attainment targets including ( 5 ) Human Influences on the Earth , ( 15 ) Using Light and Electro-Magnetic Radiation , and ( 17 ) The Nature of Science . |
| 4 | The study is building on the substantial data collection made by the Personal Social Services Research Unit in 1983 from these sectors . |
| 5 | A light snow is falling on the village of Berrien Springs , Michigan . |
| 6 | The word light is flashing on the screen or shall I just not worry about it ? |
| 7 | Where the employee is working on the employer 's premises , the employer must act in the same manner as a reasonably prudent employer . |
| 8 | He acknowledges that ‘ to make it fly , we have to get the next generation of telephones sorted out ’ and says that the European Telecommunications Standards Institution is working on the standard telephonic layouts , displays and icon conventions needed to ensure that users wo n't be too bewildered by the options offered by their neighbour 's phone . |
| 9 | BOVIS CONSTRUCTION ( Scotland ) invited the Scottish Secretary of State , Ian Lang to come and see how work is progressing on the Festival Theatre , Edinburgh . |
| 10 | Work is proceeding on the economic feasibility of making a fuel pellet from commercial waste and anthracite dust . |
| 11 | An economic model has been built to determine the sensitivity of this project to the variation of input parameters and work is proceeding on the commercial possibilities of a plant in the South Wales area . |
| 12 | In the meantime , development work is continuing on the European fighter and production is due to start in 1997 . |
| 13 | The castle and grounds , which include the greatest arboretum in Poland , at present belong to the colossal state forestry authority , while the collections have been dispersed not only to Poznan , but also to Warsaw , whose National Museum is sitting on the remains of the unique collection of Etruscan and Greek vases ( some are in Moscow , while others were looted by the Germans , along with all the Limoges enamels , some of which regularly turn up in Western collections ) . |
| 14 | To do this Micro Focus is building on the ANSI ‘ 85 standard that sub-divides procedures into Nested Programs ( where a program is specified within a program and is then used in the context of the larger program ) . |
| 15 | During the journey up-river the effect the war is having on the country is portrayed in striking , sometimes surreal images . |
| 16 | If a place is missing on the map which is mentioned in Domesday Book ( 1086 ) or any of the lay subsidies or poll taxes , this is a possibility for a deserted settlement . |
| 17 | In the case of a hostile bid where the offeror is relying on the element of surprise , the target 's board can expect to receive the minimum of warning before the offeror 's press announcement ( announcing its firm intention to make an offer ) is released . |
| 18 | If the accused enters a restaurant intending to pay but then decides not to , the waiter is relying on the continuing representation that the accused will pay . |
| 19 | AS ARGUMENT over the Government 's health reforms shifts to Parliament , and with line-by-line combat over the National Health Service and Community Care Bill , so attention is focusing on the quality of care we should expect and receive . |
| 20 | The squirt is sitting on the end of the second row , grinning as Keith passes . |
| 21 | The TRW group is working on the same lines-but it will be a long time before GI Joe puts his faith in orders from General Computer . |
| 22 | The Systems Group is working on the joint representation of coded audio and moving pictures . |
| 23 | SCIENTISTS from Canada and the United States have given up attempts to agree about what effect acid rain is having on the environment of North America . |
| 24 | FoE is calling on the government to establish a national strategy for reducing and recycling waste . |
| 25 | Gentleman is touching on the other matter about the STUCC and its remit — a matter that was mentioned by the Hon. |
| 26 | Halfway round its orbit , the moon is lying on the opposite side of the Earth to the sun , and we see a full moon , with all of its light side in view . |
| 27 | The Oxford based charity is calling on the United Nations to relax sanctions against Saddam Hussein 's regime on humanitarian grounds . |
| 28 | Knowledge is growing on the physiological effects of life stress . |
| 29 | They 're said to be concerned , though , about the effect all the publicity is having on the boy . |
| 30 | Any decision taken by the individual , head or subcommittee with delegated authority is binding on the whole governing body . |