Example sentences of "[n mass] [conj] be [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 If the operator is in an aircraft that is flying at a height of 10000 m he can control a Telemine from a range of 500 km .
2 Hay had already completed a tour of operations in the Middle East on twin-engined aircraft and was converting onto heavies at the HBCU .
3 The sheep had huddled together to keep warm and as the drifts covered them the weaker animals were trampled and crushed beneath the stronger sheep that were struggling for air .
4 A battalion of infantry that was marching towards the cabriolet shuffled onto the grass verge .
5 If it is true he is on £4,000-a-week and is asking for more , Brian Clough is right — as usual — to say ‘ no ’ .
6 ‘ We are confident we can hit our target of £10,000 and are appealing for employees across the Group to support us . ’
7 He had shot one grouse and was aiming at a second when the first bird hit him in the face at 60mph , flinging him unconscious into the heather .
8 Such fins are similar , in principle , to those of a whole group of primitive bony fish that were living in that remote period when the move to land was first made .
9 It 's about time we realize they 're not useless and done something about them because there are people that are listening to them and there 's people that are voting for them and while people do that , Tylers will get a foothold because they 've already got quite a big one , they 're a big multi-national company and know what they 're doing .
10 So that you are actually creating the drama for the people that are looking at you .
11 I think it 's also easy to argue that if you take money out of government allocation for service delivery greater than the amount that is necessary , then actually , the people that are getting in in in the sense of capital schemes , the losers are the people that lose out on front line direct services .
12 It 's about time we realize they 're not useless and done something about them because there are people that are listening to them and there 's people that are voting for them and while people do that , Tylers will get a foothold because they 've already got quite a big one , they 're a big multi-national company and know what they 're doing .
13 You had to be ‘ circumspect in identifying where such people that are aspiring to democracy … are … important to us . ’
14 But Susan the people that that the people that are coming to you now
15 Just the same as , see there 's so many out of work the amount of people that are going for the jobs , there 's so many of them they erm they 're all got some sort of experience , even if it 's just doing a a week .
16 We were all people that were looking for something to believe in .
17 And , the people that were milling around us when you 're trying to drink a cup of coffee stood up last year it was just the , you know , people are not
18 Fact recognition method it 's a piece of hardware and one of the things that 's clear actually is that er the Alexander worlds and all sorts of other people that were working on this do n't look at them in this way and they look at these as I say ram blocks .
19 Sparc Technology currently employs 30 to 40 people and is aiming for between 50 and 60 by the end of the year .
20 She had forgotten about her tea caddy and the friendly shopkeeper in Sunningdale and she had soon forgotten about the kindness of young people and was reminiscing about the days when she was not alone at the villa but shared it with seven others .
21 Clearly , the apc 's are all greater than the mpc and are diminishing as income rises .
22 He ran all the way to the bottom of the garden and pointed to a duck that was swimming in the river .
23 Or the aroma from the half of a poached deer that 's hanging behind your scullery door .
24 She put down the receiver , feeling much happier , and even enjoyed the lukewarm haddock that was waiting for her in the kitchen .
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