Example sentences of "were [v-ing] [noun sg] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others were gathering dust by New Year and forgotten by February . |
| 2 | Nevertheless the HMI secondary survey expressed some disquiet at the complexity of option schemes and the resulting individual curricula so generated , in addition to their general concern about the extent of the ‘ core ’ ( too many pupils were discontinuing study of important subjects well before the end of their schooling ) . |
| 3 | The ‘ yokel ’ became ‘ less of a lout ’ , the dairymaid became ‘ indistinguishable from her urban counterpart ’ , and in general these ‘ youths and maidens ’ were becoming party to world-wide conversations ' . |
| 4 | Among those whom the author singled out for praise were Edward III , who recalled his victory against the French at Sluys in June 1340 by introducing a fighting ship onto the noble of England , and Henry V , who built great ships and dealt firmly with those who were causing trouble to English shipping . |
| 5 | And while computing conversion and specialist students were seeking work in similar proportions , there were marked differences in their propensities to actually be in work or to be carrying on their studies , as Tables 4.8 and 4.9 show . |
| 6 | All radio stations were closed down by the mutineers ; several ministers , including the Prime Minister , were reported to have been arrested and others were seeking asylum in foreign embassies . |
| 7 | Men were shovelling dirt into steaming bomb-craters when he landed . |
| 8 | Both had undergone extensive cosmetic surgery following their escape and , at the time of their re-arrest , they were attending hospital for follow-up treatment . |
| 9 | During the war , when we were doing research on strong plastics , Professor Charles Gurney used to recite this little ditty to me nearly every day and I found it depressing because wood was in fact a better material for making aeroplanes than the plastics which we could then produce . |
| 10 | Neutralisation still had conservative connotations ; it would encourage the stabilisation of the political status quo in the country or region concerned and impose restraints on the unilateral pursuit of Soviet interests at a time when national liberation movements were achieving success with Soviet assistance . |
| 11 | Landry 's last point would suggest only that the guests were taking advantage of actual hospitality . |
| 12 | Some small instrumented areas have been selected as representative of particular conditions whereas others were experimental , in which change due to logging or other forms of land use change could be monitored either by change in one basin or by comparison of several areas in which changes were taking place to differing degrees . |
| 13 | But with hindsight , the effects of such works can seem limited in comparison with the impact of other , more structural , changes that were taking place within British culture at the time . |
| 14 | These final days of the third session were taking place in increasing gloom . |
| 15 | Across the Channel great changes were taking place in Western Europe . |
| 16 | The whole nationality question , he promised , would shortly be discussed more fully in the light of the changes that were taking place in other areas of Soviet life ; perhaps , he added in early 1988 , this could be the subject of one of the forthcoming meetings of the Central Committee . |
| 17 | Changes were taking place in rural economies too . |
| 18 | Many considerable advances were taking place in scientific discovery with regard to the structure and composition of the physical world surrounding human beings , and with regard to the physical nature and make-up of human beings themselves . |
| 19 | Payment was finally approved after the council was assured that the orchestra 's internal feuding had ceased and that changes were taking place in senior personnel . |
| 20 | The one fact which seems to emerge was that changes were taking place in British villas round about 360 and this was reflected in the two maps , figs. 6.1 and 6.2 , included in this 1969 study . |
| 21 | Worries that the relocated employees faced were finding employment for relocated spouses and ensuring that the relocation did not affect children 's schooling . |
| 22 | She said the Serbs ' agreement to let the convoy move on would not affect the UNHCR 's decision , announced on Wednesday , to suspend relief operations for Bosnia-Herzegovina because all sides in the conflict there were playing politics with humanitarian aid . |
| 23 | In Belgrade , Lyndall Sachs of the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ) said the Serbs ' agreement to let the convoy move on would not affect the UNHCR 's decision , announced on Wednesday , to suspend relief operations for Bosnia-Herzegovina because all sides in the conflict there were playing politics with humanitarian aid . |
| 24 | The same can probably be claimed for those who for reasons which had little to do with humanitarian concern — fearing Jewish revenge in the event of a lost war , or blaming Hitler for bringing on the war through attacking the Jews , attitudes which of course themselves betrayed the influence of Nazi ‘ Jewish conspiracy ’ propaganda — were voicing criticism of Nazi anti Jewish policy . |
| 25 | All patients were receiving oxygen via nasal prongs at a rate of less than 4 L per min . |
| 26 | Six patients were receiving treatment with oral or enema steroids , or both and two had recently finished treatment with steroids . |