Example sentences of "be [noun pl] [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are employers using Compact to fill unattractive jobs ? |
| 2 | Among those projected are galleries housing ethnographic material currently in the Museum of Mankind , including material from the Americas to be displayed in four rooms carved out of a large space at the end of the existing North Library . |
| 3 | They are characterised by the X factor being phrased in terms such as ‘ if the Minister thinks fit he may … , ’ and are cases involving subjective discretion . |
| 4 | Are manufacturers playing fair ? |
| 5 | Well , I 'm not satisfied with it — at least not while there are chalets standing empty . ’ |
| 6 | There have also been criticisms using similar lines of argument from within sociolinguistics ( Romaine , 1981 , 1984b ; Cameron , 1990 ) . |
| 7 | At the smaller end of the scale are buildings having single doorways in the middle of one side . |
| 8 | As always , there are sub-plots involving comic characters , of whom the most memorable is the bird-catcher Papageno ( played by Schikaneder himself ) . |
| 9 | The provision of access and parking facilities and the increase in vehicle/pedestrian conflict are problems requiring special skills if the quality of life in urban areas is to be maintained or improved . ’ |
| 10 | But the walls of the interior still retain their rich stucco by B. Spinetti , Braun 's workshop decorated the dome , and there are paintings depicting Old Testament scenes by C. D. Asam in the octagonal cupola . |
| 11 | The study — by media consultants Billets — said the worst hit are ads surrounding dull sitcoms , documentaries and soccer . |
| 12 | In general , matrices are rectangular ; but of particular importance are matrices having equal numbers of rows and columns — i.e. square matrices — and those having only a single row or column , which we call vectors ; both types are special forms of rectangular matrices . |
| 13 | But there may be problems getting individual companies to follow suit . |
| 14 | Note that baths and shower trays have a low waste trap , so there will be problems getting sufficient fall on the waste pipe if it has to run all the way across a room under floorboards . |
| 15 | Answering a questionnaire drawn up by Labour MP Alun Michael , Shadow Minister for Home Affairs , Mr White confessed that there would be problems finding alternative sources of local funding . |
| 16 | There will be displays featuring four-colour p.o.s. in 250 bookshops and garden centres ; there are two competitions , one through all outlets and one through W H Smith 's Bookcase magazine , to win cruises ; and leaflets about the series will go into the RHS ' Garden magazine . |
| 17 | They 'd put a terrible strain on the council : if they all wakened up , right down through the layers of time , there 'd be cavemen mouthing mindless questions in the barren , gameless desert of streets and traffic , and it would be the end of the world . |
| 18 | The men of No. 1 Troop , all volunteers , included Territorials ( men who had been civilians doing part-time army training ) , some regulars , and reservists like Lance-Corporal Weatherall who were recalled to the colours . |
| 19 | Its core is a claim that there are forces determining international relations , and his thesis falls apart if this claim is removed . |
| 20 | ‘ There are many more suitable applicants than there are babies needing new families . |
| 21 | It could have attracted the highest-ever launch receipts if most of its audiences had not been children buying half-priced tickets . |
| 22 | Specific features included in text but not in node are attributes representing various details of the internal structure of an item of text . |
| 23 | First , there were districts containing special areas : these were the partnership areas in Birmingham , London ( seven Boroughs : Greenwich , Hackney , Islington , Lambeth , Lewisham , Newham , Southwark and Tower Hamlets ) , Liverpool , Manchester , Salford , Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead . |
| 24 | Many of the vehicles were transporters carrying huge tanks . |
| 25 | At the open nights , Brigade officers were also available to chat with potential applicants and there were displays showing other aspects of the work such as training and community education . |
| 26 | All their victims were pensioners living alone in rural areas . |
| 27 | All their victims were pensioners living alone in rural areas . |
| 28 | Only rarely were women doing similar work to men . |
| 29 | A lot of other people in the thirties agreed : in the early years of the decade over two hundred cruises a year left British ports , and there were others leaving Continental and American ports too . |
| 30 | Out there were clouds speading free and birds doing as they pleased . |