Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] many [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nitrate concentrations are still rising in many groundwater sources . |
| 2 | WHERE TO DRAW THE GREEN LINE Can UK industry be criticised for not living up to its environmental responsibilities when clear , universally agreed targets are still lacking on many issues . |
| 3 | Margins and jobs are still shrinking in many industries and corporate debt has doubled in the last five years . |
| 4 | Coastal marshes , the controversial targets of environmentally destructive drainage proposals throughout the 1970s and 1980s , are also proving in many places to be simply undrainable , since , after five to ten years , soil can be subject to a process whereby the chemical bonding in the clay structure breaks down . |
| 5 | Yeah I mean me I it may be inappropriate at this moment in time to say we will do it now because of obvious reasons but prior to the recession it was an ongoing thing that the the board were in through the general manager were actually writing to many companies . |
| 6 | They are steadily declining in many rivers , and have vanished from others . |
| 7 | The overall effect was extremely damaging for many companies in the cities and elsewhere : domestic demand was reduced ; the costs of borrowing rose ; public-sector contracts diminished ; exports became much more expensive . |