Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [v-ing] [adj] of [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Montupet are opening the old test track to the public and the De Lorean Owners Club is putting 20 of the cars on display . |
| 2 | The Department is becoming aware of the need to respect the special requirements of different sectors of the community when conduction consultation exercises , especially the needs of women , the disabled and ethnic minorities . |
| 3 | 17 April : Strange news : the Sun is sponsoring one of the challengers for the Labour leadership : ‘ Sun man 's bid to be Labour leader ’ . |
| 4 | Sterilization is becoming one of the most important methods of contraception among women of childbearing years , and the normal method of contraception for couples where the woman is aged over 30 . |
| 5 | The hon. Gentleman is going wide of the subject before the House . |
| 6 | The Punters ' No. 1 paper is sponsoring one of the highlights on the card , the Andy Capp Handicap . |
| 7 | Man is becoming aware of the limits of the earth . ’ |
| 8 | I , I E you , you 're saying in effect that the government is taking all of the surplus from the , from agriculture ? |
| 9 | The government is becoming aware of the threat and songs have been composed to educate rural women farmers on the use of fertilizers , pesticides and food storage in order that they can increase production . |
| 10 | This project is examining some of the longer term implications for housing consumers and housing policies of the important changes which have recently been taking place in the institutional framework of owner-occupied housing finance in Britain . |
| 11 | The medical profession is supporting one of the main foundations of the strategy — the clinical terms project — which in the longer term may fundamentally change the way in which doctors work . |
| 12 | Betacom is giving each of the six finalists a Betacom Venture cordless telephone ( £79.99 ) . |
| 13 | A wildlife sanctuary is releasing eight of the animals into a special protected set . |
| 14 | AT&T 's NCR Federal Systems Division is upgrading some of the products it is supplying as part of US government contracts : it has added the AT&T StarStation 386 DX PC to its $800 million , eight-year Office Automation Technology and Services ( OATS ) contract with the the Federal Aviation Administration ( FAA ) which it won back in in 1989 — 12,500 Intel 80386-based personal computers and 2,500 laptops have been shipped so far — and has upgraded computers supplied under the 1988 , $1bn Standard Multi-user Small Computer Requirements Contract to run Unix SVR4 . |
| 15 | ‘ Her sister is playing one of the leading roles . ’ |
| 16 | A cyclist is using one of the fastest bikes in the world to raise money for British Athletes taking part in the Olympic games . |
| 17 | But their tandem ride comes at a time when unity is becoming more of a possibility in South Africa . |
| 18 | In this case the programmer is forgoing some of the precision of single-length fixed-point arithmetic in exchange for an increased range of values . |
| 19 | Crowood Press is reissuing some of the volumes of its useful Complete Guide series in paperback this month at £9.99 : six titles , at intervals from March to June . |
| 20 | The company is buying three of the 40 ‘ A ’ units in the golf and country club in a deal worth roughly £2.4m . |
| 21 | ‘ The public is becoming aware of the strong likelihood of an increase in interest rates and are turning to the longer fixtures . ’ |
| 22 | But now modern information technology is making many of the former tasks of middle managers redundant . |
| 23 | At this stage of recognition , using the Mothercare catalogue or the Ahlbergs ' witty The baby 's catalogue , the young reader is learning some of the conventions we have mentioned , is finding a relationship between the content of books and outside reality , building up a useful vocabulary , and — if this is happening in a relaxed and loving environment — having a good time . |
| 24 | It is pleasing to be able to end by reporting that at last Dundonald Castle is receiving some of the attention it has been denied . |