Example sentences of "[be] [noun] [noun] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Common faults are wiper blades missing or the electric motor failing . |
| 2 | Why are beech trees dying ? |
| 3 | Are action men playing with danger ? |
| 4 | No flower show is complete without its fruit and vegetables , so there are demonstration plots showing how to grow cabbages , carrots and cucumbers both outside and in the greenhouse . |
| 5 | Dr Paul S. Phillips is a senior lecturer in organic chemistry and Adele F. Gardner and Rachel S. Gillett are undergraduate students studying chemistry and the environment in the school of sciences , Avenue Campus , Nene College , Northampton NN2 6JD . |
| 6 | There had been oriole rumours circulating earlier . |
| 7 | I think we would have verify that there are Ottery kids taking part in that particular year . |
| 8 | There are question marks hanging over the appearance of major grass court stars like Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf , while both Monica Seles and Guy Forget are already sidelined . |
| 9 | Fashion and make-up have been with us for a very long time indeed — there are make-up palettes surviving from ancient Egypt — and although men in certain times and cultures may devote a lot of effort to their appearance , it has remained chiefly a feminine domain . |
| 10 | On his left — but for the bungaloid eruption — ; there would have been sand dunes going down to the deep blue sea of the Channel ; the stretch of golden sand — had it not been for the litter — making a gentle curve for five miles . |
| 11 | There are prototype cars running off hydrogen , as well prototype aeroplanes . |
| 12 | Others including Anthias species , Cardinal fish and the colourful Royal Gramma are zooplankton feeders specialising in feeding upon macro planktonic organisms , that is zooplankton of a size easily seen by the naked eye . |
| 13 | Are business people responding ( wisely ) in anticipation of the challenge ? |
| 14 | At the bottom of this hierarchy are business units representing each individual type of business . |
| 15 | All his promises about being as discreet as the Ardakkeans wanted , and now there are FedPol squads clumping around half the galaxy ! ’ |
| 16 | There are ferry boats plying between different points , several sandy beaches , lots of yachts and dinghies and windsurfing . |
| 17 | Some are service agencies providing painting and decorating , gardening and catering services to the local community ; others have developed workshops which concentrate on one business activity — baking , furniture renovation and picture-framing are examples . |
| 18 | Intensive NMR studies in collaboration with Kurt Wüthrich have led Walter Gehring ( Biozentrum , Basel ) to conclude that the DNA binding specificity of the homeobox genes he discovered ( which are transcription factors specifying segmental identity in metazoans from insects to humans ) is determined not only by the ‘ recognition helix ’ that sits in the major groove of the DNA , but also by a flexible segment at the amino-terminal end of the homeobox which appears to wrap around the DNA so as to contact the minor groove . |
| 19 | Amongst these are contact lens wetting solutions , comfort drops and artificial tears , which , perhaps surprisingly , have similar compositions . |
| 20 | What you wo n't feel are shock waves blasting through your body . |
| 21 | Mycenaean Boiotia had indeed been open to the greater world , much more so than in classical times : in the Thebes Museum there are stirrup jars proving commerce with Minoan Krete , and there is even some lapis lazuli from Afghanistan , evidence of a Hittite connection . |
| 22 | Thus , there are parish boundaries defining land attached to a particular church ; more recently , civil parishes , which in many cases only vaguely now relate to religious parishes , have been defined for administrative purposes . |
| 23 | As the Minister stressed repeatedly , where there are take-up campaigns involving tens of thousands of vouchers or pro-formas , they undermine and devalue the system . |
| 24 | Assisting the Elderslie Export team are sales agents working in most overseas markets . |
| 25 | Are trade unions coming back into fashion ? |
| 26 | Many of them were er sometimes we , you co got into a minefield and you could n't , you gave it up you know because er by that time I think there would be plenty replacements coming on the market . |
| 27 | It could only be Maria Luisa asking when Steve would be leaving . |
| 28 | There 'll be carbon monoxide coming out and there might even , as you say , be carbon , with lumps of soot . |
| 29 | The engineering files are thus seen to be data stores containing both man-readable and machine-readable instructions for the manufacture of the specified articles . |
| 30 | Sunday , Channel 4 , 9.00pm THE LAST order bell rings tonight for Cheers … but will there also be wedding bells ringing for Sam and Diane ? |