Example sentences of "[v-ing] place [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soon a lovely glow spreads over all , giving place to deep shadows and a mysterious haze disappearing into the distance into deep blue . ’ |
| 2 | For situations where assessment of these SVQs is taking place under simulated conditions , SCOTVEC is publishing extensive guidance , as well as advice on developing employer partnerships . |
| 3 | The relevant work of the DipHE Group transferred to this Board , whose existence indicated the extent of the thinking taking place about broad ranging degrees in and between science , technology and the arts and humanities — as well as in education . |
| 4 | The hinterland of the machair plains is generally low-lying with slow landward accretion of sand taking place into wet hollows or lochs . |
| 5 | So , above all , the picture is of an administrative reform taking place for new mental health services to be created . |
| 6 | One of the areas that has to be considered on the question of harm is impairment of intellectual development and on the evidence , if he was absent for another three months with a travelling fair , there is considerable likelihood of his education not taking place with consequent impairment of his intellectual development , if indeed there were no other risks attendant upon such a way of passing his time . |
| 7 | Ms Dickinson also reported that discussions were currently taking place with various bodies , including the Arts Council , to investigate the possibility of setting up a National Children 's Book Council . |
| 8 | Over on the A four two three , the Banbury to Oxford road , that 's between Langford Lane , Kidlington , and the Shipton-on-Cherwell turn off , there 's some resurfacing work taking place with temporary traffic lights and some traffic being diverting . |
| 9 | There has been a conspiracy of silence between the nuclear industry and the Government on providing information about the contracts that Dounreay has signed and about the discussions and negotiations that have taken place or are taking place with foreign reactors . |
| 10 | This section will concentrate on those parts of the earth 's surface where rapid environmental change is taking place with considerable repercussions for neighbouring regions . |
| 11 | Apart from a string of excellent new routes there have been a number of alternative activities taking place on southern sandstone . |
| 12 | It would be absurd to approve of such events taking place on grey , sunless days in dark , depressing places . |
| 13 | In view of the importance of signalling and telecommunications to the railways , would it not be sensible quietly to contemplate the proposition of an independent inquiry into all the technological changes that are taking place on British Rail signalling ? |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The work of the Dragon Project though , is beginning to show that there may be some basis for thinking that unusual behaviour of certain known energies could be taking place at certain sites ( New Scientist , 21 October , p 166 ) , and it is possible that our ancient ancestors could detect this ‘ Earth energy ’ . |
| 16 | Injections of " capital " from this source will probably differ wildly from one partner to the next and so , taking the generalised capital clause at its face value , adjustments to capital sharing ratios will appear to be taking place at annual intervals , whereas no change at all will have been intended by the partners . |
| 17 | But these changes are not just taking place at regional level . |
| 18 | If Day-Lewis is the movie 's greatest strength then its most noticeable defect is that it was shot by two different cinematog-raphers , often with the same scene lit very differently as if taking place at contrasting times of day . |
| 19 | Despite a post-election resumption of fighting , a breakthrough in negotiations appeared imminent following the March round of the UN-sponsored peace talks between the government and the FMLN ( which had been taking place at monthly intervals over the past year ) . |
| 20 | The problems connected with these are inseparable , because of the variety of local conditions , which led to them taking place at different times in various parts of the kingdom . |
| 21 | They appealed on several grounds , but particularly that ‘ an agreement by two or more persons to insert advertisements in a magazine for the purpose of homosexual acts taking place between consenting adult males in private did not constitute an offence ’ . |
| 22 | The reawakening of interest in slavery prompted by Mrs Stowe 's writing and her visit to Britain thus encouraged some co-operation , or at least recognition that parallel action based on elements of agreement was taking place amongst different groups of abolitionists . |
| 23 | But Romania 's official press has reported extensively on the ethnic unrest across the border , while , for example , failing to report on the radical reform and street demonstrations taking place in other Warsaw Pact countries . |
| 24 | He began by saying how glad he was to be in Europe again , which gave him an opportunity to outline some of the developments taking place in other regions of the world , and to describe the next phase in the development of the world car . |
| 25 | Sadly , however , genuine closing down sales are taking place in other galleries . |
| 26 | Hindess ( 1971 ) analysed this in detail for the case of Liverpool , and although the detailed studies of other areas which might support a definite generalisation were not carried out , it seems plausible that a parallel evolution was taking place in other city Labour parties . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Similar changes are constantly taking place in other parts of our bodies . |
| 29 | A weakness of this kind of presentation is that concentrating on how the shares in one part of the distribution compare ignores changes that might be taking place in other parts of the distribution . |
| 30 | Throughout the year there has been a growing realisation that Scotland 's future economic prospects will be influenced to a substantial degree by the economic and political realignment which is taking place in Continental Europe . |