Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [pron] is [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The point of ‘ Air Conditioned Nightmare ’ seems to be that London is sinking into a theme park style existence where everything is becoming increasingly trivialised . |
| 2 | The point of ‘ Air Conditioned Nightmare ’ seems to be that London is sinking into a theme park style existence where everything is becoming increasingly trivialised . |
| 3 | ‘ You 're not the only one who 's had experience or who is having experience with a possessive father ; it happens to boys , too , you know . ’ |
| 4 | However , many inexperienced pilots get so thoroughly engrossed in the thermalling or what is going on elsewhere that they are temporarily ‘ switched off ’ to how they are flying . |
| 5 | Rosamund Cresswell attends Farnborough Hill Convent College where she is studying for the GCSE examinations and in September she moves to the Sixth Form at Wellington College . |
| 6 | Scouting takes up much of Sarah 's spare time but she still squeezes in regular visits to Huddersfield Technical College where she is studying for two ‘ A ’ levels — geography and business studies . |
| 7 | Mrs X is at present attending a college where she is studying science , and desperately wishes to take up embalming as a career , but unfortunately this is where the problem begins . |
| 8 | Oats , barley , turnips and hay are grown and occasionally kale where there is overwintering of sheep on the low ground . |
| 9 | And I think this inward investment that Professor Lock is referring to and the scale of investment that he is referring to must be considered as additional and and would draw in additional jobs . |
| 10 | There are computer games on the market in which the player has the illusion that he is wandering about in an underground labyrinth , which has a definite if complex geography and in which he encounters dragons , minotaurs or other mythic adversaries . |
| 11 | It deconstructs the language of communication , representation , or expression ( when the individual or collective subject may have the illusion that he is imitating something or expressing himself ) and reconstructs another language , voluminous , having neither bottom nor surface … |
| 12 | Dressed in white tie , his delivery is conversational and informal , but , to sustain the illusion that he is making it all up as he goes along ( it is in fact directed by Peter Barkworth ) , he launches into too many rambling sidetracks . |
| 13 | well , mm this is the point at the end of the day to prove the truth , you 've got ta prove in your mind that there is gon na be a separate sort of clasp between the what , there , there is a scripture , I think |
| 14 | They call it an attempt to emphasise that Macedonia is an historically and culturally Greek region just when the ex-Yugoslav Macedonia , invented and so-named after World War II by Tito , is seeking international support for its own claim to independence , so far without much success : in part because of the problem of its name , in part because of fear that it is looking with greedy eyes at Greek Macedonia . |
| 15 | One of the features that worry people about modern society is the fear that it is becoming more violent . |
| 16 | ‘ You can not live your life in fear that someone is going to attack you . |
| 17 | Maria learns from the men she drinks with in the cafe that he is hiding on the rooftops . |
| 18 | Does n't she realize the effect that she is having on other people ? |
| 19 | Howard also finds with pleasure that he is beginning to speak a language which is incomprehensible to anyone outside the office , even to Phil — schuppen structure , Pennine ‘ windows ’ , and Dinaride outliers . |
| 20 | My right hon. and noble Friend the Lord Chancellor has recently made statements , and was on the radio this morning , about the review that he is conducting of how court procedures can be improved . |
| 21 | They were speaking in favour of it , now here he comes along er and er we we 're I I find myself , regrettable I think because er er his er a minister very well informed in these areas with er who made in those committees a very powerful and effective contribution , now we find ourselves on the er opposite side but I have to say now that we are on opposite side that what is introducing today er is really er too little er and far too er too too late . |
| 22 | Finally , if the surveyor can show the contractor that he is processing the claim and will.make his decision within a reasonable time , it should be possible to maintain a good relationship with him . |
| 23 | Nevertheless , the recognition that one is investing in a strategic option may help focus attention upon relevant matters . |
| 24 | The original Liberal Democrat candidate , Pamela Beasley , 47 , a local councillor , was de-selected following allegations of theft and she is standing as an independent under a People 's Party flag . |
| 25 | ‘ We knew he was one of the best finishers at the club and he is proving it , ’ said Barrow . |
| 26 | Surprising though it may seem , although it is now well established that this is a serious problem with gliding , it is almost unknown in power flying circles or in the Air Force and it is taking many years to convince authorities . |
| 27 | He is playing some long-lost avant garde tape and he is scowling at his sandwich . |
| 28 | Maddock reports that most firms are hostile to the idea of moving people between civil and military sectors : ‘ There already exists a large culture gap and it is getting even wider . ’ |
| 29 | Wilkinson was in poor spirits after losing both his matches in the recent Davis Cup match with Hungary in Budapest , on clay , but the grass court season has given him renewed zest and he is playing the best tennis of his career . |
| 30 | The company said sales so far this year are up by 16 p.c. and it is forecasting a further profit rise in 1992 . |