Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One essential requirement , before attempting to fly a model equipped with a gyro for the first time , is to ensure that the gyro is working in the correct sense . |
| 2 | FUNNY how religion is creeping into the environment debate . |
| 3 | The Association is paying for the work , expected to cost in the region of £5,500 ( $9,600 ) from donations worldwide and has also launched an appeal for funds to restore the whole altar . |
| 4 | Apart from working closely with the Benevolent Fund , The Association is contributing to the work of The Council of British Service and Ex-Service Organisations . |
| 5 | Such structures also seem to provide a kind of elementary momentum in periods where a discipline is in the doldrums , and not a great deal is happening at the research level . |
| 6 | A SOUTH Donegal town has been rocked by rumours that a black magic ring is operating in the area . |
| 7 | The FA has taken the extraordinary step of bringing the clubs to book because of the tightrope football is walking between the laws of the game and the law of the land . |
| 8 | In response to the news coverage of the disorder , she sent telegrams to both the BBC and the ITA asking them to ‘ please consider whether the massive television coverage of acts of vandalism and violence is contributing to the spread of the riots ’ . |
| 9 | In 1993 we ought to reflect that in this year a new American president is following in the footsteps of a pioneering Labour government 45 years ago . |
| 10 | Should England win the World Cup next time round , you will undoubtedly notice that a small shard of plexiglass is missing from the said carrying case . |
| 11 | Poisoned by pollution , hunted for meat , drowned in fishing nets or simply bored to death in captivity , the toll is growing by the day . |
| 12 | The wind is coming from the north now , and it 's stronger . |
| 13 | wind is coming from the North here . |
| 14 | The wind is gusting from the North at speeds of between 20 kph and 40 kph . |
| 15 | As far as danger to the local population was concerned , it said that a ‘ North East wind is blowing across the Windscale factory and is taking any radioactive dust or vapour out to sea ’ . |
| 16 | Difficult to see which way the wind is blowing at the moment it 's quite swirling . |
| 17 | Add a touch of fun to your garden , as well as the ability to see which way the wind is blowing from the comfort of your armchair , with these attractive weathervanes . |
| 18 | A lowering of the water temperature , especially with the influx of dissolved oxygen the east wind is thrashing into the water , can be a good thing . |
| 19 | After conceding a 1–1 draw in the Principality , Arsene Wenger 's side is relying on the foreign attacking trio of Rui Barros , George Weah and Youssouf Fofana to break down the Feyenoord defence who , as Tottenham found to their cost , have conceded only one goal in seven matches . |
| 20 | Professor Norris comments , ‘ This barbarism is bordering on the destruction by the Chinese in Tibet ; the madness is that a lot of the material relates to the Serbian community in Bosnia , so they are destroying their own history ’ . |
| 21 | Yorkshire was floated on the Unlisted Securities Market in August and the chairman , Michael Mallett , says the recent ‘ heady growth ’ in revenue is slackening as the squeeze on retail sales tightens . |
| 22 | Keegan 's club is building for the future on the back of 30,000 gates every home match , but the Newcastle boss refuses to discuss transfer targets and would n't comment on the Ferdinand situation yesterday . |
| 23 | A pilot programme is running during the Autumn Term 1992 at Ilford Training Centre enabling girls from local schools to visit the trailer . |
| 24 | Opposition is growing within the Central American state of Honduras to the granting of a huge logging concession in the pine forests of the Mosquito coast . |
| 25 | Here the agent is investing in the small artist , trusting the manager 's judgement that this act should go on to be the next big thing . |
| 26 | At any given moment our mind is wandering into the future or into the past ; we are very rarely present in the here and now . |
| 27 | There has been no trace of Miss Larkin , but the search is continuing in the Coppull area . |
| 28 | There has been no trace of Miss Larkin , but the search is continuing in the Coppull area . |
| 29 | The Commerce Department is looking for the book market to expand markedly up to 1997 , achieving average annual growth rated of 3.5% in constant dollars throughout the period . |
| 30 | A senior man in the Ministry of Defence was telling us of the ‘ battle for hearts and minds ’ which his department is conducting among the people of the border villages . |