Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [noun sg] [is] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the great amount of talk about the permissive society , it is sometimes claimed that marriage is losing its sanctity because couples live together without being married and the number of illegitimate babies ( those born to unmarried mothers ) is rising . |
| 2 | This file is only read when LIFESPAN starts up and so changes that are made while LIFESPAN is running will not take effect until LIFESPAN is stopped and restarted . |
| 3 | I wonder if the friendly gent from Gloucester I met on the bank at Bo'ness some days back has noted that steam is heading his way on Saturday ? |
| 4 | By March 1991 three orphanages had been renovated and work is continuing to help those youngsters . |
| 5 | A member of the committee can be represented by someone else provided that person is holding a letter of authority duly signed by the member ( r 6.156 ) . |
| 6 | The Georgian eagle house has already been restored and work is continuing on reconstructing the 250 year old vegetable garden . |
| 7 | Conviction for this offence may not , therefore , convey the gravity of the conduct involved where consent is lacking , nor in many cases will the two-year penalty suffice . |
| 8 | That , that 's increased as part of the trade in services , as a percentage of total trade , and they 've increased while agriculture 's beginning to decline . |
| 9 | It is the same action that is observed when urine-spraying is taking place out of doors , but in this case there is no urine produced . |
| 10 | However subjective the ‘ standard of living adequate for health and wellbeing ’ , it obviously can not be achieved if population is outstripping subsistence . |
| 11 | When the coffee is poured and steam is rising from the mugs I invite Rufus to bring the rest of his guys into the bedroom so they can hear what 's been going on . |
| 12 | In the middle of the afternoon , she rang her office : there was nothing more than a routine acknowledgment of the debriefing report she had sent after Maxim 's meeting with the Secret Service . |
| 13 | The patient 's general practitioner should be informed that treatment is ending . |