Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [is] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Environmental audits are defined as determining what the organisation has done and is doing in relation to the environment . |
| 2 | PC Sandy Kelly , 32 , was also shot and is recovering under armed guard in hospital . |
| 3 | His wife was also shot and is recovering in hospital . |
| 4 | Thus , amongst policemen and women working in ‘ hard ’ areas of high tension , policing in Easton is abused as family disputes and barking dogs , a caricature which many respondents hold and is even reproduced by constables at Easton : ‘ One minute you could be called out , someone 's budgie has escaped and is flying around the living-room . |
| 5 | Testing of pupils has been introduced and is continuing to be improved in the light of experiences of its first year of work in spite of the criticisms , which are of method rather than of reason . |
| 6 | Despite the grim news , Pilkington has not chopped the dividend as feared but is dipping into reserves to maintain the payout at 2.93p . |
| 7 | Before my brain untangles enough to see how to retrieve this situation , Des has appeared and is blowing in my ear . |
| 8 | The ‘ steep hill ’ sign on Snowhill Lane has been removed and is lying in the hedge . |
| 9 | But the fact should also be faced that these two developments represent in microcosm what has happened and is happening in many of Britain 's older industrial towns . |
| 10 | That influence , far from being confined to the former graveyard of St Giles ' , has spread and is spreading in every corner of the world . |
| 11 | This gives the glider pilot more time to find out why his glider is semi-stalled and is sinking like a brick . |
| 12 | She has since married and is living in South London with her husband and her two children . |