Example sentences of "is [v-ing] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MAMAS AND THE PAPAS vocalist John Phillips is recovering at the University Of California , Los Angeles Medical Centre from a recent liver transplant . |
| 2 | Welcome back : A young wild deer is recovering at an animal rescue centre after having a leg amputated . |
| 3 | I should imagine she is gazing at the floor , pursuing some thought which has escaped sideways from the main line of march , while he gazes almost anywhere but at her . |
| 4 | Conclusion : so far , the economy is contracting at a pace that is remarkably similar to America 's two deepest post-war recessions . |
| 5 | ‘ Painting is drawing at the same time , ’ Mauve had told him . |
| 6 | It is raining at the moment and it 's gon na be wet and windy but quite mild for the rest of the day . |
| 7 | More usually , this is done by attaching lights to the wrists or to other parts of the body , if the light is flashing at a known frequency the relative time of particular positions as well as the sequence can be measured . |
| 8 | So , viewers at home , do not hesitate , if you have even the slightest piece of useful data , hook up that modem and call , in complete confidence , our unmonitored SnitchLine on the number that is flashing at the bottom of your screen … |
| 9 | Something is gathering at the edge of the meadow . |
| 10 | If the manufacturer is producing at the limits of scientific knowledge , then he may not be able to foresee injury being caused by his product . |
| 11 | This Sunday Kenneth is competing at the BSAD senior athletics championships to be held at Monkton Stadium . |
| 12 | Even if the Sun is shrinking at a rate of merely 0–01 per cent per century it would totally disappear in a million years ; and it would have been twice its present size a million years ago . |
| 13 | Ken is rowing at a constant speed , he covers eighteen metres in three seconds . |
| 14 | All of the world 's savannas have been affected by human activity and , as Table 7.2 shows , deforestation is occurring at a rapid rate due to agricultural development and fuelwood collection . |
| 15 | Moreover , this is occurring at a time when few resources are available to enable them to deal with increased numbers . |
| 16 | In the tropics , however , environmental change is occurring at an unprecedented rate where deforestation is creating local and , in all probability , global environmental problems since the demise of tropical rainforests in particular may well be contributing to the enhanced greenhouse effect ( section 5.3.1 ) . |
| 17 | This is occurring at the same time as the Commission is using the single market as an excuse to augment its power for political means . |
| 18 | If the bank bond is trading at a discount to the government bond of more than 5.61 ( YTM of more than 1.14 per cent ) , then the bank bond is cheap relative to the government bond . |
| 19 | Jane Rossington , best known as Jill in Crossroads is appearing at the Redgrave Theatre , Farnham , from April 1st in Do n't Rock the Boat . |
| 20 | An Olympic walker uses more energy than a jogger moving at the same speed , because he is walking at a speed where his muscles would use less energy if they were operating a spring than if moving a pendulum . |
| 21 | Now everyone hopes the curtain is opening at the Roses Theatre on a successful and prosperous future . |
| 22 | And yet this is happening at a moment when the leaders in question stand exceptionally low in public esteem . |
| 23 | This sea-floor spreading , as the phenomenon is known , is happening at an impressive rate : near the Galapagos Islands the sea-floor is expanding at eight inches a year ; down by Easter Island , by nine inches . |
| 24 | We may have our worries about the different future we see opening up before us — it would be odd if we did not — but surely we must see what is happening at the Brandenburg Gate as a European as well as a German triumph . |
| 25 | We may have our worries about the different future we see opening up before us — it would be odd if we did not — but surely we must see what is happening at the Brandenburg Gate as a European as well as a German triumph . |
| 26 | It is , indeed , a great deal easier to point out the irrelevance of much of what is happening at the moment than to have confidence in any particular alternative . |
| 27 | For comparison purposes , there are fundamentally two choices , ie either the attainment levels can be assessed against an agreed target , or relative comparisons can be made , eg against what happened in the past if records are available , or what is happening at the start of the exercise compared with what happens at selected future points in time , effectively establishing better or worse levels , as summarised in Fig 13.6 . |
| 28 | Stay in touch with what is happening at the Grand Theatre — all the news on shows , performers and future plans . |
| 29 | Tell the candidate what is happening at the next stage in the selection and/or the date when you will be letting people know your decision . |
| 30 | So if it is happening at club level you can guarantee it is happening at the top . |