Example sentences of "we are talking [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We are talking about the disposition of the mind in the passion of sexual intercourse … . |
| 2 | ‘ We are talking about the return to power of the Communist nomenklatura ( party elite ) , ’ Mr Kostikov said later in an interview with Russian and Reuter television , ‘ … that very nomenklatura which fell with such a thunderous crash in August 1991 . ’ |
| 3 | We are not just talking about information ; we are talking about the ability to respond to the living language . |
| 4 | But clearly designing involves more than this rather technical definition : we are talking about the ability to shape and unite , to bring together complexes of factors . |
| 5 | At one level we are talking about the way in which planning decisions are actually arrived at ‘ in the national interest ’ . |
| 6 | In the second , we are talking about the likelihood of a woman finding adequate childcare facilities for her children and entering the labour market , at a fairly high income level , possibly after many years ' absence from paid employment . |
| 7 | We are talking about the brain tissue of an aborted foetus whose gestation period has to be between 10 and 11 weeks . |
| 8 | So we are not really talking about the survival of the earth , we are talking about the survival of the sort of earth we want . |
| 9 | Which , shall we say , we are talking about the A fifty nine , is along the A fifty nine corridor . |
| 10 | So what I 'm going to ask effectively that when we are talking about the Greater York element of the housing land allocation we concentrate on the question of is the level of provision enough ? |
| 11 | It 's important to be clear that for the moment we are talking about the purchase of places in the private and voluntary sectors : in-house purchasing is not with us yet . |
| 12 | ‘ We are talking about the Occultation of the Twenty-fourth Imam of the Wimbledon Dharjees ! |
| 13 | Talking of double standards , of road versus rail and the Bill , where footpaths are concerned we are talking about the removal of ancient obligations . |
| 14 | ‘ We are talking about the right to behave as members of a democratic organisation and introduce amendments to our own fundamental policies . |
| 15 | We are talking about the meeting . |
| 16 | If , however , we are talking about the number two or number three in a particular market , they may not be of sufficient size to achieve these objectives . |
| 17 | When we are talking about the end of privilege and we are talking about the future and training , we must remember that over half the population are hard done by . |
| 18 | This is why there is equal acceptability in the sentences of ( 50 ) and ( 51 ) , despite the fact that there was a difference of grammatical status between ( 48 ) and ( 49 ) : ( 50 ) a possible result would be the collapse of the whole company such a result is possible ( 51 ) his occasional visits annoyed my brother his visits were only occasional Similarly , ( 52 ) and ( 53 ) are both admissible , but only provided that we are talking about the age of the institution and the accuracy of the narrative , respectively : ( 52 ) Charlie 's school is old ( 53 ) my story is surprising but true |
| 19 | If we are talking about the Cape Canaveral school of lineout ‘ jumping ’ favoured in South Africa the answer would be an unequivocal , yes . |
| 20 | When we are talking about the end of privilege and we are talking about the future and training , we must remember that over half the population are hard done by . |
| 21 | Inevitably , we are talking about the South-east , which is where the development pressure is . |
| 22 | He told me that he got an awful rocket from the Director of Accounts when he handed in the bill which worked out at several hundred pounds — and here we are talking of the year 1946 ! |
| 23 | ‘ We are talking of the art of the conjuror … ’ |
| 24 | Whether we are talking of the families portrayed in reading schemes and modern languages material , the heroes of novels chosen in English literature , or the personages selected as worthy of interest in history , the picture may be of a male who is larger than life , dominant and personality-projecting . |