Example sentences of "[noun] are [v-ing] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hoddle kicked off by telling Swindon he wanted to leave … he wanted a bigger club … next thing Chelsea are knocking at the door for both Hoddle and John Gorman … they both resigned … |
| 2 | Well the way Chelsea are playing at the moment , you 've got a very good chance of winning . |
| 3 | When kittens are sucking at the nipple , letting the mother know all is well . |
| 4 | Already , my fingers are picking at the edge of the pad and I have only written , ( dragged out ) 178 words , but who 's counting ? |
| 5 | This is also known as the purposive approach , since the courts are looking at the purpose for which the Act was passed . |
| 6 | Brian Adair : country 's courts are creaking at the seams |
| 7 | Downland Housing Association are building at the Larch Cottage site , Portsmouth Road , while the second site is at Lynchborough Road , Passfield . |
| 8 | No other foreigners are training at the moment . |
| 9 | His benevolent brown eyes are looking at the floor to Shirley 's left , about five feet beyond her , and he appears to be thinking not about the flute as a career , but about the problems and opportunities of kitchen floor tiling . |
| 10 | Bargaining or negotiation , a less pompous term is haggling , only occur when both parties are dealing at the margin . |
| 11 | Both parties are looking at the project from different angles , so it is not surprising if each fails to see the other 's viewpoint . |
| 12 | A group of Russian teenagers are studying at the Abbey International College ; they 'll help to show the orphans around : |
| 13 | But only 3,000 wildcat miners are digging at the mine , compared with 20,000 a year ago . |
| 14 | Rural areas are suffering at the moment . |
| 15 | They simply can not afford to sit back when , each year , some 300 youngsters are straining at the leash to get into their midst via the Qualifying Schools . |
| 16 | The Regional Arts Boards are straining at the leash , wanting to take over as many of the Arts Council 's responsibilities as they can get . |
| 17 | The rest are hauling at the crowbars that wind down the press , hobnails gritting on the frosty concrete . |
| 18 | With entries up 20 per cent , the organisers are looking at the possibility of using an additional hall for the event . |
| 19 | SMALL BUSINESSES are collapsing at the rate of one every 10 minutes . |
| 20 | Businesses are collapsing at the rate 76 a day with a total of 7,014 company insolvencies in the three months to the end of September , according to the British Chambers of Commerce . |
| 21 | Businesses are collapsing at the rate 76 a day with a total of 7,014 company insolvencies in the three months to the end of September , according to the British Chambers of Commerce . |
| 22 | New figures out today from the British Chambers of Commerce show that businesses are collapsing at the rate of 76 a day . |
| 23 | Utah 's renowned salt flats are disappearing at the rate of 1 per cent a year , and may disappear completely within decades . |
| 24 | Scotch Whisky 's decline has now accelerated to the extent that sales in the UK are collapsing at the rate of 1 million cases per annum . |
| 25 | No homes have been identified as such yet , the officers are looking at the homes in the east of the county . |
| 26 | If the Queen 's telescope had been able to reach into Patrick 's classroom , there would have been a surprise in store for her — but not for Patrick , who at least affects to believe the story that Orwellian minders are peering at the punters from the screens of the punters ' television sets . |
| 27 | I 'm very happy with how things are going at the moment . ’ |
| 28 | It 's reassuring , especially the way things are going at the moment . |
| 29 | Around them cicadas are screaming at the sun . |
| 30 | I find that they bitterly regret the Labour party 's dogmatic commitment to repeal , contrary to the wishes of the college principals , the Bill going through the House precisely because the Opposition Front Bench are acting at the behest of a few backwoodsmen Labour county councillors throughout the country . |