Example sentences of "[pron] are [adv] [v-ing] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Schools have been given greater autonomy and greater exposure to market forces , both of which are significantly altering their information requirements . |
| 2 | For a party with that record now to deride as unreal , and even denounce as illegitimate , opponents who are also re-examining their past suggests the presence of a certain myopia . |
| 3 | When I talk with children I used to coach , who are now working their way up the ladder of older and older age groups , I often think of my first experiences of cross-country running . |
| 4 | There are n't many people who are actually spending their life doing maths . |
| 5 | Have you come across those people who are always moving their furniture about ? |
| 6 | you 're not only hurting me and my present wife and my two children , you are also hurting my ex-wife and my son . |
| 7 | That wo n't do me any harm , for my position is assured ; but you are just beginning your career and it will help you a great deal . |
| 8 | ‘ I would be the first person to tell my players to get on with the game because when you do n't do that , you are only upsetting your rhythm . |
| 9 | That combined budget will inevitably involve a redistribution of resources you are going to live up to what you are now putting your name to . |
| 10 | ‘ You are really wasting your energy on me , ’ said McAllister severely , ‘ when you should be concentrating on your patient . |
| 11 | As a continuing ‘ Medau Mover ’ you are obviously enjoying your Medau class/es — may we suggest that to add to that enjoyment perhaps you would like to fill in this form and become a ‘ Member of the Medau Society ’ |
| 12 | As you pick your way through the minefield of the remaining holes , you are gradually working your way uphill , until finally you arrive on the 18th tee . |
| 13 | You are happily filling your basket with the week 's groceries when you turn the corner into the next aisle and suddenly you see a roaring lion , its teeth glistening , open-mouthed and heading straight for you . |
| 14 | What we are slowly making our way towards are the pictorial consequences of Rosenberg 's nothingness and the fatality . |
| 15 | ‘ At present there are around 3m households supplied with hampers and we are steadily increasing our share . |
| 16 | We are also doing our utmost to provide the modern facilities our crews deserve . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ We are just improving our place of worship and upgrading its facilities , ’ he said . |
| 18 | When we are ruled and guided from within , and not governed by impulse and emotions , we are still fulfilling our desire but are not ruled by it . |
| 19 | We are still feeling our way ourselves and |
| 20 | We are now focusing our research efforts , however , on second-generation proton exchange membrane ( PEM ) fuel cells . |
| 21 | ‘ We are only doing our duty , gentlemen ’ — and returning to find books and food and clothes scattered in chaos on the floor . |
| 22 | In order to achieve this we are further increasing our focus on customer service and quality systems . |
| 23 | We are constantly upgrading our distribution network to ensure that the right product is delivered to the right customer at the right time . |
| 24 | I would say , " Lord Hulton , we are really wasting our time here . |
| 25 | erm supporting it , I mean they are just putting their name down so that they can stay out of trouble . |
| 26 | They will then notify their clients by sending them contract notes — a ‘ bought ’ note in the case of a purchase and a ‘ sold ’ note in the case of a sale — accompanied , in the case of a purchase , by a request for payment prior to the next settlement date ( unless they are already holding their client 's funds ) or , in the case of a sale , by a transfer form for signature and return and a request for the share certificate ( unless they already hold it ) . |
| 27 | This issue is currently at the centre of pedagogical discussions about language , since many teaching methods rest on the assumption that when children talk or write , they are also developing their ability to think . |
| 28 | They plan to introduce a system of on-going evaluation of their broadcasts by interviewing listeners to ensure that they are still giving their public what they want . |
| 29 | An implication of the preceding analysis is that the monetary authorities can only alter the level of output by engineering unanticipated variations in the money supply which , in turn , implies that they are continually altering their policy rule . |
| 30 | When enterprises plan their production on the criterion of profitability they are only honouring their obligation to their shareholders — — to earn them a reasonable return on their money — and if those shareholders are institutions which are in turn merely trustees of the people 's savings … well , evidently notions of class struggle and exploitation must be out of date . |