Example sentences of "[pron] are [v-ing] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paradoxically , the more moderate of them are insisting on the maintenance of their block votes because the party is still not fully democratic . |
| 2 | A great majority of them are looking for the theatre of books , and it is not there . |
| 3 | Little wonder , really , that right now the two of them are looking for the time of their life with someone of their own age . |
| 4 | Four of them are bubbling around the kitchen and the other two are in the front room keeping an eye on the visitors , roped up on the floor watching two blacks the size of quarter-backs shaking through their jackets . |
| 5 | And what about overtime on Sa I mean at the moment some of them are working during the week and Saturdays and they need that to maintain the sort of service level that we 're doing at the moment . |
| 6 | My wife and I are staying at the Danieli , but she 's not been feeling well and urged me to take up the offer of an observer 's seat here . ’ |
| 7 | And now , on a clear morning , Graham Little and I are sitting at the bottom of the wall , fit and ready to go , and the wall is plastered with verglas . |
| 8 | Fairfax and I are sitting on the verandah at Folly Farm . |
| 9 | . Right , so the company that we work for is and they are one of the a number of companies which are operating in the fleet driver training market , and erm they we pren presently have the contract with for this f f course of defensive driver training . |
| 10 | Inevitably there are underlying social complexities , such as land tenure and population growth , which are contributing to the problem but there is also evidence , from locations within the drainage basin where conservation measures are being introduced , that terracing and contour farming can not only reduce the risk of erosion but also increase productivity . |
| 11 | The answers have suggested new designs for housing , which are coming on the market . |
| 12 | ‘ Coincidentally , we are now seeing coming out of Eastern Europe that same broad attitude being adopted , not only by the democratic socialists and social democratic parties which are emerging in the East , but also amongst the reform wings of the old Communist parties led by a new generation who realise the command economy Stalinist game is completely up . |
| 13 | It 's precisely prosperous towns like Wallingford which are suffering from the recession . |
| 14 | Once more , general policies which are leading to the residualization of local authority housing are being reinforced by demographic trends . |
| 15 | A number of proposals are being worked on by housing associations , by voluntary housing bodies , by the Royal British Legion and by the Soldiers ' , Sailors ' and Airmen 's Families Association , which are working with the Confederation of British Industry , the Institute of Directors and the Department of Employment on a whole range of opportunities . |
| 16 | It can help us explain why the entrenched and the familiar can suddenly appear conditional and temporary , and inject meaning into those long-forgotten disputes which are bubbling to the surface , especially within the Soviet bloc . |
| 17 | The religions which are burgeoning around the world are the ones taking positive , proactive stances . |
| 18 | Under the Administration of justice Act 1982 , where a will contains a devise or bequest to a child or remoter descendant of the testator , and the intended beneficiary dies before the testator , leaving issue who are living at the time of the testator 's death , then , unless a contrary intention appears in the will , the devise or bequest passes to the issue living at the testator 's death . |
| 19 | Well , it means quite a lot for the people who are living in Germany , especially the ones who are living in the East , because their economy has been so run down , it 's got to be put through a sort of shock treatment . |
| 20 | But because it 's got to be right across the board , and they wo n't make exception , of people like myself and others who are living in the community that need home help . |
| 21 | There are an awful lot of children in the United Kingdom in fact who are living in the sort of poverty and who 's parents are living in the sort of poverty which in a rich country like our own , should not be tolerated . |
| 22 | Turn to our news pages to see a story about the RSPB who are calling on the government to change agricultural policy and rectify many of the problems you 've outlined . |
| 23 | No further away than this morning The Times printed an advertisement from 209 of the great and the good who are calling for the legalisation of cannabis . |
| 24 | This argument comes close to a constitutional paradox — that people who are protesting against the fairness of the political system may find themselves convicted of serious offences because their mode of protest is a realistic one . |
| 25 | If the seller knows the number of companies who are competing for the order , their likely stances , the criteria used by the buying organisation when deciding between them , the degree of pressure on key members of the decision making unit , and any formula they might use for assessing price acceptability , an accurate assessment of the power balance should be possible . |
| 26 | Bello Bouba said that he was returning to join his " fellow countrymen who are struggling for the institution of a real democracy " . |
| 27 | The main categories of non-private customer are : ( 1 ) Ordinary business investors ( see page 36 below ) ; ( 2 ) Individuals who are acting in the course of carrying on investment business ; ( 3 ) Expert private customers ( whether individuals or small business investors ) who have agreed to be treated as non-private customers ( see page 37 below ) ; ( 4 ) Small business investors who : ( a ) are acting in the course of carrying on investment business , or ( b ) the firm reasonably believes are ordinary business investors ; or ( c ) are trade customers ( see page 38 below ) in relation to the transaction concerned ( who are technically treated as ordinary business investors ) . |
| 28 | FlexiLoan has been developed for customers who are looking for the freedom to spend , without the rigidity of a fixed loan . |
| 29 | In fact I think the people who are looking in the direction of change in terms of parent governors and P T As etcetera are , I think looking in the wrong direction . |
| 30 | The other thing I would like to make sure and this applies also to the members of the public as well as those people who are participating in the discussion , could you please make sure that you have registered for the day . |