Example sentences of "[pron] are [v-ing] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hewlett Packard and Apricot , both of whom are going with the Aldus/Microsoft package , are rather more conservative and reckon perhaps 15 to 20 each . |
| 2 | Paradoxically , the more moderate of them are insisting on the maintenance of their block votes because the party is still not fully democratic . |
| 3 | A great majority of them are looking for the theatre of books , and it is not there . |
| 4 | Little wonder , really , that right now the two of them are looking for the time of their life with someone of their own age . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Fairfax and I are sitting on the verandah at Folly Farm . |
| 10 | Mary saw the scribbled-over envelope , smiled and said , " Reggie and I are going to the Greenpeace demo tomorrow afternoon . " |
| 11 | . 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The answers have suggested new designs for housing , which are coming on the market . |
| 14 | One can think of a number of cases which are coming before the courts where there 's been a lot of publicity and I 'm sure that the legal teams involved in those cases will be studying this judgement er and will be considering whether or not those principles ca n't be applied to their cases . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |
| 16 | It 's precisely prosperous towns like Wallingford which are suffering from the recession . |
| 17 | … a small wingy , leggy item runs across the screen of the VDU , interrupting my thoughts , which are dwelling on the possibilities of a 1,000-word essay on a woodlice-breeding camp . |
| 18 | Once more , general policies which are leading to the residualization of local authority housing are being reinforced by demographic trends . |
| 19 | The developers tend to argue that country living offers people a good quality of life , and that they are relieving pressure on towns which are bursting at the seams , such as Reading , Camberley and Swindon . |
| 20 | Since the Government came to power , my Pendle constituency has gained two new enterprise zones which are bursting at the seams , one new motorway and a brand new community hospital . |
| 21 | Coun Tony Chilton told the Borough 's development and environment committee yesterday : ‘ The benefits which are going to the towns seem very unfair , very biased . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The most dramatic improvement has been among arctic terns , which are breeding on the islands for the first time in seven years . |
| 25 | The religions which are burgeoning around the world are the ones taking positive , proactive stances . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | What impact does it have on the tenants who are living in the flats ? |
| 28 | Yeah because I do n't think anything will will work unless it 's what the people who are living in the circumstances and living in the situation erm , if it 's not going to relevant to their lives then , you 're wasting the money . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |