Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [v-ing] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Steps have been taken to ameliorate the situation , but these are merely tinkering at the edges of a wider , more fundamental issue — the system which all of us have to operate can not cope with today 's problems . |
| 2 | ‘ Steps have been taken to ameliorate the situation , but these are merely tinkering at the edges of a wider , more fundamental issue — the system can not cope with today 's problems ’ |
| 3 | Land prices are already rising at the moment er in this region , even though house prices are not rising at a commensurate level . |
| 4 | Some newspapers are already running at a loss in the hope that they will move back into profit when the economic situation improves . |
| 5 | They are just queuing at the door , waiting to be let in . |
| 6 | If the latter , this should be done in late summer or early autumn , when the main summer growth has flowered and is beginning to wither , but new shoots are just appearing at the base of the plant . |
| 7 | So what you 're effectively doing at the moment is subsidizing the private commercial sector . |
| 8 | No have a look , you 're only looking at the beginning of it here try again |
| 9 | We 're only hoping at the end of this year , hopefully the company will incest in it . |
| 10 | As one policewoman in the unit explained , ‘ You 're only getting at the problem left behind after the crime has been committed . ’ |
| 11 | Tt and we 're obviously looking at a process of land reform which has , has undergone a number of changes and I think we , we 've begun to see some of the influences on those changes and particularly over the , the last week or so the this has . |
| 12 | Yes , we 've got er , I think we 're , we 're just packing at the moment |
| 13 | Which does n't really matter , because just we 're just looking at a snap-shot of |
| 14 | And because if you 're just looking at every word separately everything lo you 've got to learn so many things have n't you if you can pot the patterns and then you can start having a a guess at what it might be and getting it right most of the time and then you gradually learn them as you go along . |
| 15 | And we 're just looking at the route to In the previous er conditions of service we merely mentioned the time for which you were n't entitled to sick pay and the time after which you were entitled to full sick pay which we defined , we did n't define the route . |
| 16 | No , but you 're just looking at the pen . |
| 17 | We 're just rehearsing at the moment . ’ |
| 18 | But you 're still looking at the bar spaces a hundred and fifty pounds , and seat spaces two hundred and fifty pounds . |
| 19 | I think er they 're still talking at the moment . |
| 20 | based upon a profit bottom line for Grant Development , we 're here looking at the planning application and all the implications . |
| 21 | To understand chemistry at all you 've got to have some idea of optics , for example , because you 're actually looking at the reactions happening and you 've got to appreciate what you see . |
| 22 | So you 're actually looking at the quality of the product that this particular |
| 23 | But the thing to remember is they 're always talking about something we 've already done , not something we 're actually doing at the moment . |
| 24 | To make a character worse than oneself it is only necessary to release imaginatively from control some of the bad passions which , in real life , are always straining at the leash ; the Satan , the Iago , the Becky Sharp , within each of us , is always there and only too ready , the moment the leash is slipped , to come out and have in our books that holiday we try to deny them in life . |
| 25 | But , like Machiavelli , they are forever tugging at the sleeves of politicians . |
| 26 | Business people are usually travelling at the company 's expense and are unlikely to be on a strict budget . |
| 27 | ( I am still smarting at the MILLSTONE remark about poor little B , at which simply roared with laughter , told me to ignore it and that he , , was merely getting crabbit , old , critical and jealous … ) . |
| 28 | In the window of the Freethinkers store the anti-God pamphlets are still curling at the edges . |
| 29 | During this time , a failed adventurer has WS and BS -20 — this may be a problem if Gargoyles from area 13 are still attacking at the time ! |
| 30 | Companies which find it more difficult because it 's the centre of their existence , erm , are clearly looking at the situation , but will actually take a very long time to move to the position which you , in your particular group would like them to occupy , and I understand that , changing in I C I is rather different from changing at I B M , and er , therefore it takes longer , but I do see a a consciousness , it 's the same conscious , you 're impatient for change , quite rightly , companies of course , have to keep their employees in an earning capacity , at the same time , er , move towards the position which you would like to them to do , and it may take a long time , but I accept your point , which is with some companies , then in fact , your clearly going to get attention of some kind . |