Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] [pron] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , Master , we are building our arguments on the fact that there were men who looked like King James . ’ |
| 2 | The employees are accepting their fate with the usual mix of bitterness and resignation . |
| 3 | To get power , you are using your power against the power that the opponent gives to you . |
| 4 | Groups in our society such as Friends of the Earth , Greenpeace and the Green party are to be congratulated for the energetic way they are drawing our attention to the issues involved . |
| 5 | The earliest the matter can be raised again is in January when the new Congress returns , and although if the benefit is reintroduced it may well be retroactive to1 January , potential donors are biding their time for the moment . |
| 6 | Just as I am drawing his attention to the point and beginning what I know will be a long and wearying discussion , Mirsal , who has been fighting the cabman about his fare outside , appears and lets loose such a torrent of thumbnail word portraits of the clerk 's family that , used as I am to his powers in this respect , I am struck dumb with admiration . |
| 7 | I 've just realised that as we talk , we are hanging our show on the miners and that there is not one image by a woman . |
| 8 | With some clients , such as Nissan , Nuclear Electric , Volkswagon Audi and Flight Refuelling , we are auditing our performance in the catering and facilities operations directly with our clients , resulting in true contract partnership . ’ |
| 9 | I am helping my Pa with the outdoor work , as is right and proper . |
| 10 | Will the Prime Minister now tell us whether he accepts that , in addition to the massive number of homes repossessed last year , a further 80,000 families are to lose their homes in the current year ? |
| 11 | Two hundred and ninety people are to lose their jobs with the closure of one of the country 's leading leather manufacturers . |
| 12 | So to raise funds , some of the villagers are opening their gardens to the public on Saturday . |
| 13 | My answer to this criticism was that teachers of English are virtually unanimous in their enthusiasm for literature , but need persuasion if they are to accept our recommendations for the teaching of grammar , Standard English and knowledge about language . |
| 14 | It is a warm Saturday towards the end of the 1989–90 season , leagues are being decided , the unfortunates are being relegated and Scotland 's itinerant football fans are weaving their way to the citadels of Brechin , Forfar , and Cowdenbeath . |
| 15 | Monitoring rivals closely to copy good ideas and ensure that they are keeping their service in the forefront of developments |
| 16 | The Miami Cubans are flexing their wallets for the return to a country whose people are healthier , better educated and less racially divided than when the exiles left . |
| 17 | The trend towards milder winters is beginning to concern horticulturists. many trees need lengthy cold spells if they are to open their buds at the right time in spring , and research on the Continent confirms that apple trees will be confused by the changing climate . |
| 18 | Several chandlers are revising their catalogues for the new year . |
| 19 | Market forces are pushing their way into the whole arena of debt servicing and conditions of grant aid so that the international rhetoric is moving away from comprehensive Primary Health Care to ‘ cost recovery ’ . |
| 20 | At present all CAD companies are pushing their techniques from the low to the mid level of involvement . |
| 21 | ‘ Is that why you 're hanging your washing on the Siegfried Line ? ’ |
| 22 | She 's been reported missing and we 're checking her movements for the two weeks before she vanished . ’ |
| 23 | At the moment you 're cre , you 're cor , , you 're correcting your procedures on the basis of auditing and finding out what we 're not doing instead of really thinking about them . |
| 24 | Blot : In earlier films , you 've suggested that female sexuality and capitalist codes of production are intertwined ; with this new film you 're turning your attention to the position of blacks in our society . |
| 25 | Next we 're turning our attention to the more difficult issue of whether any common approach can be adopted . |
| 26 | Can I just ask why you 're ignoring us lot on the ground floor ? |
| 27 | They 're breaking their part of the contract now . |
| 28 | ‘ You 're having your lamp on the 8th of January . ’ |
| 29 | I think they like to hold that position that they 're doing their bit for the school . |
| 30 | ‘ See you 're doing your rounds with the first night presents . ’ |