Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simply by existing in a successful role , both bands are effectively working against that mentality . |
| 2 | Occupational and social careers are mutually facilitating in this respect . |
| 3 | We are so lacking in any form of racism that we never actually noticed . ’ |
| 4 | There should be no long pauses — as you are only listening at this stage |
| 5 | So when staff are literally fuming at each other , and wanting to sue , the simple solution is to install an electrostatic air filter . |
| 6 | ‘ I stress I am not referring to this incident , but ball-tampering must never be allowed to happen again . |
| 7 | ‘ I am not walking to any hut with you , ’ she assured him with icy defiance . |
| 8 | I am not talking about that kind of quietness ; rather the loneliness of people who feel quite cut off from God , from others , from society . |
| 9 | While approximately 80% of revenues still come from mainframe-related work , Haines sees open systems as a major growth area because , he says , MMT 's customers are generally drifting in that direction . |
| 10 | Runners are generally suffering at this stage ( 23.5 6o 24.5 miles ) and will need all the support they can get . |
| 11 | ‘ In some areas we are already competing for that work ’ . |
| 12 | If the one-tier board structure were used , then the executive directors would ‘ manage ’ and the non-executive directors would ‘ supervise ’ ; to some extent , the boards of UK-listed companies are already moving towards this division , albeit not on a prescribed legal basis , with the establishment of audit committees of non-executive directors to whom the auditors report any matter of concern in the company 's draft accounts , and with the determination of the remuneration of executive directors by a committee of non-executive directors , who also deal with ethical matters and conflicts of interest . |
| 13 | We are not quarrelling with this decision in any way , because I believe that our full-time forces are already overstretched for the roles and tasks that the Government have outlined for them both in and out of area , and that the territorial forces play a vital support role . |
| 14 | However , with respect , Mr. Speaker , I have seen your reply in which you said that using the crest of the House of Commons on such material was not an offence , so I hope that you are not referring to that aspect of the issue that the tell-tale Member has just raised with you . |
| 15 | Dr Alun Gee , NRA technical manager for the Welsh region , said , ‘ We are not looking for any relaxation in current standards ’ and the objectives will contain a ‘ no deterioration ’ clause . |
| 16 | They are not speaking to each other , following a disagreement on the eighth night over whether or not Chris was going to have a third bottle of wine with dinner . |
| 17 | ‘ But we are not getting into this game . |
| 18 | If on the other hand they are not sitting in that capacity , it was agreed that they are performing functions in the public domain , and judicial review would in principle be available . |
| 19 | Nevertheless if they were going to fly again they were gon na pay for a seat and they 're only looking for some recompense towards a new new ticket what 's wrong with sending them a voucher y'know , a properly produced voucher that we c that 's controlled properly by and all they do is guarantee any travel at their normal travel agent , do the business , attach the voucher to the B S P |
| 20 | The Ministry , the Veterinary Products Committee is now going away and they 're going to do even , even more work on it , erm , so I honestly do n't think that , that we 're going to get much more out of the Ministry until Veterinary Products Committee have come back and looked at it yet again , because the , the answer that you 'll get is that they 're already looking at that side of it . |
| 21 | Please accept my apologies if you 're already working towards this arrangement of the new cancelled dates . |
| 22 | We 're all ready , we 're just waiting for this gravy now |
| 23 | You could write on it any time but then you 're just sitting in all day . |
| 24 | we had Jaws and all that lot you know , there was , they had Jaws on and you 're just going round this corner and bloody great water comes up and jaws opens |
| 25 | we 're just talking about this velocity stuff , |
| 26 | ‘ You 're not joking by any chance , are you , sir ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ You 're not writing about this party , are you ? ’ she asks suspiciously . |
| 28 | And they 're not forgiving from that point of view . |
| 29 | And we are only voting on whether we will accept to add these words or not , we 're not voting at this stage on deliverance number two . |
| 30 | JB : Well , yes , we 've got that wall dividing us , you see , so we 're not looking over each other 's shoulder all day . |