Example sentences of "[noun pl] [am/are] going [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 As a result 5,000 farmers are going out of business every year and the suicide rate for farmers has never been higher .
2 Farmers are going out of business at the rate of five thousand every year .
3 That is okay when things are going well of course .
4 Teachers are going back to university to learn how to teach the National Curriculum .
5 Clearly , no one explanation could cover why we eat cows but not cats ; why big game hunting is the traditional pursuit of the wealthy ; why furs are going out of fashion ; why sexual slang employs so many animal and eating metaphors ; why customary cannibalism is seldom if ever authenticated ; why we worry so much more about high fat meats than about eating cheese ; why so many religious sects espouse vegetarianism ; why burger bars have been redecorating with pastel colours ; why the Flintstones barbecue dinosaur steaks ; why we eat beef rather than cow ; why businessmen might eat steak tartare at a negotiating lunch ; and why meat is said to give men aggression , strength , or heterosexual virility .
6 ’ The preceptor links are going out of phase at random. , Mala , ’ Posi replied .
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