Example sentences of "[pers pn] are [verb] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's estimated that one in seven of the part-time workforce has some kind of caring responsibilities , and many of them are attempting to maintain a full-time or at least a part-time job , while carrying those responsibilities . |
| 2 | My girlfriend and I are trying to compile a new guidebook for the Clwyd area and would appreciate details of any new route information your readers might have . |
| 3 | Clarissa and I are going to have a tiny foot-up till he arrives . ’ |
| 4 | To gain the maximum benefit from each interview ( if you are aiming to learn a proper selection technique rather than treat each interview selection as a one-off event ) you should do a thorough follow-up . |
| 5 | On the F-Plan you are asked to drink a generous amount of calorie-free liquid , but only a very modest quantity of calorie-supplying liquid . |
| 6 | You are asked to devise a promotional advertising campaign for next Christmas . |
| 7 | Charityware resembles shareware , but rather than paying the author directly you are asked to make a charitable donation and inform the author . |
| 8 | Having said that you need not buy large quantities of any one flower , do remember that you are bound to have a certain percentage of failures in your press , no matter how hard you try . |
| 9 | Put too much stress on ‘ management ’ , and you are risking creating a sterile managerialism , which reduces management to ‘ the right to manage ’ . |
| 10 | After an experience like that , each new day you are granted has a special meaning . |
| 11 | It is difficult , at the best of times , to balance on a broomstick , but when you are trying to carry a heavy bucket of water at the same time , it is virtually impossible . |
| 12 | If you are trying to establish a respectable place for yourself in the tennis market place , let's see some more balanced reporting and less tabloid journalism . |
| 13 | It is a truth universally acknowledged that if you are trying to clinch a tricky deal , alcohol will lubricate the wheels of diplomacy , quell tempers and deflect dissent . |
| 14 | ‘ Establishing a level of confidence is quite important when you are trying to start a new business ’ — especially in a sector like aerospace . |
| 15 | As you are trying to find a new angle of vision , it is particularly important that you avoid familiar or worn-out ways of writing . |
| 16 | In the meantime , you are looking to earn a high return . |
| 17 | If you are looking to buy a new computer in the near future it would be wise not to obtain one with less than 4 meg of RAM on board . |
| 18 | Indeed , you are permitted to make a faithful copy of a famous painting if you wish , as a means to master a particular technique or learn something of a process or style . |
| 19 | If you are going to record a live performance you have to decide , for instance , whether the audience is part of the show or not . |
| 20 | So that the , the , the two main aims are , are stressed there , you are gon na end feudal exploitation and you are going to create a new system which will set free the force of rural production in order to pave the way for new China 's industrialization . |
| 21 | So , if you are going to typeset a fine art book or produce high quality galleys for an advertisement then it 's possible that a WYSIWYG package will not suffice . |
| 22 | Divide the children up into groups for a game and then tell them that you are going to form a marching band . |
| 23 | If you want to change your weight , you are going to have to change your diet , and to do that you are going to need a regular , orderly lifestyle . |
| 24 | Remember though , you can only do this in open water ; if there are snags around you can bet the bream will head for them , and there is no way you are going to stop a big bream on 2lb line . |
| 25 | In even the worst-run sales department , the danger that you are going to lose a key sale is recognized and every effort is made , within the limited headroom that you have , to try and retain it . |
| 26 | But you are going to hear a great deal more about it in the coming months . |
| 27 | While the first point is of little real consequence except to the typographer the second means that if you only have 10 point and 12 point but want 14 point you are going to have a real problem ! |
| 28 | If you are going to have a large stock of components you must store them sensibly . |
| 29 | You can not expect the world always to come to you — you must go out and meet it sometimes if you are going to have a full social life . |
| 30 | if you are going to buy a new fridge , check out what refrigerant and form of insulation it uses . |