Example sentences of "[noun pl] be [v-ing] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not all subjects are changing at the same pace although the national curriculum will in time no doubt reach some kind of consistency . |
| 2 | I mean , surely the English hens were laying at the same rate as they did in peacetime ? |
| 3 | So contrasting is it that one may wonder whether its adherents are looking at the same thing at all : ‘ As the eighties unfold , humanity faces a worldwide shortage of productive cropland , acute land hunger in many countries , escalating prices for farmland almost everywhere … ’ |
| 4 | Some colleges already undertake their own training of senior management staff and the Further Education Staff College at Coombe Lodge has for years been catering at the national level for the management needs of senior staff by providing residential conferences and workshops , most of which are over-subscribed . |
| 5 | Three or four people without seats were standing at the far dome car end , including the actress Angelica . |
| 6 | Over 500 of the company 's workers were protesting at the possible closure of the British-controlled company , following reports that its main creditor bank had threatened to withdraw funding . |
| 7 | Environmentalists and fishermen were protesting at the devastating effects of the Spanish and Italian drift-net fishery for swordfish . |
| 8 | Prize money in Britain covers only about one quarter of these costs , which is why some owners are looking at the larger prizes available in other countries . |
| 9 | Too many little things are happening at the one time . |
| 10 | A score of older cadets were waiting at the far end behind what was evidently a transparent plascrystal wall . |
| 11 | When charged particles are travelling at the same velocity , and are subject to the same magnetic field , the heavier particles are deflected the least . |
| 12 | Nalgo members were protesting at the proposed closure of a 24-hour crisis intervention centre . |
| 13 | The demonstrators were protesting at the imminent loss of 5,000 jobs in the region in the mining , steel , shipbuilding and fertilizer industries , and expressing fears for the future of at least half of Cartagana 's active workforce of 60,000 . |
| 14 | A number of ships were leaving at the same time — presumably with what they 'd come for , after Recovery — but we were slotted into the readiness pattern at fourth place . |
| 15 | All those wankers obsessed with the shape of Ms Zeta Jones ' num-nums are looking at the wrong asset . |
| 16 | These twisted , stunted pines are growing at the extreme limits of their tolerance . |
| 17 | Two men were standing at the further end of the clearing shooting at a wand . |
| 18 | We plan to examine more carefully the relationship between development communication and people 's action where new communication paradigms are emerging at the local level , with ‘ new languages ’ and new symbols . |