Example sentences of "[noun pl] are [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 | 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 … ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Too many little things are happening at the one time . |
| 5 | When charged particles are travelling at the same velocity , and are subject to the same magnetic field , the heavier particles are deflected the least . |
| 6 | All those wankers obsessed with the shape of Ms Zeta Jones ' num-nums are looking at the wrong asset . |
| 7 | These twisted , stunted pines are growing at the extreme limits of their tolerance . |
| 8 | 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 . |