Example sentences of "they be doing the " in BNC.

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1 There is perhaps an element of do-gooding about certain taxes and even today there are Treasury ministers who smugly claim they are doing the nation 's health a favour by putting up the levy on cigarettes , alcohol and petrol .
2 They are doing the Lord 's work in terms of bringing relief . ’
3 Either they are doing the work that younger people could and perhaps should be doing ; or they are part of a growing population of retired people whose idleness is creating social and financial difficulties for the rest of the productive population .
4 Mothers no doubt think they are doing the very best for their children , getting them off to a good night 's sleep .
5 Remember that your colleagues need your reassurance too , to confirm that they are doing the right thing .
6 They are doing the right things to find a book , but the book is n't where it should be .
7 This was repulsed , though Than Tun claimed that they desired unity which was the wish of the masses : ‘ The Rightists of the AFPFL submitted to the Imperialists in the Nu — Attlee Treaty , now also they are doing the same in discarding the Communist Party . ’
8 ‘ Well , ’ she said after a moment 's pause , ‘ of course they are doing the same job up to a point and that 's never an easy pattern of work .
9 Because they are doing the most unnatural thing in the world , which everyone tells them is perfectly natural , in order that little children should all sit down quiet and good in one place and learn to take the world for granted , and not attempt to change it .
10 So people have been forced to look at the way in which they are doing the work in er conjunction with er the manual for whatever other book of rules they have I wished they 'd do they carry out their work .
11 Councillors say they are doing the best they can but Bill Dixon , chairman of the authority 's housing committee , admitted : ‘ We are operating on a knife edge . ’
12 although no doubt they are doing the best they can for you Mr , erm , but I mean that 's why , that 's what I was putting to you at the beginning .
13 Speaking at the presentation , Sir George said : ‘ Councils have to show that they are doing the best they can with the money and other resources which they can use . ’
14 They begin to feel that the job is there so that they can earn a living , rather than that they are doing the job itself !
15 But now they 're doing the whole thing all over again .
16 I think basically they 're doing the job that the public want cos they 're successful .
17 And of course if they 're doing the job probably should be licensed by the local authority in any case .
18 Not like you 're using can can , they 're doing the can can .
19 Well they 're doing the best they 've got them with the .
20 I hope they 're doing the right thing .
21 Also now that we 've got UNISON the one union I think they can help but I do think that 's what needs to be done , because they 're doing the same with the hospital as , as now doing with the pits even after the closure campaign .
22 And they said , ‘ But they 're doing the best they can ’ .
23 They 're doing the exact opposite of what female sea horses are doing .
24 Whether we could look at our contract and see if this could be because mentioned about grass on the pavements , not only is it the machine that 's doing that , but there 's a danger to young children from the machines they 're using and elderly people with pavements being very very slippery once they 're doing the grass if it 's raining .
25 If if they 're doing the business on they could be pulling off , that 's what I do n't like cos the airport 's are too so close together , like it 's too you know too er Right , shall we revert , I think more sensible to talk about this in the beginning of February yeah ?
26 starting in the bedroom now , so decorators said they , and of course they 're doing the downstairs cloakroom so there 's two upstairs , one downstairs and they 're making so much mess everywhere .
27 No he wo n't , only gon na do the two , they 're doing the , the Ullswater one and the Eskdale one
28 And , I did notice they 're doing the turkey legs but they 're a lot
29 Yeah but they 're doing the distance learning course at the moment on publicity and P R I think erm I had some papers about that somewhere
30 It was it was very , it was very sixteen year olds find this hard when they 're doing the , the high level stuff but it 's no good giving you the easy stuff cos you 're both very bright , both very clever and it 's no good saying , well what , does anyone know what one add two is is it ?
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