Example sentences of "we are talking [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jim Cadman , one of the two businessmen who have launched FTC , says : ‘ We are talking to UEFA at the moment . |
| 2 | We may recognize their mannerisms in ourselves or find that we are talking to our children in just the tones that they talked to us . |
| 3 | We alter our language according to whom we are talking to , what we are writing about , whether it is for social , transactional or literary purposes , and so on . |
| 4 | ‘ We are talking to a small number of selected companies with the aim of making an acquisition , a partial acquisition or an alliance , ’ says Xavier Ribas , EDS director of marketing for southern Europe . |
| 5 | One publisher commented , ‘ We are talking to Dillons about DOPRA , but we are not in yet . |
| 6 | All that is on top of the emergency accommodation to which I have just referred and about which we are talking to Single Homeless in London . |
| 7 | ‘ At the moment we are talking to TV , radio and even some promoters in the States about us doing work there . ’ |
| 8 | IT 'S Dad 's Week in the Echo and everyday we are talking to sons and daughters about the favourite man in their lives their dad . |
| 9 | ‘ We are talking to our employees telling them of our plans in a very detailed way . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ We are talking about the right to behave as members of a democratic organisation and introduce amendments to our own fundamental policies . |
| 11 | But there is almost something sad about it — we are talking about people who have become politically impotent . ’ |
| 12 | Inevitably , we are talking about the South-east , which is where the development pressure is . |
| 13 | So what we are talking about is probabilities , and unquantified ones at that . |
| 14 | We are talking about premeditated acts of cold-blooded mass murder perpetrated upon defenceless citizens . ’ |
| 15 | This is a perfect picture of responsible parenthood , whether we are talking about human or divine parenthood . |
| 16 | You see , we are talking about people who do n't even move their hands for days on end , then a PAT dog comes in and they stroke eagerly with both hands . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Yes , there are plans for a musical , it is true we are talking about doing one with Kylie and we all very much want it to happen , ’ admitted Pete Waterman . |
| 18 | We are talking about living communities : dynamic , changing ; subject to pressures which have nothing to do with agriculture ; but imposing on other aspects of life constraints which arise from involvement in agriculture . |
| 19 | Perhaps what we are talking about is adoptive parents who need to feel in charge , secure and ‘ in control ’ ( Tizard , 1977 ) . |
| 20 | My point is that before we try to improve the public image of chemists and chemistry , should n't we take steps to ensure that the public know which profession we are talking about ? |
| 21 | Whether we are talking about Pascal 's wager or Newman 's venture , we are always talking about a commitment made after weighing evidence . |
| 22 | However , in the majority of cases , we are talking about a household constituting a nuclear or extended family , or a pastoral group controlling a flock or herd . |
| 23 | You may indeed call it a temperamental difference , but I venture we are talking about something rather more . |
| 24 | This is that when we look at the evolution of cultural traits and at their survival value , we must be clear whose survival we are talking about . |
| 25 | Here we are talking about single genes cheating against the other genes with which they share a body . |
| 26 | We have , in short , to keep our feet on the ground , to get our facts right , and to remember that we are talking about the real world . |
| 27 | It means , by contrast , that when we talk of the technological imperative and resource allocation , we must realize that we are talking about the political process , and understand what this involves . |
| 28 | They are like a small major and they understand some of the things we are talking about . |
| 29 | The table below will help you to identify the source of those elements ( but do remember that we are talking about natural , as opposed to processed , foods ) . |
| 30 | Although competitive sports are fine , the type of exercise we are talking about here should not involve competition , particularly if you are the type of person who usually feels that winning is important . |