Example sentences of "we are [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is important to realise that we are not taking into account all the competing paths produced by poor acoustic-phonetic labelling . |
| 2 | There is still a sense in which the relation between words and object can be called ‘ arbitrary ’ , since we are not dealing with onomatopeia , but it is quite unproblematical . |
| 3 | I know that many killings are done for next to nothing but we are not dealing with street muggers or footloose louts , we are dealing with the middle-aged and the middle-class-people who know which side their bread is buttered and value their reputations almost more than their deeds and their share certificates . |
| 4 | We are not trying to foist them upon you . |
| 5 | It gives me great satisfaction but we are not shouting about being second for what might be a few hours . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ But we are peaceful people and we are not looking for revenge . |
| 7 | ‘ We are not looking for domination , but equality , ’ he said , again demanding that Sinn Fein must be included in political talks . |
| 8 | We are not starting from square one ! |
| 9 | We are not starting from square one ! ’ |
| 10 | But we are not talking about faith — which must necessarily be an intensely private , intensely subjective affair . |
| 11 | What we need to understand is that we are not talking about career , but about serving Christ and finding the most effective means to win the lost . |
| 12 | No one can achieve anything without the help of others and we are not talking about militancy , more the desire to support people in their quest to put Darlington to rights . |
| 13 | We are not talking of resurrection experiences here but of people needing to see for themselves what has been reported to them , so that the fact becomes obvious and denial or alternative explanations are less credible . |
| 14 | ‘ We are not dumping at present but we wish to keep our options open . |
| 15 | No , you say , all in control , we are not going to sleep together . |
| 16 | We are also focusing on exploration projects which will give us the opportunity to find larger oil and gas deposits at lower costs . |
| 17 | That is especially so at this time , when we are effectively handing from Parliament to Ministers the right to decide , on private Bills , to lay orders . |
| 18 | We are just asking for knowledge of the Minister 's attitude to a funding council . |
| 19 | Between a limiting sense ( for ‘ literary ’ ) and a limited sense ( for ‘ deadness ’ ) , we are here navigating in light and tricky airs . |
| 20 | If you look at the social service budget , we are actually putting into effect the new Children 's Act legislation , which was absent from the Labour budget entirely . |
| 21 | However , when this becomes a driver we are often looking for attention when we are doing something . |
| 22 | ‘ We are still struggling with child sexual abuse and we are still trying to get it right from the child 's point of view . |
| 23 | And he said not at all , not at all and I said well I do want the people to know that , you know we , although we tribute to of the lost lives in the two World Wars , we are now striving for peace and so I wound a few white poppies . |
| 24 | In this chapter we have , through our time travelling , been outside of our own world for some time now , so perhaps we are now looking at modernity with the eyes of a stranger coming home . |
| 25 | Bu but basically we are , we are now going for land reform and if the , if th th the momentum from this is coming from the spontaneous actions of the peasants themselves , and if it 's not coming then we 've got ta give them the guidance to move in that direction . |
| 26 | This was the second full year of operations for the company and chief executive , Robert Bauman , commented , ‘ the key objectives of the merger have been achieved and we are now focusing on growth and we have made dramatic strides in our new product programme ’ . |
| 27 | That is why we are now pressing for trade and co-operation agreements with the republics further to the east . |
| 28 | ‘ It is an achievement to play games at the moment , as we are literally living from hand to mouth . |
| 29 | Erm , we are indeed talking to Health Authority about the matters that were mentioned but can I come on to occupational therapists because I 'm very glad to say that erm we are able to recruit occupational therapists in this county . |
| 30 | ‘ We are certainly bearing in mind Nathan Munson , who has been in excellent form for the Youths over the last couple of months , ’ explained McDonough . |