Example sentences of "are [verb] [pron] [noun pl] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , Master , we are building our arguments on the fact that there were men who looked like King James . ’ |
| 2 | At the moment of writing , Labour seems to have lumbered itself with a system in which thode entitled to nominate — Labour MPs — will have no reliable means of guessing whether they are wasting their nominations on a no-hoper . |
| 3 | Also , most appointees on public bodies are given their jobs for a set number of years , so it could be some while before changes filtered through . |
| 4 | Will the Prime Minister now tell us whether he accepts that , in addition to the massive number of homes repossessed last year , a further 80,000 families are to lose their homes in the current year ? |
| 5 | Two hundred and ninety people are to lose their jobs with the closure of one of the country 's leading leather manufacturers . |
| 6 | Ninety people are to lose their jobs at a bleach factory . |
| 7 | It 's just been announced that three hundred and thirty workers are to lose their jobs at an oil and gas extraction equipment factory . |
| 8 | They are bringing their children to a school about which they already know a great amount and have decided that it meets their needs . |
| 9 | ‘ For the first time in ages they are tackling their problems in a sensible , mature manner without hysteria on one side and bloody-mindedness on the other . |
| 10 | So to raise funds , some of the villagers are opening their gardens to the public on Saturday . |
| 11 | My answer to this criticism was that teachers of English are virtually unanimous in their enthusiasm for literature , but need persuasion if they are to accept our recommendations for the teaching of grammar , Standard English and knowledge about language . |
| 12 | The problem with any such guesstimate is that , of course , we are basing our calculations on a statistical sample of one . |
| 13 | The Miami Cubans are flexing their wallets for the return to a country whose people are healthier , better educated and less racially divided than when the exiles left . |
| 14 | The trend towards milder winters is beginning to concern horticulturists. many trees need lengthy cold spells if they are to open their buds at the right time in spring , and research on the Continent confirms that apple trees will be confused by the changing climate . |
| 15 | Several chandlers are revising their catalogues for the new year . |
| 16 | At present all CAD companies are pushing their techniques from the low to the mid level of involvement . |
| 17 | They are turning their backs on the low paid workers . |
| 18 | Sam Keast , assistant commercial manager , said : ‘ We are testing our drivers in a serious way , but it 's also fun . |
| 19 | Writing later , in 1937 , J. B. Priestley 's main concern was to stress the Englishness of Chaplin ( though he did concede that the Chaplin symbol was half-French in inspiration ) and he talked of him as being ‘ the greatest humourist since Dickens ’ and of belonging above all to London 's East End and to ‘ the swarms of bright-eyed urchins who are thumbing their noses at the nearest policemen ’ . |
| 20 | Doctors , nurses , unions , patient groups and even local schoolchildren are adding their voices to the protest . |
| 21 | Here … the payment of the majority of the men each week takes place four and a half thousand men are handed their wages by the pay-clerks in less than ten minutes . |
| 22 | I wonder if on some distant planet there are creatures who are holding their sides at the prospect of us hurling plates at each other . ’ |
| 23 | So , Thames police are sharing their skills with the public . |
| 24 | There is an argument of increasing popularity with government and some of the advisers to government , that since comprehensive schools are widely seen to do worse for their pupils than selective schools in terms of examination results , and since so many people , if they can afford it , are removing their children from the maintained comprehensive sector to independent schools ( which are broadly speaking selective ) a way must be found for government to supply non-comprehensive schools , in the interests of the country as a whole . |
| 25 | More generally , if we are to incorporate our results into a theory of ordinary language comprehension , we must explicate the relation between experimental task and the ‘ tasks ’ that people set themselves in ordinary reading and listening . |
| 26 | Some schools auction off the gifts at the end of the service but if the bid for the produce does n't equal the cost price parents can become upset when other , possibly more prosperous , families are buying their gifts at a discount ! |
| 27 | And Cardiff coaching organiser Alex Evans knows his side must win if they are to justify their claims to the All-Whites ' throne . |
| 28 | ‘ The way retailers are running their businesses at the moment means that they are never overstaffed . |
| 29 | Was a polite Behaviour joined to that honest Sincerity and social Disposition which is remarkable in the English Sailors , I think they would not only be the most useful Men in the Island , but by much the most agreeable Companions : For this Reason , I would recommend it to Parents who are to breed their Sons to the Sea , to give them an early Taste of Letters , especially the European Tongue , which will be of great Service to their Business as well as polish their Manners " . |
| 30 | Local police are continuing their investigations into the incident . |