Example sentences of "are [verb] [pron] [noun] [prep] the " 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 | The employees are accepting their fate with the usual mix of bitterness and resignation . |
| 3 | To get power , you are using your power against the power that the opponent gives to you . |
| 4 | Groups in our society such as Friends of the Earth , Greenpeace and the Green party are to be congratulated for the energetic way they are drawing our attention to the issues involved . |
| 5 | The earliest the matter can be raised again is in January when the new Congress returns , and although if the benefit is reintroduced it may well be retroactive to1 January , potential donors are biding their time for the moment . |
| 6 | I 've just realised that as we talk , we are hanging our show on the miners and that there is not one image by a woman . |
| 7 | With some clients , such as Nissan , Nuclear Electric , Volkswagon Audi and Flight Refuelling , we are auditing our performance in the catering and facilities operations directly with our clients , resulting in true contract partnership . ’ |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | Two hundred and ninety people are to lose their jobs with the closure of one of the country 's leading leather manufacturers . |
| 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 | It is a warm Saturday towards the end of the 1989–90 season , leagues are being decided , the unfortunates are being relegated and Scotland 's itinerant football fans are weaving their way to the citadels of Brechin , Forfar , and Cowdenbeath . |
| 13 | Monitoring rivals closely to copy good ideas and ensure that they are keeping their service in the forefront of developments |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Several chandlers are revising their catalogues for the new year . |
| 17 | Market forces are pushing their way into the whole arena of debt servicing and conditions of grant aid so that the international rhetoric is moving away from comprehensive Primary Health Care to ‘ cost recovery ’ . |
| 18 | At present all CAD companies are pushing their techniques from the low to the mid level of involvement . |
| 19 | Over in Nottinghamshire , Hucknall Town are marking their elevation to the Central Midlands League by producing a programme that would put many full-time clubs to shame . |
| 20 | The stated reason for doing so is that an increasing number of cardholders are paying their bill at the end of each month , pay nothing for the card , and are therefore being subsidised by those who do use the credit facility . |
| 21 | The club has criticised the fans for not turning up in bigger numbers to support the club but now they are turning their criticism on the manager . |
| 22 | They are turning their backs on the low paid workers . |
| 23 | And runners like Wimpey Homes site manager Paul Hatfield are turning their attention to the 30 mile , 50km , 40/50 mile and 100km ( 62.1 mile ) distances — for fun ! |
| 24 | Encouraged by the acceptability of more popular styles of composition , willing but inexperienced composers are turning their hand to the production of ‘ home-grown ’ music . |
| 25 | 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 ’ . |
| 26 | Doctors , nurses , unions , patient groups and even local schoolchildren are adding their voices to the protest . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . ’ |
| 29 | Above all , if we are to retain our position in the world league , all internal taxes must be designed so as not to adversely affect the price of our goods abroad . |
| 30 | They say in the Hello ! magazine article that they are breaking their silence in the exclusive interview because ‘ now we have something positive to tell . ’ |