Example sentences of "are [verb] [pron] [noun] on [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 | Mr Takeshita 's immediate aim is to show the Americans that he is as adept in international affairs as in domestic politics , and that they are wasting their time on a boy like Mr Kaifu . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The problem with any such guesstimate is that , of course , we are basing our calculations on a statistical sample of one . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | They are turning their backs on the low paid workers . |
| 8 | Whilst it has been argued that such firms need financial and general business aid , if they are to fulfil their potential on a timely basis , little is known of their accounting/financial practices and needs . |
| 9 | The Ellis float is clearly a profitable one , but across the country fewer and fewer people are buying their milk on the doorstep , even though delivery charges average at just 52p a week . |
| 10 | Local Serbs are strengthening their grip on a narrow corridor along the Sava River between two large Serbian areas . |
| 11 | Scala books are continuing their series on the contents of major museums with volumes The Boymans van Beuningen by Hanneke de Man ( £14.95 ) ; The Uffizi by Luciano Berti , Anna Maria Petrioli Tofani and Caterina Caneva ( £19.95 ) ; and The Wallraf Richartz Museum , Cologne by Rainer Budde ( £14.95 ) . |
| 12 | There is growing evidence to suggest , however , that acid deposition and ozone pollution are taking their toll on the UK environment . |
| 13 | With their eyes on entering the 1995 World Cup qualifiers in the Asia/Pacific Zone ( the top two teams in September 's tournament will automatically qualify ) Taiwan are pinning their hopes on a two-week visit to Wellington , New Zealand . |
| 14 | Ministers are pinning their hopes on a big spending Christmas this year to give the High Street and struggling businesses a boost . |
| 15 | Ministers are pinning their hopes on a big spending Christmas this year to give the nation 's High Streets and struggling businesses a boost . |
| 16 | erm I mean , it 's interesting , that 's not the only person that 's said that to me erm one of the youngsters actually said that to me last night erm sort of complaining again along the same sort of lines , and I said ‘ well hang on a minute , you know there are people actually at this moment who are putting their lives on the line and |
| 17 | ‘ They have enabled us to add a very valuable player to our squad because they are putting their money on the table . ’ |
| 18 | The fact that such grammatically incorrect combinations are frequently systematic ( Berko 1958 ; Ivimey 1975 ) suggests that children are organising their utterances on the basis of a knowledge of rules , rather than simply in response to environmental contingencies , and that such rules are , at least to some extent , generated spontaneously . |