Example sentences of "are [verb] [that] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The most pessimistic observers are predicting growth rates of less than 1 per cent , and are suggesting that the Japanese economy is heading for a deep and prolonged recession .
2 ‘ An increasing number of employers are realising that a healthy staff brings long-term benefits . ’
3 Teachers are reminded that the following fees fall due for payment on 1st January 1992 , but may be paid earlier if desired .
4 Economists are warning that a prolonged strike in the industry — one of the few sectors where the US enjoys a positive trade balance — would have a serious impact on the American trade deficit .
5 Doctors are warning that the new pub craze of barflying could cause serious injury and even disable a person for life .
6 SCOTTISH prison officers , highlighting a ‘ serious decline ’ in industrial relations , are warning that the coming year may be one of open confrontation with prison service management .
7 At Hadley Wood Station we are told that no southbound train has passed through .
8 But now we are told that the Labour party plans to increase the local contribution to no less than 20 per cent .
9 We are told that the initial creation of the assemblies would include a strategic body for London — Greater London council mark 2 .
10 We are told that the main reason given was the weakening of squadrons by withdrawing the best crews , Nevertheless after much procrastination , all of which is still clouded in the veil of " security " , the Pathfinder Force was formed on 15 August 1942 and its first Commandant was Gp Capt D.C.T. Bennett DSO ( later AVM , CB , CBE , DSO ) who was officially appointed on 5 July — the master airman extraordinary and navigator par excellence .
11 But uncomfortable signs are growing that the uneasy line between discipline and dissent — and often very justified and necessary dissent — is being more and more breached in favour of the former .
12 But the Palestinians will not accept it unless they are persuaded that the new plan is a first step towards real independence , not an evasion .
13 The main political parties are agreed that the present exchange rate is to be defended within the framework of British membership of the ERM .
14 It is not as clear , however , how much more Britain ‘ ought ’ to spend on health care , although many commentators are agreed that the present amount is insufficient .
15 Although there are many different historical interpretations as to why the purges happened most are agreed that the main purpose was to secure Stalin 's power against all possible enemies .
16 But with a general election just around the corner , some of Gloucestershire 's councillors are gambling that the politcal temperature may soon change enough to take the heat out of any future moves to charge cap the authority .
17 The Americans are complaining that the Japanese market is closed to them .
18 We are expecting that the British economy next year should grow in line with the G7 average .
19 He said : ‘ The Cambrian Coast Express is all but full while other trains are reporting that the first-class accommodation is full while other facilities are filling up .
20 On the one hand , hints are provided that the Arab-Israeli conflict and the Palestinian issue will be resolved as part of any new security system .
21 The Americans are asking that the Japanese guarantee American firms 20% of Japan 's chip market , up from 13% today .
22 ‘ If I read you rightly , ’ said Radulfus , having searched Cadfael 's face , and found it in very grave earnest , ‘ you are saying that the young man was attacked in mistake for a Benedictine brother . ’
23 In saying that the crisis of legitimacy is central , we are saying that the penal crisis is in essence a moral crisis .
24 In fact some City professionals are saying that the licensed dealer should be a protected species , or it will shortly become extinct .
25 By concentrating on the international dimension of the UK 's crossroads we are saying that the structural changes are conditioned by the UK 's international position — — however we conceive it — and are at least partly determined by structural changes in the international economy .
26 Leaders of the Asian community are protesting that the wrong conclusions will be drawn from the advertisements .
27 Though they are predicting that the German economy will shrink for the year , they expect growth to resume in the fourth quarter .
28 The latest opinion polls are predicting that the National Front will get between 10 and 12 per cent of the vote — down both from the 14 per cent it won in last year 's regional elections and from Mr Le Pen 's own record score of 14.4 per cent in the 1988 presidential elections .
29 However it has already been challenged by live sheep interests who are arguing that a large proportion of exported animals are sold for further feeding and not direct for slaughter .
30 Senior ministers are determined that the major lenders will pass on the cuts to customers as soon as possible .
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