Example sentences of "are [adv] [verb] [adv prt] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of us are already cutting down on red meat , partly for health reasons but also because of , as Audrey Eyton explains ( see p.56 ) , the growing awareness that animals being farmed intensively are neither happy nor tasty . |
| 2 | The basic constituents of food : water , proteins , carbohydrates , fats , minerals and vitamins , all play an important part in the ‘ upkeep ’ of the body and we should make very sure that our elderly relatives are not missing out on any of them in their diet . |
| 3 | We are not going back on that , ’ a source said . |
| 4 | American publishers are noticeably cutting back on expensive art books with numerous colour illustrations . |
| 5 | There can be very few machines that do not have a spreadsheet program and if yours is one of them then you are probably missing out on one of the most valuable tools available . |
| 6 | Hence , chemical studies are confidently carried out on one or at most a very few instances of the materials that chemists are analysing and synthesizing . |
| 7 | Operations are now carried out on special trolleys which are hinged to allow the head to drop below the feet , ensuring a continuing blood supply to the brain in the event of sudden loss of blood pressure . |
| 8 | He said , ‘ we are just at the end of the recession and we are about to come out on some sort of curve ’ . |