Example sentences of "are [adv] [v-ing] [adv prt] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only other major commodity which is based on lump sum rates regardless of quantities used , is water and the Water Companies are slowly moving over to a metered system in order to improve the discipline of use . |
| 2 | Users are finally coming round to the idea that applications are more important than the platform , he says , citing the UK supermarket chain , Sainsbury 's , which took ten months to decide that it would move to Unix , choosing its software before inviting companies to bid for the hardware contract . |
| 3 | Developers are already cottoning on to the trend by building houses with ready made work rooms . |
| 4 | Yes , but On the last comment that er Chris made er bringing us and the letter to county about the the failure of the meeting on the twenty second cos we feel that they are just lying down to the situation and not pursuing a pursuing the D A P about whatsoever and erm we are , certainly in John 's letter probably get it signed tonight complaining and asking for a a meeting as soon as possible because we feel that that they ought to be pursuing the question of these two sites , they 're dragging their feet ! |
| 5 | The Samukhela , people who are always harking back to the good old pre-independence days and want to emigrate , are addressed in the first song : ‘ But Samukhela when you get there you 'll think of home — the home of Africa … you 'll miss your mother you 'll miss your father ’ . |
| 6 | The Samukhela , people who are always harking back to the good old pre-independence days and want to emigrate , are addressed in the first song : ‘ But Samukhela when you get there you 'll think of home — the home of Africa … you 'll miss your mother you 'll miss your father ’ . |
| 7 | Actresses are also creeping on to the catwalk , offering their services in exchange for a couple of outfits . |
| 8 | He says Berliners are now counting down to the historic moment . |
| 9 | Black people are now moving back to the People 's National Movement , which ruled for 30 years before Mr Robinson came to power . |
| 10 | Dai Jenkin , a director at Gribble , Booth & Taylor , estate agents in Devon and Somerset , finds a growing number of British people who bought homes and went to live in France three or four years ago are now moving back to the West Country . |
| 11 | The revenue obtained a huge sum of money which they had no right to demand and they are now hanging on to a very large amount of interest which they have no moral right to retain . |
| 12 | People are now waking up to the fact that the natural world is our primary source and has got to be conserved if man is to continue . |
| 13 | Here every delegate vote counts equally , and they are increasingly waking up to the power of the voting card . |
| 14 | Almost all Asian hornbills are forest dwellers , and they are simply losing out to the chainsaw . |
| 15 | Apparently people are even going back to the fifties contraceptives ! |
| 16 | With the candles and red roses of Valentines 's Day cleared away , couples are again facing up to the grim realities of living together . |