Example sentences of "are [v-ing] [prep] [be] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For this Christmas , the battery-operated WWF Wrestlers are proving to be the best-sellers . |
| 2 | Remember that one of the things we are looking for is the ability to implement solutions . |
| 3 | What we are looking for is the politics of reaction . |
| 4 | What we are looking at is the development of a decentralised approach to management which by definition can not be reduced to a few single issues , although the level of management self-awareness is critical in all of them . |
| 5 | Outlining prospects for extending Aberdeen 's role as an oil support centre to cover areas beyond the North Sea , he predicted : ‘ We are heading towards being the lead city in the northern arc . ’ |
| 6 | This makes me confident that we are going to be the winners in the animal feed market . |
| 7 | Yours will most probably be the arms she needs at this point , and the best thing you can do for her is to show that you share her grief , and that as far as possible you are going to be the rock on which she can lean while the sands of her life are shifting so frighteningly beneath her feet . |
| 8 | But if we 're not careful , the real people , the real people who should be are going to be the losers , because they would not be able to draw the attendance allowance which they need to attend . |
| 9 | ‘ You are going to be the star of the Season . ’ |
| 10 | All these sorts of things are going to be the sorts of things that we 'll bring up in discussion , but you wo n't realize what the problems are until you tried doing it . |
| 11 | He concluded : ‘ It seems to me that the only purpose the FBI has in proposing such a law would be so that it can make telephone taps without the cooperation of the telephone company … in other words , what they are asking for is the ability to make warrant-less taps . ’ |