Example sentences of "they are [v-ing] [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are competing vigorously with each other to be last . |
| 2 | Mark Fisher , the UK Labour Party Shadow Minister for the Arts and Media , has already stated that they are looking independently at various ideas for funding living artists and admitted that they would be considered an exhibition royalty ‘ earlier and more enthusiastically ’ than other methods such as droit de suite ( qv ) . |
| 3 | And as there is another three-and-a-half tons to go , they are looking forward to more mudlarks to come . |
| 4 | Now they are looking forward to next year 's event and hoping to make it a hat-trick . |
| 5 | Over the last four years the Midland Group have provided a crew for the Vintage Train on several occasions and for last September also handled their own marketing and ticket sales , as they are doing again for this October . |
| 6 | They are doing so at differing speeds , faced by differing problems and with differing chances of success . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , they are doing so alongside all the inherited pseudo-science and woolly thinking , the pretentious massing of obscure and unreliable ( and unreliably dated ) data which have traditionally marked Velokovskianism off from more orthodox science . |
| 8 | If only she could see the good work they are doing there among young people . |
| 9 | Additionally , they are working closely with local teachers to provide information packs , videos and talks for school children about the work underway , and hope to add construction to the curriculum of schools in the area . |
| 10 | But we need zoos and botanical gardens to conserve species , because they are disappearing daily with dwindling habitats and pollution threatening the integrity of ecosystems , — and to educate the public , although there is no clear evidence that it works . |