Example sentences of "they [be] [v-ing] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The major institutions of society are justified by the belief that they are meeting the functional prerequisites of the social system . |
| 2 | In a survey of 450 top UK companies last year , Touche Ross discovered that although the efficiency of financial consolidation is of key importance to senior management , few finance departments have any objective measure of their performance and know whether they are using the right tools . |
| 3 | It is not always possible to say precisely which kind of eyes these are pretending to be , but the chances are that in most cases they are mimicking the forward-facing eyes of birds of prey . |
| 4 | Compact-disc video makes its entry into the British marketplace during October , but punters generally ca n't afford any new format because they are buying the various versions of singles that are deluging the record shops . |
| 5 | Around one fifth of those replying to one question said that they are offering the general SVQs in partnership with another organisation , while one third are seeking partnership for the Skillstart awards . |
| 6 | If these projects seem likely to enhance Boyd 's musical reputation , they are showing no immediate signs of improving his bank balance . |
| 7 | They are doing the right things to find a book , but the book is n't where it should be . |
| 8 | Whether they are jamming the bustling streets of Kowloon , elbowing their way on to ancient trams or leaping about on the terraces at the races , Hong Kong people are enthusiasts . |
| 9 | ‘ They are making the right noises about providing them , and each year the budget gets bigger . |
| 10 | Oh , but the public think they 're ringing a local police station |
| 11 | Let me just suggest to you that you are sending all the wrong signals on women , on Party constitution , on economic matters , on policy matters , the modernizers have lost the impetus , they 're sending the wrong signals . |
| 12 | They 're using the original drawings by Isambard Kingdom Brunel . |
| 13 | What if they 're using the public demands and the public deadline to distract attention from — something else ? ’ |
| 14 | Now they 're closing the bloody things ! |
| 15 | Where they 're offering the free hours counselling and er and the two days yeah you know consultancy |
| 16 | Just a few days before the festival begins , they 're adding the final touches to the stage . |
| 17 | They 're backing a private members bill , that 's the Wild Mammals Protection Bill , which has been introduced by the Labour MP Kevin McNamara . |
| 18 | Now they 're putting the finishing touches to a new double album for release next March , which , if songs like ‘ Evil ’ and ‘ Mother ’ , showcased at their recent London gigs are anything to go by , promises to be an even more intoxicating opportunity to see inside Mark 's troubled , immensely talented psyche . |
| 19 | They 've been hiring us for ten years but we , we ai n't gon na hire no more if they 're changing the bloody engines . |
| 20 | No sooner had Courtaulds read the comments by our Metro 's previous keeper , Jill Stanton — that the material had developed ‘ bobbly sweater syndrome ’ ( 25 July ) than they were inspecting the offending objects with microscopes and pronouncing themselves shocked and baffled . |
| 21 | About a year later one of the boys met an old lady who lived not far from the pond and they were discussing the strange happenings when the lady said , ‘ I can tell you a bit about it , ’ and she then proceeded to tell them about the crazy motorcyclist . |
| 22 | He must of done , cos that 's what they were using , they were using the Hebrew scriptures to , to quote on were n't they ? |
| 23 | ‘ We may be looking at a racial motive , but there is no doubt they were copying the other carjackings . ’ |
| 24 | For a while there had been a feeling that they were asking the right questions and that at any moment the individual answers would shuffle themselves into a significant total . |
| 25 | They were asking the elected members to read the report , reconsider the issues surrounding the whole affair , and assist them in getting some answers from the council officials . |
| 26 | They were reinforcing the Metropolitan police up in London where CND had organised a Peace March from Hyde Park to Trafalgar Square and the National Front were planning a counter march from south of the Thames . |
| 27 | The German mortar team reminded me of the Commando mortar team back in the orchard at Brigade H.Q when they were mortaring the German positions . |