Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frontline workers this week gave a different picture of implementation from senior managers , many of whom are reporting all is well ( News , 8 April ) . |
| 2 | The city 's council has decided that it no longer wants an unlimited number of gypsies or travellers , many of whom are using illegal pitches , descending on the city . |
| 3 | Firstly , I am tired of hearing from experts that so many of the world 's problems are insoluble : poverty , malnutrition , pollution , road accidents , bureaucracy , illiteracy , inflation … there are literally hundreds of such problems , and most of them are getting worse . |
| 4 | In fact over two million people in the UK have the disease , but only a quarter of them are getting any treatment . |
| 5 | Well see Carole and them are bringing that back tonight at her erm his son is gon na come back and then |
| 6 | Most of them are riding high on a feeling that all politicians and most of the media now put the environment at or near the top of the political agenda . |
| 7 | The situation with non-US tuna vessels is far worse , as most of them are operating free of any regulations whatsoever . |
| 8 | Sorry One of the other tables you 've got shows you a comparison between the elements which are present in crustal rock and in the sea and from that you can see which ones are a good reflection , I E whi which elements have been transferred to the sea by direct weathering , and which of them are undergoing other processes , either other sources or other sinks . |
| 9 | All those are practical methods , all of them are working , and all of them are delivering better health care and will deliver faster health care . |
| 10 | Some of them are missing six years and their families do not know if they are alive . ’ |
| 11 | Much to mummy and daddy 's despair , none of them are showing any inclination to . |
| 12 | Actually , not one of its members is a day over 50 ( although all of them are coming close ) but you might reasonably have expected age to leave Daltrey , Townshend , and Entwistle looking worse than well-travelled . |
| 13 | A lot of them are having nervous breakdowns or sort of ruining their family life because |
| 14 | Many of them are having more babies . |
| 15 | A lot of them are studying other things besides Italian and so they take time off to prepare for exams . |
| 16 | Understandable had I been writing this in August , but as it is still March it looks as if we are in for another drought this summer . |
| 17 | Have I been breaking that ? |
| 18 | How long had I been doing this without a break ? |
| 19 | ‘ Only I been sufferin' 'orrible suspicions about endin' up gettin' me own throat cut . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ And how have I been spending this summer ? |
| 21 | Good gracious , ’ she breathed , ‘ if you really do believe that Rob and I are conducting some sultry little affair , do you think that either of us would be fool enough to use an office which adjoins yours ? ’ |
| 22 | The only problem is — Francisco and I are buying this villa from Mum and Dad . |
| 23 | Mrs Gracie and I are leaving those poor children — there is nothing we can do for them , after all — and going back to her house in Highbury . |
| 24 | ‘ Tatum and I are having marital problems , just as many other married couples do , ’ McEnroe said in a statement . |
| 25 | It is for that very reason that I am moving this motion today as it gives us the opportunity to implement the rules of the union and at the same time would enable us to put into position , people who would be able to do all those things that are necessary to achieve what we require , recruitment , organization , paperwork , back-up service to full-time officials . |
| 26 | Speaking at Bramshott Common , while the TV crew were filming the reconstruction , Sergeant Nickol said : ‘ I am hoping this programme will bring forward something which we can positively work on . ’ |
| 27 | Mr Bradburn said yesterday : ‘ I am hoping this will die a death . |
| 28 | I am hoping this will improve my grasp of the key issues so that I can make a more direct contribution on this front in future . |
| 29 | It 's for him that I am accepting this honour . |
| 30 | At last I am holding six beautiful tickets , three for reservations , all meticulously written on . |