Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] [v-ing] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sales potential for technologydriven , ultra-real pornographic and violent experiences via the computer is so great that computer engineers are furiously designing software that will satisfy an otaku 's ‘ sexual ’ needs . |
| 2 | The fact that we already participate in certain ways in what are effectively rationing decisions does not constitute an argument for greatly increasing the scope and visibility of that role . |
| 3 | British single-parry governments are properly speaking minority governments . |
| 4 | I am presumably using words literally when the metaphor is a matter only of etymology ( ‘ insight ’ ) , and feel still more confident of it when the etymology belongs to the Latin ancestor of the word ( ‘ intuition ’ , from intueor ‘ gaze at ’ ) . |
| 5 | ‘ His people are justifiably condemning Riddick Bowe for flouting the rules , but they are doing exactly the same thing . ’ |
| 6 | The miners ' strikes that have paralysed about one-third of Soviet pits are slowly breaking backbone industries , such as steel , gas and chemicals . |
| 7 | For other periods , historians are slowly making studies which document the connections of critics and historians with the markets . |
| 8 | Barbra , 50 , had her heart set on property in California until she found out it was in the path of the killers which are slowly migrating north from South America where 600 people have been stung to death . |
| 9 | The truth is that reporters are constantly swapping jobs and assignments and that your contacts may be away when you most need them . |
| 10 | Individual clinicians are constantly taking management decisions . |
| 11 | Solar energy is produced by the thermonuclear reactions which are constantly taking place in the sun which has a temperature of 20 million degrees centigrade . |
| 12 | While curiosity is a fundamental quality for a designer , it must be accompanied by a wide-ranging interest in the social , cultural and industrial transformations that are constantly taking place . |
| 13 | Throughout the world , a host of festivals and special events are constantly taking place . |
| 14 | Similar changes are constantly taking place in other parts of our bodies . |
| 15 | We are constantly seeing TV programmes and newspaper/magazine articles that tell us how bad some things are for us . |
| 16 | Authors in countries around the world are constantly releasing software for business and pleasure use . |
| 17 | Authors in countries around the world are constantly releasing software for business and pleasure use . |
| 18 | We are constantly examining policy in that light . |
| 19 | And I took it to the people up on Royal Parade , who are constantly having burglaries , no , that 's that 's true , they have had several quite chunky burglaries |
| 20 | At the same time , they are constantly weighing evidence . |
| 21 | AS ONE gets older one 's remaining illustrations are constantly following Father Christmas , fairies , fair play , etc. down the plug-hole . |
| 22 | People are suddenly saying investment managers will come into charities which were previously managed by the Official Custodian . |
| 23 | ‘ In many ways , it could not have come at a worse time because the selectors are obviously considering alternatives after the defeat at Old Trafford and I would like to think I would be one of them . ’ |
| 24 | television are obviously having trouble rousing experts to appear at ungodly hours to comment on the morning 's news . |
| 25 | Since behaviour breeds behaviour these are mutually reinforcing positions and lead to increased trust and the release of energies in more productive and enjoyable ways . |
| 26 | Moreover , these are mutually reinforcing trends . |
| 27 | But Althusser 's principal hypothesis is that ‘ ideology interpellates individuals as subjects ’ ( Althusser 1971 : 161 ) by which he means that the subject and ideology are mutually constituting categories . |
| 28 | I have recently heard , and read , several reports about the paint ‘ peeling away ’ and have even heard rumours that a few of David Hockney 's originals are peeling away from their canvases , causing chaos with their owners , who are apparently demanding refunds ! |
| 29 | Called Dog Star , they sound like Nirvana mixed with the Sex Pistols and are apparently gigging LA clubs . |
| 30 | I am only using jumping as an example . |