Example sentences of "[pron] are [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were fifteen sisters here , but sadly most of them are gone now the old originals |
| 2 | Leeds boss Howard Wilkinson whose own title defence is in tatters , admitted : ‘ There are eight or so teams up there , but there is no indication that any of them are putting together the kind of run that looks ominous ‘ Blackburn showed the sort of confidence against us that comes from the feeling that you have got a chance . |
| 3 | On the plus side , the arrival of VAT on domestic supplies should encourage people to think about saving energy in the home , thereby reducing the demand on coal , oil and gas and , therefore , cutting emissions of carbon dioxide ( CO ) which are pushing up the global temperature . |
| 4 | Roodepoort of Hyperama 's car park is an arena — there are others , if you know where to look — in which are played out the sad , savage realities of modern South Africa . |
| 5 | Where gas fires are going to be installed , flues can be lined with flexible metal tube liners which are inserted down the chimney , but their life may be shortened by contaminating acids , formed by condensation in the flue combining with the carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide contained in the flue gases . |
| 6 | It bursts at internals to release into the atmosphere an enormous number of rusty-red spores which are carried on the breeze to germinate in distant damp timber , starting the process afresh . |
| 7 | The Sunderland 76ers , who are surging up the Carlsberg League table , almost came a cropper at the Granby Halls . |
| 8 | They were shown a video about the department and introduced to members of the team who are setting up the service . |
| 9 | Some of the villages on the edge of the Baronnies look all too spruce , as if the locals had by now given way completely to immigrants wealthier than themselves , who are buying up the old houses and adding new , sometimes crassly intrusive ones . |
| 10 | HOSPITALS , community centres and local charities are set to reap the rewards from the work of local youths who are taking up the Post Office Community Challenge . |
| 11 | Ca n't help thinking that they are on the right track and it 's we who are barking up the wrong tree . |
| 12 | I think that if today we can give a little help to those who are carrying on the race the money will not be wasted , ’ ( House of Commons Debate , Vol. 300 , col. 1634 ) . |
| 13 | Therefore , if such a cynical interpretation of the motivation of those committed professionals who are carrying forward the first wave of trusts were to apply , it would be irrelevant because the resources are ring fenced by the region and the trusts would be at no disadvantage . |
| 14 | That cynical interpretation of the commitment of all those dedicated professionals who are carrying forward the first wave of trusts is so bitterly resented by the health service , which is why the Labour party has lost all credibility with the health professionals . |
| 15 | For many beginners , reaching , turning and often falling is what an afternoon 's windsurfing consists of , which , although it is comforting and fun to be with the dozens of others who are doing exactly the same , does n't lead to much improvement in their sailing . |
| 16 | The problem 's been around for a long time , but what 's new is that in an age when women are releasing themselves from stereotypical roles of submission , it 's the men still locked into emotionally repressive macho fantasies who are having all the problems . |
| 17 | We 've been taken on as a whole gang with lots of others , to make roads for those who are chopping down the trees in Wychwood Forest . |
| 18 | A plan to restore the windows at a cost of DFl.1.2 million has been approved by the State Office for Monuments who are putting up the greater part of the necessary funds . |
| 19 | well then my Lord ah my Lord not all objective criteria and this I think is very important because you can have objective criterias as I , as I submitted last week that would be erm in order to trade in this market you must have capital of twenty million pounds and ten years experience , but that 's uniform rule , it does n't discriminate it 's objective , but it would be anti competitive because here you are setting up the most important market er in this , erm as they say in Europe for the project futures market and you 're excluding people who could be in there trading and who could be effecting the market |
| 20 | They occupy the time that seems vacant , as if you were just hanging around doing nothing — but where in reality the well is filling up , where you are gathering together the material that will make up your narrative ; rearranging it , transforming it . |
| 21 | You are to search out the traitor Raphael and , when you find him , kill him or bring him back for me . ’ |
| 22 | If you are not putting the proper bodywork on the ball which is coming towards you and which you are taking on the rise , then you wo n't have the control . |
| 23 | This is particularly necessary if you are using either the VHS-C or Video 8 formats ; unlike the ubiquitous standard VHS cassettes which can be bought just about anywhere , the availability of the mini-format cassettes tends to be patchy and you risk running out of tape at an awkward time . |
| 24 | You 've just been told that you are to take over the job of manager for O A Z Company Limited . |
| 25 | To start with , imagine you are given just the physical outline of adults of several species . |
| 26 | The connotations of this in the creation of manhood were made clear by Baden Powell , founder of the Scout movement , who observed that masturbation checks the semen from getting its full chance of making the strong , manly man : ‘ You are throwing away the seed that has been handed down to you as a trust instead of keeping it and ripening it for bringing a son to you later on . ’ |
| 27 | Finally , if you are wondering where the new Ogwen guidebook has gone , so is the guidebook team ! |
| 28 | If you are wondering why the Festival is shorter than usual — do n't worry — we 'll be back to our ‘ normal ’ July spot in 1993 [ Friday 9th–Sunday 18th ] ! |
| 29 | ‘ You are wondering why the man has disappeared under a black hood . |
| 30 | While this survey is an invaluable tool when you are weighing up the pros and cons of each lender , it provides no guarantee that the lenders who have performed well will continue to do so . |