Example sentences of "[noun pl] are [v-ing] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When kittens are sucking at the nipple , letting the mother know all is well . |
| 2 | Already , my fingers are picking at the edge of the pad and I have only written , ( dragged out ) 178 words , but who 's counting ? |
| 3 | This is also known as the purposive approach , since the courts are looking at the purpose for which the Act was passed . |
| 4 | Brian Adair : country 's courts are creaking at the seams |
| 5 | No other foreigners are training at the moment . |
| 6 | His benevolent brown eyes are looking at the floor to Shirley 's left , about five feet beyond her , and he appears to be thinking not about the flute as a career , but about the problems and opportunities of kitchen floor tiling . |
| 7 | Bargaining or negotiation , a less pompous term is haggling , only occur when both parties are dealing at the margin . |
| 8 | Both parties are looking at the project from different angles , so it is not surprising if each fails to see the other 's viewpoint . |
| 9 | A group of Russian teenagers are studying at the Abbey International College ; they 'll help to show the orphans around : |
| 10 | Not all subjects are changing at the same pace although the national curriculum will in time no doubt reach some kind of consistency . |
| 11 | But only 3,000 wildcat miners are digging at the mine , compared with 20,000 a year ago . |
| 12 | Rural areas are suffering at the moment . |
| 13 | They simply can not afford to sit back when , each year , some 300 youngsters are straining at the leash to get into their midst via the Qualifying Schools . |
| 14 | So contrasting is it that one may wonder whether its adherents are looking at the same thing at all : ‘ As the eighties unfold , humanity faces a worldwide shortage of productive cropland , acute land hunger in many countries , escalating prices for farmland almost everywhere … ’ |
| 15 | The Regional Arts Boards are straining at the leash , wanting to take over as many of the Arts Council 's responsibilities as they can get . |
| 16 | With entries up 20 per cent , the organisers are looking at the possibility of using an additional hall for the event . |
| 17 | SMALL BUSINESSES are collapsing at the rate of one every 10 minutes . |
| 18 | Businesses are collapsing at the rate 76 a day with a total of 7,014 company insolvencies in the three months to the end of September , according to the British Chambers of Commerce . |
| 19 | Businesses are collapsing at the rate 76 a day with a total of 7,014 company insolvencies in the three months to the end of September , according to the British Chambers of Commerce . |
| 20 | New figures out today from the British Chambers of Commerce show that businesses are collapsing at the rate of 76 a day . |
| 21 | Utah 's renowned salt flats are disappearing at the rate of 1 per cent a year , and may disappear completely within decades . |
| 22 | Prize money in Britain covers only about one quarter of these costs , which is why some owners are looking at the larger prizes available in other countries . |
| 23 | No homes have been identified as such yet , the officers are looking at the homes in the east of the county . |
| 24 | If the Queen 's telescope had been able to reach into Patrick 's classroom , there would have been a surprise in store for her — but not for Patrick , who at least affects to believe the story that Orwellian minders are peering at the punters from the screens of the punters ' television sets . |
| 25 | Too many little things are happening at the one time . |
| 26 | I 'm very happy with how things are going at the moment . ’ |
| 27 | It 's reassuring , especially the way things are going at the moment . |
| 28 | Around them cicadas are screaming at the sun . |
| 29 | ‘ Now the Civil servants are looking at the things we put forward before Christmas which they dismissed . |
| 30 | And you 're tuned to Radio York on the Whale show until two and er now we shall probably although the phones are ringing at the moment erm run out of calls I should think because between one and two I know most of you are having your lunch or at the pub or whatever . |