Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] are [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eight years a Hartlepool Rover , 14 times capped by Durham ‘ front row unfortunately , my knees are telling the story now ’ he emigrated to Australia in 1958 . |
| 2 | I have become aware that many of my subjects are re-assessing the role of the monarchy . |
| 3 | At the same time , it gives foresters and the power industry a much clearer picture of how their activities are affecting the trees . |
| 4 | Librarians who get too attached to their stock are doing the profession no favours . |
| 5 | One the other side of the coin , there are some parents who believe that their LEAs are ignoring the new law . |
| 6 | You can say that if they do n't keep to the agreed rules of the drama , then the magic will start to fail ; if they climb up the wall-bars when you have asked them not to , you can say that the magic only works when their feet are touching the ground , thus using the fiction of the drama to limit the space they work in and remind them through a dramatic device of those rules which you will have agreed before the lesson begins ( see also the section on " Control " in Chapter 4 ) . |
| 7 | Morland says most of its tenants are meeting the sales targets but those landlords faced with fines say the lights on their pubs could soon be going out for good .. |
| 8 | ‘ The quarry at Horton in Ribblesdale is not only destroying the landscape but its lorries are turning the neighbouring villages into death traps , ’ he says . |
| 9 | Is not that because this country and its people are paying the price for having a Government of unique incompetence ? |
| 10 | Her tears are wetting the treetrunk . |
| 11 | She was suggesting that ‘ relevant ’ skills are best learned in the context in which they are relevant , and that teachers can never be certain that their pupils are acquiring the ability to cope in any particular context unless they see them operating in that context . |
| 12 | Because their complaints are delaying the interest-rate cut they so desire . |
| 13 | Melanie and her trio are hitting the road again . |
| 14 | At the moment , Mrs Thatcher and her ministers are playing the role they seem to like most , that of school bully — they call it strong government . |
| 15 | The glands on its face are bestowing the cat 's personal scent , making its owner smell pleasanter and more familiar . |
| 16 | Each animal reacts individually to the movements of the prey and each benefits from the fact that her companions are doing the same thing . |
| 17 | These facilities are exactly the same as those afforded to every boy in the school , whether his parents are paying the full or concessionary fees . |
| 18 | What the diffident schoolboy has lost is the confidence that his beliefs are tracking the truth ; he takes it that , although he does believe that p , it is at least as probable that he is wrong as that he is right . |
| 19 | to 15 per cent. , that his reforms are damaging the NHS ? |
| 20 | His players will run through the pain barrier without question , but his players are feeling the pain of sustained combat . |
| 21 | ‘ He bleats that his critics are talking the country down . |
| 22 | On a warm , sunny day , when the bees and butterflies are working amongst the flowers , and your fingers are releasing the aromatic oils into the atmosphere , tranquillity and contentment unavoidably seep into one 's outlook . |
| 23 | But whatever your opinions are concerning the concept of the UK enjoying an annual Music Day , the aftermath of the first event seems to bode well for the future . |
| 24 | If rapid eye movements accompany dreaming , does it mean that our eyes are following the action of the dreams ? |
| 25 | Elizabeth Duke have a range of the best quality jewellery made from beautiful gems and materials at big value prices — so our winners are getting the very best . |
| 26 | Some of our economists are proposing the same solutions . |
| 27 | ‘ Our people are helping the Myrcans guard the hall doors , ’ the Steward said . |
| 28 | Both our customers and our prospects are feeling the squeeze , and we generally seem to be at the painful end of it . |
| 29 | Many of our users are using the data in conjunction with that for previous years . |
| 30 | His concluding words were : I do not find it easy to stand here and tell those of you who are deaf that you have had a poor education , and that your children are having the same poor education . |