Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As each financial year passes , the bow-wave does , indeed , dissipate as research and development programmes meet snags ; as decisions are delayed in the labyrinth of Whitehall committees ; as procurement contracts slip behind schedule ; and as units expend less than they asked for due to similar delays in their day-to-day training and operations . |
| 2 | ‘ I am fascinated by the idea of focus . |
| 3 | I am fascinated by the use of the English language , I do not wish to undermine it , but , as I would argue , it does overtly undermine 50 percent of its users ( i.e. women ) . |
| 4 | I am fascinated by the difference in the markings on ( some ) of these aircraft . |
| 5 | It may not be strictly within my remit , but I am fascinated by the amount of space that is being lavished , particularly by the Sunday Times , on the new list of ‘ The Best of Young British Novelists ’ . |
| 6 | Many EEC students are enrolled on the Course , usually either as one year exchange or private associate students ; but a small number seek full degree programmes . |
| 7 | You can work through the open learning material whether or not you are enrolled on the programme . |
| 8 | Downland Housing Association are building at the Larch Cottage site , Portsmouth Road , while the second site is at Lynchborough Road , Passfield . |
| 9 | They are helping to move soil into a garden they are building at the school with the help of mums , dads and teachers . |
| 10 | The flaws which they are building into the system ( which even Phil is building into the system ) — the endemic morbidity of man and the lethal hostility of his environment — are not incidental but essential . |
| 11 | The way those clouds are building in the sky , I ought to drive . |
| 12 | If you try and fudge it and set up three or four , say they can all discuss the same thing , you are building in the ability for major conflicts . |
| 13 | The residents of Unity Flats are shrugging off the stigma of living in what has long been regarded as one of the city 's most undesirable areas . |
| 14 | Onerous responsibilities are heaped upon the man in the White House , but many obstacles are placed in his way as he attempts to meet those responsibilities . |
| 15 | The rooms of the museum are furnished in the style of the period , with important collections of authentic period furniture , silver , china and art . |
| 16 | The songs are produced by males when they rub their wings together , and are heard by the female through the ears on her front legs ; they are familiar to us from night-time walks , or the vicarious experience of the cinema . |
| 17 | When Tibetans protest , their cries are heard around the world , as they were this week from the demonstrations in the capital , Lhasa . |
| 18 | Expected numbers of cases are calculated on the assumption that the true rates are the same as those for England and Wales . |
| 19 | These are calculated on the value of the investments held in the trust ( measured on their own offer and bid prices ) , the brokerage costs and stamp duty . |
| 20 | Monthly repayments are calculated on the difference between the selling price ( less the deposit ) and this final payment . |
| 21 | This is certainly significant at the 1 per cent level , though we must bear in mind that these expectations are calculated on the basis of a purely random distribution of sites , which may not be quite true in practice . |
| 22 | Payments are calculated on the basis of the worker 's age , length of continuous service , and pay . |
| 23 | They are a form of taxation levied on local property , and are calculated on the basis of the rent at which the property might reasonably be let . |
| 24 | Ages are calculated at the beginning of the tax year . |
| 25 | Ages are calculated at the beginning of the tax year . |
| 26 | Correlations with time at junction , average speed over junction and the number of vehicles seen at the junction are calculated from the video record for 28 subjects only . |
| 27 | These are calculated from the number of students registered for each module together with its size , single or double , rather than from class hours . |
| 28 | The interest rates are calculated in the way required by the Consumer Credit Act and do not take into account any tax relief that could be gained for a home improvements loan . |
| 29 | Once the population levels are calculated in the model , the population is converted in to households using marital status and rates . |
| 30 | If , if anybody is interested , these unemployment rates are calculated by the number of unemployed as a percentage of the estimated total of the workforce , the sum of the unemployed claimants , employees , and call it self-employed , H M Forces and participants in work related training programmes . |