Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] [prep] the [noun] " 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 | The wings are very broad and thick at the base and the feathers at the end of the wings are parted like the fingers of a human hand . |
| 3 | ‘ I am fascinated by the idea of focus . |
| 4 | I am fascinated by the roads and tracks and the steeplechase phases in Three Day Events . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | I am fascinated by the difference in the markings on ( some ) of these aircraft . |
| 7 | Professor Camm , I am fascinated by the data on the prediction of arrhythmic deaths . |
| 8 | 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 ’ . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | You can work through the open learning material whether or not you are enrolled on the programme . |
| 11 | Downland Housing Association are building at the Larch Cottage site , Portsmouth Road , while the second site is at Lynchborough Road , Passfield . |
| 12 | They are helping to move soil into a garden they are building at the school with the help of mums , dads and teachers . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | If as part of the task you specify the effect the programme is to have on the audience , you are building in the criteria by which that audience can judge the programme and you are giving them a purpose in viewing . |
| 15 | The way those clouds are building in the sky , I ought to drive . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The lower reaches of the Sevre Niortaise are swollen with the waters that once covered the whole area , until medieval monks started to dig a spider-web of ditches to drain it . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The rooms of the museum are furnished in the style of the period , with important collections of authentic period furniture , silver , china and art . |
| 21 | A NORTH-east farmer wants a few wise men from Scotland to take a behind-the-scenes look at farming in EC member states to see how counterparts are faring with the rules and regulations . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | When Tibetans protest , their cries are heard around the world , as they were this week from the demonstrations in the capital , Lhasa . |
| 24 | These are calculated along the lines presented in NN . |
| 25 | Expected numbers of cases are calculated on the assumption that the true rates are the same as those for England and Wales . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Monthly repayments are calculated on the difference between the selling price ( less the deposit ) and this final payment . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Payments are calculated on the basis of the worker 's age , length of continuous service , and pay . |
| 30 | 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 . |