Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.

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1 From being the bogey of bankers , we are becoming the bankers ' friend .
2 Sharon Greensitt , 18 , and Debbie Walton , 17 , both of New Marske , are to receive the Girls ' Brigade Queen 's Award .
3 Other scientists are investigating the compounds ' role in treating breast , brain , liver and skin cancers .
4 That depends crucially on how seriously we are to take the actors ' own accounts of what they do .
5 In the style of economists , we are to reconstruct the agents ' choices , given their preferences and information sets , assuming that they are rational agents .
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