Example sentences of "[am/are] [v-ing] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Children who are struggling at this level will also have problems in grasping more complex aspects of text construction , such as the shifts of voice studied in this paper .
2 We are gazing at each other , and it never occurs to us to kiss .
3 such important guest this evening she 's let him into the banquet and of course the guys are dying at this stage .
4 Now the allies are tearing at each other in a savage grab for territory .
5 As a mother I am looking at this girl .
6 These differences are an indication of the unique way in which each individual is responding to the circumstances in which he finds himself and of the state of that person as a whole , that is they show how his healing powers are operating at that time .
7 So we are looking at distributed processing . ’
8 Okay , now that result holds , right , for all erm for all marginal relationships Okay , so if we are looking at a marginal marginal cost curve , right , we have got that 's our marginal cost , that 's our average cost we , we 're intersecting here when in the case it is a minimum so marginal costs cuts through average costs at its minimum value we are looking at average revenue and marginal revenue average revenue function marginal revenue function This is our total revenue function and the same relationship is embodied there , but , notice that between the average and the average revenue and marginal revenue functions , right , do n't intersect simply because we have got a linear relationship here right , average revenue is always above marginal revenue in this particular case .
9 They are looking at some wire wool that has rusted .
10 ‘ We are looking at this matter .
11 We are looking at another reorganisation of the NHS in the northern region with all the demoralisation and uncertainty that creates .
12 Mr Phil Lenton , assistant divisional officer for Nupe , said : ‘ We are looking at another reorganisation of the NHS in the Northern region with all the demoralisation and uncertainty that creates .
13 We are looking at Organic growing by people who have been there and really know the problems .
14 ‘ We are looking at voluntary redundancy , early retirement , job swaps , but if we ca n't do it by the end of the year we will have to look at compulsory redundancy . ’
15 When you are actually sort of writing er , say if you are , when you are doing your project or doing your work it 's not just sufficient to say always T ratio is greater than two , therefore , it 's statistically significant , you must calculate the er correct critical value you use , right , for th for each T ratio and also if you are looking at any diagnostics or looking at the significance of the regression which is an F statistic right you must give the five percent or ten percent whichever you choose .
16 erm we have a welfare state , which erm ensures that very few people are living at absolute poverty — you do have shoes to wear , you do have some sort of food to eat — which was n't necessarily the case in the nineteen thirties — and people have had different education and training , their lives are very different .
17 A VGA card and monitor are fine if you 're drawing at this level , and are okay for basic painting , although colours will be dithered and appear grainy , which is a problem for photographic retouching .
18 ordinary household now , you 're looking at thirty pound !
19 I find myself looking over my shoulder to see what it is they 're looking at that way .
20 You 're looking at that meat there and you 're wondering what nationality it is ! ’
21 And that actually includes the policy fee as it was , of two fifty-five , so if you take that out , you 're looking at sixteen pound eighty odd , for sort of , true cost of that cover .
22 We 're looking at financial underwriting .
23 Anything above a hundred thousand , and we 're looking at financial underwriting , we 're looking at basically four times salary .
24 Erm , but sole , we 're looking at sole proprietor as well , there 's some good things in that , I E they 're cheap to set up , stuff like that , so they 're not bad as they go , but , I suppose well I 'll have to sell when I 've got more money , I did n't get any replies today not a single blooming one , I 'm a bit cheesed off , so erm , I think I might ring back that one of the ones that I did get a reply from and say thank you .
25 Yes , er , and we 're looking at living assurance .
26 Will you also while you 're looking at this look at page thirty-seven , which is the pollution and nuclear issues control sub-committee .
27 Turn your chairs round so you 're looking at this board .
28 you 're looking at this chain here .
29 well could we perhaps have the agreements in front of us while we 're looking at this point erm , where would be the best place to find them ?
30 Park , you idiot , Graham told himself , you 're looking at this woman as if she was ET , Get a grip of yourself .
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