Example sentences of "are in the midst " in BNC.

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1 ‘ We are in the midst of a period of considerable change , ’ said breed society president Wilson McCracken , Co Antrim .
2 … to seek for Christ 's sheep that are dispersed abroad , and for his children who are in the midst of this naughty world , that they may be saved through Christ for ever .
3 Now a century later , we are in the midst of mass society , that half-welfare and half-garrison society in which the population grows passive , indifferent and atomized ’
4 It will be abundantly clear already that you are in the midst of superb quality rock .
5 Then some countries , notably the UK , are in the midst of a recession — yet another imponderable .
6 Perhaps we are in the midst of a similar , if much longer drawn out , process of education about the nature of quantum mechanical reality .
7 And the finest part of the arrangement is this , that the members of this money aristocracy can take the shortest road through the middle of all the labouring districts to their places of business without ever seeing that they are in the midst of the grimy misery that lurks to the right and the left .
8 To say that we are in the midst of a second industrial revolution , propelled by a rapid growth in services is not a misnomer ; this growth has been exceptional since 1975 .
9 We are in the midst of a decade-long shopping spree .
10 As for the real problem , we are in the midst of discussions with the Building Societies Association and others and in due course we shall make an announcement that will build on the assistance that we have already provided .
11 As the hon. Gentleman well knows , we are in the midst of a world recession .
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