Example sentences of "a [noun] are [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that 's part of A&R — recognising that a group are going to be huge , biting the bullet and saying , ‘ hey-ho … this is hits ! ' ’ |
| 2 | AT A crowded night market in Bangkok a stallholder and a tourist are haggling over the price of a polo shirt . |
| 3 | PURE : one word , four letters — almost a guarantee a band are going to be SHIT . |
| 4 | Landform inheritance ( e.g. Pain , 1978 ) is therefore a concept emphasized by some researchers in environments of this kind , and Ollier ( 1979 , 1981 ) proposes evolutionary geomorphology not as a cyclic approach with a sequence of stages but suggests that the earth 's landscapes as a whole are evolving through time and this is analogous to the concept of an evolving earth as used in some geology books ( e.g. Windley , 1977 ) . |
| 5 | For page one three four and T U P E , yes , well we have done quite an extensive document , there 's been a lot done about T U P E in the public sector we 've done it in the government sector and given guidelines , and T U P E , while it is like you rightly say , a step forward , it 's not the total answer we need something better , but it does level out the playing field that the cowboys can find it difficult in and we as a union are advocating to our members where there is a transfer taking place , whether there 's a change to your employment challenge it and we will support that challenge with the necessary legal interpretation if so . |
| 6 | The final part of the show has been boosted by the loan of around fifteen works from the Fondation Dubuffet at Perigny-sur-Yerres , while a number are coming from the Musée des Arts Décoratifs , Paris . |
| 7 | I think they go for more sorts of jobs , it 's difficult to list them , but a lot are going into computing and electronics today , but we have people — we had one student who 's gone into accountancy , Royal Navy , weapons research , gas board , chemical side as opposed to physical side , video discs , hospital physics , where I would have thought the chemical aspects would be of use to them as well as the physics . |
| 8 | ‘ But ’ , says Janet Boulton , ‘ you can never really predict what people 's responses to a painting are going to be . |
| 9 | Perhaps a couple are looking at one another in a different light — it is to be remembered that one in three marriages now ends in divorce . |
| 10 | In marital therapy it is often noticeable that although a couple are asking for help to sort out their problem , so that they may have the closeness and intimacy for which they yearn , fear overcomes hope , and whenever things start to improve one of them can be relied upon to start up the next quarrel . |
| 11 | DETECTIVES hunting a bank robber who stole £3,000 in cash after threatening staff with a gun are appealing for witnesses . |