Example sentences of "be [adv] [v-ing] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The words written by Hinrich Medau in 1933 continue to guide our work today : ‘ The all-important inspiration of Medau work still remains the close connection between movement and music and we are constantly working at the deepening and widening of our knowledge in this as in other spheres ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ But in these hard times , cars are only selling at the right price . |
| 3 | ‘ Steps have been taken to ameliorate the situation , but these are merely tinkering at the edges of a wider , more fundamental issue — the system which all of us have to operate can not cope with today 's problems . |
| 4 | ‘ Steps have been taken to ameliorate the situation , but these are merely tinkering at the edges of a wider , more fundamental issue — the system can not cope with today 's problems ’ |
| 5 | Land prices are already rising at the moment er in this region , even though house prices are not rising at a commensurate level . |
| 6 | They are just queuing at the door , waiting to be let in . |
| 7 | If the latter , this should be done in late summer or early autumn , when the main summer growth has flowered and is beginning to wither , but new shoots are just appearing at the base of the plant . |
| 8 | So what you 're effectively doing at the moment is subsidizing the private commercial sector . |
| 9 | No have a look , you 're only looking at the beginning of it here try again |
| 10 | We 're only hoping at the end of this year , hopefully the company will incest in it . |
| 11 | As one policewoman in the unit explained , ‘ You 're only getting at the problem left behind after the crime has been committed . ’ |
| 12 | Yes , we 've got er , I think we 're , we 're just packing at the moment |
| 13 | And we 're just looking at the route to In the previous er conditions of service we merely mentioned the time for which you were n't entitled to sick pay and the time after which you were entitled to full sick pay which we defined , we did n't define the route . |
| 14 | Well we 're just looking at the |
| 15 | No , but you 're just looking at the pen . |
| 16 | We 're just rehearsing at the moment . ’ |
| 17 | But you 're still looking at the bar spaces a hundred and fifty pounds , and seat spaces two hundred and fifty pounds . |
| 18 | I think er they 're still talking at the moment . |
| 19 | Honda is also producing its own version with a different body design and they 're both aiming at the same end of the market . |
| 20 | July the first more members er in , in , in local authorities than er than we 've got in the whole of our union right and we 've got twenty five per cent of our membership in , in local authorities and we 're getting hammered and we 're also getting at the same time privatization , we 're seeing local authorities being broken up and we 're seeing a creation of large numbers of employers . |
| 21 | How often do you meet and how many people there , you 're showing interest but you 're also qualifying at the same time and it 's not padding , it 's actually useful information because you 're thinking well that 's worth pursuing the R N I , yes but there 's money there . |
| 22 | based upon a profit bottom line for Grant Development , we 're here looking at the planning application and all the implications . |
| 23 | So you 're actually looking at the quality of the product that this particular |
| 24 | To understand chemistry at all you 've got to have some idea of optics , for example , because you 're actually looking at the reactions happening and you 've got to appreciate what you see . |
| 25 | But the thing to remember is they 're always talking about something we 've already done , not something we 're actually doing at the moment . |
| 26 | To make a character worse than oneself it is only necessary to release imaginatively from control some of the bad passions which , in real life , are always straining at the leash ; the Satan , the Iago , the Becky Sharp , within each of us , is always there and only too ready , the moment the leash is slipped , to come out and have in our books that holiday we try to deny them in life . |
| 27 | But , like Machiavelli , they are forever tugging at the sleeves of politicians . |
| 28 | Business people are usually travelling at the company 's expense and are unlikely to be on a strict budget . |
| 29 | Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates reportedly came up with an ingenious solution when he was romancing venture capitalist Ann Winblad : observing that the same movies are usually playing at the same time all over America , they came up with the Virtual Date — they 'd each go alone to the same movie at the same time , and discuss it afterwards on their car phones . |
| 30 | ( I am still smarting at the MILLSTONE remark about poor little B , at which simply roared with laughter , told me to ignore it and that he , , was merely getting crabbit , old , critical and jealous … ) . |