Example sentences of "they [am/are] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact over two million people in the UK have the disease , but only a quarter of them are getting any treatment . |
| 2 | Sorry One of the other tables you 've got shows you a comparison between the elements which are present in crustal rock and in the sea and from that you can see which ones are a good reflection , I E whi which elements have been transferred to the sea by direct weathering , and which of them are undergoing other processes , either other sources or other sinks . |
| 3 | All those are practical methods , all of them are working , and all of them are delivering better health care and will deliver faster health care . |
| 4 | These three big creatures dominate the composition , but around them are introduced small figures . |
| 5 | Some of them are missing six years and their families do not know if they are alive . ’ |
| 6 | Much to mummy and daddy 's despair , none of them are showing any inclination to . |
| 7 | Again the stone walls are dark and streaked with rain and age , and along them are ranged carved figures , many badly worn and now almost unrecognizable . |
| 8 | Negative , extremist , in them are fused sectarian party orthodoxy and individual self-deliverance . |
| 9 | A lot of them are having nervous breakdowns or sort of ruining their family life because |
| 10 | Many of them are having more babies . |
| 11 | A lot of them are studying other things besides Italian and so they take time off to prepare for exams . |
| 12 | Now they are forming new floodplains about –8 m below their old floodplains . |
| 13 | And they are demanding massive insurance cover from Eastern Suburbs when Martin Offiah plays for them next summer . |
| 14 | They are mounted two models to a base , and both models get their own attack . |
| 15 | By adopting policies against sexual harassment they are opposing hitherto-accepted codes of normal masculinity and their effects in exercising power and control over women . |
| 16 | Birds can not be conserved by protection in Britain if they are facing greater problems elsewhere . |
| 17 | Eighty per cent of Birmingham 's 3,000 minicab drivers are Asian and they are facing shocking levels of violence . |
| 18 | They are facing formidable opposition in the shape of last year 's winner , Rosa Mota , who sees London as a warm-up for the Olympics , where she 'll be defending her title and looking to put the disappointment of the World Championships in Tokyo last year behind her . |
| 19 | As the owners are aging , they are facing considerable problems . |
| 20 | Er Stuart Argyle on I also say that they are removing one tree outside the former Horse and Groom public house as well . |
| 21 | ‘ If that is their purpose and they are achieving that purpose , why is the Government privatising them ? ’ he asked . |
| 22 | those employed in senior management may by the nature of their jobs be fully aware of what is required of them and fully capable of judging for themselves whether they are achieving that requirement . |
| 23 | If fundholders were to be a lever for change in the reorganised National Health Service there is evidence from this study that they are achieving this objective . |
| 24 | The shortage of regular staff is exacerbated and employers might begin to find that they are filling permanent positions on a temporary basis . |
| 25 | And all this at a time when they are undergoing dramatic changes both physically and emotionally — changes which they often find very difficult to deal with . |
| 26 | They are taking legal advice as to whether any other organisations have a case to answer . |
| 27 | Well an an an and I , it seems to me that the , the er I mean you go , you go to the er to the M S Society and you find just about everybody there , you know , you find people who , who are in wheelchairs , you find people who are walking around , you find people who are er controlling their diet you find people who are obs s taking extreme dietary precautions , no , not precautions , no they are taking extreme care of their diet , er er I mean on gluten-free diets and you know what that means |
| 28 | The aim is to identify companies which can show that they are taking positive steps to improve their ways towards the environment , as well as to raise the level of debate about green issues . |
| 29 | BRITAIN 'S timber importers are worried that public concern about the destruction of tropical rainforests could harm their business and they are taking unusual steps to defuse protest . |
| 30 | Environmental audits are certainly not cheap , so how can companies ensure that they are getting good value for their money ? |