Example sentences of "are [verb] on in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I get clues as to how a particular family organises its life , whether the room is a room for the whole family or a , a room that 's perhaps excludes children or a room that 's for best , that kind of which not only tells you something about that particular family but , when you 've seen enough homes , tells you about general patterns that are going on in social life . |
| 2 | It 's us and people out there , there is still people out there sighing and crying and groaning under the detestable things that are going on in this world , I 've no doubt you 've met many , but , when they say I do n't know what the world 's coming to , well if you know what 's in your magazines and then your literature and the reasoning book , all these lovely provisions , because you 've devoured it , you 've eaten it like that scroll that John was given , it was sweet to him was n't it ? |
| 3 | MORE teenagers are staying on in further education in County Durham . |
| 4 | In a way , the very roots of music are touched on in this work . |
| 5 | The extent to which personality characteristics are passed on in this genetic way is less certain . |