Example sentences of "are [adv] [v-ing] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Local authorities are nervously anticipating a flood of judicial review challenges over community care . |
| 2 | They are mostly using a mixture of APL and assessment on demand to gain the award . |
| 3 | Now four English teenagers are dead following a canoeing accident off the Dorset coast , intensifying the concerns of parents all over Britain as they watch their children set off with their mates , while wondering what the chances are that something might go horribly wrong . |
| 4 | THOSE two holy sinners , Jim Bakaar and Jimmy Swaggart , are apparently running a magazine from their prison cells . |
| 5 | This is a response from workers who are perhaps seeking a respite from a tedious job , or who wish to defy what they regard as an oppressive management . |
| 6 | If we are only monitoring a process of purification , it may not be necessary to identify impurities , but unless we do , we can not be sure how sensitive the check on purity is . |
| 7 | These capital schemes , though extremely welcome , are only going a part of the way towards the complete overhaul of the majority of the fixed plant which is required within Wimpey Minerals . |
| 8 | This is really rather unfair because the only time we can really define correctly is in hindsight — when we have already found the solution and are merely inventing a definition that would have led us there ! |
| 9 | If two people are merely sharing a house or flat , e.g. two friends , unless the underwriters have been asked specifically to cover both persons ' property , there would only be cover for the property of the Policyholder . |
| 10 | This is another skewed reality , of course , for in their pursuit of the ‘ prig ’ they are merely following a version of justice which depends on blind acquiescence to establishment values of honesty . |
| 11 | What right have I to criticise so strongly ivory traders in China who are merely making a living , while I am sitting here killing unsuspecting animals for no reason at all ? |
| 12 | If you have existing furniture and are merely re-doing a room , you will almost certainly know what you want to keep and what to replace — or re-upholster , re-cover , re-finish or re-paint . |
| 13 | Some are uncertainly eating a sandwich or a slice of toast . |
| 14 | Some JAA countries are already considering a ticket tax . |
| 15 | The unions are already holding a strike ballot because they fear compulsory redundancies . |
| 16 | Taxi drivers on the resort island of Jerba , close to the Libyan border , are already expecting a windfall from the transit of foreigners working in Libya . |
| 17 | Infant teachers who go to the play corner and take part in domestic or shopping activities are already using a form of teacher-in-role |
| 18 | The number of people identified who have made the move to the community was 768 at the last count , up to about September 1988. 526 are included in the evaluation , so we are already getting a lot of information about the potential of community care . |
| 19 | And talking of white collars … all accountants in Hong Kong are already taking a position on 1997 . |
| 20 | The profit-sharing scheme is coming on line in June and we are already planning a follow-up to our successful Islamic Quiz Evening on March 12th . |
| 21 | Anyone who says we are not operating a business is deluding themselves . |
| 22 | Never approach the victim of an electric shock until the you 're sure you are not risking a shock yourself — otherwise you could become another casualty instead of a rescuer . |
| 23 | However , if you receive a groin kick and it is discovered that you are not wearing a guard , then you will automatically be disqualified , regardless of whose fault the low kick was ! |
| 24 | Heavier passengers will cause greater injury to others in an accident if they are not wearing a seat belt . |
| 25 | " You are not expecting a child by any chance , are you ? " |
| 26 | At the end of the day purchasers must satisfy themselves through legal advisers or surveyors , or both , that they are not buying a pig in a poke . |
| 27 | ‘ I know its always difficult with things like this where companies are not getting a lot out if it , ’ she said . |
| 28 | Remove fish that are not playing a part in any courtship as these may be attacked by the breeding pair or indeed they themselves may cause mischief in the system . |
| 29 | The Government are not lifting a finger to help the economy of Renfrewshire . |
| 30 | We are not proposing a theory of how a typical member generates his performance on the basis of this knowledge . |