Example sentences of "are [adv] [v-ing] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Extensive grassland based systems are especially sparing of energy use ( 14 ) and could well assume an increasing importance not only for this reason but also because the rate of expansion of production has now declined to around 2% per annum in lowland agriculture and may not increase ( 15 ) . |
| 2 | We are not talking of resurrection experiences here but of people needing to see for themselves what has been reported to them , so that the fact becomes obvious and denial or alternative explanations are less credible . |
| 3 | You complain how seldom I attend you , and when you are always talking of matrimony or this low-born raw girl it must needs lessen the pleasure of approaching you . |
| 4 | If you delay it until he/she is two or three years old , it is probably because you are subconsciously thinking of discipline as something unpleasant rather than a positive way of giving direction and equipping the child for |
| 5 | ‘ They are also dying of hunger . ’ |