Example sentences of "are [v-ing] [adv prt] in [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Peterborough are jogging along in midtable while United are slipping down … |
2 | Some are rowing about in spindly black rowing-boats in the graceful standing posture that is the classic Venetian stance , while others are darting around in speedboats . |
3 | He warned the Conservatives and Labour that ‘ from the ancient bastion of liberalism , the flames are fanning out in all directions , consuming your shabby campaigns , your out-of-date policies , your visions of the future ’ . |
4 | Beginning with the industrial and commercial sector ( in Figure 1.2 we simply call this sector ‘ firms ’ ) , these firms are paying out in each period ( a year ) £13,500 million which is largely wages and salaries to employees . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 ? |
7 | easy when you 're working with figures that are going up in regular steps and they all go up in regular steps and they all go up in regular steps and the next one does n't . |
8 | Mercifully , at a time of recession when sellers are holding back in many key areas of the market , bankruptcy and death are always with us . |
9 | MORE teenagers are staying on in further education in County Durham . |
10 | The economic seesaw has hit the ground with a bone-juddering thud yet again — jobs are flying off in all directions as redundancies explode , industries contract and small businesses collapse . |
11 | It has also led me to think along the lines of who needs to work habitation sites when finds like this are popping up in random places ? |
12 | Things are hotting up in local classrooms |
13 | Waiting times are coming down in most places and staff report improved management and job satisfaction . |
14 | Publications with similar aims are springing up in different countries , and indigenous people are forming themselves into groups to represent their needs and interests . |
15 | Would not many of those workers prefer that option , with all the benefits that would come from it , rather than the scare stories that the Government are putting over in this pre-election period ? |
16 | Western PTTs are setting up in Eastern Europe , often initially to support their multinational clients ' operations there . |
17 | Do a dummy run if necessary , you will then be sure you are setting out in good time . |