Example sentences of "are [v-ing] [adv] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , lenders are drawing up mortgage rescue schemes , and are also examining ways of easing the terms of repayment to help people to stay in their homes . |
| 2 | And so the gulls can absorb or accommodate the pressures of the wind , standing apparently unconcerned in gusts which are tossing around 180-litre oil drums like playthings . |
| 3 | ‘ If it 's not completely beyond you , ’ she said glacially , as they reached the hut , ‘ perhaps you could tell me why we are checking out fishing equipment ? ’ |
| 4 | PLANNERS are paying only lip service to new Government initiatives to keep young people on the land and in countryside jobs , according to the Farmers Union of Wales . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , analysts are wondering how IBM Corp hopes to make money out of OS/2 . |
| 6 | SIX of Barlaston 's best are heading down Wembley Way aiming to bring home a national aerobics competition . |
| 7 | To celebrate the release of The Terminator video game we are giving away £5,500 worth of prizes . |
| 8 | Its major shareholders , J Lister and J Carlson , are taking over management control of the Nottingham knitter and dyer , whose turnover rose to £11.1million from £10.5million . |
| 9 | Sitting in the foyer of their Salzburg hotel — between ‘ shoots ’ , obviously — Paul , guitarist brother Niall and drumming hair bear Ashley Keating are gulping down mineral water , babbling on about the ‘ fierce ’ sights of Austria and generally behaving like men who are having a blinking good time , thank record companies very much . |
| 10 | VOLUNTEERS are carrying out footpath maintenance work in Runcorn today . |
| 11 | Off the field , Celtic are playing down weekend speculation that they 're about to announce the first instalment of finance for the Cambuslang stadium development . |
| 12 | They are discussing how CAB training might form a recognised part of the Education and Training Programme ( ETP ) and how it could be funded as such . |