Example sentences of "are [v-ing] [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | PA are building up a definitive database of companies and contacts interested in ESPRIT CIME . |
| 2 | The popular budget and mid-priced range from EB seems not to be with us any more , alas , but the importers are bringing in a good looking range from Gravity which they hope will take over from where EB left off — prices from about £45 to £55 . |
| 3 | A few minutes later you are walking up a short wooden ladder , round the corner and you find a 200ft waterfall — bridges cross the torrent twice before you reach the top and continue along the path . |
| 4 | Let us further assume that the charge distribution is uniform and denote the charge per unit length by pl ( we are defining thereby a linear charge density of dimension coulomb per metre ) . |
| 5 | MOTORISTS in the North-East are snapping up a new device in the battle to beat car crime . |
| 6 | And you 've put a lot of flower pots up and down Magdalen Road , well apparently those flower pots and the changes you 've made there , some of them very ill-advised , are costing about a hundred thousand pounds . |
| 7 | Eleven managers , who are selling around a third of their shares , will be in line for the windfall . |
| 8 | Around this lily-covered pond are growing just a few of the 3,000 members of the Araceae family . |
| 9 | Choosing the right hotel for your holiday is a most important decision and it needs careful consideration even if you are staying only a few days . |
| 10 | Obviously if you are flying over a bad area , with very few good sized fields , it is necessary to divert towards the best area within range and to start looking seriously for a field at several thousand feet . |
| 11 | STRASBOURG are sorting out a new deal for Northern Ireland winger Michael Hughes — even though the Larne man has two years of his current contract remaining . |
| 12 | Robin Chambers , the principal of Stoke-Newington school in South London , where the programme has been used for two months , says : ‘ We are ironing out a few difficulties , for instance getting the individual answer sheet completed in the correct way and working out who has the time to do it . |
| 13 | Minimum rates also vary , so if you are buying only a small amount it may be worth shopping around . |
| 14 | KINGMAKER , who recently charted with their ‘ Armchair Anarchist ’ single , are giving away a free one-sided seven-inch flexi-disc to everyone who attends their ‘ Armchair Anarchist ’ tour . |
| 15 | Not only are we offering two exceptional videos at a special price , we are giving away a free slide set . |
| 16 | You know how some sports cars manage to look like they are doing about a hundred miles while still parked at the kerb ? |
| 17 | Having fewer children , of course , gives rise to a situation which so many 20th-century parents will understand only too well : that one minute there are young babies in the house needing constant attention , while the next , in the twinkling of an eye it seems , Darby and Joan are staring around an empty house and having to re-learn the art of living with each other all over again . |
| 18 | There are now nearly 200 National Trust shops around the country , and the town shops , which are open all year round , are taking on a new look . |
| 19 | They 're very popular with the tourists , I think they feel they are taking back a whole cheese as opposed to a portion cut off a bigger cheese . |
| 20 | If you are soloing over a straight minor seventh you would not want to resolve a melodic line onto the minor sixth interval , although this would be okay on a m7£5 . |
| 21 | You are floating along a quiet river now , you do n't see the water boiling at the foot of the great rocks , but one day you 'll come to a point in life 's stream where the wild force of the waves may destroy you , where the noisy rushing water may drown you ! |
| 22 | The hon. Gentleman asks whether we could debate them after they have been debated in the European Community , but we are talking about a long time ahead . |
| 23 | The three of them are sitting round a low table with three cups of coffee , and Paul is trying to entertain the visitor . |
| 24 | Further , even smaller corporates may be treated as non-private under Rule 5 — 5(4) where they : ( a ) are carrying on a main business which is not investment business ; ( b ) enter into a futures transaction as an integral part of its main business ; ( c ) have , in the firm 's reasonable belief , sufficient experience and understanding to waive protections provided for private customers ; and ( d ) have received a clear warning of the protections under the regulatory system which they would lose , including a statement of its rights to request to be treated as a private customer . |
| 25 | We are carrying out a hydrographic charting exercise with your people . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ At present we are carrying out a detailed review of the loan book to establish its likely realisable value . |
| 27 | As part of our campaign , we are carrying out a detailed survey of the incidence of different types of abuse and the need for legal reform . |
| 28 | POLICE in Turkey are carrying out a nationwide search for a missing British tourist . |
| 29 | Bank Assistants are carrying out a broader and more responsible range of duties than those on which their salaries are based . |
| 30 | PRISON staff are carrying out a full investigation after it was revealed that former London gangland killer Reggie Kray could be making money from an 0898-style telephone line . |