Example sentences of "are [adv] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In compulsory competitive tendering the Government are merely bringing up the rear and ensuring that local authorities that have not yet taken advantage of those techniques are brought up to the level of the best . |
| 2 | Word is coming in that rival hamlets are already filling in the forms as fast as they can put pen to paper . |
| 3 | His eyes are already lining up the entry point as he begins to ease off the front brake and apply handlebar and footrest pressure to steer the bike . |
| 4 | If they are deliberately turned up the ‘ right ’ way , they appear doubly solid , as the brighter light strikes the paler area . |
| 5 | In recent years the seedsmen and the chemical companies ( the latter are rapidly taking over the former ) have been producing new varieties of hybrid seeds , fertilizers , herbicides , pesticides , and fungicides , which together have made continuous monocropping feasible . |
| 6 | People are hardly beating down the door ’ . |
| 7 | So at least the first two cells are still picking up the right two numbers , because we used the range names , we 've inserted a row on the other file , but er , we 're still about range names found where those cells are . |
| 8 | These are replacements but are still carried on the original pendentives . |
| 9 | Oh yes , they are still going down the pan , to the tune of £1 billion a year in the UK , according to the Management Consultancies Association . |
| 10 | Down in the dungeon of the first division , Rosslyn Park and Nottingham are still to get off the mark . |
| 11 | You are still putting on The Non-objective World shows , are n't you ? |
| 12 | We are still working out the detailed running costs . ’ |
| 13 | People are still paying off the debt they ran up when they borrowed on the back of roaring house prices in the eighties . |
| 14 | This is because the genes controlling these particular colour-forms are both carried on the X chromosomes , the red gene on one and the non-red gene on the other . |
| 15 | Regulators are busily clearing up the mess . |
| 16 | You are also turning up the relics of perennial weeds that can be difficult to eliminate later . |
| 17 | And the more crowded , the more satisfied the police , as that means they are efficiently carrying out the law against prostitution — one of the present government 's most notable social " contributions " . |
| 18 | The Japanese are now taking over the manufacture of the machines as you can imagine , and so that 's the end of it for the , the |
| 19 | Three Englishmen ventured north , bought into , and are now building up the 200-year-old Scottish printer Pillans & Wilson . |
| 20 | Do n't let this dishearten you , the little greenies are there to soak up the enemy 's attention after all . |
| 21 | What plans are there to tighten up the foster service vetting which , in this case , allowed a known homosexual to adopt a child ? |
| 22 | There are three battlefields to yomp through and , rest assured , plenty of the Generals minions are there to roll out the red carpet for Cap and the major ( at least the blood stains wo n't show ! ) . |
| 23 | So though these remarks are addressed to beginners , I believe that some of the formal ideas could well be considered anew by the great number of talented young composers who are either clambering up the rungs of the ladder of fame or jostling for a foothold . |
| 24 | The objectives of the policy are firstly to set out the attitude of the Wedgwood Group and , to elaborate on methods of dealing with alcohol problems in the workplace . |
| 25 | I do not want to make too much of them , but there are bogus applications and they are completely clogging up the system . |
| 26 | They are completely tearing up the whole site , including a new turf course as well as the all-weather , but Muddle'splans extend far beyond the obvious . |
| 27 | Pentland — who are currently propping up the bottom of the men 's first division table without a win — have called for a bigger , more competitive league next season . |
| 28 | Band and entourage are currently loading up the trojan horse ready to re-locate form their communal urban Chicago base , to Austin , Texas . |