Example sentences of "are [adv] [v-ing] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | This is a response from workers who are perhaps seeking a respite from a tedious job , or who wish to defy what they regard as an oppressive management . |
| 32 | He added : ‘ Those who are intent on pursuing violence are perhaps holding the majority sway now within the IRA army council . ’ |
| 33 | He added : ‘ Those who are intent on pursuing violence are perhaps holding the majority sway now within the IRA council . ’ |
| 34 | You do n't know that you are inadvertently causing the work to arrive late by stressing its urgency any more than you know what thoughts and feelings are going on inside the typist . |
| 35 | If we are only monitoring a process of purification , it may not be necessary to identify impurities , but unless we do , we can not be sure how sensitive the check on purity is . |
| 36 | You are only encouraging the trade in animal exploitation , some of which are endangered and many vulnerable |
| 37 | A police officer reported that ‘ in some villages the young men are brought up from their childhood with the idea that according to ancient Kandyan custom the highland on which the [ coffee ] estate has been opened belongs by right of inheritance to the village below and in helping themselves they are only taking the rent of the ground . ’ |
| 38 | Ethirajulu Krishnan , director for CARE , in Somalia says : ‘ We are trying to deal with all this and still we know that we are only reaching the tip of the iceberg . |
| 39 | And they can sweep aside any criticism by declaring : ‘ We are only rewarding the loyalty of our truly dedicated fans — the ones who turn up for every match , however unattractive . ’ |
| 40 | In looking at the industries in which black workers work , we are only examining the kind of work they do — what industry they are employed in . |
| 41 | If we nevertheless believe that He exists , we are only showing the sort of commitment that the partisan shows . |
| 42 | These capital schemes , though extremely welcome , are only going a part of the way towards the complete overhaul of the majority of the fixed plant which is required within Wimpey Minerals . |
| 43 | While the courts continue to insist that they are only keeping the authority within the boundaries of its power and not substituting their view , the dividing line can be a thin one . |
| 44 | While the Government are rightly pursuing the pay review body , which I believe and certainly hope will result in a substantial rise in teachers ' pay , they are simultaneously engaged — not before time — in asking serious questions about some of the methods used in our schools , most recently in primary schools . |
| 45 | This is really rather unfair because the only time we can really define correctly is in hindsight — when we have already found the solution and are merely inventing a definition that would have led us there ! |
| 46 | If two people are merely sharing a house or flat , e.g. two friends , unless the underwriters have been asked specifically to cover both persons ' property , there would only be cover for the property of the Policyholder . |
| 47 | This is another skewed reality , of course , for in their pursuit of the ‘ prig ’ they are merely following a version of justice which depends on blind acquiescence to establishment values of honesty . |
| 48 | What right have I to criticise so strongly ivory traders in China who are merely making a living , while I am sitting here killing unsuspecting animals for no reason at all ? |
| 49 | Now the view er was that they were dignified and above taking action and also in the sense that the public was credited I think with more sense than to believe everything and that the public memory is relatively short and therefore if you start a court action and you then have coverage in the court action , you are merely making the thing worse erm sometimes the things that some people may have thought were highly actionable one day , become almost a joke and something of affection later on and you can , one of the classics maybe is about the Prince of Wales talking to his plants , now that a national joke and he will make jokes about it in speeches |
| 50 | If you have existing furniture and are merely re-doing a room , you will almost certainly know what you want to keep and what to replace — or re-upholster , re-cover , re-finish or re-paint . |
| 51 | ‘ The third point that we are merely exploiting the punter is unfair . |
| 52 | But here electrons are somehow flowing the length of the channel without being scattered to any measurable extent , yet the scattering can be switched on again simply by varying the gate voltage , Vg , enough to bring the Hall voltage off a plateau . |
| 53 | Some are uncertainly eating a sandwich or a slice of toast . |
| 54 | However , the overall distribution of ratings , the majority being very low numbers with the occasional higher one , might equally be seen as supporting the idea that subjects are generally feeling no risk at all but occasionally give a high number with the activation of the ‘ subjective risk monitor ’ ( Summala , 1976 ) . |
| 55 | Meantime IBM Corp 's first quarter figures are due today and analysts are generally predicting an operating loss of about 50 cents a share on a decline in turnover of 10% or more — with a swingeing 20% or more decline in mainframe business : a year ago , IBM reported net of $1.12 a share before an accounting gain . |
| 56 | It seems highly likely that CFCs and N 2 0 are already damaging the ozone layer . |
| 57 | Some JAA countries are already considering a ticket tax . |
| 58 | The unions are already holding a strike ballot because they fear compulsory redundancies . |
| 59 | I think it 's actually a waste of time discussing that because they are already privatising the Health Service . |
| 60 | Several companies are either waiting for permits or are already drilling the area around Wa Kele O Puna forest . |