Example sentences of "they [am/are] [verb] [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondly , is it appropriate to regard the state as bringing companies into existence on the understanding that they are to carry out public purposes , and hence similarly justifying a right of intervention ? |
| 2 | Japanese producers of cars and many other products are in fact already behaving as if Fortress Europe is a reality — that is to say they are setting up full-scale manufacturing plants in Europe . |
| 3 | On longer journeys , the gas turbine cuts in to take the strain off the batteries and to ensure they are charged up ready for when the car next drives into a city . |
| 4 | Then sand is brushed over them , and they are vibrated down level with the edging . |
| 5 | Analysis of cells from these rats showed that drug action had interfered with the expression of genes for some of the proteins designed to move sugar into muscle and fat cells , exactly the target tissues which must be stimulated by insulin if they are to take up excess sugar . |
| 6 | they are trying out different ‘ personalities ’ as they prepare for adulthood ; |
| 7 | A Special Branch Officer said : ‘ It shows they are driving around nationalist areas , consulting electoral register records and basically doing their homework . ’ |
| 8 | They are carrying out directed interviews there , and will collect time and money budgets . |
| 9 | They will never do this if they are running around loose . |
| 10 | They are screening out risky clients or moving out of audit into less litigious areas of service . |
| 11 | eh ? yeah they are shrivelled up little nuts , there was this programme last night about the B B C when it first started in the nineteen fifties |
| 12 | This year , with an eye to future continental competition , they 're bringing in new standards on value for money . |
| 13 | Asked Gary I would think they 're taking on extra staff |
| 14 | ‘ And they 're living off fresh-cooked lamb and white bread and sweet Commanderie ? ’ |
| 15 | They 're shipping out cast iron baths , washbasins and tiles to the Land of the Rising Sun . |
| 16 | Police say they 're following up possible sightings of Dennis Garvey ’ s car from all over the country . |
| 17 | ‘ They 're dancing up front . |